NASCARs August schedule adds Daytona road course, two doubleheaders – The Athletic

For the first time, NASCARs premier series will race on the famed Daytona International Speedway roadway course, part of a host of schedule modifications necessitated by the sports interruption throughout the COVID-19 pandemic.
That race will be hung on Sunday, Aug. 16, two weeks prior to the Cup regular-season finale on the Daytona oval (Aug. 29). The Gander Outdoor Truck and Xfinity Series will likewise race on the road course that weekend.
The move to Daytona is a modification from the formerly revealed race at Watkins Glen International. Although upstate New York has not been as heavily affected by COVID-19 as other parts of the state, a travel advisory issued by Gov. Andrew Cuomo requires people who travel to New York from 19 states especially affected by the coronavirus to quarantine for 14 days. That consists of North Carolina, where most of NASCAR teams are based, making it difficult for NASCAR to hold a race in New York in such a way that wouldnt further …