NASCAR Adding Dirt Race At Bristol

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Published on October 1 2020 6:08 am
Last Updated on October 1 2020 6:08 am

NASCAR is adding a dirt race at Bristol Motor Speedway to its Cup Series next season, the news revealed as it unveiled the 2021 season schedule Wednesday.

It will be the first Cup Series race on dirt since 1970. In other changes, NASCAR has dropped Chicagoland and Kentucky from the schedule, while adding the Road America and Circuit of the Americas courses in Wisconsin and Texas.

It’s also ending the Brickyard 400 and switching to the Indianapolis Motor Speedway infield road course.