Critiquing Every NASCAR Cup Series Track - SECRETS of the BLACKTOP
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 16 ก.ย. 2024
- When you think of large American stadiums, you might visualize the big house, or the coliseum in LA.
But in Nascar, there are huge grandstands that dwarf many a football stadium in seating.
Granted, a motorsports track is much bigger than any playing surface for human only games, but on race day these huge stadia are filled with people who want to see fuel get burned, a close finish and some intense carnage on the blacktop.
And today we’re going to take a look at every one of these venues and let out some boogety boogety boogeties.
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Do all the F1 tracks next, even though they aren't exactly stadiums
It's ok you beautiful bald man ( no homo)
SENPAI NOTICED ME!!!
MLS stadiums?
F1 next? :D
Chevy has never won at Kentucky
Kurt Busch: Allow me to introduce myself
isn’t he toyota?
Aaron Tena ur thinking of his brother
@@aarontena708 Kurt definitely drives a Chevy dumb fuck
Womp womp
@@zachwelch9007 chill out lil bitch
A fun fact about pocono is they have the worlds longest bathroom
They had troughs to piss in at Martinsville at the last race I attended. I think it was 2009 or something.
I’ve been in that Pocono Bathroom!
@@ath85 that has not changed
I’ve been in those bathrooms and they’re huge
ath85 troughs are everywhere. My state fair has troughs. It would be more unique if it didn’t have troughs
“Daytona has a full international airport right next to it, bet ya didn’t know that”
Me, an Embry-Riddle grad: don’t worry. The airport is well aware of where it is.
In ERAU now
Been following NASCAR since late 60s. Never even heard of Daytona until today
@@kdwaynec Do you mean the track or the airport? The track has the Daytona 500, the largest and most prestigious race. It is also the most viewed race. In 2005, over 19 million people watched the Daytona 500 on live tv. Many people who don’t watch Nascar know about Daytona. If you don’t even know what Daytona is, you’re not a Nascar fan.
You doing NASCAR vids now? Sweet!
You should get FivePoints to come on the podcast
Oh hi Darian
I LOVE your channel!
YEET
YOUR HERE TO!
Danica has seen the inside wall in all of these
Don't forget Stenhouse
@@GatoradeCupSeriesX94 stenhouse has seen danicas inside wall 😂
@@HooliganMTB Now it's Aaron Rodgers (not a NASCAR driver)
@@NickCC23 ik who aaron rodgers is
@Gatorade can ya not steal my joke? I was literally about to type this.
Corey Lajoie has crashed at all of these
Dam Son cody ware has to
Graham Williams so has Danica
Dam Son so has talentless Stenhouse
New record*
So has every driver
That jab at Brian France
This might be kind of “out there” but a video like this for PGA Tour courses would be cool since they’re all really different and unique!
Yeah not sure how many are “mapped” or if i can capture that essence. But that is a great idea
Would be amazing!
@@FivePointsVids please do
Worst part of NASCAR is waiting two hours to get out of the parking lot
What do mean the worst part, you get to tailgate.
Yeah went to the Coca cola 600 few years back, the hotel was 15 miles away took two hours to get there.
lmw 02 three and a half hours at Bristol 4 years ago . Race was a total sell out and Street NON-Outlaws was filming the next day at Thunder Valley . The entire grounds was a absolute mad house .
I rolled into Dover with a flat tire on my Taurus SHO once and rather than fret about it, I told my son, "Screw it, we'll have plenty of time to change it after the race!"
@lmw0253 for real
Kauffman and Arrowhead are in MISSOURI.
I knew someone was gonna say it lmao
Nobody cares. That's why it happens. I mean, Missouri or Kansas? Who gives a shit?
@@christopherfair2389 People who don't pride themselves on being dumbasses.
Found the guy from the irrelevant flyover state.
@@christopherfair2389 Missorians and Kansasans do because we like representation for our often forgotten states.
Formula 1 tracks!!! this is a great idea
Yessss please
Psshhhhh formula one 😤
You mean parking lots
ExtraChristo 78 indycar aswell would be nice
NASCAR tracks are larger than F1 ones in length, so there is no difference
Do the biggest stadium in every state
@@DanArnets1492 you act like thats a bad thing
@@DanArnets1492 he can leave Hawaii and Alaska last for the anticipation lol
@@DanArnets1492 Ohio will be the Horseshoe
@@thejman3489 niether Hawaii nor Alaska have the smallest stadiums in the USA.
@@MOBOBBA2166 or mid ohio
I will ignore the errors because you finally made a NASCAR video!!!
You the ream MVP
The only error was a making a NASCAR video.
Christopher Fair The only mistake is your opinion
Jeremy Hockert no, his opinion is a fact. He literally acted like Auto Club Speedway has barely any fans going even though the grandstands are not even close to being empty. BTW why did he even say that about Auto Club and not something else about the track. About every NASCAR track except Daytona are getting less fans because NASCAR is “dying”
Jonnymlndz23 I was talking about the dude who said he shouldn’t have made a nascar video
ATLANTA MOTOR SPEEDWAY BABY GET READY FOR THE RACE THIS WEEKEND!!!
^ back when we had racing
@@Skeletor-hl9jd I miss those days
*insert big jimmy oof*
Love it! Have seen most of your others but I don't watch much other sports. Thank you for making this!
❤
Carnation taking over the comment section over here huh?
@@jbaskinger41 looks like this is a NASCAR TH-cam reunion. You never reacted to my roast btw
Holy shit a NASCAR video!!!
Finally a NASCAR video!
Ik
"Imagine racing at 110 degree heat." It's 130 inside the cockpit at every race
im sure that the fans dont enjoy the heat though
one of these for F1 circuits would be rad
As an F1 viewer hell yeah I agree
I mean yeah but like 2/3 of the Google Earth views will be flat
2005 USA Grand Prix
They tried to use Indy but the tires couldnt comprehend the banking causing a like 6 car race.
@@lilicewall4343 that was only one year and that was because Michelin produced a tyre not capable of handling the banks that year
Pretty good overview! Not to be a nitpick, but a few things I wanted to add;
Chicagoland is actually 90 minutes south of Chicago, and while it's post box is in Joliet, the track itself is in New Lenox, Illinois. It's the site of the infamous giant inflatable orange which creeped onto the track during Todd Szegedy's qualifying run in 2002, which I was there to see. That was really, really funny, because everyone there knew it was going to come onto the track at some point, it was just a matter of when!
ISM's road course was not used for NASCAR races, and joined the calendar in 1988. Banking was added to it a few years ago.
Michigan gets a lot of fans from Canada and has only one two-lane highway going into the place, which was annoying as hell to get in and out of (last time I was there was 1999). They got so many that, from what I understand, they used to play the Canadian national anthem during pre-race. Mad props for the Swervin' Irvan shoutout.
Las Vegas also has an airfield near it, or at least, it used to. Learned that from watching an old IRL race.
Indianapolis does lose money on the NASCAR race each year -- they make a lot from the Indy 500 though.
Wow awesome facts!!!
@@FivePointsVids also kentucky speedway was made in 2011
@@creeddaniel8959 Kentucky was made in 2001. It got its first cup race in 2011.
@@kbegay14 ok. Thanks
sonoma also only has 1 two lane highway in and out
5:17 Kauffmann and Arrowhead stadiums are actually on the missouri side of Kansas City. Being a Missourian, I cant let Kansas take credit for them.
Double Spike Productions yeah bc we super bowl champs now
Bill Elliott 1987 Talladega @ 212 mph
Rusty Wallace tested a 2004 Cup car without a restrictor plate and made a lap speed of 216mph, with a top speed of 228mph on the straights.
I'm sorry but ISM has been an oval since it opened. It did have a road course configuration from 1964-1991 which was then shortened and later removed after the 2011 repave
“imagine racing in 110 degree heat” come to the indy 500 in may
Or Charlotte, also in May. Or Daytona in July.
Ism 120 degrees in July
Dank Funny *did we just call the Indy 500 the Brickyard 400*
Rosey Boi fixed it lol i was in a rush typing it
You must be mistaking the Indy 500 for the Brickyard 400 in August or possibly The Southern 500 at Darlington Raceway Labor Day weekend when the temps are 90 degrees with the heat index and the 100% humidity making it feel like 115, come on man! May in Indiana feels like late March or early April down south!
I somehow got to this vid about ten minutes before it came out, checked the uploads on the channel and it wasn’t there. It was like I wasn’t supposed to see it.
Anyways, now that I can comment, good vid FPV.
Phoenix International Raceway has been an oval since it opened. It had a road course configuration until 2011, but the major circuits (NASCAR and Indycar) have never used it.
I was hoping someone would catch that.
Not only did Phoenix have a road course in the infield but in the 60s the road course, at times, could be extended through the roads around the parking lot.
IMSA ran on the road course, at least in 1993. The short course was created in 1991 after the big road course was closed
I thought i saw footage or early 90s IMSA running the big road course.
I recall Grand Am running the smaller infield road course in the 2000s.
@@The52car It's possible, my information could have been somewhat inaccurate. I was relying on the info from racingcircuits.info that says the new infield road course was run 1991-onwards. You could be right.
@@theflagstand no no, you were right... it was just the short course now that I went back and looked for it.
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Do Indycar tracks please
If he did defunct IndyCar tracks as well, the video would be about 58 hours long :P
@@Cynon so would have to watch in two sittings
IndyCar is garbage
Darlington is also called “The Lady in Black” because cars hit the wall so much, it turns black.
Fun fact about Bristol: when all of the cars are running at full speed around the track, it actually creates a vortex that extends up to the sky, creating it's own little environment and preventing rain during the race.
Thx 4 mentioning Dan Wheldon in the Las Vegas segment. :( Still remember how it happened, as this was the final race of the 2011 season. May he rest easy eternally.
Betcha Dan's got a real fine race car in heaven where he'll burn rubber in the quarter mile and the straightaway.
You've done cars.
Now, it's time to do horses.
Largest horse racing tracks.
And then Greyhound tracks, maybe Jai Alai stadiums
Where Thoroughbreds like to horse around at race day and after the race.
@@FivePointsVids Famous swimming pools!
The miss information in your videos is absolutely outstanding!
12:50
*West . . . TMS is WEST of Dallas... in Ft. Worth, which is a major city on its own.
Not really even in Fort Worth either LOL. And you have to drive north to get to it (damn near 2 hours at 5pm on a weekday).
Pocono actually had the longest front stretch in Motorsports. Also each of the 3 turns is a different radius and banked at a different angle. Turn 1 is a 675 foot radius with 14 degrees of bank, then the back straightaway is 3,055 feet long, then turn 2 is a 750 foot radius with a 8 degree bank, then the short straight is 1,780 feet long, then turn 3 is a 800 foot radius at a 6 degree bank and the front straight is 3,740 feet long. My favorite track aside from Daytona. It’s so unique and challenging as a race due to needing to have a clever set up to handle the different turns like that and also seeing the drivers get creative with racing lines and shifting techniques. Also I go every year. And this year, they’re hosting NASCAR’s first ever double header race. There’s gonna be a 130 lap race on Saturday June 27th, then a 140 lap race on Sunday. Both for the cup series. That’s wild. They’re doing that instead of the usually 2 separate races a year there spread out more
6:07 “aka a “Ralph Northam””
DAMMMMMMMNNNNN😂😂
That is worth a Dam Son!
Fun fact about Atlanta Motor Speedway: Former president Jimmy Carter worked there as a ticket taker
These are all basically in the middle of nowhere
NASCAR tracks need a lot of space, so that's why most of them are out in the boonies.
...but some of the tracks are in large cities or suburbs, at least. Just way away from the center of town.
Something something NIMBYs
Noise
Jeriat Gillum yeah. The only reason Indy is “in” indianapolis is because it was originally built before the sprawl caught up to it
Phoenix raceway is pretty close to the city
Thank you so much for doing this. Glad to see bigger sports pages giving love to NASCAR, even if it’s just one video. I love it.
I requested This video. Thanks FivePointVids
Nice to see you to a nascar video. I also enjoy all the others, you explain things nicely with good comedy jabs in as well.
thanks austin
I both live in Kentucky and have been to a race at that track.
They are both indeed boring.
Yeah I feel the same
I went to the 2016 race there, the truck that caught on fire in the parking lot made it less boring lol
One of my first races I ever attended was an IRL race at Kentucky in 2003. I miss IndyCar at Kentucky. Incredible racing.
Fun fact: if filled to the max capacity, New Hampshire Motor Speedway would become the third most populous city in the state, only missing second by 607 people.
Do a NASCAR mascot critique
As a British fella , I gotta say you yank are so lucky 2 have Watkins glen. Loved the history lesson as well. Excellent.
duuuuuuude i know not one thing about racing but i LOVE ME SOME BUILDINGS
SAME HERE!!!!
Fun fact for Talladega. 1993, Jimmy Horton flipped over the wall, down an embankment and onto an access road.
How about you rank every nascar track from worst to best
I know it’s not on here but Portland International Raceway is a great track, went to the IndyCar race last fall and the final count was over 70,000 people. That’s counting all the general admission passes though and not grandstand seating. Great race and cool cars.
Portland is my favourite kind of track: old track with good racing.
I WANNA GO FAST!!!
This video tickled my fancy FivePoints Vids. And Also Do A NASCAR Pant Job Critique.
what's next critiquing every olympic stadium😂😂
That photo bomb of el guapo had me dying 🤣🤣🤣 well played my dude
Do F1 tracks
Yes
On Texas: " Jimmie Johnson owns this track with his seven wins since 2007"
Jimmie Johnson at Dover with his 10 wins: " Is this place a joke to you?"
When is the Piston Cup
He did what in his cup?
Canaan Lamp 😂
Lmao
Finally a nascar vid! It’s a shame how under publicized the sport is in media
*sounds of banjos and beer chugging in the distance*
Came here for a critique but this is really just "Basic Facts about Every NASCAR Track"
Kansas City is an awesome track! There's a strip not too far away from the track that gives you an awe-worthy look at the seating and press box. Such a beautiful town, and you're god damned right the KC faithful know how to grow grass, grab ass, and grill BBQ.
YES!! IVE WAITED FOR THIS FOREVER. THANK YOU!!!!!!
FivePointVids you should do a critic on all of the MLS stadiums
FastWinner 99 the biggest critic is that they play bad soccer there
Itsscottybruh you are so right
Sand volleyball courts
Alright a nascar video awesome
Great video as always fam
Kauffman and Arrowhead aren’t in Kansas
AnonYMoose shit. Revoke my KC pass. Ima just edit that one away
@@garrettburton8413 lmao. I'll help hide it too, I guess.
They aren’t in Kansas right I’m not a stupid Kansan right
yes i love that you do some nascar stuff!!!!!!!!!!
Now you need a stock car in the background of the end card
Nice video. You even posted it on the anniversary of the creation of NASCAR. Intentional or not. Keep up the good videos bro
I live 30 mins from Watkins Glen!
This might be the best thing to come from NASCAR, a 5-Points Vids piece of content!
6:54 The answer is 5 cm btw
I love it. Would love to see Indycar, F1, WEC, and IMSA.
DO some F1 stuff
Yes
why so he can screw that up too
@@spence7985 I want to see what Americans know about F1
@@Nchinnam prolly just as much as this guy knows about nascar
There are actually more American F1 fans than you think...
Along a similar line to the Wheldon incident at Vegas, the 1999 Indy Racing League VisionAire 500K at Charlotte Motor Speedway was abandoned after 79 of 208 laps (yes, the distance was advertised in kilometers) following a crash between Stan Wattles and John Paul, Jr., which sent debris, including John Paul, Jr.'s right rear tire, into the grandstands, killing three spectators and injuring 8 others. IndyCar (including CART/Champ Car, the other side of the American open-wheel racing split) didn't return until current IndyCar champ Josef Newgarden ran a couple demo laps on the roval last year during the NASCAR weekend on the roval.
You forgot the Charlotte roval
It’s literally Charlotte
I meant for events at the track
Its brand new
@@PttyBlue43 in the rule book, and history archives it is classified as a different track
@@joeywirt7953 same facility tho, indy oval and indy road course are classified differently but still the same facility
Got to go to the 500 in Indy with my grandpa and dad when I was 16. Its such an amazing experience, even though I'm not really a racing fan
You spelled boogity wrong
Omg a Three Amigos reference!! I love it!! So El Japo, you have a plethora of piñatas 🤣🤣
Talladega is the biggest but the worst imo
Edit
Used to play the games and would crash everyone
Nice take on Kansas Speedway. I've been there a couple of times and it's really nice to ride along in a NASCAR and walk along the track itself. TV doesn't do the banking justice I tell ya. I'd probably say Bristol is more of a football stadium than Dover but both are pretty much enclosed circuits. Also, the international airport on Daytona's backstretch once was used in the 1980s when then US president Ronald Reagan came to watch a Richard Petty get his 200th and final win. There was video of Air Force One touching down as some of the race cars zipped along the backstretch. It looked amazing.
All 9 people who disliked are Canadian
Listened to this vid on the way home from work. Still loving your stuff man! Neverforget your biggest fan! Merch?!
Aah
Finally
"I've been wanting to do this one for a while"
All I can say is...YEET!
A perfect video for those with a fetish for Ovals.
Actually Auto Club Speedway is the sister track to Michigan International Speedway because it was designed after the track in Michigan, thanks for finally doing a NASCAR video though
Love it. Amazing video keep up the good work!
Been to Dover, Darlington and Pocono and I gotta say, if you ever get the chance to see a race down at Dover do it! It’s a great venue and produces some of the best racing of the season. Can’t recommend it enough
as far as looks go, def dover wins the prize for best looking track
It’s the only track I’ve been to and I agree that the races there are great
Theyve removed A LOT of those seats though. I dont think any are left in the turns anymore.
In the infield they also host horse races on Monday to Thursday for Dover downs(a casino right next to the track). The track is pretty nice but it has no lights so if a race gets delayed by a tiny bit there is no race.
Road America is the longest track in NASCAR but its only raced in the Xfinity Series which is NASCAR's 2nd biggest series.
Cup needs more road courses
Been a fan of your videos for a while, and an avid racing fan since birth. Love that you gave racing a shot and tbis did not disappoint.
Totally wasn't expecting this. But hey there should be a F1 tracks critiquing next or the Mascots.
Pitting on the backstretch on short tracks used to be a problem because (under caution) drivers pitting on the front stretch got to dip down pit road at the end of turn 4 and could finish their pit stop and get back behind the pacecar before the guys on the back could do another half lap to enter their pit coming out of turn 2. They changed the rules for Bristol quite a while ago, though, to make it more fair for the backstretch pitters.
The whole video was really cool and well done but as someone who goes to Auto Club every year I have seen more people at the race in the last 5 years. Arguably the best race of 2013 was held there
As someone who lives near Chicagoland Speedway, it gets crazy race weekend. Cars coming right through my hometown 24/7, and non-stop traffic on all roads that lead to the track. I can also see it from my high-school. Yes the land is *that* flat in the area.
FINALLY A NASCAR VID!!!!!!!! THANKS FIVEPOINTS
About Bristol, they go about 130-140 MPH into the turns compared to Martinsville which only the cars only reach 110-120 MPH into the turns. A lap only lasts 15 seconds there. Back in the 2000's, tickets were on a 1 year waiting list.
I'm from NY and I love The Glen, not only is it my home track, but it's my dominant track
DaveSKI same
BTW I'm from near Chicago and a fan of NASCAR and Watkins Glen. Greetings to you sir from New York!
Chevrolet has won at Kentucky in Xfinity series. But if we are talking Monster Energy series, then that is correct. But they've only been running there since 2011. I did really enjoy this video though. Kudos !
Thank u so much I love NASCAR!
You had me scared when I saw Nascar. Especially as my favorite sport isn’t popular everywhere but you did good. Ya did good five sports
Pocono is also hilariously known for a sign just after turn 3 on the wall. It says "WHAT TURN 4?"