NASCAR reveals 2001 schedule.

Two new venues headline the release of next year's Winston Cup calendar, which stretches over a mammoth 39 weekends.

Kansas and Chicagoland Speedways will play host to the stock car series for the first time in 2001, mixing it with the regular haunts such as Charlotte, Daytona and Talladega, while Rockingham and Phoenix swap dates in late October-early November.

The series kicks off, as usual, at Daytona in February, with the 500 on the 18th, and ends with a visit to Atlanta almost nine months later. The Brickyard 400 has been switched to a Sunday, and holds on to a date in August, while The Winston is scheduled for 19 May.

The full calendar is as follows:

February 11 Bud Shootout
February 15 125 Qualifiers
February 18 Daytona 500
February 25 Rockingham
March 4 Las Vegas
March 11 Atlanta
March 18 Darlington
March 25 Bristol
April 1 Texas
April 8 Martinsville
April 22 Talladega
April 29 California
May 5 Richmond
May 19 The Winston
May 27 Charlotte
June 3 Dover
June 10 Michigan
June 17 Pocono
June 24 Sears Points
July 7 Daytona
July 15 Joliet Chicagoland
July 22 New Hampshire
July 29 Pocono
August 5 Indianapolis
August 12 Watkins Glen
August 19 Michigan
August 25 Bristol
September 2 Darlington
September 8 Richmond
September 16 New Hampshire
September 23 Dover
September 30 Kansas
October 7 Charlotte
October 14 Martinsville
October 21 Talladega
October 28 Phoenix
November 4 Rockingham
November 11 Homestead
November 18 Atlanta