NASCAR releases final 2020 schedules, including playoffs

The Cup Series postseason will kick-off at Darlington (S.C.) Raceway on Sunday, Sept. 6 and culminate with the crowning of a series champion for the first time at Phoenix Raceway on Sunday, Nov. 8.

In the Xfinity Series, one new venue, Talladega (Ala.) Superspeedway, has been added as the second race in the opening round of the playoffs on Saturday, Oct. 3 while Bristol (Tenn.) Motor Speedway moves to the regular season finale on Friday, Sept. 18.

The series playoffs will now begin at Las Vegas Motor Speedway on Saturday, Sept. 26.

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The NASCAR Gander RV & Outdoors Truck Series will visit two new venues during the series’ playoff run – Kansas Speedway on Friday, Oct. 16 and Texas Motor Speedway on Sunday, Oct. 25, which is the new date for the race from Texas that was postponed from March 27.

Bristol will now serve as the series playoff opener on Thursday, Sept. 17. Finally, the Trucks will visit Richmond (Va.) Raceway on Thursday, Sept. 10 for the regular season finale – fulfilling the race that was originally scheduled for April.

NASCAR will determine if fans are allowed entrance to NASCAR events on a market-by-market basis, in accordance with local and state guidelines.

The remainder of the 2020 NASCAR schedule for Cup, Xfinity and Trucks:

DATE	TRACK	SERIES	DIST.	TV	TIME (ET)
Sat, Sept. 5	Darlington	Xfinity	200 mi	NBC	12:30 PM
Sun, Sept. 6	*Darlington	Gander Trucks	200 mi	FS1	2:00 PM
Sun, Sept. 6	Darlington	Cup	501 mi	NBCSN	6:00 PM
Thu, Sept. 10	Richmond	Gander Trucks	187 mi	FS1	8:00 PM
Fri, Sept. 11	Richmond	Xfinity	187 mi	NBCSN	7:00 PM
Sat Sept. 12	*Richmond	Xfinity	187 mi	NBCSN	2:30 PM
Sat, Sept 12	Richmond	Cup	300 mi	NBCSN	7:30 PM
Thu, Sept. 17	Bristol	Gander Trucks	107 mi	FS1	7:30 PM
Thu, Sept. 17	Bristol	ARCA Menards	107 mi	FS1	9:30 PM
Fri, Sept. 18	Bristol	Xfinity	160 mi	NBCSN	7:00 PM
Sat, Sept. 19	Bristol	Cup	266 mi	NBCSN	7:30 PM
Fri, Sept. 25	Las Vegas	Gander Trucks	201 mi	FS1	9:00 PM
Sat, Sept. 26	Las Vegas	Xfinity	300 mi	NBCSN	7:30 PM
Sun, Sept. 27	Las Vegas	Cup	400 mi	NBCSN	7:00 PM
Sat, Oct. 3	Talladega	Gander Trucks	250 mi	FS1	1:00 PM
Sat. Oct. 3	*Talladega	Xfinity	300 mi	NBCSN	4:30 PM
Sun, Oct. 4	Talladega	Cup	500 mi	NBC	2:00 PM
Sat, Oct. 10	Charlotte Roval	Xfinity	155 mi	NBC	3:30 PM
Sun, Oct. 11	Charlotte Roval	Cup	253 mi	NBC	2:30 PM
Fri, Oct. 16	*Kansas	Gander Trucks	200 mi	FS1	7:00 PM
Fri, Oct. 16	Kansas	ARCA Menards	150 mi	FS2	10:00 PM
Sat, Oct. 17	Kansas	Xfinity	300 mi	NBCSN	3:00 PM
Sun, Oct. 18	Kansas	Cup	400 mi	NBC	2:30 PM
Sat. Oct. 24	Texas	Xfinity	300 mi	NBCSN	4:30 PM
Sun, Oct. 25	Texas	Gander Trucks	220 mi	FS1	Noon
Sun, Oct. 25	Texas	Cup	501 mi	NBCSN	3:30 PM
Fri, Oct. 30	Martinsville	Gander Trucks	105 mi	FS1	8:00 PM
Sat, Oct. 31	Martinsville	Xfinity	131 mi	NBC	4:30 PM
Sun, Nov. 1	Martinsville	Cup	263 mi	NBC	2:00 PM
Fri, Nov. 6	Phoenix	Gander Trucks	150 mi	FS1	8:00 PM
Sat, Nov. 7	Phoenix	ARCA Menards West	100 mi	Trckpss	2:00 PM
Sat, Nov. 7	Phoenix	Xfinity	200 mi	NBCSN	5:00 PM
Sun, Nov. 8	Phoenix	Cup	312 mi	NBC	3:00 PM