Weekend Schedule for Dover International Speedway


The final Cup Series doubleheader of the year is up to us with the Dover weekend schedule.

The Xfinity Series will feature Cup teams with their own pair of races on Saturday and Sunday.

All four races will be preceded by a Truck Series race and an ARCA Menards East race Friday at the 1-mile track.

Chase Elliott will start on the pole for Saturday’s Cup race. Austin Cindric is on the pole for Saturday’s Xfinity race.

Here is the weekend schedule for Dover:

(All times Eastern)

Thursday, August 20th

2:30 pm – 3pm – ARCA East driver / crew chief / spotter meeting (teleconference)

15 – 15:30 – ARCA East Rookie Meeting (Teleconference)

15:30 – 16:00 – ARCA East crew Chief Meeting (teleconference)

5pm – Truck Series Driver / Crew Chief Meeting (Electronic Communication)

5:30 – 19:30 – Parking in front of the garage (screening in progress)

19:30 – 20:30 – ARCA East haulers introduce (screening and unloading of equipment)

Friday, August 21st

7.00 – 9.00 am – Truckers dealers come in (screening and unloading of equipment)

7.30am – ARCA East garage opens

7.30am – 1pm – ARCA East garage access screening in progress

9am – 11am – Xfinity tractors arrive (screening in progress and unloading of equipment)

9 a.m. – Garage for Truck Series opens

9am – 4pm – Truck Screenshot for Truck Series is underway

11:30 – 12:30 p.m. – ARCA East practice

1:50 a.m. – ARCA East drivers report to cars

2 pm – ARCA East race (Trackpass)

2:30 pm – 3pm – Truck Series Rookie Meeting (Teleconference)

3:30 pm – Cup, Xfinity Rookie Meeting (electronic communication)

4pm – Cup, Xfinity Chief Executive Officer (Electronic Communications)

16:50 hrs – Truck Series drivers report to cars

5 pm – Truck race; 200 laps / 200 miles (FS1, Motor Racing Network, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio)

7.30pm – ARCA East haulers off

8pm – Truck Series Executives

Saturday, August 22nd

6 – 11:30 a.m. – Xfinity garage access screening in advance

6am – 7.30pm – Xfinity garage open

7 – 9 a.m. – Cup freighters arrive (screening and unloading of equipment)

9.00 – 15.00 hrs – Cup garage change in progress

9.00 – 23.00 – Room garage open

12:20 pm – Xfinity drivers report to cars

12:30 pm – Xfinity race; 200 laps / 200 miles (NBCSN, MRN, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio)

3:50 a.m. – Cup drivers report to cars

4pm – Cup race; 311 laps / 311 miles (NBCSN, MRN, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio)

Sunday, August 23rd

7pm – Xfinity garage opens

7 a.m. – Noon – Xfinity garage access screening underway

8 am – Cup garage opens

8.00 – 15.00 hrs – Cup garage screening in progress

12:50 pm – Xfinity drivers report to cars

1pm – Xfinity race; 200 laps / 200 miles (NBCSN, MRN, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio)

3:50 a.m. – Cup drivers report to cars

4pm – Cup race; 311 laps / 311 miles (NBCSN, MRN, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio)

7.30pm – Xfinity truck exit

8 pm – Cup winners go out