Comments on: 8 NASCAR Tracks That Were NEVER MADE

By: Pete Bruschi Racing

Pete Bruschi Racing — Fri, 28 Jul 2023 17:31:47 +0000

I grew up around Figure 8 racing and I wish we could build the Eight Bowl from NR2003. 2.5 mile Figure 8 track with Daytona’s banking (but with a gradual grade up/down & bridge in the center so no wrecks in the middle lol). It’d be interesting to see the plate racing dynamic with the high lane/low lane constantly swapping.

By: DerekDoxtador51D

DerekDoxtador51D — Fri, 28 Jul 2023 17:31:12 +0000

In reply to Austin Emms. Same

By: Lord Farquad

Lord Farquad — Fri, 28 Jul 2023 17:20:02 +0000

In reply to Brandon. I hear stories about riverside from my older buddies wish I could have gone

By: Daniel Foster

Daniel Foster — Fri, 28 Jul 2023 16:58:13 +0000

In reply to mtfan. That would have been awesome to go see the Cup Series racing in my neck of the woods. Being someone from the Laurel Highlands in Western Pennsylvania, it would have been amazing to go to. They were probably even ahead of it's time, as a track like that would probably work today. They even planned to have a dome. Such a shame it never happened. I love Pocono Raceway, but this would have been better. But NASCAR is looking at a potential Pittsburgh Street Course, so at least there's potential for the Pittsburgh market. Western Pennsylvania needs to try to have a shot at a NASCAR race. But you have major obstacles to overcome. My local short track, Jennerstown Speedway in Somerset County, is good for the local short track racing scene, but the design of it is not enough to host a NASCAR sanctioned race unless the track gets major renovations. Motordrome Speedway in Smithton out in Westmoreland County closed in 2016, and has been idling since then. And Lake Erie Speedway out in Erie is sort of like Pikes Peak Raceway, with only occasional non sanctioned races going on there right now.

By: Paul Day

Paul Day — Fri, 28 Jul 2023 15:46:39 +0000

Great job Iceberg. This isn’t a topic many people would think to make a video about. It seems a common denominator here is the “megacomplex” concept. If some of them just concentrated on one good oval track instead of building several different tracks on one site they might have gotten completed. Local governments seem to always be hostile to the idea of a new track as well.

By: J A

J A — Fri, 28 Jul 2023 14:37:49 +0000

I’m from the St Louis area, and I remember that before Gateway was renovated and turned into a NASCAR track, there was a tentative plan to build a 1/2 mile NASCAR short track in nearby Shiloh, IL near Scott AFB. I’m not sure how far it ever got, but I remember reading about it.

By: GarbagePlate

GarbagePlate — Fri, 28 Jul 2023 14:35:48 +0000

In reply to Charles Peterson Jr. Hell Yeah

By: Markus Göpfert

Markus Göpfert — Fri, 28 Jul 2023 13:21:34 +0000

In reply to Chris Guardiano. Correction: Was a trapezoid shaped oval track, not an tri-oval.

By: Casey smith

Casey smith — Fri, 28 Jul 2023 05:23:06 +0000

In reply to Kaleb Vestal. Turn that sucker into a bigger Dirt only track big enough to do the Cup and Trucks dirt races.

By: Bill Bell

Bill Bell — Fri, 28 Jul 2023 04:28:45 +0000

Someone made Houston Superspeedway on NR2003 back around 2004. It would have been a cool track had it worked out in real life.