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The following cup races will be using starting lineups will be using the same random draw system as the first Darlington race:

Bristol-May 31st, Atlanta-June 7th, Martinsville-June 10th, Homestead - June 14th, and Talladega - June 21st.

The random draw system is really depends on owner points in the charter system. Owners point spots 1 to 12 do a random drawing for those first 12 spots. Owner point spots 13 to 24 do a Random Drawing for starting in those spots.

Owner point spots 25 to 36 do a random drawing for starting in those spots.

Starting positions 37 to 40 are based on the teams order of eligibility.
 
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The Governor of Texas announced that pro sports with outdoor stadiums are allowed to fill up to 25 percent of their capacity with fans in June. Leagues will have to apply to state health officials to be allowed to have fans in outdoor stadiums.

This could affect NASCAR and is why I mentioned this.
 
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It has been announced that Dover Motorsports Inc. and NASCAR agreed to give Nashville Super Speedway a cup date ion June 20th, 2021. Dover is losing a track date next year For Nashville Super Speedway getting a cup date. This is not a new race track to NASCAR, but to the cup series. NASCAR is interest in the Nashville Market now compare to the 2000s.

I'm giving out some details on the contract between NASCAR and Nashville Super Speedway. The race track has a 4 year deal with NASCAR.
According to Bob Pockrass, Nashville is getting a 4-year deal because Dover plans to put $7-10 million into the facility over the next two years and Dover Motorsports Inc. wanted some assurance it could cover that investment.

Bob also gave numbers on Total purse Total purse and sanction fees: 2021 – $8.6M, 2022 – $9.0M, 2023 – $9.4M and 2024 – $9.9M. He also gave estimated live broadcast revenue: 2021 – $18.2M, 2022 – $18.9M, 2023 – $19.9M and 2024 – $20.8M.
 
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I'm giving information and history about the track. Nashville Super Speedway is a 1.33 mile concrete tri-oval with 14 degrees of banking. The name Nashville Super Speedway was given as a way for people not to mistake the track for Nashville fairgrounds race track. This the race track that gave Carl Edwards the nickname "concrete Carl". Carl Edwards is the all time winner there.

NASCAR's Truck Series and Xfinity series had races at this track from 2001 to 2011. Indycar, ARCA and the NASCAR South East Series used to race there also.
The track was one of the race tracks built during NASCAR's boom of the 1990s. This race track used to have Gibson Les Paul Guitars
as a racing trophy. This is the racing trophy that Kyle Busch once smashed after he won the race:jawdrop:.

Dover Motorsports has tried to sell the Nashville Super Speedway after 2011, but the sale attempts to sell the track never went through. I remembered reading that era that Dover Motorsports inc. in that era had money issues and is why they closed down every track they own except Dover. Dover Motorsports back in the 2000s owned 4 different race tracks, but only own 2 now.

The Other reason Nashville Super Speedway closed down was Dover Motorsports wanted NASCAR to give the track a cup date to Nashville, but NASCAR didn't along with the track had sluggish attendance at major racing events. The race track was a victim of NASCAR wanting to give Bruton Smith and France Family connected tracks cup dates, but did not want to give any other race company with new race tracks a cup date. SMI at the time didn't want the race to get a cup date due to Bristol despite the Nashville Market.
 
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As far of Nashville Super Speedway conditions right now. The concrete surface has not been touched. The safer barrier was taken away, but will be back on. Lots of seats were removed, but will be added for the cup event.

There is a reason Nashville Super Speedway is getting added to the 2021 cup schedule according to Associate Motorsports Editor Matthew Weaver. Dover Motorsports Inc. was given a request by SMI to have Nashville Super Speedway to be on the 2021 Cup Schedule and have it replace a Dover Date. Nashville Super Speedway is about 30 miles southeast of Nashville.

The reason is SMI's intent is to encourage Tennessee to approve a ticket tax to cover the costs of renovating Fairgrounds Speedway. The Nashville fairgrounds needs multiple years for renovating it. The Fairgrounds Speedway had a rich tradition in NASCAR from 1958 to 1984 in the cup series. The problem with that race track is the same as lot of the government owned race tracks besides having way too low amount of seat for even a truck series race with it being 14,000. I'm guessing one of the things SMI wants is to increase seating.

I attended a good amount of Milwaukee Mile races and that is a government owned track. Government owned race tracks have promoter issues, how much the government wants to spend on a race track. There also is a chance that politicians that take office are not interested in racing and want the track gone.

The fairgrounds race track is located in downtown Nashville. SMI looking the fairgrounds makes sense since they look at it an untapped market from a size standpoint besides having existing hotels.
 
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July 4th weekend races at Indianapolis Motor Speedway will be ran without fans.

The Brickyard 400 also is renamed Big Machine Hand Sanitizer 400 Powered by Big Machine Records.
 
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Bob Pockrass tweeted that according a report that Homestead Speedway will be open to 500 military personnel for the races on June 13th and June 14th.

This is approved by the mayor.
 
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NASCAR announced more races for the Cup series, Xfinity series, and the truck series. Here they are:

Sat, June 27th Pocono Gander Trucks 150 mi FS 12:30 PM Eastern time

Sat,, June 27th Pocono Cup 325 mi Fox 3:30 PM Eastern time

Sun, June 28th Pocono Xfinity 225 mi 12:30 PM Eastern time

Sunday, June 28th Pocono Cup 350 mi 4:00 PM Eastern time

Saturday, July 4th Indianapolis Xfinity 151 mi NBC 3:00 PM Eastern time

Sunday, July 5th Indianapolis Cup 400 mi NBC 4:00 PM Eastern time

Thursday, July 9th Kentucky Xfinity 200 mi FS1 8:00 PM Eastern time

Friday, July 10th Kentucky Xfinity 300 mi FS1 8:00 PM Eastern time

Saturday, July 11th Kentucky Gander Trucks 225 mi FS1 1:00 PM Eastern time

Sunday, July 12th Kentucky Cup 400 mi FS1 2:30 PM Eastern time

Wednesday, July 15th Charlotte - All Star Open Charlotte for Cup, TBA for miles, FS1 7:00 PM Eastern time

Wednesday, July 15th Charlotte Cup All star race, TBA for miles, FS1 8:30 PM Eastern time

Saturday, July 18th Texas Xfinity 300 mi NBCSN 3:00 PM Eastern time

Saturday, July 18th Texas Gander 250 mi FS1 8:00 PM Eastern time

Sunday, July 19th Texas Cup 501 mi NBCSN 3:00 PM Eastern time

Thursday, July 23th Kansas Cup 400 mi NBCSN 7:30 PM Eastern time

Friday, July 24th Kansas Gander Trucks 200 mi FS1 7:00 PM Eastern time

Saturday, July 25th Kansas Gander Truck 200 mi FS1 1:30 PM Eastern time

Saturday, July 25th Kansas Xfinity 250 mi NBCSN 5:00 PM Eastern time

Sunday, Aug. 2nd New Hampshire Cup 318 mi NBCSN 3:00 PM Eastern time
 
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Found out Johnny Sauter's truck has been disqualified after the race for tire modifications. This is a vary rare penalty. I heard of tire modification before. The tires in this case failed a dunk tank test:jawdrop:.

What a dunk tank test does is submerging an inflated object will show holes in the object. Bubbles will escape where the holes are.

What happened was small holes were found during the dunk tank test.

I know years ago Richard Childress racing did that. Teams do that for slowly let air out to avoid the tire pressure building up over the course of a run as way to help handling.
 
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Talladega Super Speedway is allowing 5,000 in the frontstretch grandstands/towers. Talladega also will be limited motor home/5th wheel camping spots available outside the track high atop the Alabama Gang Superstretch.
 
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It is announced that Tony Stewart will not race at the Xfinity series Road Race at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. He did that for 2 reasons. The fans are not able to see him live in person race this year due to the Coronavirus.

The 2nd reason is bringing an extra car became more difficult due to NASCAR's post-lockdown procedures for race weekends according to Stewart-Haas.
 
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Weather delays, delays, delays . . . Florida. 🤦‍♀️

Finally confirmed, # 11 clears post-race inspection. (Yesterday's winner of the DixieVodka400 at Homestead was Denny Hamlin.) Congrats to Denny and his Joe Gibbs Racing team.


www.autosport.com

NASCAR Homestead: Hamlin fends off Elliott to win weather-delayed race

Denny Hamlin fended off a late charge from Chase Elliott to record his third win of the season in the heavily delayed NASCAR Cup Series race at Homestead
www.autosport.com www.autosport.com
 
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NASCAR announced the All-Star race has been moved this year.he All-star race is going to happen at Bristol instead of Charlotte. The Bristol all-star race also will allow a limit number of fans in attendance.

NASCAR explained the race was moved due to current data surrounding the pandemic in North Carolina makes Bristol a better option for fan access this summer.
 
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NASCAR Hall of Fame announcements happened today.

Dale Earnhardt jr and the late Mike Stefanik are Modern era Inductees of the 2021 NASCAR Hall of Fame Class.

We know why Dale got inducted because of his resume as a driver and and a car owner. Dale's car owner resume started with Martin Truex back when the Xfinity series was the Busch series and Dale's drivers now have won 5 championships in the xfinity series.

Dale's racing career is nothing to sneeze at with 2 Busch series titles and 26 cup wins.

Mike Stefanik was a regional NASCAR legend from the North East. Mike won 7 regional Modified championships and 2 time K &N Pro series east champion.

Red Farmer is the pioneer era inductee of the 2021 NASCAR Hall of Fame Class. Red Farmer has a NASCAR modified championship and 3 straight NASCAR National Late Model Sportsman champions. He has anywhere from 700 wins to 900 wins in his racing career, but NASCAR did a poor job of keeping attract of wins in the NASCAR Modified series and the NASCAR National Late Model Sportsman. He started racing in 1948 and is still racing to this day.

The Late Ralph Seagraves won the Landmark award. Ralph Seagraves was with the R.J Reynolds Tobacco Company and responsible for NASCAR's cup series being known as the Winston Cup series. He helped race team get sponsors and helped race tracks spend money to refurbish their tracks or improve them.
 

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