9 races to go in the 2012 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season. It seems just yesterday, NASCAR was heading to Daytona for the first race of the season. Boy does time fly! With NASCAR crowing a new champion soon, who will it be? Will a former champion be hoisting the cup at Homestead-Miami Speedway or will a new driver be hoisting it and celebrating the night away? Fans and Media a like will be finding out soon.
In the second race of the 2012 Chase for the Sprint Cup, NASCAR heads to New Hampshire Motor Speedway. Formerly New Hampshire International Speedway, the track is a 1.058 mile oval speedway in Loudon, New Hampshire and has been hosting NASCAR races since the early 1990s. The track is also one of a few on the circuit that is nicknamed, which is “The Magic Mile.”
Last year in this race, Tony Stewart won the race in a dramatic reversal of fortune and grabbed a seven-point lead in the Cup standings when Clint Bowyer ran out of fuel with three laps to go. In 2010, Stewart led last year’s Chase race at the Magic Mile but handed the victory to Bowyer when he ran out of fuel on the last lap. With the victory in 2011, Stewart was definitely considered a favorite for the Cup after denouncing himself days before in Chicago.
Wonder what “The Magic Mile” will bring this weekend? Here is the TV schedule for this weekend.
NASCAR Camping World Truck Series from Kentucky Speedway
2011 Pole Winner: Austin Dillon
2011 Race Winner: Ron Hornaday
Laps: 134
Distance: 201 Miles
Friday, September 21, 2012:
12:00pm NASCAR Sprint Cup Practice SPEED
1:30pm NASCAR Live SPEED
7:00pm NCWTS Setup SPEED
7:30pm NASCAR Camping World Truck Series SPEED
(Kentucky 201 from Kentucky Speedway)
10:00pm NASCAR Sprint Cup Qualifying SPEED
NASCAR Nationwide Series from Kentucky Speedway:
Laps: 200
Distance: 300 Miles
Saturday, September 22, 2012:
10:30am NASCAR Live SPEED
11:00am NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Final Practice SPEED
12:00pm NASCAR Whelen Modified Series SPEED
3:30pm NASCAR Countdown ESPN
4:00pm NASCAR Nationwide Series Race ESPN
(Kentucky 300 from Kentucky Speedway.)
NASCAR Sprint Cup Series from New Hampshire:
2011 Pole Winner: Ryan Newman
2011 Race Winner: Tony Stewart
Laps: 300
Distance: 317.4 Miles
Sunday, September 23, 2012:
9:00am Pre-race NASCAR Now ESPN2
10:00am NASCAR Performance SPEED
10:30am SPEED Center NASCAR Edition SPEED
11:00am NASCAR RaceDay SPEED
1:00pm NASCAR Countdown ESPN
2:00pm NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Race EPSN
(Sylvania 300.
5:30pm NASCAR Victory Lane – Special Edition SPEED
All times listed above are Eastern Standard Time.
