The 2013 NASCAR season begins this month and Fox Sports has unveiled its plans to cover races over the first part of the year.

Fox will telecast 13 NASCAR Sprint Cup races in its 13th year in covering the sport.  The debut of Fox Sports’ 2013 Speedweeks coverage begins with the Sprint Unlimited at Daytona, live on Saturday, February 16th at 8:00p.m. ET, followed by live coverage of Daytona 500 Qualifying on Sunday, February 17th at 1:00p.m. ET.  Fox has the telecast of the Daytona 500 Sunday, February 24th beginning at 12:00p.m. ET.

Mike Joy returns as Fox’ voice for NASCAR races, joined in the booth by Darrell Waltrip and Larry McReynolds.    Jeff Hammond will join reporters Steve Byrnes, Matt Yocum and Krista Voda on pit road.

Here is the complete schedule of NASCAR races this year on Fox Sports:

NASCAR on FOX 2013 Schedule

Date                             Track                                        Event                                       Coverage

Sat. Feb. 16                  Daytona Int’l Speedway             Sprint Unlimited                         8:00 PM

Sun. Feb. 17                 Daytona Int’l Speedway             Daytona 500 Qualifying             1:00 PM

Sun. Feb. 24                 Daytona Int’l Speedway             Daytona 500                             12:00 PM

Sun. March 3                 Phoenix Int’l Speedway              NASCAR Racing – Phoenix        2:30 PM

Sun. March 10               Las Vegas Motor Speedway      NASCAR Racing – Las Vegas     2:30 PM

Sun. March 17               Bristol Motor Speedway            NASCAR Racing – Bristol           12:30 PM

Sun. March 24               Auto Club Speedway                 NASCAR Racing – Fontana        2:30 PM

Sun. April 7                   Martinsville Speedway               NASCAR Racing – Martinsville    12:30 PM

Sat. April 13                  Texas Motor Speedway             NASCAR Racing – Fort Worth     7:00 PM

Sun. April 21                 Kansas Speedway                     NASCAR Racing – Kansas City   12:30 PM

Sat.  April 27                 Richmond Int’l Raceway             NASCAR Racing – Richmond     7:00 PM

Sun. May 5                   Talladega Superspeedway         NASCAR Racing – Talladega      12:00 PM

Sat.  May 11                 Darlington Raceway                   NASCAR Racing – Darlington     6:00 PM

Sun.  May 26                 Charlotte Motor Speedway         NASCAR Racing – Charlotte       5:30 PM

Sun.  June 2                  Dover Int’l Speedway                 NASCAR Racing – Dover           12:30 PM

All times Eastern; Schedule subject to change