2020 NASCAR schedule scrambling

[dara]

Next season, the schedule we have been used to is going to be scrambled a great deal. I heard something about the July 4th weekend race being switched between Indy and Daytona, so I did some looking, and there is a lot more to the changes...

- West coast swing will start immediately after Daytona, and Atlanta moved to after Fontana.
- The two races at Pocono will occur on consecutive days... Saturday and Sunday sometime in June.
- The above mentioned trade of dates for Indy and Daytona -2. NASCAR want to boost the interest for the Brickyard 400, knowing that Daytona has no issues. The Daytona race will be the last race in the regular season, making it a free-for-all race for those off the bubble.
- Darlington and the Bristol Night Race will be a part of the playoffs...and the playoffs will start on the Labor Day weekend. The final race of the playoffs will no longer be at Homestead... it will now be at the Arizona track, and Homestead and Dover will be moved to the regular season.
- There will be two week break to allow NBC to focus on the Olympics. Also, the overall season will end a week earlier, due in part for having back-to-back games. Also some schedule changes to bring a few games to to Sunday afternoon, vs. Sunday evening.

[4me2c]

From post #16 in the Rules Thread :
https://www.nascar.com/news-media/2019/03/26/2020-nascar-schedule-revealed-playoffs-championship-race-changes/

Even has the Schedule Breakdown...!

[dishuser]

From post #16 in the Rules Thread :
https://www.nascar.com/news-media/2019/03/26/2020-nascar-schedule-revealed-playoffs-championship-race-changes/

Even has the Schedule Breakdown...!
what rules thread?

[4me2c]

http://iptvtalk.net/forumdisplay.php?141-Motor-Sports

[dara]

Sorry I missed that. I thought that thread was confined to rules in 2019, not for NASCAR in general. For the pool, it will make things a bit complicated for the Pocano races, have to think that one through, once the current season is though. Stuff like schedules should have its own thread, in my humble opinion, lol. Carry on.

[4me2c]

The full NASCAR Cup Series schedule for 2020:
Date Track
Sunday, Feb. 9 The Clash
Thursday, Feb. 13 Duels at Daytona
Sunday, Feb. 16 Daytona 500
Sunday, Feb. 23 Las Vegas Motor Speedway
Sunday, March 1 Auto Club Speedway
Sunday, March 8 ISM Raceway
Sunday, March 15 Atlanta Motor Speedway
Sunday, March 22 Homestead-Miami Speedway
Sunday, March 29 Texas Motor Speedway
Sunday, April 5 Bristol Motor Speedway
Sunday, April 12 OFF
Sunday, April 19 Richmond Raceway
Sunday, April 26 Talladega Superspeedway
Sunday, May 3 Dover International Speedway
Saturday, May 9 Martinsville Speedway
Saturday, May 16 All-Star Race at Charlotte
Sunday, May 24 Charlotte Motor Speedway
Sunday, May 31 Kansas Speedway
Sunday, June 7 Michigan International Speedway
Sunday, June 14 Sonoma Raceway
Sunday, June 21 Chicagoland Speedway
Saturday, June 27 Pocono Raceway
Sunday, June 28 Pocono Raceway
Sunday, July 5 Indianapolis Motor Speedway
Saturday, July 11 Kentucky Speedway
Sunday, July 19 New Hampshire Motor Speedway
Sunday, July 26 OFF
Sunday, Aug. 2 OFF
Sunday, Aug. 9 Michigan International Speedway
Sunday, Aug. 16 Watkins Glen International
Sunday, Aug. 23 Dover International Speedway
Saturday, Aug. 29 Daytona International Speedway
Sunday, Sept. 6 Darlington Raceway
Saturday, Sept. 12 Richmond Raceway
Saturday, Sept. 19 Bristol Motor Speedway
Sunday, Sept. 27 Las Vegas Motor Speedway
Sunday, Oct. 4 Talladega Superspeedway
Sunday, Oct. 11 Charlotte Motor Speedway
Sunday, Oct. 18 Kansas Speedway
Sunday, Oct. 25 Texas Motor Speedway
Sunday, Nov. 1 Martinsville Speedway
Sunday, Nov. 8 ISM Raceway

[4me2c]

Indianapolis Motor Speedway ‘considering everything’ on prospect of track layout
By
Pat DeCola NASCAR.com September 8, 2019 at 12:36 PM

SPEEDWAY, Ind. — After seeing the stand-out success of last season’s road course/oval layout at Charlotte Motor Speedway, could a similar concept be deployed at Indianapolis Motor Speedway down the road?

In short, maybe.

“We have considered the road course and we still continue to talk about it,” IMS track president J. Douglas Boles said Sunday morning ahead of the 2019 Big Machine Vodka 400 at the Brickyard (2 p.m. ET, NBC/NBC Sports App, IMS Radio Network, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio).

“I think the challenge for us, especially with respect to the Monster Energy (NASCAR Cup Series), is where we’re really an oval brand and the Monster Energy Cup is really an oval brand and … what makes running here special is winning on the oval where Ray Harroun won, where AJ Foyt won, where Wilbur Shaw, you can just go through the list of names, where Jeff Gordon won. That’s what really makes this special.”

[dara]

I hope they don't change the oval to roval at Indy, but if they want to add another race... maybe. Indy oval is difficult because it's flat, at least for NASCAR.

[dishuser]

I hope they don't change the oval to roval at Indy, but if they want to add another race... maybe. Indy oval is difficult because it's flat, at least for NASCAR.

no banking makes it the toughest oval

[crazed 9.6]

I take my Lotus e21 around the oval at Indianapolis speedway Xbox at full throttle (I gotta back off in turn 3 just a bit, that lotus does great in the corners, flat or banked. That F1 car is is instant speed and instant reaction... some thunder too :)
Try that same speed in Kevin Harvick's freaky fast car and I am in the wall everytime :eek:

[4me2c]

Finally Some GOOD News fo All Race-car Fans :
https://www.nascar.com/news-media/2019/09/24/nascar-2020-season-schedule-start-times-tv-networks/

"Twenty-one national series events will air on broadcast television in 2020, including the DAYTONA 500 (Feb. 16, FOX), Coca-Cola 600 (May 24, FOX), Brickyard 400 (July 5, NBC) and the NASCAR Cup Series regular-season finale at Daytona International Speedway (Aug. 29, NBC)."...! That's :cool:

[4me2c]

https://www.nascar.com/news-media/2019/10/01/nascar-cup-series-2020-rules-updates/


NASCAR officials release minimal updates to 2020 rules
By
Zack Albert NASCAR.com October 1, 2019 at 4:23 PM

Competition officials announced rules changes Tuesday for the 2020 NASCAR Cup Series season, limiting the adjustments to a handful of procedural regulations intended to contain costs for teams.

Officials indicated the rules tweaks should not impact on-track competition, opting to minimize wholesale changes for next season. That strategy comes ahead of more comprehensive modifications expected for the 2021 season, when the next-generation stock car is scheduled to debut in NASCAR’s top division.

MORE: 2020 NASCAR Cup Series schedule (at) the Above link...!

[4me2c]

Are We going Again this Year dara...?!?