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NASCAR on TV This Week: Oct. 11

NASCAR on TV This Week: Oct. 11

This weekend should have a good amount of action to whet the appetites of race fans. Sports car fans have the IMSA season finales at Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta. Meanwhile, NASCAR ventures into some new territory.

Where to Watch NASCAR This Week

This weekend, NASCAR has a home game at Charlotte Motor Speedway. Teams and drivers will likely have a lot of friends and family in attendance since (for the vast majority of them), it is the closest track on the schedule to their homes.

Even though this will be the seventh time that NASCAR has competed on Charlotte Motor Speedway’s ROVAL, things are quite different.

This weekend, teams will be competing on a revised circuit. Previously, turns 5 and 6 in the infield were a double apex pair of right turns that went uphill. Now, the old turn 6 has been eliminated. Instead, drivers will plunge down the hill to a new turn 6, then go through a hairpin left to re-enter the quad-oval. The final chicane has also been modified.

When the ROVAL was first announced for 2018, the circuit that was revealed was 2.44 miles in length and actually incorporated the section of the new configuration from the new turn 6 and through the hairpin. This configuration was eventually declined.

Since there is a new layout in play, NASCAR has expanded the amount of practice for the weekend. NASCAR Cup Series teams will get two 20-minute practice sessions each in their groups, while NASCAR Xfinity Series teams will get one 50-minute practice session.

For the NASCAR Cup Series, the practice sessions are scheduled to begin at 12:30 p.m. ET Saturday with live coverage on USA Network. Qualifying will follow shortly afterwards.

Coverage of the Bank of America ROVAL 400k will begin with Countdown to Green at 2 p.m. ET Sunday on NBC. Race coverage will start at 2:30 p.m. ET with the green flag at 2:45 p.m. ET.

Weather-wise, Sunday looks pretty good. The forecast is for sunny skies with a high of 81° with no chance of rain.

For the Xfinity Series, they are scheduled to practice at 10 a.m. ET Saturday morning with live coverage on USA Network. Qualifying will follow shortly afterwards.

Coverage of the Drive for the Cure 250k with NASCAR Countdown Live at 3:30 p.m. ET on The CW. Race coverage is scheduled to start at 4 p.m. ET with the green flag at 4:10 p.m. ET.

Note that the race will air as the second part of a CW Sports doubleheader after the conclusion of Georgia Tech vs. North Carolina. Do not be…

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