They tried that at road courses in 2023 and since there weren't enough wrecks, cautions came back.
Yes. There should be one rc for each of the rounds of the playoffs and championship race. Just ask SVG.
Treasure that. They're among my best memories of Dad.
But the road courses have been some of the more exciting races. 4 wouldn't be enough.
They've been road courses since the beginning. It's a racing series.
They've been road courses since the beginning. It's a racing series.
Even before the car was messed up, I enjoyed a lot of the road courses. 5 or 6 is a good number.
That's fine with me. I think adding anything past 7 would probably be bad. That's to me when it gets to be to many. The thing I like about them is they are all so drastically different. But agree to disagree for sure.
I think Nascar is a racing series. Unlike others, it's the diversity of tracks that make it great for me. I wish they would throw in a couple of dirt tracks while they are at it.
As long as it's actual dirt tracks and not tracks they just throw dirt on for the weekend, I'm on board with that idea.I think Nascar is a racing series. Unlike others, it's the diversity of tracks that make it great for me. I wish they would throw in a couple of dirt tracks while they are at it.
What, you mean you don't like pausing the race to coast around a long ass road course for 20 minutes??? /s
It means I get another local track back to go to. Now I have Michigan, Chicagoland and Indy.
Kentucky is a lot different than Chicagoland tho lol. The Gen 7 works well on multu-groove intermediate tracks, particularly with wrecked pavement. Kentucky was single-groove.
I wish IndyCar would race at Kentucky but that is a whole different conversation. I will chime in though and say I doubt Cup ever goes back to Kentucky. I could see a world where its an Xfinity, Trucks and ARCA weekend there though. I went to the 2014 Cup race there, cool facility. A bit run down but it was nice enough to catch a Cup race at.
Some will root for returning to Daytona for July 4th. Many of them will then b!tch about the inevitable summer rain.
But then people will bitch about the northern summer heat, like they already do with Dover and Michigan. Pick your poison.
I would to Kentucky just to experience the Parking gauntlet...
Heat won't stop the race, though. Rain will.But then people will bitch about the northern summer heat, like they already do with Dover and Michigan. Pick your poison.
Inaugural Baltimore Grand Prix was good enough for me in that regard.
But then people will bitch about the northern summer heat, like they already do with Dover and Michigan. Pick your poison.
So, for the 250th anniversary when Trump announced the UFC fight, he mentioned there would be a number of other special events next year as well.
Any of the other races can easily be slid into those dates. Except for the Daytona 500, NASCAR no longer has fixed dates for any of their races.
Okay, why? I'll ask although I see a next-to-zero chance of the season ever starting outside Daytona.
Different perceptions, I guess. If it has only a partial field, no competitive pit stops, and no points, it doesn't feel like a 'real' Cup race to me. I watched the first LA Coliseum race and haven't watched a Clash since. I can't remember when I last looked at an All-Star race.
Yeah, I never bought into that CBS hype.
That feels like Saturday night at a local track to me. That's great if that's where I am, but that's not what I personally want from a Cup race. I want all 36+ cars racing on the track together at the same time, making pit stops at each team's discretion that directly affect track position (preferably with no scheduled stops but that's another thread). Using a 'Heats and Main, pit only when scheduled and restart where you entered' format for Cup teams seems like they're being squeezed into a setting that doesn't showcase their full capabilities. To me, it's like the MLB playing with whiffle balls and bats on a Little League diamond, or holding a PGA tournament at the local par 3 course.