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The NASCAR Cup Series weekend at Watkins Glen International will move back to its traditional August spot in 2025, the racetrack announced Thursday.
Watkins Glen’s road course has hosted NASCAR’s top series each year since 1986, with the exception of the COVID-impacted 2020 event that was moved to Daytona International Speedway’s road course. This year’s race will be held in September, the first time during that stretch it will be held any month but August.
The 2025 Go Bowling at the Glen weekend is scheduled for Aug. 8 to 10 after being held the third weekend in August in 2022 and 2023, the latest dates in the race’s modern history.
Next year’s race weekend begins with a NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series race Aug. 8, followed by the NASCAR Xfinity Series Mission Foods 200 on Aug. 9, and culminating with the Go Bowling at the Glen on Aug. 10.
The Glen will be the third-from-last regular-season race and points race No. 24 of 36.
This year’s Go Bowling at The Glen weekend is scheduled for Sept. 13 to 15, capped by the Cup Series race at 3 p.m. Sunday. It will be televised live on USA Network. Tickets are available at theglen.com. William Byron is defending champion.
“Watkins Glen International is a challenging and prestigious road course that provides the perfect backdrop for setting up championship opportunities,” Dawn Burlew, president of Watkins Glen International, said in a press release.
“In only a couple weeks, fans will get to see playoff action here for the first time, while next year they’ll get to cheer on their favorite drivers as they once again battle it out for a berth in the playoffs. We’re so proud WGI is playing such an instrumental role in NASCAR’s championship over these two seasons.”
Watkins Glen is the second of 10 playoff races on this year’s schedule and the middle event of three in the round of 16. The champion will be crowned Nov. 10 at Phoenix Raceway, which will host next year’s final race Nov. 2.
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Other highlights of NASCAR’s 2025 schedule:
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The Cup Series’ first points-paying race outside of the United States since 1958 will held at the Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez road course in Mexico City on June 15. The track will also host its first Xfinity Series race that weekend after the series competed there from 2005 to 2008.
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The addition of a Truck Series race at Watkins Glen for the first time since 2021 coincides with an expansion of the season schedule from 23 to 25 races. WGI hosted the series from 1996 to 2000.
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North Carolina’s Rockingham Raceway will host Truck Series and Xfinity races the weekend of April 18 and 19, when the Cup Series is off. Rockingham most recently hosted the Xfinity Series in 2004 and last held a Truck event in 2013.
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A new in-season tournament will feature a 32-driver bracket-style format and will include five races: Atlanta Motor Speedway on June 28, the Chicago Street Course on July 6, Sonoma Raceway on July 13, Dover Motor Speedway on July 20, and Indianapolis Motor Speedway on July 27. Tournament winner receives a prize of $1 million.
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This article originally appeared on Elmira Star-Gazette: NASCAR’s 2025 Cup Series schedule includes August return for WGI
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