NASCAR has made adjustments to its 2015 calendar spearheaded by shifting the Southern 500 at Darlington back to its original Labor Day weekend timeslot.
The South Carolina event at NASCAR’s oldest superspeedway will revert back to September 6, a slot it had until shifting to other dates from 2004.
Moving to the early September date means it will now become the penultimate race before the Chase play-offs commence.
“Back to its traditional roots of Labor Day, we anticipate an early afternoon start on Sunday for that event,” NASCAR’s Steve O’Donnell said.
Schedules for Atlanta, Bristol and Darlington have also been adjusted for the season which will begin with the traditional Daytona 500 on February 22 and close with the race at Homestead-Miami Speedway on November 22.
The Chase remains at the current 10 scheduled tracks and will start on September 20 with Chicagoland conducting the final regular season race on September 12.
Atlanta shifts to March 1 after holding the Labor Day weekend spot since 2009.
Bristol moves to the later date of April 19 which sees it become the eighth points-paying race in 2015 compared to this season when it was number four.
Full Sprint Cup Series schedule for 2015:
Feb 14: Daytona International Speedway (Sprint Unlimited exhibition race)
Feb 15: Daytona International Speedway (Daytona 500 qualifying)
Feb 19: Daytona International Speedway (Duels)
Feb 22: Daytona International Speedway (Daytona 500)
Mar 1: Atlanta Motor Speedway
Mar 8: Las Vegas Motor Speedway
Mar 15: Phoenix International Raceway
Mar 22: Auto Club Speedway
Mar 29: Martinsville Speedway
April 11: Texas Motor Speedway
April 19: Bristol Motor Speedway
April 25: Richmond International Raceway
May 3: Talladega Superspeedway
May 9: Kansas Speedway
May 16: Charlotte Motor Speedway (All-Star Race)
May 24: Charlotte Motor Speedway (Coca-Cola 600)
May 31: Dover International Speedway
June 7: Pocono Raceway
June 14: Michigan International Speedway
June 28: Sonoma Raceway
July 5: Daytona International Speedway
July 11: Kentucky Speedway
July 19: New Hampshire Motor Speedway
July 26: Indianapolis Motor Speedway
Aug 2: Pocono Raceway
Aug 9: Watkins Glen International
Aug 16: Michigan International Raceway
Aug 22: Bristol Motor Speedway
Sept 6: Darlington Raceway
Sept 12: Richmond International Raceway
CHASE RACES
Sept 20: Chicagoland Speedway
Sept 27: New Hampshire Motor Speedway
Oct 4: Dover International Speedway
Oct 10: Charlotte Motor Speedway
Oct 18: Kansas Speedway
Oct 25: Talladega Superspeedway
Nov. 1: Martinsville Speedway
Nov. 8: Texas Motor Speedway
Nov. 15: Phoenix International Raceway
Nov. 22: Homestead-Miami Speedway
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