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New NASCAR Nationwide Series Announces Schedule
With Michigan International Speedway celebrating its 40th anniversary and NASCAR celebrating its 60th anniversary, the 2008 season will bring a new name - the NASCAR Nationwide Series to the nation's second-most popular series.
Nationwide Insurance was announced today as the new series sponsor. In 2008, the series - currently known as the NASCAR Busch Series but in its final year of sponsorship from Anheuser-Busch - will again start its season at Daytona International Speedway (Saturday, Feb. 16) and end at Homestead-Miami Speedway (Saturday, Nov. 15).
The NASCAR Nationwide Series will compete at MIS on Saturday, August 16 with the running of the CARFAX 250. Last season, Denny Hamlin dominated the field en route to his first victory at the two-mile oval.
The NASCAR Nationwide Series is scheduled for 35 races in 2008 - 26 combination events with the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series and three in conjunction with the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series. There are 26 race tracks on the schedule divided among 20 states, Canada and Mexico. The 2008 season will mark the 60th anniversary of NASCAR, which was incorporated on Feb. 21, 1948.
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