Daytona Motor Mouths: NASCAR returns to Rockingham on Easter weekend
The blokes speak Kyle Larson’s Bristol win, Rory McIlroy’s Masters triumph, NASCAR’s return to Rockingham Speedway and the Cup Sequence’ Easter break.
Will this weekend be the potential preview of the NASCAR Cup Sequence’ eventual return to Rockingham?
Advertising and marketing forces would point out towards including an off-Broadway locale to the schedule, however keep in mind, we now have choices: the preseason Conflict and midseason All Star Race, which this yr are hosted by Bowman-Grey Stadium and North Wilkesboro.
Rockingham Speedway was a daily cease, twice a yr, for the Cup Sequence 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.
No, it isn’t the big-league Cup boys. It is the Vehicles and Xfinity Sequence, however this weekend, they’re the one sport 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.
He is nonetheless very lively on the sprint-car circuit, however this week comes again for a one-off in a Richard Childress-owned Xfinity Sequence Chevy. Remember, his transient file at Rockingham is an efficient one.
His lone Cup race at The Rock got here in his rookie yr, 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 superb omen for a Chevy truck win?
12:30 p.m.: Truck Sequence observe (FS2).
1:30 p.m: Truck Sequence qualifying (FS2).
3:05 p.m.: Xfinity Sequence observe (CW app).
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. Training Lottery 250 (CW).
