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2016 NASCAR schedule comes into focus

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NASCAR has not released the official 2016 schedule yet, but some tracks have released their race dates for next year.

The latest was Dover International Speedway, which will host its Sprint Cup races on May 15 and Oct. 2.

The list below contains dates in which tracks have confirmed they will hold NASCAR Sprint Cup Series races.

2016 Sprint Cup schedule glance

DateEvent
Feb. 13Sprint Unlimited
Feb. 18Can-Am Duel at Daytona
Feb. 21Daytona 500
Feb. 28Atlanta
March 6Las Vegas
March 13Phoenix
March 20Auto Club
April 9Texas
May 15Dover
June 5Pocono
June 12Michigan
July 31Pocono
Aug. 28Michigan
Sept. 18Chicagoland
Oct. 2Dover
Nov. 6Texas

In announcing its race dates, Chicagoland Speedway also revealed it was again the opening race in the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup.

Texas officials said the Nov. 6 race again fell in the Eliminator Round of the postseason, a three-race stretch that again included Martinsville and Phoenix, according to the track.

 

Pocono Raceway officials said upon its schedule release that the NASCAR XFINITY Series would host a race June 4 at the Tricky Triangle. It would be the first XFINITY Series race ever at the venue.