NASCAR has released a 2020 Cup Series calendar featuring major changes including a new host for the final race.
The season will end at Phoenix while Homestead-Miami, the long-time venue for the decider, moves to Round 6 in March.
Other changes include Pocono’s two races forming a double-header weekend in June and the second Daytona race taking the final spot in the regular season.
There are races on each Sunday of October, during which time the Gold Coast 600 would likely fall, although any NASCAR element of that event had been foreshadowed as an exhibition race anyway.
Charlotte will continue to host its playoff race on its roval layout.
NASCAR Cup Series 2020 calendar
Race | Day | Track | |
Sun Feb 9 | Daytona | Clash | |
Thu Feb 13 | Daytona | Duels | |
1 | Sun Feb 16 | Daytona | 500 |
2 | Sun Feb 23 | Las Vegas | |
3 | Sun Mar 1 | Fontana | |
4 | Sun Mar 8 | Phoenix | |
5 | Sun Mar 15 | Atlanta | |
6 | Sun Mar 22 | Homestead-Miami | |
7 | Sun Mar 29 | Texas | |
8 | Sun Apr 5 | Bristol | |
9 | Sun Apr 19 | Richmond | |
10 | Sun Apr 26 | Talladega | |
11 | Sun May 3 | Dover | |
12 | Sat May 9 | Martinsville | |
Sat May 16 | Charlotte | All-Star Race | |
13 | Sun May 24 | Charlotte | |
14 | Sun May 31 | Kansas | |
15 | Sun Jun 7 | Michigan | |
16 | Sun Jun 14 | Sonoma | |
17 | Sun Jun 21 | Chicagoland | |
18 | Sat Jun 27 | Pocono | |
19 | Sun Jun 28 | Pocono | |
20 | Sun Jul 5 | Indianapolis | |
21 | Sat Jul 11 | Kentucky | |
22 | Sun Jul 19 | New Hampshire | |
23 | Sun Aug 9 | Michigan | |
24 | Sun Aug 16 | Watkins Glen | |
25 | Sun Aug 23 | Dover | |
26 | Sat Aug 29 | Daytona | |
27 | Sun Sep 6 | Darlington | Playoff |
28 | Sat Sep 12 | Richmond | Playoff |
29 | Sat Sep 19 | Bristol | Playoff |
30 | Sun Sep 27 | Las Vegas | Playoff |
31 | Sun Oct 4 | Talladega | Playoff |
32 | Sun Oct 11 | Charlotte | Playoff, Roval |
33 | Sun Oct 18 | Kansas | Playoff |
34 | Sun Oct 25 | Texas | Playoff |
35 | Sun Nov 1 | Martinsville | Playoff |
36 | Sun Nov 8 | Phoenix | Playoff |