NASCAR planning to return on May 17 with the first of 7 races in 11 days
The sanctioning body made its plans for a mid-May return official on Thursday with a Cup Series race scheduled at Darlington Raceway on May 17. That’ll be the first of seven races over a period of 11 days across NASCAR’s three national series. They will all be held without fans in attendance as the series attempts to safely resume during the coronavirus pandemic.
The three races at Darlington will be followed by four races at Charlotte. The Cup Series’ Coca-Cola 600 is on May 24. The Xfinity Series will run on Monday, May 25, and the Truck Series will follow on Tuesday. The stretch of racing will then conclude with the Cup Series racing at Charlotte for the second-straight time and for the fourth time in 11 days on May 27.
“NASCAR and its teams are eager and excited to return to racing, and have great respect for the responsibility that comes with a return to competition,” NASCAR vice president Steve O’Donnell said in a statement. “NASCAR will return in an environment that will ensure the safety of our competitors, officials and all those in the local community.
Darlington and Charlotte are the sites for NASCAR’s return because of their proximity to the home bases for teams in greater Charlotte as they can easily get to and from each track without the need for extended stays. Tentative schedules made public through mid-June include races at Bristol, Martinsville, Atlanta and Homestead, a track that’s an 11-hour drive away from Charlotte.
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