The Rock takes center stage this weekend as two of the national NASCAR series continue the season. They are set to take on Rockingham Speedway.
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Craftsman Truck Series teams will take on the historic North Carolina track on Friday afternoon. The O'Reilly Auto Parts Series teams will then hit the track over multiple days. Cup Series teams are off this weekend for Easter.
ARCA Menards Series East teams will also be at Rockingham Speedway to continue the season. This marks the second consecutive season as the ARCA East teams also competed at The Rock last year.
Craftsman Truck Series teams have competed at The Rock three times (2012-13, 2025). Kasey Kahne won the inaugural Truck Series race at the track. Kyle Larson won in 2013. Tyler Ankrum won last season.
O'Reilly Auto Parts Series teams have competed at the track 43 times. Jamie McMurray won four consecutive races between 2002-2004. Sammy Smith then won last season's race after Jesse Love failed post-race inspection.
Rockingham Speedway weekend schedule
Thursday weather forecast: The WeatherUnderground forecast calls for partly cloudy skies with a high of 83 degrees and an 8% chance of rain.
Friday weather forecast: The forecast calls for temperatures near 80 degrees, mostly cloudy skies, and a 24% chance of rain. The chance of rain drops to 16% at the start of the Truck Series race.
Saturday weather forecast: The forecast calls for cloudy skies early in the day and clearer skies in the afternoon. A high of 80 degrees and a 5% chance of rain at the start of the O'Reilly Auto Parts Series race.
Thursday, April 2, schedule (Eastern Time)
- 12 - 5 p.m. — Truck Series garage hours
Friday, April 3, schedule (Eastern Time)
- 8:30 a.m. - 4 p.m. — O'Reilly Auto Parts Series garage hours
- 9 a.m. — Truck Series garage hours
- 10 a.m. - 3 p.m. — ARCA East garage hours
- 11 - 11:50 a.m. — Truck Series practice (FS2)
- 12:05 - 1 p.m. — Truck Series qualifying (FS2)
- 1:30 - 2:20 p.m. — O'Reilly Auto Parts Series practice (CW app)
- 2:35 - 3:30 p.m. — O'Reilly Auto Parts Series qualifying (CW app)
- 4:30 p.m. — Truck Series race (200 laps, 188 miles. FS1, radio coverage on NASCAR Racing Network and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio)
Saturday, April 4, schedule (Eastern Time)
- 7:30 a.m. — ARCA East garage hours
- 10:30 a.m. — O'Reilly Auto Parts Series garage hours
- 9 - 9:50 a.m. — ARCA East practice (No TV)
- 10:05 - 10:25 a.m. — ARCA East qualifying (No TV)
- 11:30 a.m. — ARCA East race (125 laps, 117.5 miles. FloRacing, NASCAR Channel, radio coverage on MRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio)
- 2:30 p.m. — O'Reilly Auto Parts Series race (250 laps, 235 miles. CW, radio coverage on MRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio)
