Comments on: What If NASCAR Tracks Had One Race Per Year?

By: @joshdavis6556

@joshdavis6556 — Fri, 08 Dec 2023 15:26:55 +0000

In reply to @johnvandeventer8668. 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)

By: @adgibson82

@adgibson82 — Fri, 08 Dec 2023 15:05:27 +0000

Love it. Don’t have a lot to add. Great ideas and more parity. Kudos.

By: @jefffalks1519

@jefffalks1519 — Fri, 08 Dec 2023 15:04:51 +0000

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.

By: @mrsegagamecube6419

@mrsegagamecube6419 — Fri, 08 Dec 2023 14:04:20 +0000

In reply to @rmg_2771. 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.

By: @jbucktheman

@jbucktheman — Fri, 08 Dec 2023 13:46:50 +0000

In reply to @austinemms9772. @@S.K.R.E.Inc.1997

By: @BaronOBeefDip

@BaronOBeefDip — Fri, 08 Dec 2023 13:46:06 +0000

In reply to @johnvandeventer8668. I've thought this for a long time

By: @blueredlover1060

@blueredlover1060 — Fri, 08 Dec 2023 11:25:46 +0000

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.

By: @blueredlover1060

@blueredlover1060 — Fri, 08 Dec 2023 11:21:53 +0000

In reply to @Milton_Valenzuela.

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.

By: @aebking

@aebking — Fri, 08 Dec 2023 10:42:30 +0000

In reply to @S.K.R.E.Inc.. 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

By: @jasonwoodward3697

@jasonwoodward3697 — Fri, 08 Dec 2023 08:35:40 +0000

In reply to @austinemms9772. Texas will not matter until the racing gets better there.