One thing that would be good about this is that it would make races like the Daytona 500 way more prestigious and even make races like Texas matter more than they do now.
My suggestion: The only way a track get 2 dates is if its a special race (such as The Daytona 500 and The Coca-Cola 600). The rest get one. Only exception to the rule would be if the track would have a different track configuration (Such as the Roval or Daytona Roval, Indy Roval ect.) Doesnt mean i want all of these tracks on the calendar i listed, I'm just using them as an example of tracks that have different layouts Final race should rotate to different tracks that require skill to drive, if we gonna have to get stuck with the playoffs, might as well get a track make drivers have to earn there win.
That would have been Auto Club or Homestead, as those 2 tracks had the best racing that isn't a cookie cutter or a Charlotte clone, but alas, NASCAR screwed them up
The problem with the first half of what you said is that takes away from the prestige like someone else commented above, I personally dont like going to Superspeedways at all twice a year, and would want to watch more if each only had one date, ATL makes them feel even less special now, also I was a fan of the two car tango days. The problem with the second part of what you said is how many tracks are there in the south? Nobody wants a Texas Finale. Really honestly, the only other current viable option would be Homestead. Either way you look at Auto Club its being remodeled but theres hope that could turn into a good Finale track when its redone, what else is there? NASCAR would be burned at the stake for going to COTA, Road ATL or even Daytona RC for its Finale. You could also rule out ATL, Dega and Daytona itself because their SS's. So what do we really have? Las Vegas? I'll pass on that, i'd snooze as much as PHX, so Darlington? Not only would that be risky business because your flirting really close with snow at that time i wanna say but it would be heresy for NASCAR to risk shuffling around the Southern 500 again, Mexico then? Yeah, right I think they'd want to keep it on home turf as close to NC even as possible. Just give me Homestead, or let's see what new Auto Club turns out to be. Just to make a point - im not completely against tracks having two dates. Bristol is fine, Richmond is fine, Martinsville is fine, Darlington is fine, just about anything else though, yeah no thanks.
In my opinion I don't think any track that sells less than 90% capacity should ever have more than 1 race date a year. I don't care if its Daytona, Talladega or anyone. If you don't sell at least 90% to TRUE capacity you you don't get 2 race dates the following year. I know here in Vegas we used to absolutely pack the Spring race and then they added the Fall race. Attendance down 35% for Spring and we probably don't HONESTLY even get to 50% in the Fall race. Reward tracks that people turn out for that's all I'm saying.
I think besides Daytona and Charlotte, NASCAR’s 2 home bases, every track should just have one date. It will definitely help fill the grandstands (look at Pocono). Also leaves plenty of room to go to new markets and return to some tracks. I always believe too the NASCAR schedule should have a flex weekend every year to go to new venues
Maybe give a second date to Talladega because there isn't that many superspeedway races on the schedule and perhaps a second race at a short track like Bristol or Martinsville.
At this point, eliminate short tracks that aren't Los Angeles and North Wilkesboro (for some reason, a stadium and a 3rd mile oval has better racing than a paperclip and a half-baked dirt wannabe track)
The only other track I'd add to that is Darlington. They've been racing there longer than Daytona and a win there is just as prestigious as Charlotte being my only reasons.
Going to one track every season puts more value on that race to win, especially crown jewels. You can get great crowds like Pocono for instance Problem I have is the amount of road courses you listed. NASCAR fans already have road course fatigue as is. Also got to take into account TV ratings for those road courses alone
Personally, I prefer the Road Courses to many of the Ovals we currently have. He did mention the fact that there's not a whole ton of ready to go ovals off the schedule. I know he put in Pike's Peak, Chicagoland, Rockingham, North Wilkesboro, and Kentucky as ovals. You could probably get the Milwaukee Mile, Fontana, and Nashville Fairgrounds ready for the following season. You could go to some of the Mexican ovals, like El Dorado, which hosts the Mexico series of Nascar. Delaware Speedway is a half mile oval in the Pinty's Series, also owned by NASCAR that could be used. Most of the Pinty tracks are too short to be used by the Cup Series, though. Some of the road courses would be necessary evils though. I like the idea of going to Portland and Road America as well as Mexico City and Montreal. You'd probably have to rework the schedule to get everything to fit anyway. Pike's Peak, Chicagoland, Rockingham, North Wilkesboro, Kentucky, the Milwaukee Mile, Fontana, Nashville Fairgrounds, El Dorado, and Delaware would be 11 ovals out of 13 remaining. Add Portland and Road America to get to the full 13 for every track only being used once is a solution. I think you want to use Circuit Gilles Villueve and Autodromo Hermanos Rodergrez though. So maybe you cut Milwaukee and Kentucky for those 2 races, giving you 2 races in Mexico and Canada one at an oval and the other at a road course. The rest of the series is ready to go in the US from there. The further international the series expands, the fewer ovals that become available. That's just the reality of the situation.
Yeah, if they cut the second Bristol, Martinsville, and (MAYBE) Richmond (depending on how you view Richmond) races, it will basically kill all short track racing in the cup series. I want MORE short tracks, not less (once they fix this abomination of a car, I mean)
I really, really hope that Portland eventually gets a cup or truck date to add to the xfinity date. Ive went to both the 2022 and 2023 Pacific Office Automation 147s and they are always entertaining.. Great racing and good wrecks but not too many wrecks
I like the idea, however, there are tracks in the Mexico Series and Pinties that could be used over just adding additional road courses. El Dorado and Delaware are short tracks in Mexico and Canada, respectively. They both hold races in NASCAR santioned series already, so they could be in play for dates without adding too many road courses to the schedule. You could also get Milaukee back into the series using the mile there. That may be a year 2 thing, though.
Yes. Each track one race per year and let's go to 25 or 30 unique tracks. Only exceptions should be Daytona, Bristol, maybe a couple others. That's it. One race everywhere else.
I’m a firm believer of 1 date unless it adds a new aspect of the venue (Indy, Daytona and Charlotte having a road course and the Bristol dirt) it clutters the series and I have friends who don’t call races by their sponsors so it gets complicated
They should do whatever puts the most people in seats. If that means 5 races at Daytona--fine. It certainly means going back to RA and just one date at most tracks.
Regarding Nascar schedule having one race a year at most tracks would make sense going forward I mean as tracks like Pocono and Michigan have shown it can work even if the racing is not perfect, same with Dover if it doesn't keep getting rained out. The only exceptions being Daytona, Talladega, Charlotte and Darlington they can stay as 2 races a year for now Eventhough Nascar I think would need to scale down from 38 to 36 races a year includes The Clash and All Star Race If I was Nascar wanting to do the non points races I would try Knoxville and Eldora but limit the eligibility to just Pole Winners from the previous 2 seasons Adding tracks like Chicagoland, Rockingham, Nashville Fairgrounds, Road America, North Wilkesboro being a Points Race, to newer options like Portland, Mexico City, Montreal or Canadian Tire Motorsports Park, Pikes Peak would make sense. Regarding Playoff system if Nascar are going to keep it I would change the format of the 3,3,3,1 for a 4, 3, 3 format and drop it from 16 to 12 Drivers and also would scrap both the win and your in approach as well as the win and you advance. Season finale both regular or championship you should rotate every few years which makes it more difficult to win the championship.
My biggest issue with the current schedule is Phoenix, its a dog shit track design thats a far, far, cry from the excitement a track like bristol would be, but i get why people would hate a bristol finale, because all 4 contenders could easily get wrecked out, which is why honestly, and sadly, im back on the homestead boat but something i would be intrigued about if NASCAR would try it would be a 3 race final stretch of playoffs where you have a bristol, superspeedway or road course and a true oval - most points in round take all. The second issue I have with PHX is that we go there not once, but twice a year, teams have notebooks, we know a good part of what to expect already, and for me, that takes away a HUGE part of the intrigue and makes me honestly not want to watch, especially if i dont have a dog in the fight, the thing that made Homestead feel like a Finale is that we only went to it once a year, it had a feel of you have no idea whats going to happen, sure you could compare it to similar distance tracks, but in the end, its its own beast. Something else that would be interesting is if NASCAR kept the Finale track a secret until during the race the playoffs start and announced on the broadcast then, only known to NASCAR and the track, it could be a whole promotional tie in thing, Race to plan your trip to the Finale track and get your tickets before everyone else, imagine the black friday madness style that would bring 😂
I think they all should have one except for Daytona, Talladega, Atlanta, Bristol, Martinsville and maybe Darlington for a 6th one. That makes 30 different tracks.
Amen, I've said one race at each track for years. But when Nascar owns what 13? And runs the show like a drunk driving wrong way up a one way street I just enjoy the mayhem. Seems like they have been tweaking the system for years and sometimes have a good year by accident. But I like your picks for tracks.
Pikes peak was sold under a clause by ISC that it cannot hold professional racing, just amateur/club level stuff. Maybe that could get mutually worked on but I’m not an attorney lol
Irwindale Speedway, always negliected, never has been considered, but the SoCal solution has been staring NASCAR in the face the whole time and didn't need to reconfigure Auto Club
I think NASCAR wants the SoCal market all to itself, any loaned speedway automatically goes SMI (COTA, Iowa, NWB), they could have just airlifed the entire speedway into a new plot of land if they to sell so badly, no need for short track reconfigs, they could have just built it in once the relocation's complete
50 races in 30 weeks. A weekend race and a weekday night race for 14 week nights primarily during the summer with races 250-350 miles long in the cup. The weekday night races could part be non points paying at small town short tracks to get back to the roots, both paved and dirt
I would love for that to happen! More fans can attend those races and save money for the next year, we can add some more tracks on the schedule to fill up the schedule, and it feels more special. I’m not a fan of 2 race dates a year for tracks, so I’m bias about this video
Honestly, very few markets can handle 2 races a year, and that's without any nearby venues (LA-Fontana) or multiple configutations (Indianapolis, Charlotte). At this point, just save money for 2025, given how #&×^÷ up the TV deal will be
Yes, it is viable. Not every market can handle 2 races a season, Daytona included (apparently, they don't want it on July 4 anymore for some reason). Just remove TexARSE completely, renew the COTA lease, build a 2-miler in California while getting a street race in Long Beach, Irwindale can be the short track option, the only tracks that will get 2 are Talladega, Indianapolis, and Charlotte (different configurations, 2 equally good races for Dega)
Doubt NASCAR will ever abandon Texas. They want to stay in that Dallas/Fort Worth market. Need to go back to the original configuration,SMI seems to screw up their racetracks every time they reconfigure them. Edit: also to have a race there well after football season starts is just plain dumb in my opinion
It’s definitely a cool idea going to East track once. I just don’t think I’m willing to give up some of those second dates. A lot of those are my favorites.
I think we’re missing an opportunity to shorten the schedule with this one race per track theory. Especially if you’re wanting two international races, going to need to have an off week on one side of each of those races or the other. And while I like the idea of Rockingham to throw the old fans a bone, you’ve also added 7 or 8 road courses and there will be plenty of complaints there.
In my completely Arbitrary opinion, you can get a second date if you host a Crown Jewel, you're Talladega, or your track has multiple configurations like Charlotte. Everyone else can have their second races replaced with returning tracks people want like Rockingham, the Fairgrounds, Road America, Montreal, and maybe Mexico City for Suarez.
Rockingham is a dead proposal at this point, Fairground is in limbo like North Wilkesboro was for 29 years, Mexico will have a shot to prove itself at the Clash next year, if all goes well, Mexico City and Quebec are on the schedule in the future. Don't know about Road America, though...
Bruh, how could you NOT pick Milwaukee Mile??? It's such a historic race track. That track is older than Indianapolis Motor Speedway. It's one track I'd love to see the NASCAR Cup Series race at.
The only 2 tracks that should get 2 races are Daytona and Talladega. Other than that, i love the idea of 1 date per track. It keeps the schedule interesting. Plus, please rotate the championship race. Its ridiculous keeping it at 1 track year after year
I wont repeat my feelings on SS's having two dates here but - the problem with the second part of what you said is how many tracks are there in the south? Nobody wants a Texas Finale. Really honestly, the only other current viable option would be Homestead. Either way you look at Auto Club its being remodeled but theres hope that could turn into a good Finale track when its redone, what else is there? NASCAR would be burned at the stake for going to COTA, Road ATL or even Daytona RC for its Finale. You could also rule out ATL, Dega and Daytona itself because their SS's. So what do we really have? Las Vegas? I'll pass on that, i'd snooze as much as PHX, so Darlington? Not only would that be risky business because your flirting really close with snow at that time i wanna say but it would be heresy for NASCAR to risk shuffling around the Southern 500 again, Mexico then? Yeah, right I think they'd want to keep it on home turf as close to NC even as possible. Just give me Homestead, or let's see what new Auto Club turns out to be.
If a track is going to have 2 dates, they need to each be unique in some way. Charlotte does fine with the ROVAL, Daytona could have their road course in the summer (or just say a 400 mile night race is different enough from the 500.) If Richmond and Talladega can continue to sell their races out, Richmond needs day and a night race. Idk what to do with Talladega. Atlanta's spring race could go back to Fontana once the short track is ready, Darlington's spring race to either North Wilkesboro or Rockingham. And I would add Montreal before Canadian Tire. And while we probably need Kentucky to fill this style of schedule, it and Texas both need re-configurations in some way. Texas could go back to the old layout, and Kentucky could be sometime like a Kansas, Vegas or Homestead.
One I think would be good is Barber Motorsport Park in Birmingham, Alabama. Despite people saying it's "too tight", it's hosted great IndyCar and motorcycle racing, and I think it would be smart to replace that lost Talladega race with Barber
I think they should leave Daytona, Talladega, Kansas and Charlotte with 2 races (And I would actually add Indy Road Course), but make every other track only once a year.
Man coming to mid-Ohio would be awesome. I have a bunch of friends in Columbus and Cleveland that know little to nothing about nascar, but have shown interest in attending one if there was a race here.
I do think that some races having 2 races is a good thing, definitely Daytona, Talladega, Darlington, Bristol (bring back the dirt) and Charlotte (inc. roval). Tbh with how it races atm Kansas should have 2 and Martinsville should probably have 2 Apart from them keep 1 race per track
im from the PNW and specifically Vancouver Island in BC and if there was a race in Portland it would be a dream come true for there being a race relatively close to where i live
One race per track would be awesome. As someone mentioned would make certain races more prestigious. And would include more breaks which imo would be great especially considering from speedweeks to the Olympic break is 22 non stop weeks iirc. Which to me would also decrease burnout some would get tuning week after week, could help build anticipation for upcoming races.
I think an issue with Mexico bei g on the calendar is the Nascar brakes. The front straight is so long and the first turns relatively tight that the cars would have to brake so early, it would be quite boring to watch, and a chicane on the front straight to keep the speeds lower would be quite clunky. A way around it could be to use the current FE layout or even the older FE layout but take away a few of the chicanes as it would then be a right hand turning flat oval, with the baseball infield area still being run.
I agree. I think every track on the schedule should have only one date each to create more schedule diversity & add more prestige to each race. But nobody is ready to have that conversation yet
You quite missed the European market. If you need to go international, you have to go to Europe. There is a Pocono like track in Europe - Lausitzring in Germany. True, Alex Zanardi lost his legs on it, but that is still an oval that stock cars haven't really targeted. Plus, it's road-course configuration is used for stock car racing in the DTM. Also, there could be dirt races in Europe too. Here we have a lot of dirt tracks, but they're used for motorcycle speedway racing though. If you remember Greg Hancock, he is a speedway world champion. I think there might be one or two of them that actually might fit the 0.5 mile or even the 0.75 mile length and could be used for NASCAR. I think the one in Poznan in Poland was quite big. Speedway is a national sport in Poland nonetheless, so I think there could be a good opportunity for dirt racing. And finally, a crazy idea that I want to happen. How about a three-way motorsports weekend in France in June? IndyCar race on Friday, NASCAR race on Saturday and F1 race on Sunday on all the same track! I'm suggesting Mangy-Cours since it's the easiest choice for all 3. I even have a name for it - The Dysneyland 300! (Or any number. And it would be Dysneyland GP for Indy.) This all would be expensive, but believe me, this could easily be a case of high risk - high reward. That gets 3 tracks out of the way. And if Chicagoland remains alongside Chicagoland, the Charlotte Roval and the Indy Road Course remain andthe Daytona 400 stays, that would leave mich fewer extra tracks to consider. :) Oh, and Toyota might work on adding a race on Fuji in Japan. But even if I have a name for it - the Toyota 200 - it's too long of a shot.
There are some tracks that I would like to see have one date, but there are some that I think should have two like Daytona, Talladega, and perhaps even Bristol. I think that only having one race for some of these tracks would help draw more people to the event and would allow for some newer (or older) tracks to come on to the schedule.
A few years ago I would have said it's a crazy thought but given how attendance is at say Richmond, summer Daytona, spring Darlington and so on it wouldn't be a terrible idea would definitely create more demand with only the 1 race weekend a year
Make the Cup series schedule like the truck schedule where drivers and teams get some downtime between races. Not to mention the money team owners will save on race fuel for the cars but also diesel for the trucks.
One could wonder what the local economic impact would be with just one race a year. Aside from the price-gouging that goes on with the regional lodgings during race weekends, you have to consider the other entities that are on the receiving end of the dollars from having two races per year. Perhaps someone in NASCAR has done a financial analysis of the affected local businesses if a race was removed from the calendar. And how would it affect the TV broadcast revenues with going to a single race per track season? Personally, having races nearly every weekend puts a tremendous burden on the race teams when prepping the cars. In addition, has NASCAR reached a saturation point where it has gotten to be _too much of a good thing_ with the quantity of races they schedule annually? In entertainment circles, and old axiom of "leave them wanting more," is important to sustain fan interest. Providing fans with too much can leave them bored and moving-on to other entertainment avenues.
Agree for a few. The ones i would like to see drop a race. Phoenix >>>>> Pikes Peak Richmond >>>Rockingham Bristol>>>>>>>Nashville FG Vegas>>>>>>>>Chicagoland Kansas>>>>>>>Kentucky -the only way i take a date from atlanta is if TX goes to the same config. -Dega and Daytona keep 2 -possibly pull a martinsville and go to eldora or N Wilksboro
As always, the potential of a NASCAR race at Long Beach is overlooked. I still think that would be a perfect fix to having a race in southern CA while Auto Club is being changed to the short track (if its rebuilt).
If NASCAR did a race at Long Beach it would likely be a tripleheader with Indycar & IMSA on the same weekend as those races as I don't think the city of Long Beach would want to set things up for a street course twice a year. Plus they would make more in revenue especially if they could sell tickets that allow fans to attend all 3 races with one ticket.
One race at each track each year with two exceptions. 2 at daytona baby, and two at charlotte, roval and world 600. You can't not give the teams two backyard races.
I stand by my belief that we don't need a nascar race every single week, it's ok to give the teams a break. I think we'll all survive even if we don't have 36 point races a year
Video Idea: What if (insert NASCAR Cup season here such as 2023) happened IN REVERSE. (It would have the season finale race first and the Daytona 500 last) How would the season being flipped change who won the championship? (only 2004 onwards, because the 2003 seasons and earlier would be unaffected in terms of the final standings.)
I'd say Daytona should be the first current NASCAR track to get 2 races per year. I can also consider Talladega, Martinsville, and Charlotte. Atlanta and Darlington, in my opinion, are two tracks that had become effective in hosting only one race per year, only to return to hosting two races out of respect for tradition.
I am in favor 1 race per track, originally I thought there would be a few exceptions, mainly if there was a 2nd layout like the Roval or Daytona road course, or 2 different tracks in the same area like Nashville Superspeedway and Fairgrounds, but after watching this am more in favor of a strict 1 race per track.
I think that would be cool to see but we'll always see 2 races at Daytona, Martinsville, Darlington and maybe Talladega only because of historic values.
I like the idea of one race per track, but I don't think they need to add back to get up to 36 (38 with NP races). I think around 30 races is a perfect schedule. It would let them do a yearly break, ala F1. One race per track + less races = more fans per race, and added excitement about the series in general.
I always (20+ years) thought every track outside of Daytona and Talladega should have one date only. But, I don't necessarily want to see new tracks filling those missing dates. I certainly don't want more road couses, I'd do 4 at the most. I would go to a 26-32 week schedule. More off weeks built into the schedule at regular intervals, and end the season in October. I'm of the opinion that less is more, or in an entertainment phraseology, leave them wanting more.
I wouldn’t even go to October. I’d end it Labor Day Weekend and avoid football almost entirely (yes you’d be up against a single CFB game that afternoon but besides that it is only preseason.
Now why exactly does it still need to be 36 races at this point if every track gets one date, maybe Daytona and talladega get 2, but really 24 to 26 races a year would be so nice
If we took every single track on the schedule and gave them all one race each, we’d only have about a 20-something week schedule, not that much longer than the NFL schedule. I’m not opposed to a shorter schedule, but there are some places that deserve 2 dates. Daytona is too historic for NASCAR, Bristol puts on fantastic racing, etc.
Only Daytona and Talladega NASCAR could actually start the season in Mexico City if they wanted to expand there. They could run the race on the weekend before the Superbowl
I actually wouldn't be against having one race per track. It opens up for more tracks and more off weeks for teams. And it also allows for more incentives. Give bonus points for winning the crown jewel races (Daytona 500, Coke 600, Southern 500). I just wouldn't add any more road courses. Stick with adding short tracks.
i was waiting to hear you say something about comiforia after the reconfig and going to so many road courses would be an issue as there are to many as it is im not looking forward to this years schedule as its the worst its been in years as well as other changes to the coming year if it wasnt for me taking my daughter to a race i wouldnt pay any attention at all this year its just too far gone from its roots and is no longer anything that i remember
Every track should have 1 date (except maybe Daytona and Talladega). It allows NASCAR to easily add new fra ks to the schedule. It would also allow going back to 32 faces instead of 36 points races but that isn't happening.
NASCAR needs to have several road course races in the schedule if they want to be taken seriously on the world stage. The biggest market is europe and the middle east right now with GT racing and F1. Most of the world thinks oval racing is a joke. So putting 8 or more road courses on the shcedule will go a long way to making NASCAR an international interest vs just the US.
The only tracks I’d like to see either are demolished, would be boring with NextGen, or are impossible. That being said. I think it would make more interesting watching. Nazareth, Five Flags, Laguna Seca, Sebring, Lanier, Lucas Oil Speedway, USA International, Hickory, Rockingham, Kentucky, Nashville Fairgrounds, Myrtle Beach, Milwaukee, Riverside, Ontario- Yeah the NASCAR i want is dead and gone lmao
i should be biased on the one race at richmond since i'm from rva, but it makes total since to go to one race a year. the attendance isn't great and it's not super exciting. replace it with something like another michigan race bc it's way better.
Do you think each track should only have one date a year?
No because some tracks are meant to have two
No 🗿
Most should have one date, but I think a few can have 2
No
No, it may work for some but not all. DAYTOANA and Talladega for example their nascar two most watched races
One thing that would be good about this is that it would make races like the Daytona 500 way more prestigious and even make races like Texas matter more than they do now.
TexARSE hasn't done $#!+ except be a constant pain since 1995
@@S.K.R.E.Inc. it's honestly slowly improved the last 3 years. Maybe, just maybe, it'll be a mediocre track in a decade
Texas will not matter until the racing gets better there.
@@S.K.R.E.Inc.1997
My suggestion:
The only way a track get 2 dates is if its a special race (such as The Daytona 500 and The Coca-Cola 600). The rest get one.
Only exception to the rule would be if the track would have a different track configuration (Such as the Roval or Daytona Roval, Indy Roval ect.) Doesnt mean i want all of these tracks on the calendar i listed, I'm just using them as an example of tracks that have different layouts
Final race should rotate to different tracks that require skill to drive, if we gonna have to get stuck with the playoffs, might as well get a track make drivers have to earn there win.
That would have been Auto Club or Homestead, as those 2 tracks had the best racing that isn't a cookie cutter or a Charlotte clone, but alas, NASCAR screwed them up
Honestly I think it should be tracks no driver has ran
The problem with the first half of what you said is that takes away from the prestige like someone else commented above, I personally dont like going to Superspeedways at all twice a year, and would want to watch more if each only had one date, ATL makes them feel even less special now, also I was a fan of the two car tango days.
The problem with the second part of what you said is how many tracks are there in the south? Nobody wants a Texas Finale. Really honestly, the only other current viable option would be Homestead. Either way you look at Auto Club its being remodeled but theres hope that could turn into a good Finale track when its redone, what else is there? NASCAR would be burned at the stake for going to COTA, Road ATL or even Daytona RC for its Finale. You could also rule out ATL, Dega and Daytona itself because their SS's. So what do we really have? Las Vegas? I'll pass on that, i'd snooze as much as PHX, so Darlington? Not only would that be risky business because your flirting really close with snow at that time i wanna say but it would be heresy for NASCAR to risk shuffling around the Southern 500 again, Mexico then? Yeah, right I think they'd want to keep it on home turf as close to NC even as possible. Just give me Homestead, or let's see what new Auto Club turns out to be.
Just to make a point - im not completely against tracks having two dates. Bristol is fine, Richmond is fine, Martinsville is fine, Darlington is fine, just about anything else though, yeah no thanks.
NASCAR should absolutely do this. The attendance and TV ratings would be a lot better & this would allow more new tracks on the schedule.
In my opinion I don't think any track that sells less than 90% capacity should ever have more than 1 race date a year. I don't care if its Daytona, Talladega or anyone. If you don't sell at least 90% to TRUE capacity you you don't get 2 race dates the following year. I know here in Vegas we used to absolutely pack the Spring race and then they added the Fall race. Attendance down 35% for Spring and we probably don't HONESTLY even get to 50% in the Fall race. Reward tracks that people turn out for that's all I'm saying.
I think besides Daytona and Charlotte, NASCAR’s 2 home bases, every track should just have one date. It will definitely help fill the grandstands (look at Pocono). Also leaves plenty of room to go to new markets and return to some tracks. I always believe too the NASCAR schedule should have a flex weekend every year to go to new venues
Maybe give a second date to Talladega because there isn't that many superspeedway races on the schedule and perhaps a second race at a short track like Bristol or Martinsville.
At this point, eliminate short tracks that aren't Los Angeles and North Wilkesboro (for some reason, a stadium and a 3rd mile oval has better racing than a paperclip and a half-baked dirt wannabe track)
The only other track I'd add to that is Darlington. They've been racing there longer than Daytona and a win there is just as prestigious as Charlotte being my only reasons.
Going to one track every season puts more value on that race to win, especially crown jewels. You can get great crowds like Pocono for instance
Problem I have is the amount of road courses you listed. NASCAR fans already have road course fatigue as is. Also got to take into account TV ratings for those road courses alone
I mean, it's not like any more races are gonna be added to the big networks in 2 years, anyway
Personally, I prefer the Road Courses to many of the Ovals we currently have. He did mention the fact that there's not a whole ton of ready to go ovals off the schedule. I know he put in Pike's Peak, Chicagoland, Rockingham, North Wilkesboro, and Kentucky as ovals. You could probably get the Milwaukee Mile, Fontana, and Nashville Fairgrounds ready for the following season.
You could go to some of the Mexican ovals, like El Dorado, which hosts the Mexico series of Nascar. Delaware Speedway is a half mile oval in the Pinty's Series, also owned by NASCAR that could be used. Most of the Pinty tracks are too short to be used by the Cup Series, though.
Some of the road courses would be necessary evils though. I like the idea of going to Portland and Road America as well as Mexico City and Montreal. You'd probably have to rework the schedule to get everything to fit anyway.
Pike's Peak, Chicagoland, Rockingham, North Wilkesboro, Kentucky, the Milwaukee Mile, Fontana, Nashville Fairgrounds, El Dorado, and Delaware would be 11 ovals out of 13 remaining. Add Portland and Road America to get to the full 13 for every track only being used once is a solution. I think you want to use Circuit Gilles Villueve and Autodromo Hermanos Rodergrez though. So maybe you cut Milwaukee and Kentucky for those 2 races, giving you 2 races in Mexico and Canada one at an oval and the other at a road course. The rest of the series is ready to go in the US from there.
The further international the series expands, the fewer ovals that become available. That's just the reality of the situation.
The tracks that deserve two dates in my opinion are Daytona, Talladega, Martinsville, Bristol, Darlington, and Charlotte
I've thought this for a long time
Yeah, if they cut the second Bristol, Martinsville, and (MAYBE) Richmond (depending on how you view Richmond) races, it will basically kill all short track racing in the cup series. I want MORE short tracks, not less (once they fix this abomination of a car, I mean)
I really, really hope that Portland eventually gets a cup or truck date to add to the xfinity date. Ive went to both the 2022 and 2023 Pacific Office Automation 147s and they are always entertaining.. Great racing and good wrecks but not too many wrecks
I like the idea, however, there are tracks in the Mexico Series and Pinties that could be used over just adding additional road courses. El Dorado and Delaware are short tracks in Mexico and Canada, respectively. They both hold races in NASCAR santioned series already, so they could be in play for dates without adding too many road courses to the schedule. You could also get Milaukee back into the series using the mile there. That may be a year 2 thing, though.
Yes. Each track one race per year and let's go to 25 or 30 unique tracks. Only exceptions should be Daytona, Bristol, maybe a couple others. That's it. One race everywhere else.
Then add North Wilksboro, IRP, and Mid-Ohio.
I’m a firm believer of 1 date unless it adds a new aspect of the venue (Indy, Daytona and Charlotte having a road course and the Bristol dirt) it clutters the series and I have friends who don’t call races by their sponsors so it gets complicated
I would love to see them run at laguna seca. That corkscrew would be a game changer. Another track that is race ready would be Williams Grove.
They should do whatever puts the most people in seats. If that means 5 races at Daytona--fine. It certainly means going back to RA and just one date at most tracks.
Regarding Nascar schedule having one race a year at most tracks would make sense going forward I mean as tracks like Pocono and Michigan have shown it can work even if the racing is not perfect, same with Dover if it doesn't keep getting rained out.
The only exceptions being Daytona, Talladega, Charlotte and Darlington they can stay as 2 races a year for now
Eventhough Nascar I think would need to scale down from 38 to 36 races a year includes The Clash and All Star Race
If I was Nascar wanting to do the non points races I would try Knoxville and Eldora but limit the eligibility to just Pole Winners from the previous 2 seasons
Adding tracks like Chicagoland, Rockingham, Nashville Fairgrounds, Road America, North Wilkesboro being a Points Race, to newer options like Portland, Mexico City, Montreal or Canadian Tire Motorsports Park, Pikes Peak would make sense.
Regarding Playoff system if Nascar are going to keep it I would change the format of the 3,3,3,1 for a 4, 3, 3 format and drop it from 16 to 12 Drivers and also would scrap both the win and your in approach as well as the win and you advance.
Season finale both regular or championship you should rotate every few years which makes it more difficult to win the championship.
My biggest issue with the current schedule is Phoenix, its a dog shit track design thats a far, far, cry from the excitement a track like bristol would be, but i get why people would hate a bristol finale, because all 4 contenders could easily get wrecked out, which is why honestly, and sadly, im back on the homestead boat but something i would be intrigued about if NASCAR would try it would be a 3 race final stretch of playoffs where you have a bristol, superspeedway or road course and a true oval - most points in round take all. The second issue I have with PHX is that we go there not once, but twice a year, teams have notebooks, we know a good part of what to expect already, and for me, that takes away a HUGE part of the intrigue and makes me honestly not want to watch, especially if i dont have a dog in the fight, the thing that made Homestead feel like a Finale is that we only went to it once a year, it had a feel of you have no idea whats going to happen, sure you could compare it to similar distance tracks, but in the end, its its own beast. Something else that would be interesting is if NASCAR kept the Finale track a secret until during the race the playoffs start and announced on the broadcast then, only known to NASCAR and the track, it could be a whole promotional tie in thing, Race to plan your trip to the Finale track and get your tickets before everyone else, imagine the black friday madness style that would bring 😂
I think they all should have one except for Daytona, Talladega, Atlanta, Bristol, Martinsville and maybe Darlington for a 6th one. That makes 30 different tracks.
Agree
Love it. Don’t have a lot to add. Great ideas and more parity. Kudos.
Amen, I've said one race at each track for years. But when Nascar owns what 13? And runs the show like a drunk driving wrong way up a one way street I just enjoy the mayhem. Seems like they have been tweaking the system for years and sometimes have a good year by accident. But I like your picks for tracks.
Pikes peak was sold under a clause by ISC that it cannot hold professional racing, just amateur/club level stuff. Maybe that could get mutually worked on but I’m not an attorney lol
Yeah, you can tell just driving by on the freeway that PPIR is not in a good state. Heck, Colorado National would be more ready for a Cup race, LOL
Irwindale Speedway, always negliected, never has been considered, but the SoCal solution has been staring NASCAR in the face the whole time and didn't need to reconfigure Auto Club
I think NASCAR wants the SoCal market all to itself, any loaned speedway automatically goes SMI (COTA, Iowa, NWB), they could have just airlifed the entire speedway into a new plot of land if they to sell so badly, no need for short track reconfigs, they could have just built it in once the relocation's complete
50 races in 30 weeks. A weekend race and a weekday night race for 14 week nights primarily during the summer with races 250-350 miles long in the cup. The weekday night races could part be non points paying at small town short tracks to get back to the roots, both paved and dirt
I would love for that to happen!
More fans can attend those races and save money for the next year, we can add some more tracks on the schedule to fill up the schedule, and it feels more special.
I’m not a fan of 2 race dates a year for tracks, so I’m bias about this video
Honestly, very few markets can handle 2 races a year, and that's without any nearby venues (LA-Fontana) or multiple configutations (Indianapolis, Charlotte). At this point, just save money for 2025, given how #&×^÷ up the TV deal will be
Yes, it is viable. Not every market can handle 2 races a season, Daytona included (apparently, they don't want it on July 4 anymore for some reason). Just remove TexARSE completely, renew the COTA lease, build a 2-miler in California while getting a street race in Long Beach, Irwindale can be the short track option, the only tracks that will get 2 are Talladega, Indianapolis, and Charlotte (different configurations, 2 equally good races for Dega)
Doubt NASCAR will ever abandon Texas. They want to stay in that Dallas/Fort Worth market. Need to go back to the original configuration,SMI seems to screw up their racetracks every time they reconfigure them.
Edit: also to have a race there well after football season starts is just plain dumb in my opinion
It’s definitely a cool idea going to East track once. I just don’t think I’m willing to give up some of those second dates. A lot of those are my favorites.
I think we’re missing an opportunity to shorten the schedule with this one race per track theory. Especially if you’re wanting two international races, going to need to have an off week on one side of each of those races or the other. And while I like the idea of Rockingham to throw the old fans a bone, you’ve also added 7 or 8 road courses and there will be plenty of complaints there.
In my completely Arbitrary opinion, you can get a second date if you host a Crown Jewel, you're Talladega, or your track has multiple configurations like Charlotte. Everyone else can have their second races replaced with returning tracks people want like Rockingham, the Fairgrounds, Road America, Montreal, and maybe Mexico City for Suarez.
Rockingham is a dead proposal at this point, Fairground is in limbo like North Wilkesboro was for 29 years, Mexico will have a shot to prove itself at the Clash next year, if all goes well, Mexico City and Quebec are on the schedule in the future. Don't know about Road America, though...
Bruh, how could you NOT pick Milwaukee Mile??? It's such a historic race track. That track is older than Indianapolis Motor Speedway. It's one track I'd love to see the NASCAR Cup Series race at.
The only 2 tracks that should get 2 races are Daytona and Talladega. Other than that, i love the idea of 1 date per track. It keeps the schedule interesting. Plus, please rotate the championship race. Its ridiculous keeping it at 1 track year after year
I wont repeat my feelings on SS's having two dates here but - the problem with the second part of what you said is how many tracks are there in the south? Nobody wants a Texas Finale. Really honestly, the only other current viable option would be Homestead. Either way you look at Auto Club its being remodeled but theres hope that could turn into a good Finale track when its redone, what else is there? NASCAR would be burned at the stake for going to COTA, Road ATL or even Daytona RC for its Finale. You could also rule out ATL, Dega and Daytona itself because their SS's. So what do we really have? Las Vegas? I'll pass on that, i'd snooze as much as PHX, so Darlington? Not only would that be risky business because your flirting really close with snow at that time i wanna say but it would be heresy for NASCAR to risk shuffling around the Southern 500 again, Mexico then? Yeah, right I think they'd want to keep it on home turf as close to NC even as possible. Just give me Homestead, or let's see what new Auto Club turns out to be.
In a fantasy world i would love a renovated slinger speedway cup race
If a track is going to have 2 dates, they need to each be unique in some way. Charlotte does fine with the ROVAL, Daytona could have their road course in the summer (or just say a 400 mile night race is different enough from the 500.) If Richmond and Talladega can continue to sell their races out, Richmond needs day and a night race. Idk what to do with Talladega. Atlanta's spring race could go back to Fontana once the short track is ready, Darlington's spring race to either North Wilkesboro or Rockingham. And I would add Montreal before Canadian Tire.
And while we probably need Kentucky to fill this style of schedule, it and Texas both need re-configurations in some way. Texas could go back to the old layout, and Kentucky could be sometime like a Kansas, Vegas or Homestead.
One I think would be good is Barber Motorsport Park in Birmingham, Alabama. Despite people saying it's "too tight", it's hosted great IndyCar and motorcycle racing, and I think it would be smart to replace that lost Talladega race with Barber
That spider terrifies me.
It worked wonders for Pocono!!
I think they should leave Daytona, Talladega, Kansas and Charlotte with 2 races (And I would actually add Indy Road Course), but make every other track only once a year.
I would love to see the Daytona road course come back
Man coming to mid-Ohio would be awesome. I have a bunch of friends in Columbus and Cleveland that know little to nothing about nascar, but have shown interest in attending one if there was a race here.
I do think that some races having 2 races is a good thing, definitely Daytona, Talladega, Darlington, Bristol (bring back the dirt) and Charlotte (inc. roval). Tbh with how it races atm Kansas should have 2 and Martinsville should probably have 2
Apart from them keep 1 race per track
Nah Bristol shouldn't have 2.
Bristol and Martinsville should be removed for the time being. The racing there's not gonna improve any time soon
im from the PNW and specifically Vancouver Island in BC and if there was a race in Portland it would be a dream come true for there being a race relatively close to where i live
One race per track would be awesome. As someone mentioned would make certain races more prestigious. And would include more breaks which imo would be great especially considering from speedweeks to the Olympic break is 22 non stop weeks iirc. Which to me would also decrease burnout some would get tuning week after week, could help build anticipation for upcoming races.
I've been a fan of the idea for about 10 years.
I think an issue with Mexico bei g on the calendar is the Nascar brakes. The front straight is so long and the first turns relatively tight that the cars would have to brake so early, it would be quite boring to watch, and a chicane on the front straight to keep the speeds lower would be quite clunky.
A way around it could be to use the current FE layout or even the older FE layout but take away a few of the chicanes as it would then be a right hand turning flat oval, with the baseball infield area still being run.
I agree. I think every track on the schedule should have only one date each to create more schedule diversity & add more prestige to each race. But nobody is ready to have that conversation yet
We can blame TexARSE for that. That lawsuit still stings coming 20 years now
You quite missed the European market. If you need to go international, you have to go to Europe. There is a Pocono like track in Europe - Lausitzring in Germany. True, Alex Zanardi lost his legs on it, but that is still an oval that stock cars haven't really targeted. Plus, it's road-course configuration is used for stock car racing in the DTM.
Also, there could be dirt races in Europe too. Here we have a lot of dirt tracks, but they're used for motorcycle speedway racing though. If you remember Greg Hancock, he is a speedway world champion. I think there might be one or two of them that actually might fit the 0.5 mile or even the 0.75 mile length and could be used for NASCAR. I think the one in Poznan in Poland was quite big. Speedway is a national sport in Poland nonetheless, so I think there could be a good opportunity for dirt racing.
And finally, a crazy idea that I want to happen. How about a three-way motorsports weekend in France in June? IndyCar race on Friday, NASCAR race on Saturday and F1 race on Sunday on all the same track! I'm suggesting Mangy-Cours since it's the easiest choice for all 3. I even have a name for it - The Dysneyland 300! (Or any number. And it would be Dysneyland GP for Indy.)
This all would be expensive, but believe me, this could easily be a case of high risk - high reward. That gets 3 tracks out of the way. And if Chicagoland remains alongside Chicagoland, the Charlotte Roval and the Indy Road Course remain andthe Daytona 400 stays, that would leave mich fewer extra tracks to consider. :)
Oh, and Toyota might work on adding a race on Fuji in Japan. But even if I have a name for it - the Toyota 200 - it's too long of a shot.
There are some tracks that I would like to see have one date, but there are some that I think should have two like Daytona, Talladega, and perhaps even Bristol. I think that only having one race for some of these tracks would help draw more people to the event and would allow for some newer (or older) tracks to come on to the schedule.
If we were to be able to put a pit road here, I think Churchill Downs would be an interesting place for the dirt race.
A few years ago I would have said it's a crazy thought but given how attendance is at say Richmond, summer Daytona, spring Darlington and so on it wouldn't be a terrible idea would definitely create more demand with only the 1 race weekend a year
Nah, give all the crown jewels to NBC, CRINGE is gonna torture us for another 8 years, and I'd rather not see them ruin it
I was wondering if you could do a top ten xfinity series finish also keep up on the good videos
This is something I can get on board with. But I do feel 3 or 4 tracks deserve two dates;
- Daytona
- Talladega
- Martinsville
- Maybe Charlotte
I think 1 race per track would be great and I think the schedule should only be 30 races with 2 breaks during the season
Make the Cup series schedule like the truck schedule where drivers and teams get some downtime between races. Not to mention the money team owners will save on race fuel for the cars but also diesel for the trucks.
Quick solutions to the needing 11 more races thing, don’t have 11 more races. Sometimes less is more.
240 miles at the Daytona Road course would be awesome 👌
Besides Daytona, no track really needs two dates a season. Maybe Talladega, but we have already another pack race in Atlanta.
Minus the road courses and short tracks I don't think there is enough race tracks fast enough for that. I wanna see flipping fords
Idk if it will ever be feasible to do this in real life, but on NR2003 anything is possible!
And to an extent, Nascar Thunder on the Gamecube with the option to race at one track each, real or fictional
One could wonder what the local economic impact would be with just one race a year.
Aside from the price-gouging that goes on with the regional lodgings during race weekends, you have to consider the other entities that are on the receiving end of the dollars from having two races per year.
Perhaps someone in NASCAR has done a financial analysis of the affected local businesses if a race was removed from the calendar.
And how would it affect the TV broadcast revenues with going to a single race per track season?
Personally, having races nearly every weekend puts a tremendous burden on the race teams when prepping the cars. In addition, has NASCAR reached a saturation point where it has gotten to be _too much of a good thing_ with the quantity of races they schedule annually?
In entertainment circles, and old axiom of "leave them wanting more," is important to sustain fan interest. Providing fans with too much can leave them bored and moving-on to other entertainment avenues.
Agree for a few. The ones i would like to see drop a race.
Phoenix >>>>> Pikes Peak
Richmond >>>Rockingham
Bristol>>>>>>>Nashville FG
Vegas>>>>>>>>Chicagoland
Kansas>>>>>>>Kentucky
-the only way i take a date from atlanta is if TX goes to the same config.
-Dega and Daytona keep 2
-possibly pull a martinsville and go to eldora or N Wilksboro
Phoenix and Richmond should definitely have only one date. That's just my personal opinion.
As always, the potential of a NASCAR race at Long Beach is overlooked. I still think that would be a perfect fix to having a race in southern CA while Auto Club is being changed to the short track (if its rebuilt).
If NASCAR did a race at Long Beach it would likely be a tripleheader with Indycar & IMSA on the same weekend as those races as I don't think the city of Long Beach would want to set things up for a street course twice a year. Plus they would make more in revenue especially if they could sell tickets that allow fans to attend all 3 races with one ticket.
I could only dream that Nascar Cup would have ever came to PPIR (my home track growing up)
One race at each track each year with two exceptions. 2 at daytona baby, and two at charlotte, roval and world 600. You can't not give the teams two backyard races.
I stand by my belief that we don't need a nascar race every single week, it's ok to give the teams a break. I think we'll all survive even if we don't have 36 point races a year
I like the idea. However it would be a lot of road courses. Pros and cons to that.
Video Idea: What if (insert NASCAR Cup season here such as 2023) happened IN REVERSE. (It would have the season finale race first and the Daytona 500 last)
How would the season being flipped change who won the championship? (only 2004 onwards, because the 2003 seasons and earlier would be unaffected in terms of the final standings.)
I would definitely support a cup race at Mid- Ohio!
Also, New York, NASCAR has wanted a race in that market for years
One date for each track and no stages on the important races (600, both 500s, and champ race).
I'd say Daytona should be the first current NASCAR track to get 2 races per year. I can also consider Talladega, Martinsville, and Charlotte.
Atlanta and Darlington, in my opinion, are two tracks that had become effective in hosting only one race per year, only to return to hosting two races out of respect for tradition.
I am in favor 1 race per track, originally I thought there would be a few exceptions, mainly if there was a 2nd layout like the Roval or Daytona road course, or 2 different tracks in the same area like Nashville Superspeedway and Fairgrounds, but after watching this am more in favor of a strict 1 race per track.
I think that would be cool to see but we'll always see 2 races at Daytona, Martinsville, Darlington and maybe Talladega only because of historic values.
The Milwaukee Mile could definitely hold a cup race
I like the idea of one race per track, but I don't think they need to add back to get up to 36 (38 with NP races). I think around 30 races is a perfect schedule. It would let them do a yearly break, ala F1. One race per track + less races = more fans per race, and added excitement about the series in general.
We get some more short tracks and dirt races and a few more road courses.
@@johnhaas2523 hey never say never, (what's a short track or road course you'd like to see run cup?)
@@johnhaas2523 my home track is berlin raceway in michigan. (It would be Interesting as there's no wall on the backstretch)
I always (20+ years) thought every track outside of Daytona and Talladega should have one date only. But, I don't necessarily want to see new tracks filling those missing dates. I certainly don't want more road couses, I'd do 4 at the most. I would go to a 26-32 week schedule. More off weeks built into the schedule at regular intervals, and end the season in October. I'm of the opinion that less is more, or in an entertainment phraseology, leave them wanting more.
I wouldn’t even go to October. I’d end it Labor Day Weekend and avoid football almost entirely (yes you’d be up against a single CFB game that afternoon but besides that it is only preseason.
It would definitely be interesting
I would say yes w the exception on Daytona and Talladega
Yes. Allows more areas of the country to be invested.
Now why exactly does it still need to be 36 races at this point if every track gets one date, maybe Daytona and talladega get 2, but really 24 to 26 races a year would be so nice
Only places like Phoenix, Kansas, Vegas the rest that have two can stay
If we took every single track on the schedule and gave them all one race each, we’d only have about a 20-something week schedule, not that much longer than the NFL schedule.
I’m not opposed to a shorter schedule, but there are some places that deserve 2 dates. Daytona is too historic for NASCAR, Bristol puts on fantastic racing, etc.
Only Daytona and Talladega
NASCAR could actually start the season in Mexico City if they wanted to expand there. They could run the race on the weekend before the Superbowl
My schedule idea (No non-points races included)
Daytona
Atlanta
COTA
Texas
Dover
Milwaukee
Mid-Ohio
North Wilkesboro (All Star)
Charlotte (Coca Cola 600)
WWT
Phoenix
Kansas
Sonoma
Iowa
Richmond
Road America
Laguna Seca
Indy
Mexico
Daytona (Coke Zero 400)
Pocono
Chicagoland
Nashville (Regular season finale)
Playoff schedule idea:
Round 1:
Darlington
Watkins Glen
Bristol
Round 2:
Talladega
Montréal
Charlotte (Roval)
Round 3:
Las Vegas
Homestead
Martinsville
Championship:
Michigan
We’ll have Knoxville before Richmond
I actually wouldn't be against having one race per track. It opens up for more tracks and more off weeks for teams. And it also allows for more incentives. Give bonus points for winning the crown jewel races (Daytona 500, Coke 600, Southern 500). I just wouldn't add any more road courses. Stick with adding short tracks.
The only 2 per year is daytona,Martinsville, talladega, and Charlotte motor speedway and maybe Richmond
Daytona and Talladega and possibly Darlington should be the only tracks to have multiple dates.
It Would be way to many road courses
yeah agreed, we should have six every year.
i was waiting to hear you say something about comiforia after the reconfig and going to so many road courses would be an issue as there are to many as it is im not looking forward to this years schedule as its the worst its been in years as well as other changes to the coming year if it wasnt for me taking my daughter to a race i wouldnt pay any attention at all this year its just too far gone from its roots and is no longer anything that i remember
Mid Ohio and/or Kentucky would be great, this coming from a Buckeye
My perfect schedule
1. LA Clash
2. Daytona Duals/500 💎
3. COTA
4. Phoenix
5. Atlanta
6. Sonoma
7. Richmond
8. Kentucky
9. North Wilkesboro (Easter Throwback) 💎
10. Chicagoland
11. Iowa
12. Milwaukee
13. Eldora
14. Portland
15. Nashville Fair Grounds (All Star Race)
16. Charlotte (Memorial Day Coke 600) 💎
17. Rockingham
18. Fontana
19. Mexico City Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez
20. Indianapolis (July 4th Brickyard 400) 💎
21. New Hampshire
22. Pocono
23. Dover
24. Road America
25. Gateway
26. Michigan
27. Watkins Glen
28. Bristol (Playoff Cut Line Night Race)
Round Of 16
29. Darlington (Labor Day Southern 500) 💎
30. Texas
31. Montreal
Round of 12
32. Nashville
33. Vegas
34. Knoxville
Round of 8
35. Kansas
36. Talladega
37. Martinsville
Final 4
38. Homestead Miami (Championship Race)
Every track should have 1 date (except maybe Daytona and Talladega). It allows NASCAR to easily add new fra ks to the schedule. It would also allow going back to 32 faces instead of 36 points races but that isn't happening.
Daytona City doesn't want 2 dates, apparently, after they removed July 4 as a possible weekend for the speedway
Daytona, Talladega and Charlotte should be the only tracks with 2 dates
have any pdx race be in late summer, thats the dry season.
NASCAR needs to have several road course races in the schedule if they want to be taken seriously on the world stage. The biggest market is europe and the middle east right now with GT racing and F1. Most of the world thinks oval racing is a joke. So putting 8 or more road courses on the shcedule will go a long way to making NASCAR an international interest vs just the US.
I've been saying that every track should be 1 race only.
24 races on the schedule plz
They need cup in Portland
The only tracks I’d like to see either are demolished, would be boring with NextGen, or are impossible. That being said. I think it would make more interesting watching.
Nazareth, Five Flags, Laguna Seca, Sebring, Lanier, Lucas Oil Speedway, USA International, Hickory, Rockingham, Kentucky, Nashville Fairgrounds, Myrtle Beach, Milwaukee, Riverside, Ontario- Yeah the NASCAR i want is dead and gone lmao
At least alternate the All-Star race between North Wilkesboro and The Rock for a few years.
i should be biased on the one race at richmond since i'm from rva, but it makes total since to go to one race a year. the attendance isn't great and it's not super exciting. replace it with something like another michigan race bc it's way better.
Could keep two, but have one track turning left, and the other turning right.