NASCAR O'Reilly Auto Parts Series at Iowa SpeedwayStock car racing events in the NASCAR O'Reilly Auto Parts Series have been held at the Iowa Speedway. The track held 2 races annually from 2011 to 2020, when the track was removed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The track returned to the schedule following the release of the 2024 NASCAR Xfinity Series schedule, supporting a Cup Series race on the same weekend. Current raceThe Hy-Vee PERKS 250 is a 250-lap, 218.75-mile NASCAR O'Reilly Auto Parts Series race at Iowa Speedway in Newton, Iowa. The race has been held i...
NASCAR Cup Series at Kansas SpeedwayStock car racing events in the NASCAR Cup Series have been held annually at the Kansas Speedway in Kansas City, Kansas, since 2001.
NASCAR O'Reilly Auto Parts SeriesThe NASCAR O'Reilly Auto Parts Series (NOAPS) is a stock car racing series organized by NASCAR. It is the company's second national division, behind the NASCAR Cup Series and in front of NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series. NOAPS events are frequently held as a support race on the day prior to a Cup Series event scheduled for that weekend. The series was previously called the Budweiser Late Model Sportsman Series in 1982 and 1983, the NASCAR Busch Grand National Series from 1984 through 2002, the NASCAR Busch Series f...
COVID-19 pandemicThe global COVID-19 pandemic (also known as the coronavirus pandemic), caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), began with an outbreak in Wuhan, China, in December 2019. It spread to other parts of Asia and then worldwide in early 2020. The World Health Organization (WHO) declared the outbreak a public health emergency of international concern (PHEIC) on 30 January 2020 and assessed it as having become a pandemic on 11 March. The WHO declared that the public health emergency caused...
NASCAR ChaseThe NASCAR Chase (known in marketing as The Chase), formerly officially known as the Chase for the Nextel/Sprint Cup (Nextel from 2004 to 2007, Sprint from 2008 to 2016) and the NASCAR Playoffs (from 2017 to 2025), is a championship playoff system used in NASCAR's three national series. The system was founded as The Chase for the Championship on January 21, 2004, and was used exclusively in the NASCAR Cup Series from 2004 to 2015. Since 2016, NASCAR has also used the playoff system in the O'Reilly Auto Parts Ser...
2020 NASCAR Xfinity Series2020NASCAR Xfinity SeriesPrevious2019Next2021Champions | SeasonsThe 2020 NASCAR Xfinity Series was the 39th season of the NASCAR Xfinity Series, a stock car racing series sanctioned by NASCAR in the United States. The season began at Daytona International Speedway with the NASCAR Racing Experience 300 on February 15. The regular season ended with the Go Bowling 250 at Richmond Raceway on September 11. The NASCAR playoffs ended with the Desert Diamond Casino West Valley 200 at Phoenix Raceway on November 7. Tyler...
Iowa SpeedwayIowa Speedway is a 0.875 mi (1.408 km) oval short track in Newton, Iowa, United States. Along with the main track, the track complex also features seven road course layouts, including a 1.300 mi (2.092 km) road course layout that combines parts of the main track along with the infield road course to make a "roval". Since its inaugural season of racing in 2006, the track has hosted a variety of racing events, including events sanctioned by NASCAR and IndyCar. Iowa Speedway is currently owned by NASCAR and led by ...
Dash 4 CashThe Dash 4 Cash is a bonus program for race winners for designated races in a NASCARO'Reilly Auto Parts Series season. Since its inception in 2009, the program has undergone many changes, most notably the addition of heat races in 2016 for qualification for the bonus that were scrapped the following year. History2009–10: InceptionIn order to drum up interest in its second-tier series, NASCAR made the Dash 4 Cash before the 2009 season. The original format included four races where all series regulars not compe...Kansas SpeedwayKansas Speedway (formerly known as Kansas International Speedway in initial planning and construction stages) is a 1.500 mi (2.414 km) tri-oval intermediate speedway in Kansas City, Kansas, United States. The track, since its inaugural season of racing in 2001, has hosted a variety of racing series, including NASCAR, IndyCar, and the IMSA SportsCar Championship. The track has a 48,000-seat capacity as of 2019. Within oval exists an infield road course that is used with the oval to make a "roval". The Speedway is...
2001 NASCAR Busch Series2001NASCAR Busch SeriesPrevious2000Next2002Champions | SeasonsThe 2001 NASCAR Busch Series began February 17 and ended November 10. Kevin Harvick of Richard Childress Racing was champion. Teams and driversFull scheduleLimited scheduleNotes:If under "team", the owner's name is listed and in italics, that means the name of the race team that fielded the car is unknown.ScheduleRacesNAPA Auto Parts 300The NAPA Auto Parts 300 was held February 17 at Daytona International Speedway. Joe Nemechek won the pole. Top ten r...
Stock car racingStock car racing is a form of automobile racing run on oval tracks and road courses. It originally used production-model cars, hence the name "stock car", but is now run using cars specifically built for racing. Originating in the southern United States, its largest governing body is NASCAR, whose NASCAR Cup Series is the premier top-level series of professional stock car racing. Canada, Mexico, Brazil, Argentina, and Chile also have forms of stock car racing in the Americas, some of which NASCAR has operations ...
Kansas City, KansasKansas City (commonly known as KCK) is the third-most populous city in the U.S. state of Kansas and the county seat of Wyandotte County. It is an inner suburb of the older and more populous Kansas City, Missouri, after which it is named. As of the 2020 census, the population of the city was 156,607, making it one of four principal cities in the Kansas City metropolitan area. It is situated at Kaw Point, the junction of the Missouri and Kansas rivers. It is part of a consolidated city-county government known as t...*As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.