Chase For The Sprint Cup Tracks
The following are the ten race tracks at which the final ten Chase for the Sprint Cup races are run. Texas Motor Speedway (Fort Worth, Texas) was added in 2005 as a result of outcome of the Ferko lawsuit. Prior to this suit, the final three races of the NASCAR season, and thus, the final three race tracks for The Chase, were held at Phoenix International Raceway (Avondale, Arizona), Darlington Raceway (Darlington, South Carolina, eliminated by NASCAR as a result of the lawsuit), and Homestead-Miami Speedway (Homestead, Florida). Also, by way of a 3-way track change, Talladega Superspeedway moved to a later date, Atlanta Motor Speedway moved to the Labor Day weekend date, and Auto Club Speedway moved to a later date inside the Chase (starting 2009).
In 2011, as part of a substantial schedule realignment, a number of further changes occurred in the Chase:
- Auto Club Speedway lost its Chase date.
- Chicagoland Speedway became host of the Chase opener. To accommodate this move, the races at Loudon, Dover, and Kansas all moved back one week.
- Talladega and Martinsville swapped dates.
| Track | City | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicagoland Speedway | Joliet, IL | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 |
| New Hampshire Motor Speedway | Loudon, NH | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Dover International Speedway | Dover, DE | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 |
| Kansas Speedway | Kansas City, KS | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 6 |
| Charlotte Motor Speedway | Concord, NC | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| Talladega Superspeedway | Talladega, AL | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 4 |
| Martinsville Speedway | Ridgeway, VA | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 |
| Texas Motor Speedway | Fort Worth, TX | - | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 |
| Phoenix International Raceway | Avondale, AZ | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 |
| Homestead-Miami Speedway | Homestead, FL | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 |
| Atlanta Motor Speedway | Hampton, GA | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | - | - | - | - |
| Auto Club Speedway | Fontana, CA | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | 4 | - | - |
| Darlington Raceway | Darlington, SC | 9 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- Note
- The North Carolina track was known as Lowe's Motor Speedway from 1999 to 2009. After the 2009 season, Lowe's chose not to renew its sponsorship contract, causing the track to revert to its original name of Charlotte Motor Speedway.
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