All You Need to Know About the NASCAR Races at Dover ‘Monster Mile’

The 2020 Cup Series regular season is almost over and the playoffs are right on the horizon. Kicking off the final three races of the regular season is a doubleheader at the Dover International Speedway this weekend. With the double-header this weekend, NASCAR has released the weekend schedule for the Cup Series and Xfinity series.

However, everything begins with the ARCA Menards East race and a Truck Series race. When the Cup Series race finally gets underway, Chase Elliott will lead the pack from pole. Meanwhile, Austin Cindric is set to lead the Xfinity grid when that gets going.

The ball starts rolling on Thursday, with everyone arriving at the track, starting with the ARCA East drivers and their crew. 24 hours later, the Truck Series and Xfinity Series teams start pouring in and the ARCA East race commences at 2 pm local time.

Later on, the Truck Series drivers will be flagged off at 5 pm local time. This Truck race is set to be a 200-lap race and marks the end of Friday’s races. On Saturday, though, it will be the Xfinity teams’ turn and their race kicks off at 12:30 pm, another 200-lap race.

Finally, the Cup Series drivers will venture out on track for their own race, which will be 311 laps and will commence at 4 pm.

What does the NASCAR schedule say for Sunday?

On Sunday, the second race of the double-header commences for the Xfinity and the Cup Series drivers. As usual, the Xfinity drivers start off the day’s events with their 200 lap race at 1 pm local time. After that madness, the Cup Series grid rounds out the weekend with their own scheduled race at 4 pm.

Coming to the Dover International Speedway, the track has been nicknamed the “Monster Mile”. The 1-mile race track was inaugurated in 1969 and hosted its maiden NASCAR Cup Series race on July 6, 1969. As it turned out, seven-time champion Richard Petty earned the honor of being the first winner at Dover.

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