 NASCAR announced some changes, including the removal of New Hampshire Motor Speedway, Nashville Superspeedway, and Lucas Oil Raceway from the schedule, and moving the Phoenix race back to its traditional fall date.In addition, Rockingham Speedway was added to the schedule, the first NASCAR has raced at Rockingham since 2004.James Buescher of Turner Motorsports claimed his first championship with a 13th-place finish in the season finale.