NASCAR posts remainder of 2020 national series schedule

NASCAR revealed the remainder of their 2020 national series slate on Thursday, covering the entirety of their postseason slate.

Defying Jim Mora, NASCAR is talking about playoffs.

The auto racing body unveiled the remainder of their 2020 schedule for each of their national series, which includes the playoff slates for each. Playoffs in the premier Cup Series will begin on September 6 at Darington Raceway’s Southern 500.

While the ongoing national developments have necessitated some changes in other portions of the schedule, the Cup playoff slate remains fully in-tact. Phoenix Raceway is still set to host its first season finale on November 8, taking over the championship weekend tradition from Homestead-Miami Speedway after 17 seasons. Bristol Motor Speedway will host its first playoff race in a September 19 night event as the final stage of the first round.

Remaining schedules for the lower-tier series were also released. The NASCAR Xfinity Series will host one last doubleheader on September 11-12 at Richmond Raceway, one week before their regular-season finale at Bristol. Xfinity drivers will also take to Talladega Superspeedway for the second part of their own first round on October 3.

The most shuffling comes on the Gander RV & Outdoor Truck Series slate, as they earn playoff races at Kansas (October 16) and Texas (October 25). Richmond will play host to the regular season finale on August 18 while the Truck playoffs open at Bristol on September 17.

“The one fortunate part of this latter part of the season and the playoffs is we were able to keep the original tracks and dates intact when it came to the Cup Series, but definitely they have had to be flexible with integrating some of the other series into those events so that they had a good championship schedule as well,” said Scott Miller, NASCAR senior vice president of competition in a statement on NASCAR.com. “It has been again, just like everything else, just a lot of great teamwork between the teams, NASCAR, and the venues.”

The ARCA Menards Series also posted its remaining races, including a finale at Phoenix preceding the Xfinity Series championship on November 7.

All three major national series will be in action this weekend, as their regular seasons enter their final stages. The Cup Series will have a doubleheader at Michigan International Seedway beginning on Saturday (4 p.m. ET, NBCSN) while the Xfinity Series races on the Road America road course in Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin earlier that afternoon (12 p.m. ET, NBCSN). The Trucks will race in a Friday night event at Michigan on Friday night (6 p.m. ET, FS1).

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