NASCAR returns to racing, without fans present

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In honor of Memorial Day, NASCAR Cup Series drivers and accompanying on-track vehicles at the Coca-Cola 600 Sunday, carried the name of a fallen military member on their cars. Pictured – Chip Ganassi Racing No. 1, Kurt Busch in honor of Philip Lee Grieser, United States Navy.
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – NASCAR recently announced the next installment of races in its return to racing, featuring events at Bristol Motor Speedway, Atlanta Motor Speedway, Martinsville Speedway, Homestead-Miami Speedway and Talladega Superspeedway. The slate of races include events in the NASCAR Cup Series, NASCAR Xfinity Series, NASCAR Gander RV & Outdoors Series and the ARCA Menards Series.
The second installment is:
DATE               TRACK             SERIES                        DISTANCE        NET      START (ET)
Sat, May 30      Bristol               Xfinity                           160 mi              FS1      3:30 PM
Sun, May 31      Bristol               Cup                              266 mi              FS1      3:30 PM
Sat, June 6       Atlanta              Gander Trucks              200 mi              FS1      1:00 PM
Sat, June 6       Atlanta              Xfinity                           251 mi              FOX     4:30 PM
Sun, June 7      Atlanta              Cup                              500 mi              FOX     3:00 PM
Wed,June 10     Martinsville        Cup                              263 mi              FS1      7:00 PM
Sat, June 13      Miami              Gander Trucks              201 mi              FS1      12:30 PM
Sat, June 13      Miami               Xfinity                           250 mi              FOX     3:30 PM
Sun, June 14     Miami               Xfinity                           250 mi              FS1      12:00 PM
Sun,June 14      Miami               Cup                              400 mi              FOX     3:30 PM
Sat, June 20      Talladega          ARCA                           202 mi              FS1      2:00 PM
Sat, June 20      Talladega          Xfinity                           300 mi              FS1      5:30 PM
Sun,June 21      Talladega          Cup                              500  mi             FOX     3:00 PM
All the above dates will continue to be run without fans in attendance. The remainder of the adjusted schedule for all NASCAR series will be announced at a later date.
“As we prepare for our return to racing at Darlington Raceway on Sunday, the industry has been diligent in building the return-to-racing schedule,” said Steve O’Donnell, NASCAR executive vice president and chief racing development officer. “We are eager to expand our schedule while continuing to work closely with the local governments in each of the areas we will visit. We thank the many government officials for their guidance, as we share the same goal in our return – the safety for our competitors and the communities in which we race.”
In addition, NASCAR announced the postponement of events at Kansas Speedway (May 30-31); Michigan International Speedway (June 5-7), the NASCAR Xfinity Series race at Mid-Ohio (May 30) and the Gander Trucks Series race at Texas Motor Speedway previously scheduled for June 5, as well as the cancelation of all NASCAR national series races and the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour event at Iowa Speedway for the 2020 season.
The NASCAR Xfinity race at Iowa Speedway scheduled for June 13 has been realigned to Homestead-Miami Speedway on Sunday, June 14. Further Iowa Speedway realignment dates will be announced in the future.