NASCAR and IndyCar plan to race as scheduled this weekend, with IndyCar continuing to move ahead with its season-opening race through the streets of St. Petersburg, Florida. The three-day downtown street festival draws about 130,000 people. There will be additional hand-washing and sanitizing stations.
NASCAR will race at Atlanta Motor Speedway, but said officials Wednesday all interviews will be done with the drivers either on risers or with 6-foot buffers around them. The prerace driver meeting will be held in open-air locations and attendance will be restricted to drivers, crew chiefs, team owners and select officials and dignitaries.
The promoters of the Long Beach Grand Prix, scheduled for April outside of Los Angeles, said Wednesday the race is still planned.
Roger Penske, readying for his first Indianapolis 500 as owner of the race, told The Associated Press by text message he's approaching the scheduled May 24 race "day by day'' while noting the 500 is nearly 90 days away.