Oh, I hope they keep six feet apart. Drive Responsibly.
Posted on 04/30/2020 1:32:27 PM PDT by McGruff
NASCAR announced Thursday that it will resume its season without fans starting May 17 at Darlington Raceway in South Carolina with the premier Cup Series racing three more times in a 10-day span.
NASCAR joins the UFC as the first major sports organizations to announce specific return to play plans since the coronavirus pandemic shut down U.S. sports in mid-March.
“NASCAR and its teams are eager and excited to return to racing, and have great respect for the responsibility that comes with a return to competition,” said Steve O’Donnell, NASCAR executive vice president and chief racing development officer. “NASCAR will return in an environment that will ensure the safety of our competitors, officials and all those in the local community.
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Lottery limited seating would work.
UFC is opening back up on May 9th. They say they are going to have a couple of fight cards a week. Sounds NASCAR is following the same plan.
I think what the UFC and NASCAR are doing is trying to attract new fans to their sport while the other leagues are down. It’s going to be interesting.
The schedule
NASCAR announces revised May schedule as racing returns beginning at Darlington Raceway
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Brad Norman NASCAR.com April 30, 2020 at 2:57 PM
NASCAR is scheduled to make its return to racing on Sunday, May 17, at Darlington Raceway with a NASCAR Cup Series race that will serve as the first of seven races over an 11-day span at two different race tracks throughout May, the sanctioning body announced Thursday.
The race at the historic South Carolina track will be held without fans in attendance and is slated to be NASCAR’s first on-track action in more than two months as the sport and world in general have been on pause during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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The May 17 race is a 400-miler, scheduled for 3:30 p.m. ET, live on FOX, MRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio. It also is the first of three races at the track, including a second Cup Series race held midweek under the lights three days later.
The May schedule also includes the crown jewel Coca-Cola 600 in its traditional Memorial Day Weekend home for the 60th consecutive season, plus midweek races in prime time.
Below are the races announced Thursday:
Sun., May 17 Cup Series Darlington 400 miles FOX 3:30 p.m. ET
Tue., May 19 Xfinity Series Darlington 200 miles FS1 8 p.m. ET
Wed., May 20 Cup Series Darlington 500 km FS1 7:30 p.m. ET
Sun., May 24 Cup Series Charlotte 600 miles FOX 6 p.m. ET
Mon., May 25 Xfinity Series Charlotte 300 miles FS1 7:30 p.m. ET
Tue., May 26 Gander Trucks Charlotte 200 miles FS1 8 p.m. ET
Wed., May 27 Cup Series Charlotte 500 km FS1 8 p.m. ET
LET’S GO RACIN’, BOYS.
I got your message the first time. Perhaps you meant to reply to someone else?
And it’s good news that they are opening NASCAR responsibly.
Just watch that iRacing crap, they fill the stands up.
I’m waiting for the Hatfield’s and the McCoys outside the Tracks in the parking lot begins shooting down the camera drones with shotguns.
Go Tomac!
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Heard it on a YouTube channel called ‘Out of The Groove’ yesterday. Two races at Darlington, two races at Charlotte are the first 4 races!
Oh, I hope they keep six feet apart. Drive Responsibly.
Hell Yeah. ET3
Wife just brought up an interesting point. The Pit Crews haven’t been practicing for 2 months. That’s going to put the hurt on everyone.
Better have alot of backups. Damm*t I told you not to wreck the car.
its a Mad, Mad, Mad world....
same as any disease....
fearpers who are afraid can just stay home....
why is it only YOU have a choice and I don't.....YOU have the choice to hide under your bed...please do so....
It's the pit crews that will be in close quarters, but they are all wearing the equivalent of hazmat suits (except for the crew chief).
The question is how to separate the spotters on the roof of the grandstand.
-PJ
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