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chassis from
Technique at the Daytona 500, and with an insufficient number of chassis available, teams would use the sixth-generation chassis for the Daytona race. However, because of the pandemic, the release of the new chassis will be delayed to 2022, but the use of a road course chassis would save costs. For reference, there was one crash-related safety car at the Daytona road course round, while at the
153:, caused a stir when he interrupted the conference to announce big changes for 2004. France said that many tracks were under fire and being looked at as having race dates taken from them, and given to other facilities. Among the scenarios being looked at by France were how tracks did with ticket sales, and how the weather affected those races. Two tracks immediately looked at by the media were the
1082:(Phoenix) instead of the other way around as it had been in the past. Because there will be no race in between Daytona and the West Coast swing, Las Vegas will now be the second race of the season (instead of the third) and the flip-flop of California and Phoenix will be the third and fourth races. (Phoenix had been the fourth race previously and now is still the fourth race after this switch.)
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series in 2005 (the track's remaining Busch Series date was removed, and at the time the track had never had a Truck series date). However, the loss of a NASCAR presence would ultimately prove a blessing in disguise for
Rockingham; it is now one of the most heavily used venues for testing by NASCAR teams now that testing is prohibited at any track that hosts races in any NASCAR touring series.
1373:, parent of Speedway Motorsports, would implement at all events behind closed doors. Owners of condominiums and office space at the respective circuits were allowed to attend the races in their respective buildings, which at Charlotte meant spectators would be allowed in condominiums above Turn 1. Darlington's newly added spring date would become permanent in 2021.
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April, and the spring race at Dover
International Speedway returned to its traditional early June date. Kansas's fall race, a part of the Chase for the Cup, was switched with Talladega's Chase date and moved to late October. NASCAR said this realignment was due to a repaving project at the track which was scheduled to begin following the race.
1411:. NASCAR also announced a continuation of its empty stands policy for those races. As was the policy in Charlotte, spectators were allowed in Atlanta at the Turn 4 condominiums (a similar rule was used in INDYCAR at Texas for their Turn 2 units). NASCAR invited guests for Homestead, and began limited spectators at Talladega.
1950:, which was not originally on the 2020 schedule but added on as part of the COVID-19 schedule changes, becomes a permanent event for the first time since 2011. It will be run on Mother's Day weekend along with the new second race dates for Cup and Xfinity at the track added this year. This race replaces the race at
1150:. The race will be held on a Sunday afternoon instead of Saturday afternoon as part of the new "doubleheader-weekend" where the Cup Series will run both of their races at the track on the same weekend on consecutive days (on Saturday in addition to the Truck Series and Sunday in addition to the Xfinity Series).
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scheduling in nearby Tampa. The race will also be moved from the oval to the infield road course for the first time. The original intent of the change was a cost savings move to allow sixth-generation chassis for road course events to be used. NASCAR had intended to launch the new seventh-generation
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In NASCAR's first races back since the pandemic hit, there would be no practice or qualifying held so that teams would not need to bring additional crew members to the track and would not need to bring backup cars. (Crew members would be in contact with each other when repairing a primary car damaged
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NASCAR announced on
September 29, 2011, that some schedule realigning would take place for the 2012 season. Although the realignment was not as drastic as past years, both of the Kansas races were affected. The spring race, which was added to the schedule for the 2011 campaign, was moved from June to
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Speedway, attendance for both races has dropped considerably, even with a Chase race. Because NASCAR scheduled the first race at the track to immediately follow the Daytona 500 on the schedule, teams were forced to travel across the continent for the
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Phoenix International Raceway was moved to the second week of the season and returned to its previous distance, and is run during the day for the first time (the awarding of the second race date to Phoenix coincided with the installation of lights at the track and resulted in the race being run at
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Sonoma took
Kentucky's original date, and Kentucky took New Hampshire's July date. New Hampshire's summer date was moved to the original summer off-weekend. Due to 2015 being the first year of a new broadcasting contract between NASCAR, Fox and NBC, these changes to the summer schedule were done so
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Phoenix race was moved to what had been Bristol's spring date. Because Las Vegas and Auto Club stayed in their original positions, the series now had an uninterrupted streak of three races on the West Coast, nicknamed the "West Coast swing". This was done not only to please the fans, but
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In May 2004, NASCAR announced that they and Texas
Speedway had reached a settlement. As part of the settlement ISC sold North Carolina Speedway to SMI, who in turn gave the race to Texas. This not only cost Rockingham its Nextel Cup date, but left it with no dates in any of NASCAR's national racing
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was moved to a later date on the schedule around
Halloween (the first Sunday in November or the final Sunday in October), one previously occupied by Atlanta Motor Speedway's fall event. That race was moved to Labor Day weekend, where California Speedway's inherited autumn event from Darlington had
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on November 8. This will be the first Phoenix race to close out the season. Due to this and the consolidation of the Pocono doubleheader, the 2020 season will actually end one week earlier than in the past. Usually the season finale is held on third weekend in November. Those dates being anywhere
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Chicagoland has had major attendance issues and its TV ratings have been some of the lowest of the season in recent years. NASCAR is hoping to save the race in a major market by moving it to the Chase. Some were worried about a conflict with the IndyCar Series, which had its race there during the
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The off-weeks were relocated: the traditional Easter off-weekend now fell between Martinsville and Texas, and the summer off-week that originally took place between New Hampshire and the Brickyard 400 was repositioned to the week between Michigan's Quicken Loans 400 and Sonoma's Toyota/Save Mart
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for the first time in the series' history. In 2010, the NCWTS also got rid of its second race at Auto Club Speedway. This moved all races back one weekend in the season until the first weekend of August, where a race was added at Darlington Raceway, which was put in place after an absence on the
1238:(Phoenix) will be the last race of the season after Homestead was bumped back to March. However, because of how the schedule works (only one off-weekend in the playoffs instead of two), it will remain on the same weekend in early November, and the season will end a week earlier than in the past.
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The 2014 realignment also had few changes. The dates were swapped for the spring races at Darlington and Kansas, turning Kansas's spring race into a night race. The spring race at Texas Motor Speedway was moved from Saturday night to Sunday afternoon so as not to interfere with the NCAA Men's
1543:, but after all the COVID-19 schedule changes, they changed to Atlanta, Homestead, and Talladega with Bristol now serving as the qualification race for the Dash 4 Cash. Despite being in the middle of the races that do have it, the Saturday Homestead race will not be a Dash 4 Cash race.
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NASCAR has stated that Rockingham and Darlington lost their dates because they were not selling all the tickets for those events, and that giving Darlington only one date would make a sellout more likely since it would be the only race taking place there the following year.
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for anyone entering the state from areas designated as having large numbers of recent COVID-19 cases (including North Carolina, where the majority of NASCAR teams and staff are based). Fans may be admitted at events on a case-by-case basis depending on local health
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Kentucky Speedway gained a second truck series date, to be run on the same weekend as the July Nationwide Series event, and the track's inaugural Cup race in early July. The track now hosts a triple header weekend, and the second race was moved to
1558:'s 14 day quarantine rule for anyone entering the state of New York from states that are COVID-19 hot spots, which includes North Carolina, where NASCAR teams are based. In that announcement, it was also made official that the standalone race at
261:, all of which have two race dates a year) thought that the first race at Texas was popular enough to warrant another date. Soon, the company began pressing NASCAR to give them another date, but NASCAR refused to grant the track a second race.
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remained on the schedule despite being a standalone race. Additionally, because of the loss of these two races, the Gateway race became part of the regular season instead of the first race of the playoffs, and Kansas and Texas will be in the
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filed a lawsuit against NASCAR, saying that it failed to come through on a promise to give Texas a second date. NASCAR denied making any promise of any kind. (Ferko filed the suit on his own; Smith did not want any part of the it.)
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will both become Playoff races in place of Dover and Homestead. This will mark the first time since the inaugural Chase for the NEXTEL Cup in 2004 that Darlington will host a postseason event (that race was given to Texas in the
280:, whose slot in the Chase for the Nextel Cup was given to Texas. Darlington was then left with its spring date, which was moved to Mother's Day weekend (a traditional off-weekend for the Cup Series) and lengthened to 500 miles.
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was the first year of NASCAR's 'modern era'. All races for the Cup Series at ovals under 0.5 miles in length (and under 250 miles in distance), and dirt ovals, were removed from the schedule, that included popular tracks like
656:, Bristol's spring race, was moved to Darlington's 2014 position on the schedule, in hopes of running it in warmer weather conditions as opposed to the cold and sometimes rainy conditions that had plagued the mid-March date.
229:"Realignment 2004" was unpopular with many, but unlike "realignment 2005", the previous realignment in the schedule was not tied in with a lawsuit. In April 1997 the Winston Cup Series began racing at the newly built
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would replace the cancelled Canadian Tire Motorsports Motorsport Park race and will be part of the regular season. It marks the series’ first event at the historic track in more than nine years. A third race at
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was initially back on the schedule after being taken off of the 2020 schedule during the season as part of the COVID-19 schedule changes. Due to the continuance of Canadian restrictions, the race was moved to
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Chicago's race moves a week earlier than it was in 2019. It now falls on Father's Day weekend, which had previously been an off-weekend for the series, and that off-weekend was moved to July after the race at
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will host a Cup race, scheduled for Sunday, June 20 (Father's Day). It will be the first time the speedway will host a NASCAR Cup Series event, and the first time the track has hosted any NASCAR events since
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races that will be held without practice and qualifying, NASCAR announced that the field size temporarily will be expanded to a maximum of 40 vehicles each. The field will be set by a random draw, similar to
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that Fox instituted will be removed. This prevents a conflict that happened at the 2016 Olympics, when NBC moved the Watkins Glen race to their USA Network. NBC's half starts on the weekend of that golf
1206:’s second race was knocked out of the playoffs and into the regular seasons as a result of Bristol being put in. That race at Dover will now be held on August 22 (the weekend where Road America had been).
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moved from being the final race of the regular season to the second race in the playoffs, replacing the New Hampshire/Las Vegas race, which was bumped back a week to become the first race of the playoffs.
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Major schedule changes were announced to combat poor attendance and poor television ratings, both of which had dropped considerably since the introduction of the Generation-5 car and for other reasons.
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second week, hurting them financially and eventually leading to the discontinuation of the truck race there in 2010. The February race was also inconveniently scheduled on the same night as the
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The first race at Dover and the Memorial Day week swapped dates, so the last race before the All-Star Race was Dover instead of Kansas, because of Memorial Day being very late similar to 2011.
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races. It will be the first time Fox has ever broadcast a NASCAR Xfinity race at Homestead. Mid-Ohio will mark Fox's first broadcast of a road course race in the Xfinity Series since
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is being removed in favor of the Daytona road course race. This was made for logistics reasons, as Homestead was moved back a week in order for Daytona's road course to replace the
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The Busch Clash will be moved from the Sunday before the Daytona 500 to the Tuesday before (on February 9), in an effort to condense Speedweeks down to one week and also because of
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Bristol and Dover will go from having two races on the schedule to one as the Bristol race will be the paved event. (The Xfinity Series will not race on the Bristol dirt weekend.)
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Phoenix International Raceway's truck series date, which had been run near the end of the season for years, moved to February as part of the realignment of the Cup Series race.
893:'s fall race moved a week earlier into late September from early October and for the first time utilized the track's road course layout instead of its quad-oval, becoming the
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pandemic to take place without fans in attendance, but one day later on March 13, 2020, NASCAR announced that the two Cup races (including support races) would be postponed.
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pandemic to take place without fans in attendance, but one day later on March 13, 2020, NASCAR announced that the two Cup races (including support races) would be postponed.
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would replace the cancelled Eldora event and will be part of the playoffs. In that announcement, it was also revealed that the series’ playoff opener has been moved to
637:. Texas and Martinsville were moved up a week. The Darlington date moved to Texas's original spot on the schedule. The Easter off-week moved to Kansas's original date.
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will no longer be the second race of the season and moves a month later to become the fifth race of the season, and also the first race after the West Coast swing.
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Auto Club Speedway's fall date was removed from the schedule and not replaced by another track, condensing the schedule from 35 races in 2010 to 34 races in 2011.
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was added back to the schedule for the first time since a Grand National race 65 years prior. The race is scheduled for July 4, replacing the race weekend at
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and filing a lawsuit (which was dismissed) in efforts to get a Sprint Cup Series race. Improvements had to be made but were expected to be completed in time.
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weekend for 54 years, would be moved to November for 2004, alienating the fan base of long time NASCAR fans. In the process, Rockingham's November date, the
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On May 14, 2020, NASCAR announced another revised schedule, this time to show the races planned for the end of May through June 21. These tracks include
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Talladega and Kansas swapped their October race dates, making Talladega the second race in the Round of 12 and turning Kansas into an elimination race.
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would replace the cancelled Michigan event. In that announcement, it was also revealed that the Xfinity Series playoff opener has been moved to
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was moved one week later in the season to become the first race of the Round of 12 in the playoffs, flip-flopping places with Charlotte.
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bid for a second date for its track and failed to get it. Track management and ownership want to move the final races of the year from
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Auto Club Speedway was initially on the schedule, but was replaced by an event at the Daytona Road Course due to COVID-19 regulations.
1934:. The series will not race at Dover at all this season. It is the first time since 1999 where the track has not been on the schedule.
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will replace the first Iowa's race. That will be the first time ever that Homestead hosts two Xfinity Series events in the same year.
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race weekend on May 8–9 had been postponed, although the sanctioning body affirmed its commitment to running a full 36-race schedule.
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1388:'s postponed spring date would not be rescheduled. Eventually, on September 29, 2020, NASCAR closed Chicagoland Speedway.
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which replaced the cancelled Iowa race. In that announcement, it was also made official that the standalone race at
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1190:'s race moved into that weekend in August from where it had been previously later in the month.
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on a weekend that had previously been an off weekend which will now be in April the week after
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Atlanta Motor Speedway's spring date was discontinued in favor of the Labor Day weekend date.
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The Cup Series will also race on dirt for the first time since 1970 as the spring race at
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The 2020 schedule for the NASCAR Cup Series will undergo a series of significant changes.
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Michigan International Speedway's date moved to the weekend of the August Sprint Cup race.
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Darlington Raceway's truck series date, which was run in August in 2010, moved to March.
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Michigan International Speedway's date moved to the weekend of the June Sprint Cup race.
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will host Cup races on March 7 and November 7, the latter being the championship date.
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The Charlotte Roval race is now later in the fall and in October instead of September.
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Kentucky Speedway has demanded a race for years, with its owners selling the track to
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that the Truck Series has had more than one road course race (when Watkins Glen and
1795:. As a consequence of gaining the All-Star race, Texas goes down to one points race.
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in practice or qualifying or to prepare a backup car if a team had to utilize it).
2800:"NASCAR, IMS move Brickyard 400 onto speedway's road course in 2021 for first time"
2702:"NASCAR shakes up schedule for 2021 Daytona Speedweeks, moves Clash to road course"
1760:
1720:, doing so with a damaged car. The Daytona 500 will be held on Sunday, February 14.
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will move to August and become the final race of NASCAR's "regular season". The
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will be run under the lights for the first time on May 9, Mother's Day Weekend.
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Kansas Speedway's date moved to June as part of the Sprint Cup Series weekend.
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2391:"NASCAR announces that Chicagoland, Richmond and Sonoma will lose race dates"
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2671:"NASCAR expands field for Xfinity, Gander Trucks races without qualifying"
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on November 6. This will be the first Phoenix race to close out the season
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weekend (in 2018, falling on Sunday, February 18), how it was until after
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The Coke Zero 400 at Daytona will return to its usual Saturday night date.
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The Easter off-week is placed late-March between Fontana and Martinsville.
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was moved back one week due to Chicagoland gaining the opening Chase race.
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series' schedule in the previous season. Other changes included a race at
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897:, and it also became the closing race to the Round of 16 in the playoffs.
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The Texas spring race was moved from Saturday night to Sunday afternoon.
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In addition, the race at Kentucky Speedway moved to June preceding the
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1864:, the series' original dirt race which had been on the schedule since
177:. While there were only a few changes, they were major. In June 1997,
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1200:
Night Race, which will now be a month later and part of the playoffs.
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After having hosted a night race on the Fourth of July weekend since
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2083:"Jayski'sŽ Silly Season Site – 2011 Nationwide Series Schedule"
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The final calendar for the 2017 season was released on May 5, 2016.
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Iowa Speedway gained a second Nationwide Series date, run on May 22.
328:
The Nextel Cup Series schedule was left untouched during this time.
2611:"NASCAR reveals remainder of 2020 schedule for all national series"
868:'s fall race was eliminated and replaced with a new second race at
851:'s portion of the TV schedule beginning at Chicago and not Daytona.
2323:"Coronavirus roundup from April 17: NASCAR postpones Martinsville"
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After being the second-to-last race of the season for many years,
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races, its new Labor Day weekend race in 2009 was a huge success.
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when it was removed due to COVID-19), was replaced by a race at
1640:, for this season only as part of the COVID-19 schedule changes.
1629:, for this season only as part of the COVID-19 schedule changes.
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will not host an Xfinity Series race in 2020. A second event at
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moves earlier in the season to become the first race held after
511:'s second date moved to late July and replaced the date held by
381:
race for a new race in August at the .875 miles (1.408 km)
2514:"Alsco Uniforms 500 moved to Thursday, Cheddar's 300 to Monday"
1573:
On August 6, 2020, NASCAR announced that an additional race at
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After being the season-finale for the Truck Series since 2002,
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instead of after so Darlington can remain on Labor Day weekend.
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Pocono's race will be held on the last week of June, replacing
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in 2005) and the first postseason race of any kind for Bristol.
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Kentucky Speedway hosted its first Sprint Cup Series race, the
2578:"NASCAR reveals rest of revamped 2020 regular-season schedule"
2545:"Dash 4 Cash, Triple Truck Challenge unveil new look for 2020"
1944:
schedule was removed as part of the COVID-19 schedule changes.
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would be cancelled and replaced and the same would go for the
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races and Pocono as well as the new Martinsville race will be
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will not host an Xfinity Series race in 2020. A 2nd event at
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Since Labor Day falls later in the year in 2020, the race at
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is permanently taken off the schedule after its race on the
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The Championship Round of the Playoffs will be conducted at
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The Championship Round of the Playoffs will be conducted at
209:
on the day before Labor Day, while also being shown live on
2734:"NASCAR makes sweeping changes to 2021 Cup Series schedule"
2293:"NASCAR statement: All race events through May 3 postponed"
876:, replaced on the schedule and will be the playoffs opener.
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Dover's spring race was moved back to the slot between the
2833:"NASCAR Cup Series to go dirt trackin' at Bristol in 2021"
2027:"Source: Kentucky Speedway to get Sprint Cup race in 2011"
1169:'s summer race will now be in August, trading places with
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will be run on consecutive days the weekend of June 27–28.
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Bristol and Michigan swapped back their August race dates.
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began hosting a Winston Cup race. The track is located in
2456:"No practice or qualifying for additional upcoming races"
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Nashville Superspeedway returns for the first time since
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After Mid-Ohio's race moved back to late May/early June,
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205:, and be run from the late evening into the night on the
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were originally announced on March 12, 2020, due to the
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were originally announced on March 12, 2020, due to the
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Reasons for Rockingham and Darlington losing their races
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would take place without fans in attendance due to the
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On May 27, 2020, it was announced that the rescheduled
1179:'s second race moves back a week, on the weekend where
2356:"NASCAR goes green in May with seven races in 11 days"
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was moved back to Sunday afternoon (a week before the
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Atlanta's race was moved to the post-Daytona 500 date.
2641:"2020 NASCAR Race Weekends at Iowa Speedway Canceled"
325:, adding a third road course to the series schedule.
169:"Realignment 2004" was announced in June 2003 at the
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The 2016 alignment saw some changes to the schedule
121:. Some of these venues were still used for races in
2193:"NASCAR announces race start times for 2017 season"
2033:. Sports Illustrated. 1 August 2010. Archived from
1663:On August 6, 2020, NASCAR announced that a race at
1554:as a result of failing to get a waiver of Governor
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TV equipment would not be set up and ready in time.
1100:After previously having two races on the schedule,
633:Tournament, which began the same weekend in nearby
2488:"Daytona road course to replace Watkins Glen race"
2001:"Atlanta to play host to one race weekend in 2011"
1290:will host the Playoff opener for the Gander Trucks
1284:will serve as the final race of the regular season
704:Michigan and Bristol swap their August race dates.
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2159:"NASCAR announces 2017 national series schedules"
1908:returns to the schedule for the first time since
1784:will have the concrete half-mile covered in dirt.
1684:In the Gander RV & Outdoors Truck Series and
1258:(which was under the old 2001-2006 TV contract).
2860:
2258:"NASCAR statement on Atlanta, Miami race events"
2134:"NASCAR releases familiar-looking 2012 schedule"
1849:were on the schedule), and the first time since
645:The 2015 alignment saw several drastic changes:
442:Chicagoland became the opening race to the 2011
1954:, which will not host any NASCAR races in 2021.
1891:, which will not host any NASCAR races in 2021.
1228:moves later in the month and into the playoffs.
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783:would be moved one week earlier to be held on
2617:. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. August 6, 2020.
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2299:. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. March 16, 2020.
2264:. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. March 13, 2020.
2229:. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. March 26, 2019.
1989:1949 season overview on racing-reference.info
1595:On March 12, 2020, it was announced that the
1112:(in between when the series stopped going to
618:Rockingham returned to NASCAR as part of the
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245:(which also oversees operations of tracks in
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2677:. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. May 11, 2020.
2584:. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. July 8, 2020.
2464:. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. May 19, 2020.
2049:
1741:(a track which they also own) to Nashville.
1384:would not host Cup races in 2020, and that
1104:lost its spring date in favor of a race at
797:, was moved one month early to precede the
2421:
2399:. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. May 8, 2020.
2378:
2223:"2020 NASCAR Cup Series Schedule Shake-up"
1993:
1759:would expand to two races, picking up the
795:Dover International Speedway's spring race
2345:
1350:On April 17, 2020, NASCAR announced that
964:, will switch race weekends with Daytona.
406:being moved from the summer to the fall.
33:refers to changes in the schedule of the
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2422:Martinelli, Michelle R. (May 16, 2020).
2169:: NASCAR Media Group, LLC. May 5, 2016.
1288:World Wide Technology Raceway at Gateway
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85:in Virginia. The last two races, one at
2746:from the original on September 30, 2020
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2019:
1755:On September 30, NASCAR announced that
1632:On May 14, 2020, NASCAR announced that
1497:On May 14, 2020, NASCAR announced that
1213:(Indy in 2019) will now be held before
31:History of NASCAR schedule realignments
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1880:, which will be run on Friday, July 9.
1744:On September 29, it was reported that
1621:On May 8, 2020, NASCAR announced that
1486:On May 8, 2020, NASCAR announced that
1376:On May 8, 2020, NASCAR announced that
1196:moved two weeks later in place of the
985:that has been run under the lights on
733:The Daytona 500 was moved back a week.
363:
65:in Florida. The third race was run at
2843:from the original on October 16, 2020
2797:
2765:Kallmann, Dave (September 30, 2020).
2699:
2555:from the original on October 11, 2019
1625:would not host their Truck race, the
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2812:from the original on October 5, 2020
2798:Brown, Nathan (September 30, 2020).
2779:from the original on October 1, 2020
2362:. Associated Press. April 30, 2020.
2203:from the original on August 22, 2016
1926:is added to the schedule, replacing
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276:The second track to lose a race was
264:Early in the 2000s, SMI shareholder
201:, would move to Fontana, become the
136:
2831:Long, Dustin (September 30, 2020).
2621:from the original on August 7, 2020
2588:from the original on August 7, 2020
2366:from the original on April 30, 2020
2303:from the original on March 17, 2020
2268:from the original on March 17, 2020
2007:from the original on 18 August 2010
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1139:on Memorial Day weekend, replacing
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487:In addition to these developments,
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2714:from the original on June 27, 2020
1752:would not be on the 2021 schedule,
1570:, despite being a standalone race.
1434:, which currently require 14 days
515:, which was closed by track owner
27:History of NASCAR schedule changes
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2681:from the original on May 19, 2020
2524:from the original on June 8, 2020
2468:from the original on June 8, 2020
2436:from the original on June 9, 2020
2403:from the original on May 13, 2020
2333:from the original on June 8, 2020
2233:from the original on June 3, 2019
2110:. www.speedtv.com. Archived from
2059:. www.speedtv.com. Archived from
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1636:would not host a Truck race, the
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1314:2020 coronavirus pandemic changes
1062:
519:following the 2010 racing season.
2651:from the original on 22 May 2020
2543:Albert, Zack (August 21, 2019).
2490:. Associated Press. 2020-07-08.
2173:from the original on May 5, 2016
1274:The Truck Series will return to
1038:from November 16 to November 22.
312:Pikes Peak International Raceway
199:Pop Secret Microwave Popcorn 400
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2791:
2758:
2726:
2700:Kelly, Godwin (March 4, 2020).
2693:
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2512:Nguyen, Justin (May 28, 2020).
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2140:from the original on 2011-09-30
2089:from the original on 2010-08-21
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1459:United States Census Bureau 300
1361:and two points-paying races at
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1282:Michigan International Speedway
1261:
1053:, meaning the off week for the
969:Blu-Emu Maximum Pain Relief 500
729:Key changes from 2016 include:
175:Michigan International Speedway
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954:Daytona International Speedway
613:Daytona International Speedway
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1:
2551:. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC.
2057:"Chase Date for Chicagoland?"
1975:
1958:Canadian Tire Motorsport Park
1653:Canadian Tire Motorsport Park
1527:races were supposed to be at
1278:for the first time since 2005
1019:Bass Pro Shops NRA Night Race
913:
843:(how it was like until after
513:Gateway International Raceway
418:
43:NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series
2108:"Auto Club Loses Chase Date"
1897:replaces the spring race at
1541:Dover International Speedway
1293:The Round of 10 will end at
1004:Dover International Speedway
866:New Hampshire Motor Speedway
481:Dover International Speedway
133:, which ran on Labor Day).
7:
1772:Indianapolis Motor Speedway
1645:Daytona infield road course
1552:Daytona infield road course
1326:Folds of Honor QuikTrip 500
1299:The Round of 8 will end at
1055:U.S. Open Golf Championship
962:Indianapolis Motor Speedway
924:Folds of Honor QuikTrip 500
860:Indianapolis Motor Speedway
847:). This change resulted in
791:and many years before that.
123:NASCAR's second-tier series
111:Greenville-Pickens Speedway
77:in Pennsylvania, second at
10:
2885:
2772:Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
2461:Jayski's Silly Season Site
2396:Jayski's Silly Season Site
1414:With the exception of the
570:Speedway Motorsports, Inc.
539:Camping World Truck Series
395:Mansfield Motorsports Park
387:Camping World Truck Series
243:Speedway Motorsports, Inc.
49:First Cup schedule in 1949
1904:After a 20-year absence,
1597:Vet Tix/Camping World 200
983:Super Start Batteries 400
939:Ford Championship Weekend
895:Bank of America Roval 400
743:and the June Pocono race.
497:Ford Championship Weekend
379:Mexico City's road course
323:Circuit Gilles Villeneuve
191:Mountain Dew Southern 500
95:North Wilkesboro Speedway
81:in New York and third at
71:Hillsboro, North Carolina
1971:Cup and Xfinity weekend.
1965:Homestead-Miami Speedway
1609:Homestead–Miami Speedway
1583:Las Vegas Motor Speedway
1503:Homestead-Miami Speedway
1481:Charlotte Motor Speedway
1463:Homestead–Miami Speedway
1405:Homestead-Miami Speedway
1363:Charlotte Motor Speedway
1338:Homestead–Miami Speedway
1269:Homestead–Miami Speedway
1226:Las Vegas Motor Speedway
1087:Homestead-Miami Speedway
935:Homestead–Miami Speedway
891:Charlotte Motor Speedway
881:Federated Auto Parts 400
870:Las Vegas Motor Speedway
811:Charlotte Motor Speedway
779:The 60th running of the
770:Advance Auto Parts Clash
493:Homestead-Miami Speedway
489:Las Vegas Motor Speedway
444:Chase for the Sprint Cup
91:Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
1924:Nashville Superspeedway
1895:Circuit of the Americas
1793:Circuit of the Americas
1730:Nashville Superspeedway
1537:Talladega Superspeedway
1409:Talladega Superspeedway
1165:in the Xfinity Series,
509:Nashville Superspeedway
374:Talladega Superspeedway
259:Concord, North Carolina
155:North Carolina Speedway
2742:. September 30, 2020.
2167:Daytona Beach, Florida
1782:Bristol Motor Speedway
1757:Atlanta Motor Speedway
1674:Bristol Motor Speedway
1601:Atlanta Motor Speedway
1533:Bristol Motor Speedway
1467:coronavirus (COVID-19)
1455:Atlanta Motor Speedway
1426:being replaced by the
1424:Go Bowling at The Glen
1397:Atlanta Motor Speedway
1393:Bristol Motor Speedway
1342:coronavirus (COVID-19)
1330:Atlanta Motor Speedway
1295:Bristol Motor Speedway
1023:Bristol Motor Speedway
928:Atlanta Motor Speedway
477:night from its debut).
290:NASCAR also moved the
115:Hickory Motor Speedway
2805:The Indianapolis Star
1876:in Iowa, home of the
1514:Cup race at Charlotte
1401:Martinsville Speedway
1352:Martinsville Speedway
1301:Martinsville Speedway
1120:and started going to
973:Martinsville Speedway
832:on Labor Day weekend.
599:Realignment 2012–2014
316:Martinsville Speedway
306:Realignment 2006–2007
294:, the spring race at
255:Loudon, New Hampshire
147:chairman of the board
83:Martinsville Speedway
39:NASCAR Xfinity Series
1952:Chicagoland Speedway
1750:Chicagoland Speedway
1623:Chicagoland Speedway
1529:Texas Motor Speedway
1488:Chicagoland Speedway
1382:Chicagoland Speedway
1051:2020 Summer Olympics
981:'s spring race, the
709:2016 Summer Olympics
675:and NBC getting the
474:Subway Fresh Fit 600
437:Chicagoland Speedway
389:replaced the spring
231:Texas Motor Speedway
173:race weekend at the
67:Occoneechee Speedway
2037:on 6 September 2010
1878:Knoxville Nationals
950:Coke Zero Sugar 400
841:Coke Zero Sugar 400
822:2018 FIFA World Cup
364:Realignment 2009–10
183:Fontana, California
2869:NASCAR terminology
2518:The Checkered Flag
2329:. April 17, 2020.
2003:. www.nascar.com.
1969:Auto Club Speedway
1948:Darlington Raceway
1605:Baptist Health 200
1492:Darlington Raceway
1477:Darlington Raceway
1428:Daytona Grand Prix
1359:Darlington Raceway
1076:Auto Club Speedway
1015:Darlington Raceway
902:fall race at Dover
826:Bristol night race
799:KC Masterpiece 400
624:K&N Pro Series
247:Bristol, Tennessee
179:Auto Club Speedway
159:Darlington Raceway
141:In a January 2003
87:Heidelberg Raceway
75:Langhorne Speedway
55:Charlotte Speedway
18:NASCAR Realignment
2199:. July 27, 2016.
2114:on 18 August 2010
1889:Kentucky Speedway
1874:Knoxville Raceway
1766:On the same day,
1746:Kentucky Speedway
1691:NASCAR Cup Series
1627:Camping World 225
1613:COVID-19 pandemic
1078:(Fontana) before
1043:Toyota Owners 400
517:Dover Motorsports
503:Nationwide Series
404:Kentucky Speedway
137:2003 announcement
119:Columbia Speedway
35:NASCAR Cup Series
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