KANSAS CITY, Kan. (Dec 1, 2020) – KANSAS CITY, Kan. (Dec. 1, 2020) – For the second year in-a-row in 2021, the ARCA Menards Series will be visiting Kansas Speedway on two occasions. Both races will be a part of the track’s two NASCAR weekends, with the latter race once again serving as the championship race for the Series.
The ARCA Menards Series will stage events at Kansas Speedway on Saturday, May 1 and either Saturday, October 23 or Sunday, October 24. The October race will be the championship event, which was claimed by Munford, Alabama native Bret Holmes this year. The two events will be the front end of doubleheaders on their respective days. The May 1 event will be held prior to the running of the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race, while the championship race will precede either the NASCAR Xfinity Series Kansas Lottery 300 on Saturday, October 23 or the NASCAR Cup Series Hollywood Casino 400 on Sunday, October 24.
Kansas Speedway has hosted an ARCA Menards Series race each year since the track opened in 2001. In 2020, it held a pair of races in the series as part of a revised schedule. Holmes won the Dawn 150 on July 24, 2020, while Corey Heim took the checkered flag in the Speediatrics 150 presented by The NASCAR Foundation on October 16. Holmes finished second in the October race, clinching the 2020 championship.
Start times and television networks for all series will be also announced at a later date.
The full 2021 NASCAR schedules, as well as ticket information for both can be found at nascar.com/tickets.
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Kansas Speedway 2021 NASCAR Season
Saturday, May1: ARCA Menards Series race
Saturday, May 1: NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race
Sunday, May 2: NASCAR Cup Series race
Saturday, October 23: NASCAR Xfinity Series Kansas Lottery 300
Sat., Oct. 23/Sun., Oct. 24: ARCA Menards Series race
Sunday, October 24: NASCAR Cup Series Hollywood Casino 400
Networks and start times TBD
About Kansas Speedway
Kansas Speedway is a premier motorsports facility in the Midwest. The track, which opened in 2001, hosts two NASCAR Cup Series weekends each year, along with approximately 200 other event days each year. The Hollywood Casino at Kansas Speedway, which opened in 2012, overlooks Turn 2 of the track.
About NASCAR
The National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing (NASCAR) is the sanctioning body for the No. 1 form of motorsports in the United States and owner of 16 of the nation’s major motorsports entertainment facilities. NASCAR consists of three national series (NASCAR Cup Series™, NASCAR Xfinity Series™, and NASCAR Gander RV & Outdoors Truck Series™), four regional series (ARCA Menards Series, ARCA Menards Series East & West and the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour), one local grassroots series and three international series. The International Motor Sports Association™ (IMSA®) governs the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship™, the premier U.S. sports car series. NASCAR also owns Motor Racing Network, Racing Electronics, Americrown Service and ONE DAYTONA. Based in Daytona Beach, Florida, with offices in eight cities across North America, NASCAR sanctions more than 1,200 races in more than 30 U.S. states, Canada, Mexico and Europe. For more information visit www.NASCAR.com and www.IMSA.com, and follow NASCAR on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and Snapchat (‘NASCAR’).
Kansas Speedway Media Contact:
Neal Gulkis, Director of Track Communications, Midwest Region, NASCAR
[email protected]; 305-224-3189