BRISTOL, TENNESSEE – SEPTEMBER 19: Clint Bowyer, driver of the No. 14 Rush Truck Centers/Cummins Ford, waits on the grid prior to the NASCAR Cup Series Bass Pro Shops Night Race at Bristol Motor Speedway on September 19, 2020, in Bristol, Tennessee. Photo by Jared C. Tilton/Getty Images
Clint Bowyer’s retirement is set for the close of the 2020 NASCAR season as he moves to the FOX Sports broadcast booth in 2021.
With only five races remaining for the NASCAR Cup Series in 2020, veteran Clint Bowyer has officially announced his retirement at seasons’ end. It’s the end of an era for Bowyer, who is moving to the broadcast booth fulltime for FOX Sports beginning in 2021.
LOUDON, NEW HAMPSHIRE – AUGUST 02: Bubba Wallace, driver of the #43 Cash App Chevrolet, drives during the NASCAR Cup Series Foxwoods Resort Casino 301 at New Hampshire Motor Speedway on August 02, 2020, in Loudon, New Hampshire. Photo by Jared C. Tilton/Getty Images
Wallace, mid-week racing, Daytona road course are at the top of this week’s Hot Topics Sound Off with Fan4Racing writer Andy Laskey. Share your thoughts by commenting below.
NASCAR Cup Series races at Bristol Motor Speedway on May 31, 2020. The All-Star Race will take place on the same track in July 2020. Photo by Jared C. Tilton/Getty Images
A Bristol All-Star Race on July 15, 2020, is another COVID-19 sign of the times in the NASCAR Cup Series. The All-Star venue changes from the traditional Charlotte Motor Speedway to Bristol Motor Speedway in Tennessee.
LEBANON, TN – JULY 23: Brad Keselowski, driver of the #22 Discount Tire Dodge, and Steve Wallace, driver of the #66 5-Hour Energy Toyota, lead the field to the green flag for the running of the NASCAR Nationwide Series Federated Auto Parts 300 at Nashville Superspeedway on July 23, 2011, in Lebanon, Tennessee. Photo by Jared C. Tilton/Getty Images for NASCAR
NASCAR set for Nashville Superspeedway, a 1.3-mile intermediate track, in 2021. A Nashville short track may have been a better choice.
NASCAR’s return to Nashville Superspeedway is exciting news for a city that welcomed with open arms as the site of the 2019 NASCAR Cup Series banquet last fall. The change of pace from Las Vegas to Nashville proved to be a home run for the sport.
DARLINGTON, SOUTH CAROLINA – MAY 20: Cars race during the NASCAR Cup Series Toyota 500 at Darlington Raceway on Wednesday, May 20, 2020, in Darlington, South Carolina. Photo by Jared C. Tilton/Getty Images
Midweek racing takes center stage as NASCAR returns after a ten-week halt.
Midweek racing scores big in NASCAR after the COVID 19 pandemic shut down racing since mid-March. As a hot topic in racing, the NASCAR Cup and Xfinity Series midweek races at Darlington Raceway are a huge deal. Up to this past week, the Southern 500 weekend was the only Darlington event on the schedule. The notorious ‘Lady in Black’ was the host for three additional events with two of those races running midweek. Some tracks are losing their dates to a modified schedule. So, Darlington Raceway and Charlotte Motor Speedway, next week, are filling the void.