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In February, Winston-Salem’s historic Bowman Gray Stadium hosted a NASCAR series race for the first time in more than 50 years.
In May, the NASCAR Cup Series returns with races in Concord, and at the historic North Wilkesboro Speedway for an all-star race.
WUNC’s Mitch Northam has been reporting on track renovations and investment here in recent years, and shares the history of stock car racing.
The Daytona 500 begins a stretch of 36 Cup Series races across 38 weeks. Throw in the All-Star Race in May and there’s just one off weekend all season.
That comes Easter weekend on April 20. From there, NASCAR’s top series races 28 times in 28 weeks.
Here’s what you need to know ahead of the season along with our championship pick and playoff contenders.
If you need to catch up on all the driver movement ahead of the season too, we’ve got you covered.
It would be foolish to actually do that, but it is worth noting that Logano has never qualified for the winner-take-all race outside of an even-year. Since 2014, Logano’s points finishes in even-numbered years are fourth, second, first, third, first and first. In odd-numbered years, Logano has gone sixth, 17th, fifth, eighth and 12th.
Logano occupies rare territory. He’s the only active driver with more than two Cup Series titles, while Kyle Busch is the only other active driver with multiple championships.
