NASCAR announced its schedule of events through August for all three national series and the ARCA Menards Series Wednesday. The schedule includes two additional NASCAR Cup Series doubleheaders, and two separate stops – on two different courses – at Daytona International Speedway.
The races will finish up the regular season and meet NASCAR’s goal of making up all the races that had to be postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic which shut down racing and other professional sports in March.
The first weekend will have the NASCAR Cup Series, NASCAR Gander RV & Outdoors Truck Series and ARCA Menards Series at Michigan International Speedway Aug. 7-9, and will feature a Cup Series doubleheader on Saturday, Aug. 8 and Sunday, Aug. 9 Meanwhile, the NASCAR Xfinity Series will visit Road America on Saturday, Aug. 8
For the first time, the NASCAR Cup Series will race on the road course at Daytona International Speedway during the August 14-16 weekend. The road course-oval hybrid, most noted for the annual running of the Rolex 24 At Daytona, will feature races across all three national series and the ARCA Menards Series. The races will replace NASCAR’s annual visit to Watkins Glen International.
FS1 will continue to carry coverage of the NASCAR Gander RV & Outdoors Truck Series throughout the balance of the season. As part of the 2020 revised schedule, World Wide Technology Raceway at Gateway, which was originally slated to host the first race of the Gander Trucks playoffs, will now become race number 14 of the regular season on Sunday, Aug. 30 at noon ET
NASCAR’s modified event procedures and protocols have been finalized in accordance with public health officials, medical experts and local, state and federal officials. NASCAR will determine if fans are allowed entrance to NASCAR Cup Series races on a market-by-market basis, in accordance with local and state guidelines.
In a statement NASCAR said more details on additional NASCAR national series events, including the playoffs, will be announced at a later date.
Greg is the author of "The Nuts and Bolts of NASCAR: The Definitive Viewers' Guide to Big-Time Stock Car Auto Racing" and has been published in major publications across the country including the Los Angeles Times, the Cleveland Plain Dealer and the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. He was also a contributor to Chicken Soup for the NASCAR Soul, published in 2010, and the Christmas edition in 2016. He wrote as the NASCAR, Formula 1, Auto Reviews and National Veterans Affairs Examiner for Examiner.com and has appeared on Fox News. He holds a BS degree in communications, a Masters degree in psychology and is currently a PhD candidate majoring in psychology. He is currently the weekend Motorsports Editor for Autoweek.
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