NASCAR announces 2024 Cup Series schedule

NASCAR has finally announced the highly anticipated 2024 Cup Series schedule after multiple delays. The "bold and dynamic" schedule for next season will see major changes through the calendar year, with the series reaching new tracks while also returning to older ones.

The 2024 NASCAR season kicks off with the pre-exhibition event hosted at the L.A. Memorial Coliseum for the third year in a row. Following the event, the Cup Series will return to the East Coast for its Crown Jewel event at Daytona Beach.

The Daytona 500 will kick off the 2024 season on February 18 and will be followed by another drafting track in Atlanta. With the closure of the Auto Club Speedway, the organizers have put two drafting tracks back-to-back to start the campaign.

As announced recently, the Bristol Dirt race will not be on the schedule next season, and the race will be held on the concrete track. The half-mile oval has also lost its Easter Sunday date, March 31 to Richmond Raceway. In between the two races, COTA will host the first road course race of the season.

Another major reshuffle for 2024 will be the Texas Motor Speedway losing its playoff date, and it will be hosting the ninth round of the season on April 14.

Meanwhile, the repaved North Wilkesboro Speedway is set to host the All-Star Race on May 19, for a second consecutive year. A month later, the NASCAR Cup Series will visit the Iowa Speedway for the first time on June 16. The 0.8-mile oval is the only new addition to the schedule.

NASCAR will return to the streets of Chicago next year on July 7 and will be heading to Pocono before the much-anticipated return to the Indianapolis Motor Speedway oval. Following the Brickyard 400 on July 21, the series will take a two-week Olympic summer break.

Another major change in the schedule will be the Southern 500 hosting the regular season finale while keeping its Labour Day date on September 1. Daytona International Speedway will not be hosting the regular season finale but has been allotted the penultimate race.

The first two rounds of the Cup Series playoffs will also have a major shake-up with two drafting tracks and road course races in the first six races. Atlanta will host the playoff opener with Watkins Glen getting a playoff date next season. Bristol Motor Speedway retains its spot as the elimination race in the Round of 16.

The second Kansas Speedway race replaces Texas Motor Speedway in the Round of 12. Charlotte Roval will continue to host the elimination race with the rest of the schedule remaining unchanged from the 2023 season.

Phoenix Raceway will host the Championship race on November 10, drawing an end to the 2024 NASCAR Cup Series season.

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Full 2024 NASCAR Cup Series schedule

Here is the full schedule for the 2024 NASCAR Cup Series season:

Race #	Track	Date
Pre-Season Exhibition Race	L.A. Memorial Coliseum	4 February
Qualifying Duels at Daytona	Daytona International Speedway	15 February
1. Daytona 500	Daytona International Speedway	18 February
2	Atlanta Motor Speedway	25 February
3	Las Vegas Motor Speedway	3 March
4	Phoenix Raceway	10 March
5	Bristol Motor Speedway	17 March
6	Circuit of the Americas	24 March
7	Richmond Raceway	31 March
8	Martinsville Speedway	7 April
9	Texas Motor Speedway	14 April
10	Talladega Superspeedway	21 April
11	Dover Motor Speedway	28 April
12	Kansas Speedway	5 May
13	Darlington Raceway	12 May
All-Star Race	North Wilkesboro Speedway	19 May
14. Coca Cola 600	Charlotte Motor Speedway	26 May
15	WWT Raceway [Gateway]	2 June
16	Sonoma Raceway	9 June
17	Iowa Speedway	16 June
18	New Hampshire Motor Speedway	23 June
19	Nashville Superspeedway	30 June
20	Chicago Street Race	7 July
21	Pocono Raceway	14 July
22. Brickyard 400	Indianapolis Motor Speedway	21 July
Olympic Break
Olympic Break
23	Richmond Raceway	11 August
24	Michigan International Speedway	18 August
25	Daytona International Speedway	24 August
26. Southern 500 & Regular Season Finale	Darlington Raceway	1 September
27. Round of 16	Atlanta Motor Speedway	8 September
28. Round of 16	Watkins Glen International	15 September
29. Round of 16 Elimination Race	Bristol Motor Speedway	21 September
30. Round of 12	Kansas Speedway	29 September
31. Round of 12	Talladega Superspeedway	6 October
32. Round of 12 Elimination Race	Charlotte Motor Speedway Roval	13 October
33. Round of 8	Las Vegas Motor Speedway	20 October
34. Round of 8	Homestead-Miami Speedway	27 October
35. Round of 8 Elimination Race	Martinsville Speedway	3 November
36. Championship 4 title-decider	Phoenix Raceway	10 November