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New rumors have emerged that NASCAR could buy a 50% stake in the Long Beach Grand Prix. Whether this possible news means that there could be a NASCAR centered double header, multiple new series, or a simple NASCAR only weekend are yet to be seen. Today we are going to look at what could happen with NASCAR to Long Beach???
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Do you think NASCAR should buy the Long Beach Grand Prix?
Absolutely! Why wait for a short track in California, when we can race in another city in the so cal area!
I think that would be amazing if they do! Definitely would Flex their muscle and stick it to the Pinnacle of Motorsports which is F1.
I miss Auto Club already, and I would love to see another track down here
I believe we should go to large cities like Chicago where more attention will be, but Long Beach would be just fine.
Leave long beach to Indycar and create your own street course and history.
it was on official iracing calendar and seemed like people who did it were pleased
If they go to Long Beach, I assume the huge turn in the last corner will be chaos
I would think they’d be spread out enough by then that they’d be okay. I’d be more concerned with turn one and the funnel effect coming off the corner. It gets really narrow.
TBF that’s not unique to them, in an IMSA race a few years back at Long Beach, there was a pile up on the last corner, cause the top 2 in GTLM(Both Chevy’s) to swap positions
Most likely
I would want to see NASCAR run a 200-mile Cup race at Long Beach.
It would be certainly be interesting when it comes to the schedule. What issues arise, what solutions are brought forward, what tracks are moved around and all that jazz.
This tells me Honda joining NASCAR is currently in the works.
And a triple-header as well. The Clash, LBGP, and Fontana (that is, if they keep racing in LA)
@@S.K.R.E.Inc. > And Fontana
That project is never going to be finished
@@Dominion69420 id rather have no fontana than whatever theyre doin to it, was my favorite track
I think they are waiting for the charter thing figured out before they get the car design passed and find a supporting team.
It’s a huge contradiction to say “Indycar fans and NASCAR fans are different” and then say that the series are rivals or compete for fans.
If you’re an auto racing fan, you might like one series more than another, but you don’t have anything against the others. If you’re just a fan of one series and bash others, then you’re just a moron. The only thing I have against F1 is that the racing itself is garbage, but I don’t hate the seires as a whole, and I’d prly watch if the on track product was better. I have nothing against Indycar and enjoy watching some of the races. However, NASCAR has my soul. If I had to choose, I’m choosing a NASCAR race every time.
Most people are polarized when it comes to so many things and racing is just another one. I wish people could just appreciate all forms of racing more and stop thinking they’re competing with each other when they’re really not.
As an IndyCar fan first and foremost, I agree. I may not watch much NASCAR these days, but ultimately I respect it as a form of racing that a huge portion of the motorsport audience in America loves. I wish NASCAR leadership themselves would share your outlook. If they buy the Long Beach Grand Prix and push IndyCar out of its second biggest event (which I believe would be the likely outcome), it’ll be just another of their decisions based around seeing other series like IndyCar as direct competitors, which actively harms American motorsport as a whole, regardless of how much “business sense” it makes for NASCAR themselves.
@robhuibregtse3155 I’ll lose a lot of respect for NASCAR leadership if they do that, and I already ain’t got much…they would do something petty like that to hurt IndyCar, they stain tracks with PJ1, they block them from racing at ISC tracks, they would totally be backstabbing race stealers too.
@@polycube868Long Beach is a street CIRCUIT THAT HAS NORMAL DAILY CARS ON IT WHEN it’s not being raced
If NASCAR buys the Long Beach Grand Prix it will not be for a double header. Penske Entertainment would not be trying to buy the shares if this was the case.
Indycar would lose the race and potentially fall into disarray. Might even force a sale of the series either to the France family or to Liberty Media. Which either completes NASCAR’s monopoly on American motorsports OR escalates the F1 war.
My guess is the latter. Kyle Larson is in IndyCar for the 500, so there is a bridge in the 2 sports. F1, on the other hand, can crash and burn in this war they’re losing. First Kansas, then Chicago, and finally Vegas
@@S.K.R.E.Inc.F1 is trying to race in Kansas?!
@@polycube868 No, but the Kansas race in NASCAR beat F1 Miami in ratings and track attendance last year
@@S.K.R.E.Inc. oh ok…I was just confused as to why F1 would want to race in Kansas somewhere, and they don’t.
Monopoly on American motorsports or war with F1 probably both
NASCAR racing there yes. Owning it no. Long Beach is 1 of IndyCar’s crown jewels. NASCAR has already took away tracks for IndyCar to race at. They don’t need to lose more great events.
Yep and Phoenix is a great example NASCAR owns Phoenix and reconfigured the track entirely and now when IndyCar tried to race there they can’t even go on the apron or they will wreck.
Heck, I say a trade. TexARSE for Long Beach, seeing as they race great over there, but NASCAR doesn’t for any reason at all, and it would secure NASCAR’s foothold on the schedule over SMI
Larson tested an IndyCar there couple months back and was fine.
As an avid indycar fan, I hope this doesn’t happen. Personally, if nascar were to get a 50% stake then I could see then pushing indycar out of one of their crown jewel events.
Now, I wouldn’t be opposed to nascar running on another weekend when IMSA/indycar aren’t there.
A cool idea is if nascar can rotate the road courses on the west coast, one year go to Long Beach, next year Portland then Sonoma etc
Oregon needs more exposure to NASCAR first, Xfinity can only do so much, but rotation is out of the question for ANYTHING NASCAR, if the Clash and the All-Star are any examples
IMSA, NASCAR, and Indycar at one event will be legendary
I don’t think 200+ cars could fit at Long Beach (Remember we have the trucks and Xfinity series to fit as well)
@@Mr.X2188truck racing at Long Beach would be straight goofy
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Could always do cup only or just one lower series. If just one then Xfinity fits better for road courses
I realize they can’t do it the same weekend the area is cramped enough with indycar and IMSA, but I think they could run it either the weekend before the Long Beach Grand Prix or the weekend after it and adjust the NASCAR calendar accordingly
I want to see Kobayashi punt Stenhouse into the fountain, only reason I would like it.
@@mateojohnson1859Stenhouse has spun out Kobayashi in both of his two nascar starts
I’m a motorsports fan in general and watch NASCAR and IndyCar, so I personally loved the double header weekends to see both series working together and having moments at the track together, and I hope they do more in the future, especially the street races so you don’t have to worry about shutting down another city for a separate race/series.
However, I wasn’t aware that it was as nice and simple as I thought it was. I understand that the fans are different, but didn’t realize it was that drastic a difference where they’d just leave before the next day… I also understand that it can hurt IndyCar to have their race on a Saturday, while NASCAR takes the primetime spot on Sunday, but to go so far to block NASCAR outright is a bit surprising, though I guess Long Beach is one of IndyCar’s top races of the year, so if it was the other way and IndyCar was wanting to take….maybe like a Darlington Sunday and move NASCAR to Saturday? Yeah, I imagine NASCAR wouldn’t be too happy either.
Maybe Long Beach isn’t the best place to do it, but again, I hope NASCAR and IndyCar can do those double headers again, maybe at a less popular spot for IndyCar where a Saturday Race won’t be as harmful to their ratings, or even wait a week after IndyCar has their event. Maybe Toronto streets next year (though, that might also be a bit of a stretch)?
It’s gonna be interesting to see if NASCAR actually pursues this, where they put it. I’m personally not against road courses, but with a large part of the fanbase is complaining about the amount of road courses, it’ll be interesting to see where this would fit in in a universe where they’re also pursuing having races internationally where there’s a high chance they’ll be on a road course
Indycar can have its race and Nascar can have its race to in Long Beach just not on the same weekend. With Nascar selling the California Speedway land and The Clash not knowing where it’s going to be racing at next time. Happy, Happy, Joy, Joy Nascar is maybe coming to my hometown.
NASCAR already owns a series that races at Long Beach
As someone who lives in Indy and has gone to the doubleheader numerous times I can confirm NASCAR fans are not IndyCar fans.
If anything it seems most NASCAR fans hate IndyCar and vice versa. And F1 fans hate both!
@@thatcarguydom266 it isn’t exciting…F1 was actually good 2005-2012 now we need Max to have mechanical failures to get a good race.