7 races in 10 days? Is such a thing even possible?????
Back before the Winston Cup NASCAR’s top division typically ran over 50 races over the course of a season, and sometimes visited multiple tracks over the course of a weekend.
The schedule
NASCAR announces revised May schedule as racing returns beginning at Darlington Raceway
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By
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.
Not all Cup races. But Cup has 4 races in 10 days! Wow, that’s a lot of work for the teams. That means 8 to 10 cars per driver ready before the 1st race.