NASCAR is back on the concrete this weekend as Nashville Superspeedway will play host to the top three national series.

Friday will feature practice, qualifying and a 150-lap race for the Craftsman Truck Series at 8 p.m. ET.

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The Xfinity and Cup series will practice and qualify Saturday on the 1.333-mile oval, followed by a 188-lap Xfinity race at 7:30 p.m. ET.

Good news, bad news ahead of Nashville weekend for NASCAR Cup teams

AJ Allmendinger enters Nashville after finishing a season-best fourth in the Coca-Cola 600.

The Cup Series will hold a 300-lap race at 7 p.m. ET Sunday at the track in Lebanon, Tennessee.

NASCAR’s 2024 winners at Nashville are Joey Logano (Cup), John Hunter Nemechek (Xfinity) and Christian Eckes (Truck). Logano is the only defending winner on the entry list (Nemechek will race Cup, and Eckes is in the Xfinity race).

Nashville Superspeedway schedule

(All Times Eastern)

Friday, May 30

Garage open

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• 11 a.m. – 12:55 a.m. — Truck Series

Track activity

• 4:05 – 5 p.m. — Truck Series practice (FS1)

• 5:10 – 6 p.m. — Truck Series qualifying (FS1)

• 8 p.m. — Truck race (150 laps, 199.5 miles, Stage 1 at Lap 45, Stage 2 at Lap 95; FS1, MRN, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio)

Saturday, May 31

Garage open

• 12:30 p.m. – 12:45 a.m. — Xfinity

Track activity

• 2 – 2:55 p.m. — Xfinity practice (CW App)

• 3:05 – 4 p.m. — Xfinity qualifying (CW App)

• 4:35 – 5:35 p.m. — Cup practice (Prime, PRN, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio)

• 5:45 – 6:30 p.m. — Cup qualifying (Prime, PRN, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio)

• 7:30 p.m. — Xfinity race (188 laps, 250.04 miles, Stage 1 at Lap 45, Stage 2 at Lap 90; CW, PRN, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio)

Sunday, June 1

Garage open

• 4 p.m. – 12:55 a.m. — Cup

Track activity

• 7 p.m. — Cup race (300 laps, 399 miles, Stage 1 at Lap 90, Stage 2 at Lap 185; Prime, PRN, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio)

Weekend weather

Friday: Morning thunderstorms, occasional afternoon showers. A high of 72 degrees with winds from the west-northwest at 10 to 20 mph and a 90 percent chance of rain 90%. It’s expected to be 68 degrees with a 7 percent chance of rain at the start of the Truck race.

Saturday: Mainly sunny with a high of 83 degrees and winds from the north-northwest at 10 to 15 mph. It’s expected to be 79 degrees with a 7 percent chance of rain at the start of the Xfinity race.

Sunday: Partly cloudy with scattered thunderstorms in the afternoon, a high of 83 degrees and winds from the west at 5 to 10 mph with a 40 percent chance of rain. It’s expected to be 81 degrees with a 24 percent chance of rain at the start of the Cup race.

LEBANON, TENN. — NASCAR is racing this weekend at Nashville Superspeedway with the Cup, Xfinity and Craftsman Truck Series scheduled to race there.

NASCAR TV schedule for Friday, May 30

Practice and qualifying for NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series

• 4:30 p.m. (All times Eastern)
• FS1 (Fox Sports app)
• NASCAR app

NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Rackley Roofing 200 race

• 8 p.m.
• FS1 (Fox Sports app)
• NASCAR Racing Network, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio Channel 90

NASCAR TV schedule for Saturday, May 31

Practice and qualifying for NASCAR Xfinity Series

• 2 p.m. (all times Eastern)
• CW App

Practice and qualifying for NASCAR Cup Series

• 4:30 p.m. ET
• Amazon Prime
• Performance Racing Network, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio Channel 90

NASCAR Xfinity Series’ Tennessee Lottery 250 race

• 7:30 p.m. ET
• CW Network
• Performance Racing Network, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio Channel 90

NASCAR TV schedule for Sunday, June 1

NASCAR Cup Series’ Cracker Barrel 400 race

• 7 p.m. ET
• Amazon Prime
• Performance Racing Network, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio Channel 90

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A Twin Valley, MN, native, Fjeld became a motorsports fan at just three years old (first race was the 2002 Pennsylvania 500). He worked as a contributor and writer for TRE from 2010-18. Since then, he has stepped up and covered 24 NASCAR race weekends and taken on a larger role with TRE. He became the co-owner and managing editor in 2023 and has guided the site to massive growth in that time.

Fjeld has covered a wide array of stories and moments over the years, including Kevin Harvick’s final Cup Series season, the first NASCAR national series disqualification in over 50 years, Shane van Gisbergen’s stunning win in Chicago and the first Cup Series race at Road America in 66 years – as well as up-and-coming drivers’ stories and stories from inside the sport, like the tech it takes for Hendrick Motorsports to remain a top-tier team.

Currently, he resides in Albuquerque, N.M., where he works for KOB 4, an NBC station. He works as a digital producer and does on-air reports. He loves spending time with friends and family, playing and listening to music, exploring new places, being outdoors, reading books and writing among other activities. You can email him at fjeldjonathan@gmail.com

As Chicago’s street festivals struggle, Chicago Gourmet is swinging for the fences in 2025 and leaning into the city’s passion for sports. Organizers have announced a battery of events, including a dinner on the NASCAR Chicago Street Course with food from the chefs behind Bar Siena, Daisies, and Piccolo Sogno.

Chicago Gourmet takes place annually each summer, with many of the city’s best chefs and the country’s most popular wine producers gathering at the Grand Cru in Millennium Park. Over the years, the event series has transformed. COVID forced it to reduce its footprint at the park while focusing more on ancillary events such as the Hamburger Hop, which crowns the city’s best burger. Those tickets will go on sale in July.

This year, the fest’s theme, Step Up to the Plate, puts sports front and center, attempting to inject some excitement for fans. Lord knows, even with Pete-Crow Armstrong, that Chicago sports teams haven’t been inspiring lately.

While the Grand Cru will still take place on Saturday, September 27, at the Harris Bank Rooftop near Millennium Park, there are new events such as the aforementioned NASCAR dinner, which will take place on Wednesday, July 2, ahead of the third annual Chicago Street Race on Sunday, July 5. Diners will eat a five-course meal at the start/finish line in what organizers bill as a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. But what if it’s a success? We’ll see how 2025 goes. Tickets, $250, are already for sale online. The chef lineup consists of Fabio Viviani (Siena Tavern, Bar Siena, Bombobar), Joe Frillman and Leigh Omilinsky (Daisies), Tony Priolo (Piccolo Sogno), and Steve Maak (Levy Restaurants).

Then, on Friday, July 25, a lineup of chefs will be at the ballpark for Game Day Gourmet at the Crosstown Classic in concert with the Cubs’ and White Sox’s interleague games in July at Rate Field on the South Side. It’s a hot dog competition to see whose upscale spin on a wiener will reign supreme. Chefs will be tasked with zhuzhing special Duck Dogs, a duck fat-infused frank made famous by the Duck Inn. Participating chefs include Duck Inn’s own Kevin Hickey, Frontier and Ina Mae’s Package Goods’ Brian Jupiter, and Mirra’s Rishi Kumar and Zubair Mohajir. Win or lose, rain or shine, folks who shell out the $250 per ticket will get to sample the specialty sausages from a suite overlooking the game. Tickets are available for purchase online.

Finally, Jackie Robinson may not have strong ties to Chicago, but Major League Baseball’s first Black player is celebrated around the country. His No. 42 is retired by all teams, and all players wear the number during MLB’s annual Jackie Robinson Day. James Beard Award-winning chefs Erick Williams and Damarr Brown of Virtue will host a tribute dinner to Robinson on Wednesday, August 20. A cocktail reception will precede a three-course dinner. Marqueal Jordan & The Wachezaji will provide the music. Tickets cost $225 per person and are available online. Proceeds benefit Virtue Leadership Development and the IRA Educational Foundation.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Sunday night’s Coca-Cola 600 averaged 2.72 million viewers in Prime Video’s first NASCAR race.

The race, which was won by Ross Chastain, was the third-highest-watched NASCAR race this season not carried by Fox. FS1 averaged 2.89 million viewers for the March 16 race at Las Vegas and 2.84 million for Phoenix on March 9.

Fox Sports had the first 12 races of the season, with eight being carried on FS1. Last year’s Coca-Cola 600 on Fox averaged 3.2 million viewers.

According to Nielsen, the audience for Sunday night’s race peaked at 2.92 million viewers near the midway point.

Prime Video’s audience had an average age of 55.8 years, which is more than six years younger than the average median age of viewers watching NASCAR Cup Series races on linear TV (61.9).

The 67-minute postrace show averaged 1.04 million viewers and peaked at 1.26 million.

This was the first of five races that Prime Video will carry this season.

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ROCKINGHAM, N.C. (WBTV) – A historic North Carolina racetrack appears to be up for sale, just weeks after NASCAR made its return.

A commercial real estate company has a listing for Rockingham Speedway, which returned to the NASCAR schedule for the first time in more than a decade on Easter weekend.

The one-mile oval has a rich history in NASCAR, with drivers like Dale Earnhardt, Richard Petty and many other racing legends having won there.

The listing does not show an asking price for the speedway but does have fairly comprehensive documents that highlight features of the overall property.

Perhaps what sticks out most from the documents is that over the past three years, more than $12 million has been poured into upgrading the facility’s infrastructure. Much of that came from the state government. The documents say another $12 million has been requested from the North Carolina General Assembly to get the property “Cup ready.”

Despite NASCAR having returned in April, the Cup Series’ more than two-decade absence has persisted. The Xfinity, Truck and ARCA series raced there that weekend, but not NASCAR’s top level. The last time that a Cup race was held at Rockingham was in 2004 when Matt Kenseth took the checkered flag.

The listing documents indicate hope that the track could see the Cup Series return in 2026 or 2027.

NASCAR has yet to unveil its 2026 series schedules, but Rockingham could very well find itself back on the Xfinity or Trucks circuit, especially after tickets for the Xfinity race sold out. Whether or not it could get a Cup date seems a bit more questionable.

Related: Winner disqualified in NASCAR’s return to historic North Carolina racetrack

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