Not true in the slightest

@Arend RolloI feel you on that one. That’s just what’s been said by officials who would know more than most of us about the logistics of hosting them.

Green Sonoma would be pretty cool. Especially since as a former Fontana regular, there’s a hole in the early season SoCal NASCAR schedule again. Not counting the Clash, of course.

@Daniel West I’ve never understood the flooding concerns, especially as someone who lives within an hour of the track. They do GT racing in the spring, so why can they run those but not the cup series? The 24 hours of lemons used to be in March, and now is in December. After February the area doesn’t have as much rain, that’s more of a winter problem than the spring. Sonoma as the last race of the west coast swing would not only work, but would be ideal in terms of geography to include in this portion of the schedule. If NASCAR has concerns for rain, why haven’t they moved around the other races that suffer from frequent rainouts? New Hampshire, Dover, and Pocono come to mind, as NASCAR races at these places during their highest months of precipitation.

@Michael Hermanwe are the fans who are apart of Reddit forums, YouTube communities, NASCAR discords, who seem to have these almost unanimous complaints every year that are never heard or answered. Ben Kennedy brought up fan interest, and this schedule goes against that. It’s not whining and complaining when these are valid concerns widespread across the nascar community. There seems to be a disconnect between leadership and the fans. I think that’s something to worry about.

Sonoma has been trying to get it through peoples’ heads for years that there are flooding concerns around Spring Sonoma.

The man who runs SMI’s logistics said on record parts of the facility would be under water, not to mention any non-paved parking lot would be a disaster if it rained. There’s a reason it’s never happened.

Playoffs are just a micro version of the full season distribution-wise.

There are enough RC’s and SS races now in the full calendar that having two in the playoffs is pretty accurate.