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The 2013 schedule differentiated slightly from the 2012 season. The fall Chase races at Kansas Speedway and Talladega Superspeedway (Hollywood Casino 400 and the Camping World RV Sales 500) returned to their original positions on the schedule because of the completion of Kansas Speedway's reconfiguring project. That was the only change on the ...
The first major event of Speedweeks is the 24 Hours of Daytona.Currently it is held the final weekend of January, which is also on the weekend of the conference championship games of the NFL Playoffs due to the Pro Bowl now being the bye week for the Super Bowl since the 2021 NFL season made an adjustment that became a 17-game schedule.
The track's schedule traditionally starts the new NASCAR Advance Auto Parts Weekly Series club racing championship. Drivers across the country participate in the track's annual Ally Red Eye held on the first weekend of January, where drivers can earn points towards the annual national and Florida state championships.
The 2013 Daytona 500, the 55th running of the event, was held on February 24, 2013, at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida over 200 laps and 500 miles (800 km) on the 2.5-mile (4 km) asphalt tri-oval. It was the first race of the 2013 Sprint Cup season.
The 2013 NASCAR Nationwide Series was the 32nd season of the NASCAR Nationwide Series, the second-tier professional stock car racing series sanctioned by NASCAR in the United States. The season was contested over thirty-three races and started on February 23, 2013 at Daytona International Speedway , with the DRIVE4COPD 300 , [ 1 ] and ended on ...
1972 was the first year of NASCAR's 'modern era'. All races for the Cup Series at ovals under 0.5 miles in length (and under 250 miles in distance), and dirt ovals, were removed from the schedule, that included popular tracks like Greenville-Pickens Speedway, Hickory Motor Speedway, and Columbia Speedway.
In 2013, Anheuser-Busch moved their Daytona Speedweeks race sponsorship to the Duel races after the departure of longtime Duel title sponsor Gatorade. Cup Series title sponsor Sprint became the title sponsor for this race, which was renamed from "The Shootout" to "The Unlimited" (to promote Sprint's cell phone unlimited plan).
The final calendar was released on October 15, 2013, [62] comprising 36 races, as well as two exhibition races. The schedule also includes two Budweiser Duels, which are the qualifying races for the Daytona 500.