NASCAR Cup Series schedule overhauled for 2021

The 2021 NASCAR Cup Series schedule has been released, and it looks quite a bit different than schedules of recent seasons.

Amid a 2020 NASCAR Cup Series season that has seen many schedule changes of its own as a result of the coronavirus pandemic, NASCAR has released the 36-race 2021 Cup Series schedule, and that schedule looks quite a bit different than many recent schedules, including the original 2020 schedule.

Multiple venues which were not previously on the schedule are now on the schedule, multiple venues which have been on the schedule are no longer on the schedule, multiple tracks are set to gain or lose race dates and multiple tracks are set to move to new places on the schedule.

In total, five tracks which were not on the schedule are now on the schedule, while three tracks which were on the schedule are no longer on the schedule.

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Bristol Motor Speedway (dirt), Circuit of the Americas, Nashville Superspeedway, Road America and the Indianapolis Motor Speedway road course now have race dates while Chicagoland Speedway, Kentucky Speedway and the Indianapolis Motor Speedway oval no longer do.

In terms of tracks that have gained or lost race dates, Atlanta Motor Speedway and Darlington Raceway each gained one race and now have two. Dover International Speedway and Michigan International Speedway each lost one date, and the paved Bristol Motor Speedway track also lost one date as well. All three tracks are still scheduled to host one race. Texas Motor Speedway also saw one of its two points-paying races become the All-Star Race.

Here is a look at the 2021 NASCAR Cup Series schedule.

Race # – Date – Track
N/A – Tuesday, February 9 – Daytona International Speedway road course (Clash)
N/A – Thursday, February 11 – Daytona International Speedway (Duels)
1 – Sunday, February 14 – Daytona International Speedway
2 – Sunday, February 21 – Homestead-Miami Speedway
3 – Sunday, February 28 – Auto Club Speedway
4 – Sunday, March 7 – Las Vegas Motor Speedway
5 – Sunday, March 14 – Phoenix Raceway
6 – Sunday, March 21 – Atlanta Motor Speedway
7 – Sunday, March 28 – Bristol Motor Speedway (dirt)
8 – Saturday, April 10 – Martinsville Speedway
9 – Sunday, April 18 – Richmond Raceway
10 – Sunday, April 25 – Talladega Superspeedway
11 – Sunday, May 2 – Kansas Speedway
12 – Sunday, May 9 – Darlington Raceway
13 – Sunday, May 16 – Dover International Speedway
14 – Sunday, May 23 – Circuit of the Americas
15 – Sunday, May 30 – Charlotte Motor Speedway
16 – Sunday, June 6 – Sonoma Raceway
N/A – Sunday, June 13 – Texas Motor Speedway (All-Star Race)
17 – Sunday, June 20 – Nashville Supespeedway
18 – Saturday, June 26 – Pocono Raceway
19 – Sunday, June 27 – Pocono Raceway
20 – Sunday, July 4 – Road America
21 – Sunday, July 11 – Atlanta Motor Speedway
22 – Sunday, July 18 – New Hampshire Motor Speedway
23 – Sunday, August 8 – Watkins Glen International
24 – Sunday, August 15 – Indianapolis Motor Speedway Road Course
25 – Sunday, August 22 – Michigan International Speedway
26 – Saturday, August 28 – Daytona International Speedway
27 – Sunday, September 5 – Darlington Raceway
28 – Saturday, September 11 – Richmond Raceway
29 – Saturday, September 18 – Bristol Motor Speedway
30 – Sunday, September 26 – Las Vegas Motor Speedway
31 – Sunday, October 3 – Talladega Superspeedway
32 – Sunday, October 10 – Charlotte Motor Speedway Roval
33 – Sunday, October 17 – Texas Motor Speedway
34 – Sunday, October 24 – Kansas Speedway
35 – Sunday, October 31 – Martinsville Speedway
36 – Sunday, November 7 – Phoenix Raceway

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Despite all of the changes, however, the only change made to the playoff schedule is that Texas Motor Speedway and Kansas Speedway swapped weekends in the round of 8. All playoff tracks remain the same in each of the four rounds of the 10-race postseason.

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