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Breaking Down The Underwhelming 2021 NASCAR Schedule

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In recent years NASCAR talked about shaking up the 2021 schedule which would be the first year after the 5-year agreement NASCAR previously locked tracks into. The 2021 schedule features a number of changes but not the overhauling changes many fans were hoping to see.

Changes For 2021

For 2021 the Cup Series will be doing more road course racing, double the amount to be exact. The 2021 schedule will feature 6 road course races with the addition of COTA, Road America, and the Indianapolis road course.

The spring Bristol race will be a “dirt” race, something no one asked for. Drivers spoke out against it, fans spoke out against it, and yet, the brain trust in Charlotte steamrolled ahead with it like Donald Trump in a debate.

Nashville Superspeedway will be added to the schedule taking one of Dover’s two dates.

Kentucky and Chicagoland are dead, they cease to exist on the schedule anymore.

Atlanta and Darlington both gain second dates.

Michigan and Texas both lose one of their two races as well. Yet Pocono will remain a doubleheader.

Take a look at the 2021 schedule, we’ll point out a few things underneath the schedule.

2021 NASCAR Cup Series Schedule

nascar 2021 schedule

Feb. 14 | Daytona (Fla.) International Speedway

Feb. 21 | Homestead-Miami (Fla.) Speedway

Feb. 28 | Auto Club (Calif.) Speedway

March 7 | Las Vegas (Nev.) Motor Speedway

March 14 | Phoenix (Ariz.) Raceway

March 21 | Atlanta (Ga.) Motor Speedway

March 28 | Bristol (Tenn.) Motor Speedway (dirt)

April 4 | Easter

April 10 | Martinsville (Va.) Speedway

April 18 | Richmond (Va.) Raceway

April 25 | Talladega (Ala.) Superspeedway

May 2 | Kansas Speedway

May 9 | Darlington (S.C.) Raceway

May 16 | Dover (Del.) International Speedway

May 23 | Circuit of the Americas (COTA)

May 30 | Charlotte Motor Speedway

June 6 | Sonoma (Calif.) Raceway

June 13 | All-Star Race (Texas Motor Speedway)

June 20 | Nashville (Tenn.) Superspeedway

June 26-27 | Pocono (Pa.) Raceway (doubleheader)

July 4 | Road America

July 11 | Atlanta Motor Speedway

July 18 | New Hampshire Motor Speedway

July 25 | Off Weekend (Olympics)

August 1 | Off Weekend (Olympics)

August 8 | Watkins Glen (N.Y.) International

August 15 | Indianapolis Motor Speedway Road Course

August 22 | Michigan International Speedway

August 28 | Daytona International Speedway

Playoffs

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 Roval

Oct. 17 | Texas Motor Speedway

Oct. 24 | Kansas Speedway

Oct. 31 | Martinsville Speedway

Nov. 7 | Phoenix Raceway

Is This Underwhelming?

NASCAR promised big changes and “big” is a relative term. It’s clear we have different definitions of big because this schedule is rather underwhelming. It’s nice, but it could be so much better.

The Playoffs stay completely intact from 2020 to 2021, a decision that isn’t shocking but one that should have been mixed up. Kansas could have been swapped for Atlanta. Richmond could have been moved for literally any race other than Pocono or Michigan. Leave the cutoff races in place, Bristol, Roval, and Martinsville are fantastic choices.

Adding three more road courses to the schedule is a fantastic idea. The Indianapolis oval hasn’t been good since 2008 and that’s only because Goodyear went peak, Goodyear. Sure 2017 was fun but that doesn’t happen often. Might as well give the road course a shot since the series refuses to check out Indianapolis Raceway Park.

COTA will be interesting but much like Road America the full-course cautions are going to be excruciatingly painful.

Overall, the expectations were more. Why not add Gateway? What happened to trying out a street course? Fans want short tracks and IRP is just sitting there waiting to be used. The same goes for Memphis. There are a number of things NASCAR could have tried but didn’t. And some of that is wishful thinking for sure, but take some risks.

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