Darlington to Labor Day official for NASCAR's 2015 schedule

Darlington Raceway's move back to the Labor Day Weekend is official.

NASCAR released the 2015 Sprint Cup Series schedule on Tuesday and Darlington's 2015 race will be held on Sunday, Sept. 6. In a schedule reveal that was built up considerably the trade of dates between Darlington, Atlanta and Bristol was the only significant change delivered. And it was a change reported on Friday.

Atlanta Motor Speedway, where the Cup Series is racing Sunday, officially moves to the second race of the season. Atlanta will follow the Daytona 500. The track that followed the Daytona 500 this year, Phoenix Raceway, is now the fourth race of the year. NASCAR will go from Las Vegas Motor Speedway to Phoenix to Auto Club Speedway over three consecutive weeks.

The only change to the Chase schedule is a simple date swap. Charlotte Motor Speedway and Kansas Speedway swap places with each other. Charlotte is now the fourth race of the Chase and Kansas is fifth.

The last off-weekend of the season is now the final weekend of August. That's a very good move, as the stretch of races from Indianapolis to the end of the season without a week off is brutal.

Here's the full Sprint Cup Series Schedule:

February 14: Sprint Unlimited

February 19: Duel at Daytona

February 22: Daytona 500

March 1: Atlanta

March 8: Las Vegas

March 15: Phoenix

March 22: Auto Club

March 29: Martinsville:

April 11: Texas

April 19: Bristol

April 25: Richmond

May 3: Talladega

May 9: Kansas

May 16: All-Star Race

May 24: Charlotte

May 31: Dover

June 7: Pocono

June 14: Michigan

June 28: Sonoma

July 5: Daytona

July 11: Kentucky

July 19: New Hampshire

July 26: Indianapolis

August 2: Pocono

August 9: Watkins Glen

August 16: Michigan

August 22: Bristol

September 6: Darlington

September 12: Richmond

September 20: Chicago

September 27: New Hampshire

October 4: Dover

October 10: Charlotte

October 18: Kansas

October 25: Talladega

November 1: Martinsville

November 8: Texas

November 15: Phoenix

November 22: Homestead

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