MOORESVILLE, N.C. — The largest schedule in the history of the Solid Rock Carriers CARS Tour was unveiled to competitors shortly before the start of the season-ending North-South Shootout at Caraway Speedway and released to the public on Wednesday.
Nineteen race weekends comprise the 2023 season for the series. Of these events, a record 16 races will be contested for the CARS Late Model Stock Car Tour championship, while the Pro Late Model Tour will have 13 dates in their second season.
The chedule features the return of many tracks that were not a part of the CARS Tour calendar in 2022, starting with the season-opening race at Southern National Motorsports Park. The facility has not hosted the CARS Tour since 2020 and will welcome both divisions on March 11.
Other tracks returning to the CARS Tour schedule in 2023 are Florence (S.C.) Motor Speedway, Dillon (S.C.) Motor Speedway and Wake County Speedway.
Florence and Wake County will each hold separate weekends for the LMSC and PLM Tour, while Dillon will only hold a PLM Tour event in April.
North Wilkesboro (N.C.) Speedway makes it grand return to the CARS Tour schedule following a successful debut in 2021 that featured NASCAR Hall-of-Famer Dale Earnhardt Jr. Instead of being run in August, the North Wilkesboro date is now part of NASCAR’s All-Star week at the facility and will see both CARS Tour divisions run their features on Wednesday.
All-Star week at North Wilkesboro will not be the only time the CARS Tour runs an event on a weeknight. Caraway Speedway is set to host a doubleheader for the LMSC and PLM Tour on Wednesday, June 28, with the track’s prestigious North-South Shootout once again serving as the season finale for the CARS Tour on Nov. 4.
The Throwback 276 will maintain its normal place at Hickory (N.C.) Motor Speedway’s second date, while the $30,000-to-win Old North State Nationals will move from Caraway to a different location that will be announced later.
Replays of races from the 2022 CARS Tour season can be watched at carstour.tv.
2023 CARS Tour Schedule
March 11 Southern National Motorsports Park (LMSC/PLM)
March 25 Florence Motor Speedway (LMSC)
April 15 Dillon Motor Speedway (PLM)
April 22 Hickory Motor Speedway (LMSC/PLM)
May 5 Ace Speedway (LMSC/PLM)
May 17 North Wilkesboro Speedway (LMSC/PLM)
May 27 Tri-County Speedway (LMSC/PLM)
June 3 Langley Speedway (LMSC)
June 17 Dominion Raceway (LMSC)
June 28 Caraway Speedway (LMSC/PLM)
July 8 Wake County Speedway (PLM)
July 29 Hickory Motor Speedway (LMSC/PLM)
Aug. 11 Ace Speedway (LMSC)
Aug. 26 Wake County Speedway (LMSC)
Sept. 9 Goodyear All American Speedway (LMSC)
Sept. 23 Florence Motor Speedway (PLM)
Oct. 7 South Boston Speedway (LMSC/PLM)
Oct. 21 Tri-County Motor Speedway (LMSC/PLM)
Nov. 4 Caraway Speedway (LMSC/PLM)