Tracks that will host Cup Series races next season will be revealing their dates and, in some cases, their debuts with their own degree of fanfare throughout the day. Kentucky Speedway hosted 10 Cup Series races from 2011-20.
“We can’t wait to welcome back fans to see NASCAR and IndyCar together during this exciting weekend as we add another memorable chapter in the long, storied history of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.”, A new chapter of #NASCAR history will be written Aug. 15, 2021. 5:58 pm ET. COTA will take a May 23 spot on the NASCAR Cup Series calendar, placing it as the tour’s first road-course race of the season. Bianchi: The Athletic reported last week Circuit of The Americas will be added, while Road America and the Indianapolis road course are also new additions, doubling the number of road courses on the schedule from three to six. RELATED: More details about 2021 schedule changes.
The paved Bristol Motor Speedway also lost a date as well in favor of a dirt track race at the venue, but it also still has a race date in the round of 16 of the four-round, 10-race playoffs on Saturday, September 18. We work and challenge ourselves every day at Speedway Motorsports to create amazing experiences that will last a lifetime, and we know NASCAR at COTA will deliver in 2021.”. We'll never pass along your email address to spammers, scammers, or the like. https://t.co/bmueava45R, — Steve O'Donnell (@odsteve) September 30, 2020, “A NASCAR tradition returns as Darlington Raceway will host two NASCAR Cup Series race weekends as part of the 2021 NASCAR schedule,” said Darlington President Kerry Tharp.
The track’s second event will mark the first time since 1974 that the Cup Series has raced at Atlanta in July.
The former is scheduled to host a race on Sunday, May 16 while the latter is scheduled to host a race on Sunday, August 22. “We’re beyond excited to deliver what our fans have been yearning for: A second weekend of NASCAR action in Atlanta once again,” said AMS Executive Vice President and General Manager Brandon Hutchison.
“The weekend is going to be memorable and exciting for everyone as we celebrate Independence Day at America’s National Park of Speed. It was home to two Cup Series races each year from 1960-2004 and has been a staple on the NASCAR schedule since opening for business in 1950.
The Aug. 15 race at Indianapolis Motor Speedway won't take place on the usual oval and rather will be yet another road-course race in the 2021 season. The playoff finale will take place in Phoenix for the second-straight year. These tracks will be missed by local fans, but on a national scale, they were just another stop on the circuit (and often produced subpar racing, as many intermediate tracks do).
Changes to the All-Star race are ahead as well, as it will be making a move to the Texas Motor Speedway for the first time. NASCAR: Notable omission from Hendrick Motorsports' 2021 lineup. NASCAR is following up its pandemic era scheduling overhauls with more massive changes. Pocono's Cup doubleheader remains on the calendar in June. NASCAR confirmed the 36-race 2021 Cup Series schedule on Wednesday, and that confirmation carried with it the removal of three races that had been on the original 2020 scheduled before the coronavirus pandemic. With the sanctioning agreement expiring at the end of the 2020 season, and last year seeing NASCAR purchase International Speedway Corp. and Speedway Motorsports Inc. returning to a privately owned company, this allowed NASCAR to largely rearrange the schedule as it best sees fit beginning next year. In a manner of speaking, it was, with tracks and other officials staggering their announcements throughout the day before the full 36-race release later Wednesday afternoon. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.Copyright © 2020 NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Additionally, Bristol Motor Speedway’s half-mile paved oval will be covered with dirt for the track’s annual spring race on March 28, confirming weeks of speculation.
NASCAR officials and tracks will unveil the Cup Series schedule for 2021 all day Wednesday in a series of announcements, culminating in a full release later in the afternoon. “Speedway Motorsports is proud to bring this legendary event to Texas Motor Speedway and add to the legacy of the Great American Speedway.
Bianchi: A schedule that has long been viewed as stagnant is getting a much needed overhaul, and underscores that NASCAR is serious about adding the kinds of tracks its fan base has been clamoring for. The schedule released dates and tracks for the races, but the times for each will be released at a later date. The @NASCAR Cup Series is heading to @COTA on May 23, 2021. — Atlanta Motor Speedway also expands to two annual stops on the Cup Series schedule, set for March 21 and July 11. Your teams. “Our company is proud to have a 60-year history of fabulous firsts in motorsports entertainment, and we are honored to bring America’s premier racing series to one of the world’s most renowned entertainment venues and cities for the very first time,” said Speedway Motorsports President and CEO Marcus Smith. Next year’s Cup Series remains at 36 point-paying races, starting as it did this year with the season-opening Daytona 500 (Feb. 14) and ending with the championship finale at Phoenix Raceway (Nov. 7).
Among the shifts for 2021 are these highlights: — May 23: Circuit of The Americas, a pristine 3.426-mile road course in Austin, Texas, that has been host to Formula 1, IndyCar and IMSA competition.
PHOENIX: All-time track winners | Memorable moments. The last time NASCAR’s top division raced on dirt, Richard Petty won at the North Carolina State Fairgrounds’ dusty half-mile in Raleigh on Sept. 30, 1970.
Darlington’s annual Southern 500 on Labor Day weekend will again serve as the opener of the 10-race playoffs.
NASCAR officials released the 2021 Cup Series schedule Wednesday, introducing three new tracks, expanding to six road courses and placing a dirt-track race on the calendar for the first time in more than 50 years.
“If everything is bigger in Texas, 2021 will be the biggest year ever for NASCAR in the Lone Star State with the addition of the NASCAR All-Star Race,” said Speedway Motorsports President and CEO Marcus Smith. All rights reserved. NASCAR has added new road-course races at both Circuit of the Americas (May 23) in Austin, Texas, and at Road America (July 4) in Plymouth, Wisconsin. People won’t long for these tracks in 20 years like they do North Wilkesboro or Rockingham.
When my dad, Bruton Smith, built Texas Motor Speedway, he wanted everything to be bigger and better than anything that had been built before. “As everyone knows, Bristol Motor Speedway is the home to big events and we feel like this will be one of the most anticipated races in the NASCAR Cup Series in quite some time,” said Jerry Caldwell, executive vice president and general manager of Bristol Motor Speedway.
ATLANTA: 2020 race weekend | All-time track winners.
Dropping Chicago and Kentucky from the Cup Series circuit are just part of a broader vision for NASCAR’s schedule remake.
Covering the impact of coronavirus on the sports world. Jordan Bianchi, motorsports reporter: NASCAR executives have publicly acknowledged that they needed more variety with the Cup schedule and wanted to overhaul it. “I’d like to thank COTA CEO Bobby Epstein as well as NASCAR’s executive leadership for supporting us in an endeavor to do something that we believe will be spectacular for race fans, not only in Texas but around the world. NASCAR: The 5 tracks added to the 2021 schedule, IndyCar: Takuma Sato tipped to return to Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing in 2021, NASCAR: Chase Elliott to ‘give social media a rest’, NASCAR: More 23XI Racing announcements coming next week, NASCAR: Go Fas Racing announce changes for 2021, NASCAR: Go Fas Racing set for big 2021 announcement, NASCAR: Details revealed about Michael Jordan, Denny Hamlin team, for what would have been the 28th straight year, NASCAR: Go Fas situation could play right into Tony Stewart's hands, Jamal Adams Won't Play for Seahawks vs. Dolphins Because of Groin Injury.
#NASCARatCOTAMore info: https://t.co/uPQCQkDRrX pic.twitter.com/vD3ZRENIHb, — NASCAR at COTA (@NASCARatCOTA) September 30, 2020.
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