Kansas keeps two races on 2021 NASCAR schedule that features dirt, more road events
Kansas Speedway will keep its two races for the 2021 Cup Series schedule, and the playoff event will run later in the season, NASCAR announced on Wednesday.
Dates for the 2021 races in Kansas City, Kansas, are May 2 and Oct. 24.
“We’re very happy to keep two dates,” Kansas Speedway president Pat Warren said. “It’s a good reflection on racing fans in the Midwest and the support they show for NASCAR and Kansas Speedway.”
Kansas Speedway held single Cup Series races in the fall from 2001-2010 and two events on the schedule every year since then.
Three new tracks, six road courses and the first dirt track race in more than 50 years highlight the schedule.
The race on dirt will occur at Bristol Motor Speedway on March 28, when the track converts to a dirt surface. It will be the circuit’s first dirt track race since 1970.
Among the road course race sites are Austin, Texas; Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin; and Indianapolis. Austin has held Formula 1 and IndyCar competition. Elkhart Lake will hold its first NASCAR event since 1956, and Indy will shift from an oval to road course.
Dropped from the schedule are events at Chicagoland Speedway and Kentucky Speedway. Nashville SuperSpeedway will host a race.
The NASCAR All-Star race will move to Texas Motor Speedway for the first time on June 13.
NASCAR Cup Series 2021 schedule
Feb. 14 Daytona International Speedway
Feb. 21 Homestead-Miami Speedway
Feb. 28 Auto Club Speedway (Fontana, California)
March 7 Las Vegas Motor Speedway
March 14 Phoenix Raceway
March 21 Atlanta Motor Speedway
March 28 Bristol Motor Speedway
April 10 Martinsville Speedway
April 18 Richmond Raceway
April 25 Talladega Superspeedway
May 2 Kansas Speedway
May 9 Darlington Raceway
May 16 Dover International Speedway
May 23 Circuit of The Americas (Austin, Texas)
May 30 Charlotte Motor Speedway
June 6 Sonoma Raceway
June 13 All-Star Race, Texas Motor Speedway
June 20 Nashville Superspeedway
June 26 Pocono Raceway
June 27 Pocono Raceway
July 4 Road America (Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin)
July 11 Atlanta Motor Speedway
July 18 New Hampshire Motor Speedway
Aug. 8 Watkins Glen International
Aug. 15 Indianapolis Motor Speedway Road Course
Aug. 22 Michigan International Speedway
Aug. 28 Daytona International Speedway
Sept. 5 Darlington Raceway
Sept. 11 Richmond Raceway
Sept. 18 Bristol Motor Speedway
Sept. 26 Las Vegas Motor Speedway
Oct. 3 Talladega Superspeedway
Oct. 10 Charlotte Motor Speedway
Oct. 17 Texas Motor Speedway
Oct. 24 Kansas Speedway
Oct. 31 Martinsville Speedway
Nov. 7 Phoenix Raceway