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Why did they change the 2012 Daytona 500 date?

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Nascar did this to not cause any conflicts with the NFL's Super Bowl. The NFL asked city officials to keep blocks of hotel rooms etc. open for Super Bowl weekend and the weekend after. Nascar didn't want their speedweeks to compete with an event such as this.

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