Will this weekend be the potential preview of the eventual return to Rockingham?
Advertising and marketing forces would point out in opposition to including an off-Broadway locale to the schedule, however bear in mind, now we have choices: the preseason Conflict and midseason All Star Race, which this 12 months are hosted by Bowman-Grey Stadium and North Wilkesboro.
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Rockingham Speedway was an everyday cease, twice a 12 months, for the between the mid-’60s and mid-2000s. NASCAR Vehicles, ARCA and a few lower-tier circuits raced there within the intervening years, however now The Rock has its greatest alternative to shine since 2004.
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No, it is not the big-league Cup boys. It is the Vehicles and Xfinity Sequence, however this weekend, they’re the one recreation on the town because the Cup Sequence will get its lone off-week of the 2025 season.
For those who’re new to all this, give it a look-see Friday and/or Saturday. There is a whiff of short-track really feel (it is solely a mile round that joint) mixed with big-track speeds, courtesy of turns banked at 22-to-25 levels.
Kasey Kahne makes NASCAR return at Rockingham
Any hold-over Kasey Kahne followers on the market? He was a fan favourite for a few years throughout 15-year Cup Sequence profession that ended after 2018.
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He is nonetheless very energetic on the sprint-car circuit, however this week comes again for a one-off in a Richard Childress-owned Xfinity Sequence Chevy. Have in mind, his transient report at Rockingham is an efficient one.
Kasey Kahne received Rockingham’s 2012 Truck Sequence race on this Chevy. He is again in a Chevy this weekend, nevertheless it appears to be like totally totally different.
His lone Cup race at The Rock got here in his rookie 12 months, 2004, and he completed second to Matt Kenseth. Over his profession, he ran simply six Truck Sequence races, however a kind of begins was at Rockingham in 2012, and it produced a victory.
Friday: Is ‘Like a Rock’ a great omen for a Chevy truck win?
12:30 p.m.: Truck Sequence follow (FS2).
1:30 p.m: Truck Sequence qualifying (FS2).
3:05 p.m.: Xfinity Sequence follow (CW app).
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5 p.m.: Truck Sequence, Black’s Tire 200 (FS1).
Saturday: Xfinity Sequence returns to Rockingham
11:30 a.m.: Xfinity Sequence qualifying (CW app).
4 p.m.: Xfinity Sequence, N.C. Schooling Lottery 250 (CW).
