NASCAR announced some pretty big changes to the NASCAR Cup 2020 season. For the first time since 2001 the season finale will not be in Miami. The season will also end to weeks earlier. However there are no new tracks added or removed.
NASCAR 2020 Cup season
The 2020 season will start at the Daytona International Speedway on the 16th of February. After Daytona the teams will move to the West Coast for the races in Las Vegas, Auto Club Speedway and ISM Raceway. Other changes include moving the race at Martinsville to 9th of May (Night race). Pocono will host a doubleheader of Cup races on the 27th and 28th of June. So there will no longer be two fully separate race weekends there. The teams will be back in Daytona on the 28th of Augustus for the regular season finale. The playoffs will also see a change with Darlington Raceway now hosting the playoff opener on the 6th of September Las Vegas, which has been hosting the playoff opener since last season, will drop to the first race of the second round on Sept. 27.
And finally the Cup final will be at the ISM Raceway on the 8th of November.
2020 NASCAR Cup Series schedule
| DATE | RACE/TRACK |
| Sunday, Feb. 9 | The Clash |
| Thursday, Feb. 13 | Duel at Daytona |
| Sunday, Feb. 16 | Daytona 500 |
| Sunday, Feb. 23 | Las Vegas Motor Speedway |
| Sunday, March 1 | Auto Club Speedway |
| Sunday, March 8 | ISM Raceway |
| Sunday, March 15 | Atlanta Motor Speedway |
| Sunday, March 22 | Homestead-Miami Speedway |
| Sunday, March 29 | Texas Motor Speedway |
| Sunday, April 5 | Bristol Motor Speedway |
| Sunday, April 19 | Richmond Raceway |
| Sunday, April 26 | Talladega Superspeedway |
| Sunday, May 3 | Dover International Speedway |
| Saturday, May 9 | Martinsville Speedway |
| Saturday, May 16 | All-Star Race, Charlotte |
| Sunday, May 24 | Charlotte Motor Speedway |
| Sunday, May 31 | Kansas Speedway |
| Sunday, June 7 | Michigan International Speedway |
| Sunday, June 14 | Sonoma Raceway |
| Sunday, June 21 | Chicagoland Speedway |
| Saturday, June 27 | Pocono Raceway |
| Sunday, June 28 | Pocono Raceway |
| Sunday, July 5 | Indianapolis Motor Speedway |
| Saturday, July 11 | Kentucky Speedway |
| Sunday, July 19 | New Hampshire Motor Speedway |
| Sunday, Aug. 9 | Michigan International Speedway |
| Sunday, Aug. 16 | Watkins Glen International |
| Sunday, Aug. 23 | Dover International Speedway |
| Saturday, Aug. 29 | Daytona International Speedway |
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PLAYOFFS BEGIN |
| Sunday, Sept. 6 | Darlington Raceway |
| Saturday, Sept. 12 | Richmond Raceway |
| Saturday, Sept. 19 | Bristol Motor Speedway |
| Sunday, Sept. 27 | Las Vegas Motor Speedway |
| Sunday, Oct. 4 | Talladega Superspeedway |
| Sunday, Oct. 11 | Charlotte Motor Speedway |
| Sunday, Oct. 18 | Kansas Speedway |
| Sunday, Oct. 25 | Texas Motor Speedway |
| Sunday, Nov. 1 | Martinsville Speedway |
| Sunday, Nov. 8 | ISM Raceway |
