NASCAR Announces 2010 Camping World Series East Schedule
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (Nov. 14, 2009) - NASCAR has announced the 2010
schedule for the NASCAR Camping World Series East that include a total of
10 events across eight states.
"The NASCAR Camping World Series continues to visit key markets and top
race tracks up and down the East Coast," said George Silbermann, NASCAR
Managing Director of Racing Operations. "The diverse schedule should
provide for an exciting season of racing and an excellent opportunity for
NASCAR's rising stars to gain experience."
The 2010 season will be highlighted by three companion events with the
NASCAR Sprint Cup Series. New Hampshire Motor Speedway will have its
traditional events on June 25 and Sept. 17 in Loudon, N.H., while the
champion will once again be crowned at Dover (Del.) International Speedway
on Sept. 24.
New to the Camping World Series East schedule in 2010 will be the
high-banked half mile of Gresham Motorsports Park. The Jefferson, Ga.,
track is on the schedule for Aug. 28.
A pair of familiar venues will also return to the Camping World Series
East schedule in 2010. Historic Martinsville (Va.) Speedway played host to
the NASCAR Nationwide and Camping World Series East - then known as the
Busch and Busch North Series - for combination races in 1989 and 1990, and
a return engagement is slated for June 6. And after a five-year absence,
Lee USA Speedway will welcome back the East for a date on July 30. The
.375-mile oval was the site of 16 Camping World Series East from
1992-2004.
The Camping World Series East and West will converge on Iowa Speedway for
the fourth year in a row for the prestigious combination race on May 23 in
Newton, Iowa. The first three editions of the event have attracted also
NASCAR Sprint Cup Series standouts Kevin Harvick, Kasey Kahne and Kyle
Busch.
Other 2010 NASCAR Camping World Series East schedule highlights include:
· The 24th season of the Camping World
Series East will commence
at Greenville (S.C.) Pickens Speedway on March 27, two weeks earlier than
last year. It will mark the fifth season in a row the half-mile track has
played host to the East.
· April 3 will see South Boston (Va.)
Speedway bring the Camping
World Series East in for a doubleheader with the NASCAR Whelen Southern
Modified Tour. The venerable .4-mile oval has held East races since 2007.
This will be the earliest that South Boston has been on the calendar.
· The 1.53-mile road course at Lime Rock
Park in Lakeville, Conn.,
will return to the schedule on June 6 for the 18th time since 1993. The
race had been run in mid-August the two previous seasons.
· The Martinsville and Lime Rock races
will be doubleheaders with
the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour.
The schedule announcement was made from the site of the NASCAR Touring
Series Awards Gala in Concord, N.C., where Camping World Series titlists
Ryan Truex (East) and Jason Bowles (West) and the rest of the touring
series champions will be honored Saturday night. Fans can watch the live
online stream at
www.nascarhometracks.com<http://www.nascarhometracks.com/> at 7 p.m. ET.
2010 NASCAR Camping World Series East Schedule
Date
Track
(Length)
Location
Sat., March 27
Greenville
Pickens Speedway (.5-Mile)
Greenville,
S.C.
Sat., April 3
South
Boston Speedway (.4-Mile)
South
Boston, Va.
Sun., May 23
Iowa
Speedway (.875-Mile) *
Newton,
Iowa
Sun., June 6
Martinsville
Speedway (.526-Mile)
Martinsville,
Va.
Fri., June 25
New
Hampshire Motor Speedway (1.058-Mile)
Loudon,
N.H.
Sat., July 3
Lime
Rock Park (1.53-Mile Road Course)
Lakeville, Conn.
Fri., July 30
Lee
USA Speedway (.375-Mile)
Lee,
N.H.
Sat., Aug. 28
Gresham
Motorsports Park (.500-Mile)
Jefferson,
Ga.
Fri., Sept. 17
New
Hampshire Motor Speedway (1.058-Mile)
Loudon,
N.H.
Fri., Sept. 24
Dover
International Speedway (1-Mile)
Dover,
Del.
* Combination race with the NASCAR Camping World Series West
All dates subject to change