NASCAR Schedule Announced Through June 21st

NASCAR has released a new schedule through late June in its effort to run 36 races this year.  It’s quite ambitious and a sign that NASCAR’s national series will continue to be as normal as possible in the coming weeks.   The new schedule is as follows:

Date      Track     Series    Distance                           Network    Start

Sat., May 30        Bristol   Xfinity   160 miles             FS1         3:30 p.m. ET

Sun., May 31       Bristol   Cup        266 miles             FS1         3:30 p.m. ET

Sat., June 6          Atlanta Gander Trucks   200 miles   FS1         1 p.m. ET

Sat., June 6          Atlanta Xfinity   251 miles              FOX        4:30 p.m. ET

Sun., June 7        Atlanta Cup         500 miles             FOX        3 p.m. ET

Wed., June 10      Martinsville Cup     263 miles           FS1         7 p.m. ET

Sat., June 13       Homestead Trucks  201 miles           FS1         12:30 p.m. ET

Sat., June 13       Homestead  Xfinity   250 miles        FOX          3:30 p.m. ET

Sun., June 14      Homestead   Xfinity   250 miles        FS1          Noon ET

Sun., June 14      Homestead    Cup      400 miles         FOX        3:30 p.m. ET

Sat., June 20       Talladega       ARCA     202 miles        FS1        2 p.m. ET

Sat., June 20       Talladega        Xfinity   300 miles         FS1        5:30 p.m. ET

Sun., June 21      Talladega         Cup      500 miles         FOX        3 p.m. ET

Most notible is the five Cup races in 3 weeks and the night race at Martinsville on June 10, 2020.  NASCAR would have to make up 25 Cup races in the remaining five months if they move to weekly races.

Ron Fleshman

RIS NASCAR Editor.  Has been with RIS since the middle 90's. Writes on each of the three main series of NASCAR.

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Volume 2020, Issue 5, Posted 6:20 PM, 05.14.2020