At this point, to figure out the 2025 NASCAR Silly Season, you’re probably better off throwing darts on a map to see who goes where and who sells what.
But let’s not forget that the 2025 schedule is also yet to be released, and based on some of the reports we had about the 2024 schedule, it’s not a far-fetched idea that some of those reports could be come reality for 2025.
The biggest points of interest for additions to the schedule include an international trip: Whether that’s at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve in Montreal or Autodromos Hermanos Rodriguez in Mexico City. Then there’s the potential addition of Bowman Gray Stadium, which could be the next home of the Busch Light Clash.
Not to mention the ever-present litany of hurdles Nashville Fairgrounds Speedway has been trying to clear in an attempt to get the NASCAR Cup Series to return there for the first time in 40 years.
But one track that is likely one of the next tracks to potentially return to the NASCAR schedule is Rockingham Speedway. Located about 90 miles from Charlotte Motor Speedway, Rockingham has largely been viewed as the next track to be revived following North Wilkesboro Speedway’s return to racing.
In 2021, North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper gave Marcus Smith, president of Speedway Motorsports, $40 million for money to renovate SMI-owned tracks Charlotte and North Wilkesboro. Smith and Cooper also allocated a fair portion of that money to give Rockingham a similar (yet not as extreme) facelift to the one North Wilkesboro received in order to return to racing.
Prior to the 2024 schedule’s release, there were rumors that North Wilkesboro might get a points race and the All-Star Race would then be moved to Rockingham. Ultimately, that did not come to fruition, and North Wilkesboro hosted the All-Star Race again this season.
Rockingham did not appear on the 2024 schedule, but that hasn’t stopped some from hoping that the 1.017-mile speedway returns in some capacity, whether its in the highest form with the Cup Series or even a standalone race for the NASCAR Xfinity Series or NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series.
However, according to Carson Hocevar, Rockingham could make its triumphant return in 2025.
While the 2025 schedule has yet to be released, we already know of one major change: The second race at Atlanta Motor Speedway will be moved from the first race of the playoffs all the way up to June 28. Currently, Nashville Superspeedway holds the…
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