NASCAR will hold Saturday's race at Atlanta Motor Speedway without fans.

[Colonels_Wear_Blue]

Per NASCAR's social media.

 

“At this time, NASCAR will hold its race events at Atlanta Motor Speedway and Homestead-Miami Speedway without fans in attendance. These events will be restricted to competitors, crews, officials and other necessary personnel to conduct the race. We will work with public health officials as we determine future scheduling beyond these events.”

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Nothing new here, they've been racing the past few years in front of nil fans anyway.

[theguru]

From NASCAR just a couple of hours ago:

 

“NASCAR has decided to postpone the race events at Atlanta Motor Speedway this weekend and Homestead-Miami Speedway next weekend. We believe this decision is in the best interest of the safety and well-being of our fans, competitors, officials and everyone associated with our sport. We will continue to monitor this dynamic situation as we assess future race events.”

 

NASCAR statement on Atlanta, Miami race events | NASCAR

 

We are literally grinding to a halt.

[theguru]

From NASCAR:

 

NASCAR announced Monday that it will postpone five more race weekends because of COVID-19 with the hope of returning to racing May 8-9 at Martinsville Speedway.

 

Race weekends postponed will be Texas (March 27-29), Bristol (April 3-5), Richmond (April 17-19), Talladega (April 24-26) and Dover (May 1-3).