2020-06-05

ARCA Racing Announces Next Installment in Return to Racing Schedule

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Pocono Raceway will host the ARCA Menards Series on Friday, June 26. (Jay Alley/ARCA Racing)

ARCA Racing Announces Next Installment in Return to Racing Schedule

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – NASCAR today announced the next installment of events in its return to racing, featuring races at Pocono Raceway, Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Kentucky Speedway, Texas Motor Speedway, Kansas Speedway and New Hampshire Motor Speedway.

The announcement included the rescheduling of three ARCA Menards Series events, which will be held in conjunction with NASCAR Cup Series race weekends.

  • Pocono Raceway, Friday, June 26 (6 p.m. ET on FS1)
  • Charlotte Motor Speedway, Wednesday, July 15 (4 p.m. on FS1)
  • Kansas Speedway, Friday, July 24 (10 p.m. on FS1)

The Kansas date is realigned from Chicagoland Speedway, originally scheduled for June 18.

FOX will close out its NASCAR Cup Series season with the NASCAR Cup Series All-Star race at Charlotte Motor Speedway (Wednesday, July 15 at 8:30 p.m. on FS1), while the NASCAR Xfinity Series season on FOX platforms will conclude at Kentucky Speedway (Friday, July 10 at 8 p.m. on FS1).

In turn, NASCAR welcomes back NBC for its sixth consecutive year of coverage when the NASCAR Xfinity Series (Saturday, July 4 at 3 p.m. on NBC) and NASCAR Cup Series (Sunday, July 5 at 4 p.m. on NBC) return to Indianapolis Motor Speedway on the Fourth of July weekend.

NBC will carry coverage of the NASCAR Xfinity Series and NASCAR Cup Series through the balance of the season, including the new and highly-anticipated Playoffs schedule that is currently scheduled to culminate with the crowning of three NASCAR national series champions at Phoenix Raceway in November.

The third installment of the 2020 schedule is as follows:

DATETRACKSERIESDISTANCENETSTART (ET)
Fri, June 26PoconoARCA Menards200 miFS16 PM
Sat, June 27PoconoGander Trucks150 miFS112:30 PM
Sat, June 27PoconoCup325 miFOX3:30 PM
Sun, June 28PoconoXfinity225 miFS112:30 PM
Sun, June 28PoconoCup350 miFS14:00 PM
Sat, July 4IndianapolisXfinity151 miNBC3 PM
Sun, July 5IndianapolisCup400 miNBC4 PM
Thur, July 9#KentuckyXfinity200 miFS18 PM
Fri, July 10KentuckyXfinity300 miFS18 PM
Sat, July 11KentuckyGander Trucks225 miFS11 PM
Sun, July 12KentuckyCup400 miFS12:30 PM
Wed, July 15Charlotte OvalARCA Menards150 miFS14:00 PM
Wed, July 15CharlotteCup (All-Star Open)TBAFS17:00 PM
Wed, July 15CharlotteCup (All-Star Race)TBAFS18:30 PM
Sat, July 18TexasXfinity300 miNBCSN3 PM
Sat, July 18TexasGander Trucks250 miFS18 PM
Sun,July 19TexasCup501 miNBCSN3 PM
Thur, July 23KansasCup400 miNBCSN7:30 PM
Fri, July 24KansasGander Trucks200 miFS17 PM
Fri, July 24#KansasARCA Menards150 miFS110 PM
Sat, July 25#KansasGander Trucks200 miFS11:30 PM
Sat, July 25#KansasXfinity Series250 miNBCSN5 PM
Sun, August 2New HampshireCup Series318 miNBCSN3 PM

NASCAR's modified event procedures and protocols have been finalized in accordance with public health officials, medical experts and local, state and federal officials. Further national series dates will be announced at a later date.

The NASCAR Cup Series will return to racing at Atlanta Motor Speedway this Sunday, June 7, with a 500-mile event scheduled for 3 p.m., live on FOX, FOX Deportes, PRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio.

* More details on the NASCAR Cup Series All-Star Race will be announced at a later date.

# NASCAR Xfinity Series race at Kentucky Speedway (July 9) realigned from New Hampshire Motor Speedway / ARCA Menards Series race at Kansas Speedway (July 24) realigned from Chicagoland Speedway / NASCAR Gander RV and Outdoors Truck Series race at Kansas Speedway (July 25) realigned from Chicagoland Speedway / NASCAR Xfinity Series race at Kansas Speedway (July 25) has been realigned from Iowa Speedway.

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