After over a year of lock downs and empty stadiums, the country is beginning to open up and allow fans back into the events.

This season NASCAR has been allowing a very limited number of fans into the tracks. Last week at Circuit of the Americas in Austin, Texas the stands were filled with race fans.

As the country goes forward and more Americans get vaccinated, more tracks will be opening up to larger groups of fans and return to allowing access to the garage.

NASCAR has already announced that masks will no longer be required by crews, drivers, and reporters.

This weekend at Charlotte Motor Speedway, the restrictions on grandstand seating has been lifted. While fans who have not been vaccinated are urged to continue covering their faces, North Carolina has lifted the social distancing and mask requirements.

At the road course race at Sanoma on June 5 and 6, the grandstands will be open to fans after not hosting a race last year due to travel restrictions as a result of the pandemic. The 2.52 mile track allows for plenty of social distancing.

In a return to Texas and Texas Motor Speedway for the annual All Star race, track officials have announced that not only will the grandstands be open; but the east side of the infield will also be open to campers; as well as; the dining area.

When NASCAR travels to Pocono Raceway in June for a doubleheader weekend, fans can pack the stands; however, until at least 70 percent of the Pennsylvania state residents have been vaccinated, face coverings are still required.

For the first time since the outbreak of the pandemic, Atlanta Motor Speedway will be open to a full capacity crowd when NASCAR comes to race in July. However, the speedway has announced that sanitizing stations will be available and efforts to limit contact with cashless transactions.

When NASCAR travels to The Brickyard in August, updated protocols have yet to be updated; however, current protocols call for a capacity of 135,000 fans and requres face coverings.

Ending the regular season, NASCAR returns to Daytona International Speedway in late August. Fans will not face any capacity limits like they did at the beginning of the season for the Daytona 500.

The playoffs kick off in a return to Darlington Raceway on Labor Day Weekend with the Southern 500. When fans return to the track, they will face no crowd restrictions in the stands.

With The Strip filled with casinos and performance lounges opening up, Las Vegas Motor Speedway is following suit and when fans travel to the desert for a late September race, NASCAR is looking to pack the stands after hosting no fans last September and only allowing 15,000 fans in the stands for the race that was held in March.

When NASCAR returns to Kansas Speedway in late October the fans will see no crowd restrictions for the triple header weekend.