NASCAR’S 2021 slate chock full of changes
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — NASCAR finally upended its stagnant calendar with a 2021 schedule that is as radical as the sport has ever seen.
NASCAR will visit three new venues: Road America in rural Wisconsin, the Circuit of the Americas in Austin,
Texas; and Nashville Superspeedway. Bristol Motor Speedway will fill its 0.533mile bullring with soil for the first Cup race on a dirt track since Richard Petty won at State Fairgrounds Speedway in Raleigh in 1970.
The changes meant walking away from Chicagoland Speedway. Also closed was Kentucky Speedway. Michigan and Dover Raceway in Delaware will go from two Cup races a year to one.
NASCAR next season will race on six road course races, up from three on the original 2020 schedule. Besides Road America and Circuit of the Americas, the Cup Series will also race for the first time on the road course at Indianapolis. The series already competes at Sonoma Raceway in California, Watkins Glen in New York and the Charlotte Roval.
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