Recap South Point 400 from Las Vegas Motor Speedway

• Kurt Busch wins on his home track finally
  • 32nd Victory in 715 Cup Series races

Points after the first race the Round of 12: 

News items:

• NASCAR releases the 2021 Cup Series Schedule

• Homestead moves to the second race of the season, behind the Daytona 500
• March 28 – Bristol DIRT
• May 9, Mothers Day, Darlington second date
• May 23 – Circuit of the Americas – New track for 2021
• June 13 – All Star race at Texas Motor Speedway
• June 20 – Nashville SuperSpeedway – New track for 2021
• June 26-27 – Pocono Doubleheader – Only 2021 doubleheader
• July 4 – Road America – New track for 2021
• July 11 – Second date for Atlanta
• 2 weeks off for the Olympics
• Aug 15 – Indianapolis Road Course – Replaces the Brickyard 400 – New(ish) track for 2021
• Aug. 22 – Michigan’s only Cup race for 2021. Will not have a truck race
• Playoffs remain the same for 2021 with the exception of a Texas/Kansas swap in the Round of 8. 
• Chicagoland off the schedule
• Kentucky off the schedule
• 2021 Rules Released
  • Essentially the same as this year
  • Darlington and Nashville races will be run with the 750hp low downforce package
  • 23 of 36 races will be low downforce 750hp races
• Indycar also released its 2021 schedule Thursday
  • Doubleheaders in Texas and Detroit
  • Only four oval races for a series that began as an oval-only series. Two at Texas, one at Indy and one at Gateway
  • No race in Iowa — seems to help confirm that Iowa is dead
  • Two races on Indy road course
  • Only new track is Nashville Street Course
  • https://www.indycar.com/news/2020/10/10-01-2021-Schedule-Release
• Kyle Larson looking to return to NASCAR (duh)
  • https://www.jayski.com/2020/09/29/kyle-larson-looking-for-return-to-nascar/
• 2021 could be final year for Kurt Busch
  • https://www.jayski.com/2020/09/29/kurt-busch-says-2021-could-be-his-final-year-of-competition/
• Chad Knaus leaving crew chief duties, promoted at Hendrick, as is Jeff Andrews
  • https://www.jayski.com/2020/09/29/chad-knaus-and-jeff-andrews-take-new-positions-at-hendrick-motorsports/

Last Race Picks:

Playoff Driver

• James: Kevin Harvick
• Eric: Brad Keselowski

Non Playoff Driver

• Eric: Matt Dibenedetto
• James: Jimmie Johnson
• Eric leads 39-31 after 30 races

Next race picks: Yellawood 500 from Talladega Superspeedway

Playoff Driver

• Eric: Brad Keselowski
• James: Joey Logano

Non Playoff Driver

• James: Ryan Blaney
• Eric: Matt Dibenedetto

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