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DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (Oct. 3, 2007) – As NASCAR celebrates 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).

For the second consecutive season, there will be two international events. The series will return to the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve road course in Montreal, Quebec, Canada on Aug. 2. And for a fourth consecutive year, the schedule includes a race at the Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez road course in Mexico City, Mexico. However, for the first time in the brief history of the event, it will move from its previous date on the first Sunday in March to April 20.

Some of the key changes to the 2008 NASCAR Nationwide Series schedule include:

* A historic doubleheader at California Speedway with the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series on Saturday, Feb. 23.

* The Mexico City race trades slots with the event weekend at Phoenix International Raceway.

* Las Vegas Motor Speedway’s race will now fall one week earlier on March 1 and starts an early-season domino effect where three other races precede their dates by one week from last season – Atlanta Motor Speedway (March 8), Bristol Motor Speedway (March 15) and Nashville Superspeedway (March 22).

* The order of the two races following the first open week of the season (March 29) also moves up one week. The spring race at Texas Motor Speedway will be April 5 with the Phoenix event on April 11.

* Also, the addition of lights at Chicagoland Speedway will facilitate an inaugural Friday night show for the series there on July 11.

There will be nine “stand-alone” events: Nashville (March 22 and June 7), Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez (April 20), Kentucky Speedway (June 14), the Milwaukee Mile (June 21), Gateway International Raceway (July 19), O’Reilly Raceway Park at Indianapolis (July 26), Circuit Gilles Villeneuve (August 2) and Memphis Motorsports Park (Oct. 25).

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.

(The 2008 schedule follows this release. Starting times and television information will be available at a later date.)

2008 NASCAR NATIONWIDE SERIES SCHEDULE

Date Site

Feb 16 Daytona International Speedway

Feb 23 California Speedway

Mar 1 Las Vegas Motor Speedway

Mar 8 Atlanta Motor Speedway

Mar 15 Bristol Motor Speedway

Mar 22 Nashville Superspeedway

Apr 5 Texas Motor Speedway

Apr 11 Phoenix International Raceway

Apr 20 Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez

Apr 26 Talladega Superspeedway

May 2 Richmond International Raceway

May 9 Darlington Raceway

May 24 Lowe’s Motor Speedway

May 31 Dover International Speedway

Jun 7 Nashville Superspeedway

Jun 14 Kentucky Speedway

Jun 21 The Milwaukee Mile

Jun 28 New Hampshire International Speedway

Jul 4 Daytona International Speedway

Jul 11 Chicagoland Speedway

Jul 19 Gateway International Raceway

Jul 26 O’Reilly Raceway Park at Indianapolis

Aug 2 Circuit Gilles Villeneuve

Aug 9 Watkins Glen International

Aug 16 Michigan International Speedway

Aug 22 Bristol Motor Speedway

Aug 30 California Speedway

Sep 5 Richmond International Raceway

Sep 20 Dover International Speedway

Sep 27 Kansas Speedway

Oct 10 Lowe’s Motor Speedway

Oct 25 Memphis Motorsports Park

Nov 1 Texas Motor Speedway

Nov 8 Phoenix International Raceway

Nov 15 Homestead-Miami Speedway

About Nationwide

Nationwide, based in Columbus, Ohio, is one of the largest diversified insurance and financial services organizations in the world, with more than $160 billion in assets. Nationwide ranks #104 on the Fortune 500 list. The company provides a full range of insurance and financial services, including auto, motorcycle, boat, homeowners, life, farm, commercial insurance, administrative services, annuities, mortgages, mutual funds, pensions, long-term savings plans and health and productivity services. For more information, visit www.nationwide.com.

Nationwide, the Nationwide Framemark and On Your Side are federally registered service marks of Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company.

About NASCAR

The National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing, Inc. (NASCAR), which began in 1948, is the sanctioning body for one of America's premier sports. NASCAR is the No. 1 spectator sport – holding 17 of the top 20 attended sporting events in the U.S., the No. 2 rated regular-season sport on television with broadcasts in over 100 countries, and has 75 million fans in the U.S. These fans are the most brand loyal in all of sports, and as a result more Fortune 500 companies participate in NASCAR than any other sport.

NASCAR consists of three major national series (the NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series, NASCAR Busch Series, and NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series), four regional series, and one local grassroots series, as well as two international series. NASCAR sanctions 1,300 races at 100 tracks in more than 30 U.S. states, Canada and Mexico. Based in Daytona Beach (Fla.), NASCAR has offices in New York, Los Angeles, Charlotte (N.C.), Concord (N.C.), Conover (N.C.), Bentonville (Ark.), Mexico City, and Toronto.