Martin's Sprint Cup schedule with DEI set

Mark Martin's Sprint Cup schedule in the

No. 8 Chevrolets for Dale Earnhardt Inc. is set.

He will run both the Budweiser Shootout at

Daytona and the NASCAR Nextel All-Star

Challenge at Lowe's Motor Speedway.

He'll also run 24 points races while Aric

Almirola will run 12. Martin will run the sea-

son's first four races at Daytona, California,

Las Vegas and Atlanta, then at Texas and

Phoenix in April; at Richmond, Darlington and

Charlotte in May; Pocono and Michigan in

June; Daytona, Chicagoland and Indianapolis

in July; Pocono and Michigan in August; at

Richmond, Dover and Kansas in September;

Charlotte and Atlanta in October; and Texas

and Homestead in November.