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NASCAR: Celebration of Easter Weekend Highlighted with Some Racing

This weekend’s Toyota Owners 400 at Richmond Raceway (Sunday, March 31 at 7 p.m. ET on FOX, MRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio) will be the NASCAR Cup Series’ 13th-time racing on Easter Sunday since its inception in 1949.

The last two seasons (2022-2023), NASCAR has hosted Easter Sunday races at the Bristol Motor Speedway Dirt track. Prior to 2022, the last time the Cup Series competed on Easter Sunday was March 26, 1989 at Richmond Raceway. The Richmond race was rescheduled to the Easter Sunday date after being snowed out from its original date in February – the rescheduled race was won by NASCAR Hall of Famer Rusty Wallace.

On two other occasions – in 1953 at Charlotte Speedway and 1954 at Orange Speedway in Hillsboro – the race was held on Easter Sunday as a make-up date due to rain.

The first scheduled Easter Sunday race was on April 17, 1960 at Wilson Speedway in Wilson, North Carolina. The race was won by NASCAR Hall of Famer Joe Weatherly driving a Holman-Moody Racing Ford.

NASCAR Cup Series

Next Race: Toyota Owners 400

The Place: Richmond Raceway

The Date: Sunday, March 31

The Time: 7 p.m. ET

The Purse: $7,886,627

TV: FOX, 6 p.m. ET

Radio: MRN, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio

Distance: 300 miles (400 laps); Stage 1 (Ends on Lap 70),

Stage 2 (Ends on Lap 230), Final Stage (Ends on Lap 400)

 

NASCAR Xfinity Series

Next Race: ToyotaCare 250

The Place: Richmond Raceway

The Date: Saturday, March 30

The Time: 1:30 p.m. ET

The Purse: $1,456,191

TV: FS1, 12:30 p.m. ET

Radio: MRN, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio

Distance: 187.5 miles (250 Laps); Stage 1 (Ends on Lap 75),

Stage 2 (Ends on Lap 150), Final Stage (Ends on Lap 250)

 

NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series

Next Race: Long John Silver’s 200

The Place: Martinsville Speedway

The Date: Friday, April 5

The Time: 7:30 p.m. ET

The Purse: $746,572

TV: FS1, 6:30 p.m. ET

Radio: MRN, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio

Distance: 105.2 miles (200 Laps); Stage 1 (Ends on Lap 50),

Stage 2 (Ends on Lap 100), Final Stage (Ends on Lap 200)

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