2019 NASCAR Cup Series schedule revealed: Looking ahead to next year
By Asher Fair
The 2019 NASCAR Cup Series schedule has been revealed. Which races at which tracks will be held on which weekends next year?
Only six races on the 36-race 2018 NASCAR Cup Series schedule have been completed, and there are still 20 races to go until the 10-race playoffs begin in the fall.
However, even though April has only just begun, that hasn’t stopped NASCAR officials from looking ahead to the 2019 season.
In fact, the 2019 NASCAR Cup Series schedule was released on Tuesday already. Last year, the schedule for the 2018 season was not released until late May.
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There are no changes on next year’s schedule aside of the fact that Easter being three weeks later than it was this year moved the spring races at Texas Motor Speedway, Bristol Motor Speedway and Richmond Raceway earlier by one week each, creating an off weekend between the spring races at Richmond and Talladega Superspeedway as opposed to Martinsville Speedway and Texas.
Other than these three minor changes, every race is scheduled to be held on the same weekend next season as it was or is this season. There will be no racing on Easter weekend, just like there wasn’t this season.
The third weekend in June and the fourth weekend in August are both scheduled to be off-weekends next season like they are scheduled to be this season as well. The order of the 36 races, which are set to take place on 24 different tracks just like they are this season, on next season’s schedule is identical to the order of the races on this year’s schedule.
Here is the 2019 NASCAR Cup Series schedule.
| DATE | RACE |
| Sunday, February 10 | Daytona 500 – Qualifying |
| Sunday, February 10 | The Clash at Daytona |
| Thursday, February 14 | Daytona 500 – Duels |
| Sunday, February 17 | Daytona 500 |
| Sunday, February 24 | Atlanta Motor Speedway |
| Sunday, March 3 | Las Vegas Motor Speedway |
| Sunday, March 10 | ISM Raceway |
| Sunday, March 17 | Auto Club Speedway |
| Sunday, March 24 | Martinsville Speedway |
| Sunday, March 31 | Texas Motor Speedway |
| Sunday, April 7 | Bristol Motor Speedway |
| Saturday, April 13 | Richmond Raceway |
| Sunday, April 28 | Talladega Superspeedway |
| Sunday, May 5 | Dover International Speedway |
| Saturday, May 11 | Kansas Speedway |
| Saturday, May 18 | All-Star Open at Charlotte |
| Saturday, May 18 | All-Star Race at Charlotte |
| Sunday, May 26 | Charlotte Motor Speedway |
| Sunday, June 2 | Pocono Raceway |
| Sunday, June 9 | Michigan International Speedway |
| Sunday, June 23 | Sonoma Raceway |
| Sunday, June 30 | Chicagoland Speedway |
| Saturday, July 6 | Daytona International Speedway |
| Saturday, July 13 | Kentucky Speedway |
| Sunday, July 21 | New Hampshire Motor Speedway |
| Sunday, July 28 | Pocono Raceway |
| Sunday, August 4 | Watkins Glen International |
| Sunday, August 11 | Michigan International Speedway |
| Saturday, August 17 | Bristol Motor Speedway |
| Sunday, September 1 | Darlington Raceway |
| Sunday, September 8 | Indianapolis Motor Speedway |
| Sunday, September 15 | Las Vegas Motor Speedway |
| Saturday, September 21 | Richmond Raceway |
| Sunday, September 29 | Charlotte Motor Speedway (Roval) |
| Sunday, October 6 | Dover International Speedway |
| Sunday, October 13 | Talladega Superspeedway |
| Sunday, October 20 | Kansas Speedway |
| Sunday, October 27 | Martinsville Speedway |
| Sunday, November 3 | Texas Motor Speedway |
| Sunday, November 10 | ISM Raceway |
| Sunday, November 17 | Homestead-Miami Speedway |
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Which race are you most looking forward to in the 2019 NASCAR Cup Series season? Is it a race that has still not yet even taken place in the 2018 season given the fact that 30 of the 36 race’s on this year’s schedule have still not been contested?