4 weeks of preseason & 17 weeks in the regular season, +4 weeks for the playoffs, for a total of 25 weeks.
Only 12 teams make it to the layoffs.
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There are 40 weeks between the Budweiser Shootout in February and the season finale at Homestead-Miami Speedway. There are a total of 36 points races in a Nascar season.
The week before the first points race (the Daytona 500), there is the Bud Shootout and Gatorade Duels. During the year the teams will have two off weekends and a weekend in May is designated for the All-Star race.