An organizational test is scheduled for Tuesday for the NASCAR Xfinity Series and Craftsman Truck Series, with both circuits preparing for their springtime return to Rockingham Speedway.
The test is set for 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. ET. Fans will be admitted free to watch test-day activity from the Turn 4 grandstands.
The tune-up time comes as a prelude to the April 18-19 race weekend for Xfinity and Truck Series teams, which will share the card at the 1.017-mile track with the ARCA Menards Series East. The Truck Series will hold a 200-lapper Friday, April 18 (5 p.m. ET, FS1, MRN Radio, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio), followed by the Xfinity Series’ 250-lap event on Saturday, April 19 (4 p.m. ET, The CW, MRN Radio, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio).
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The Xfinity Series will race at Rockingham for the first time since 2004, the last year that the facility hosted Cup Series events. The Truck Series will be back for the first time since 2013.
“We’re excited to see cars and trucks on the track and to let race fans catch a glimpse of what they can expect when NASCAR returns to Rockingham Easter weekend,” said Bob Sargent, president of speedway promotion group Track Enterprises. “This will be the first opportunity of the new year for a lot of these teams to work together before they head for Speedweeks in Daytona, so not only is this test important to our team, it’s equally important to all the race teams that will be here. It’s a unique situation so we’re thrilled to see them get some preseason work in at the Rock.”
The one-day test is also expected to mark a return for former Cup Series standout Kasey Kahne, who was announced Friday as the driver of Richard Childress Racing’s No. 33 Chevrolet for the April 19 Xfinity event. Kahne, 44, will be making his first NASCAR start since 2018. He was named as one of NASCAR’s 75 Greatest Drivers in 2023.
Rockingham has undergone significant renovations since NASCAR’s last visit, including a repaving project in 2022. The track was included in a 2021 bill introduced by then-North Carolina governor Roy Cooper that allocated funding to revitalize speedway venues in the state.
