The NASCAR Sprint Cup Series heads to the legendary 2.5-mile oval at Indianapolis Motor Speedway for the Brickyard 400 on Sunday, July 29, at 1pm ET on ESPN, as top drivers Jimmie Johnson, Denny Hamlin, Kevin Harvick, Carl Edwards, Matt Kenseth, Greg Biffle, Tony Stewart, Dale Earnhardt Jr. and Jeff Gordon race for a win on the famed track. Last year at Indy, Paul Menard not only won the first race of his Sprint Cup career, but he also got to kiss the masonry at the Yard of Bricks on the track’s start/finish line.
It’s the first Cup race of the season on ESPN/ABC, with the last 17 races and all of the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup on the networks. Full ESPN/ABC Sprint Cup schedule below:
2012 NASCAR SPRINT CUP SERIES SCHEDULE ON ESPN NETWORKS
Date               Site                                                                             Network        Time
| July 29 | Indianapolis Motor Speedway | ESPN | 1 p.m. |
| Aug. 5 | Pocono Raceway | ESPN | 1 p.m. |
| Aug. 12 | Watkins Glen International | ESPN | 1 p.m. |
| Aug. 19 | Michigan International Speedway | ESPN | 1 p.m. |
| Aug. 25 | Bristol Motor Speedway | ABC | 7:30 p.m. |
| Sep. 2 | Atlanta Motor Speedway | ESPN | 7:30 p.m. |
| Sep. 8 | Richmond International Raceway | ABC | 7:30 p.m. |
| Sep. 16 | Chicagoland Speedway | ESPN | 2 p.m. |
| Sep. 23 | New Hampshire Motor Speedway | ESPN | 2 p.m. |
| Sep. 30 | Dover International Speedway | ESPN | 2 p.m. |
| Oct. 7 | Talladega Superspeedway | ESPN | 2 p.m. |
| Oct. 13 | Charlotte Motor Speedway | ABC | 7:30 p.m. |
| Oct. 21 | Kansas Speedway | ESPN | 2 p.m. |
| Oct. 28 | Martinsville Speedway | ESPN | 2 p.m. |
| Nov. 4 | Texas Motor Speedway | ESPN | 3 p.m. |
| Nov. 11 | Phoenix International Raceway | ESPN | 3 p.m. |
| Nov. 18 | Homestead-Miami Speedway | ESPN | 3 p.m. |
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