Bristol Motor Speedway will play host to that dirt race on its oval March 28. After being rumored for weeks, NASCAR’s Wednesday schedule release made the dirt race official.
Among a number of other changes detailed below, NASCAR has removed Chicagoland and Kentucky from the tracks it’ll race on in 2021. Coming into the schedule are races at Circuit of the Americas, Road America and Nashville. The August race at Indianapolis Motor Speedway will be shifted to that track’s road course, as well. The playoff finale will take place in Phoenix for the second-straight year.
“We developed the 2021 schedule with one primary goal: Continue to take steps to create the most dynamic schedule possible for our fans,” said Steve O’Donnell, NASCAR executive vice president and chief racing development officer, in a release. “Extensive collaboration between NASCAR, the race tracks, race teams and our broadcast partners allowed NASCAR to create what promises to be an exciting 2021 schedule of races.”
Below is the complete NASCAR Cup Series schedule for 2021. The start times, TV channels, radio stations and more information will be added when the schedule is released by NASCAR.
NASCAR schedule 2021
NASCAR schedule 2021: Playoff races
NASCAR schedule changes for 2021
Below are the major changes to the NASCAR Cup Series schedule in 2021 compared to previous seasons.
Bristol Motor Speedway’s spring race will take place with its oval covered in dirt on March 28, the first dirt race in NASCAR’s modern era (dating back to 1972). 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. Nasvhille has been added to the schedule for a race on June 20. Atlanta and Darlington will both see an additional race this season, with the second swing through Darlington serving as the playoff opener on Sunday, Sept. 5. 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 Chicagoland and Kentucky have both been removed from the schedule - this is the first schedule release with tracks removed since 2005, when Rockingham was left off the slate. There are no mid-week races included on the new schedule.
