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NASCAR releases remainder of 2020 schedules, including playoffs
NASCAR unveiled the remainder of its 2020 schedule on Thursday which keeps the 10-race Cup Series playoff schedule as-is and adds Xfinity and Truck series races.
Jim Utter
Published: Aug 6, 2020, 3:32 PM
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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
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