CHARLOTTE, N.C.
(AP) — It will be a summer in the South for NASCAR: The stock car series
announced Thursday it will stick to Tennessee, Georgia, Virginia,
Florida and Alabama for June races — all of them without fans.

NASCAR
has now set plans for 20 races — including nine in the elite Cup Series
— as it returns to the tracks after being shut down for more than two
months by concerns about the coronavirus.

The Cup Series is scheduled to resume this Sunday at Darlington Raceway and run four times in 11 days at the South Carolina track and at Charlotte Motor Speedway in Concord, North Carolina.

Then
NASCAR will go to Bristol Motor Speedway in Tennessee on May 31. The
track is roughly three hours’ driving distance for most of the
Charlotte-area based teams. Some drivers could fly privately to the
track via helicopter.

NASCAR
will then race at Atlanta Motor Speedway with the Truck Series and
Xfinity Series on June 6 and the Cup Series on June 7. The track in
Hampton, Georgia, is at least a four-hour drive and teams could need
hotels.

The Cup Series will race for a third time on a Wednesday night at Martinsville Speedway in Virginia on June 10.

Then
all three national series will run together and require air travel with
two full days at Homestead-Miami Speedway in South Florida. The Truck
Series and Xfinity Series will race June 13, then the Xfinity Series
will run again on June 14 in a warm-up for the Cup Series.

NASCAR
will then go to to Talladega Superspeedway with the ARCA Series and the
Xfinity Series racing June 20 and Cup on June 21. The teams can drive
to the Alabama speedway but many might use hotels.

NASCAR
postponed events at Kansas Speedway, Michigan International Speedway,
the Xfinity Series race at Mid-Ohio and the Truck Series race at Texas
Motor Speedway. The Xfinity race at Iowa Speedway scheduled for June 13
has been moved to Homestead on June 14.