NASCAR announced today that race events this weekend at Atlanta Motor Speedway and next weekend at Homestead-Miami Speedway had been postponed because of the coronavirus pandemic
The series was to go to Birmingham, Ala., for a race on April 5, with a race on April 19 at Long Beach, Calif., and then one in Austin. The season is now scheduled to open with a road-course race on May 9 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
NASCAR had said Thursday that the races at Atlanta and Homestead-Miami would be held but without fans in attendance because of the coronavirus. NASCAR did not elaborate on why it changed its plan. Drivers and their teams had arrived Friday at the track in Hampton, Ga., which was to hold a full slate of races, although there was to be no interaction between the participants and news media.
Homestead announced that ticket credit details will be announced later, but credit can be used for in 2020 or 2021 for a NASCAR-sanctioned event at any NASCAR-owned track—those formerly owned by ISC. The event at Homestead-Miami Speedway had been the last race of the season for years until it was moved after last season. The race is now called the Dixie Vodka 400.
NASCAR races are typically among the best-attended sporting events in the U.S., particularly in the spring. Atlanta had two annual Cup races until 2010, and its fall race often drew more than 100,000. As recently as 2012, the only Cup race there drew 90,000-plus.
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