For those asking “Is today a NASCAR race,” the answer is that NASCAR is taking a week off holiday that coincides with the Easter holiday.
NASCAR’s top national series is off track for the first weekend of April 2021. This is the first black week of the season since the seventh week of the season, beginning with the Daytona 500 at the end of February.
Fans can use the time to gear up for a long stretch of uninterrupted racing that will extend into the middle of summer.
Here’s what you need to know about NASCAR this weekend and when the next race will be:
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Is NASCAR a race today?
No, today is not a NASCAR race, nor was there an earlier one over the weekend. All three national series (Cup, Xfinity and Truck) are closed over Easter weekend. The weekend will resume on 9–10 April. Both the Cup and Xfinity Series’ will then run at Martinsville Speedway; The Xfinity Series race is scheduled for Friday, April 9, and the Cup Series race is scheduled for Saturday, April 10. The next Truck Series race will take place on Saturday, April 17, at Richmond Raceway.
Why doesn’t NASCAR race on Easter?
Easter break has become a NASCAR tradition. Teams and fans are given time off from the track to have a religious holiday. There have not been any Cup Series races on Easter Sunday in Richmond since 1989, and the event was a make-up of the February snowout.
Since 2012 all three NASCAR national series have gone dark over the weekend of Easter: no races before Saturday or after Monday.
NASCAR will have two more scheduled weeks this season, and they will be consecutive: weekends of July 24–25 and August 31. 1. The break coincides with the Summer Olympics in Tokyo.
NASCAR Schedule 2021
| date | Race | Track | Start time | TV Channel | radio |
| 10 April | Blue-Emu Maximum Pain Relief 500 | Martinsville Speedway | 7:30 pm | FS1 | MRN |
| 18 April | Toyota owns 400 | Richmond Raceway | 3 in the afternoon | Fox | MRN |
| 25 April | Songs 500 | Taldaga Superspeedway | at 2 pm | Fox | MRN |
| May 2 | NASCAR Cup Series Race in Kansas | Kansas Speedway | 3 in the afternoon | FS1 | MRN |
| 9 May | NASCAR Cup Series Race in Darlington | Darlington raceway | 3:30 pm | FS1 | MRN |
| 16 May | Drydean 400 | Dover International Speedway | at 2 pm | FS1 | MRN |
| 23 May | NASCAR Cup Series Race at COC | Circuit of america | 2:30 pm | FS1 | PRN |
| 30 May | Coca-cola 600 | Charlotte Motor Speedway | at 6 pm | Fox | PRN |
| 6 June | Toyota / Save Mart 350 | Sonoma Raceway | 4 pm | FS1 | PRN |
| 13 June | NASCAR All-Star Open | Texas Motor Speedway | at 6 pm | FS1 | MRN |
| 13 June | NASCAR All-Star Race | Texas Motor Speedway | At 8 o’clock | FS1 | MRN |
| 20 June | Associate 400 | Nashville Superspeedway | 3:30 pm | NBCSN | MRN |
| 26 June | NASCAR Cup Series Race in Cocono | Cocoa raceway | 3 in the afternoon | NBCSN | MRN |
| 27 June | NASCAR Cup Series Race in Cocono | Cocoa raceway | 3:30 pm | NBCSN | MRN |
| July 4 | NASCAR Cup Series Race at Road America | Road america | 2:30 pm | NBC | MRN |
| 11 July | Quaker state 400 | Atlanta Motor Speedway | 3:30 pm | NBCSN | PRN |
| 18 July | Foxwood Resort Casino 301 | New Hampshire Motor Speedway | 3 in the afternoon | NBCSN | PRN |
| Aug 8 | Go bowling in the glen | Watkins Glen International | 3 in the afternoon | NBCSN | MRN |
| August 15 | Big machine vodka 400 at the brickyard | Indianapolis Motor Speedway Road Course | 1 PM | NBC | IMS Radio |
| 22 August | FireKeepers Casino 400 | Michigan International Speedway | 3 in the afternoon | NBCSN | MRN |
| 28 August | Coke zero sugar 400 | Daytona International Speedway | at 7 pm | NBC | MRN |
NASCAR playoff race
| date | Race | Track | Start time | TV Channel | radio |
| 5 September | Cook Out Southern 500 | Darlington raceway | at 6 pm | NBCSN | MRN |
| September 11 | Federated Auto Parts 400 | Richmond Raceway | 7:30 pm | NBCSN | MRN |
| 18 September | Bass Pro Shops Night Race | Bristol Motor Speedway | 7:30 pm | NBCSN | PRN |
| 26 September | South Point 400 | Las Vegas Motor Speedway | at 7 pm | NBCSN | PRN |
| 3 October | YellaWood 500 | Taldaga Superspeedway | at 2 pm | NBC | MRN |
| 10 October | Bank of America ROVAL 400 | Charlotte Motor Speedway Road Course | at 2 pm | NBC | PRN |
| 17 October | Autotrader Ecopark Automotive 500 | Texas Motor Speedway | at 2 pm | NBC | PRN |
| 24 October | Hollywood Casino 400 | Kansas Speedway | 3 in the afternoon | NBCSN | MRN |
| 31 October | Xfinity 500 | Martinsville Speedway | at 2 pm | NBC | MRN |
| 7 November | NASCAR Cup Series Championship | Phoenix Raceway | 3 in the afternoon | NBC | MRN |
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