Unless something changes, there will be live sports to watch in mid-May.
NASCAR announced plans to bring live racing back on May 17 at Darlington.
Here are details of the plan, which will include seven races in eleven days:
The 400-mile Cup Series event on May 17 will be the first of seven events in 11 days involving all three NASCAR national series. The revised schedule has a pair of Wednesday races, fulfilling fans’ longtime plea for midweek events.
Three of those races — two Cup Series races and an Xfinity Series event — will be held at Darlington, NASCAR’s oldest superspeedway.
NASCAR will return with seven races — including four Cup Series races — over an 11-day span, beginning May 17 at Darlington Raceway.
DATE SERIES TRACK DIST.
May 17 Cup Darlington 400 mi
May 19 Xfinity Darlington 200 mi
May 20 Cup Darlington 500 km
May 24 Cup Charlotte 600 mi
May 25 Xfinity Charlotte 300 mi
May 26 Trucks Charlotte 200 mi
May 27 Cup Charlotte 500 km
“Darlington is one of the most iconic and historic tracks in the sport and will be a tremendous backdrop when NASCAR returns to racing,” track president Kerry Tharp said.
The other four races — two Cup Series events, an Xfinity Series event and a Gander Trucks race — will be held at Charlotte Motor Speedway. That includes the Coca-Cola 600 on May 24, marking 60 consecutive years that the longest race on the NASCAR schedule will be held on Memorial Day weekend.
None of the May events will include race fans.
“That is still a work in progress,” Steve O’Donnell, NASCAR executive vice president and chief racing development officer, said during a media teleconference Thursday.
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