Interest builds around possible changes to NASCAR schedule

Kiante said:
It's ****, but the positive spin.

NASCAR can literally try anything on the cars for the ASR, but what could the possibly test for the upcoming cars that next season?

I personally would like a sneak peek of the next gen cars for the ASR, just saying.
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For the ASR the purse needs to be tripled at minimum, the race shortened, go back to only previous season winners eligible for the race, bring back eliminations and field reverting, and the cars run fixed set ups. Thats the only short term solution to the issue that is the gen 6 car and these awful packages.

I would still like to see the road course at charlotte be used as a joker lap during the oval ASR. Or add chicanes to the track with different surfaces ie dirt, slick, water, etc...
 
I love this!

Let Gossage do whatever crazy stuff he wants and put a points race at COTA. I am a fan and so should everyone else be
 
so 1 of 4 new tracks. We have COTA, Nashville Super Speedway......... 2 more I would say?
 
Snappy D said:
I'am optimistic. Hope Road America finds its way on as a Playoff race and as well as another short track. then I think we'll be good, however I have zero idea where that short track is coming from besides the two left to die and I dont consider Iowa a short track even though it is in length.
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I’d imagine they try and sneak in the newly reconfigured Auto Club Speedway track into the playoffs once it’s complete.

I’m probably come across as “that guy”; but I watch NASCAR for classic oval racing. If I want to watch road coarse racing I’ll watch another series with more competent cars. I understand why they would want to add a couple road courses, and I’ll watch because this is the series I enjoy as a whole. But how many road course races will they have next season, 6? Glenn, Cota, Roval, Daytona, Sonoma and Indy?
 
Yeah I like road courses, but I don't think COTA is the one.
 
Switchback said:
I hope they don't go overboard on the road course dates. Rarity is what makes them special. If they become too common they will lose there luster.
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the same with short tracks IMO. Haters have to have something to hate and you have to figure that in with the track aspect.
 
Snappy D said:
I'am optimistic. Hope Road America finds its way on as a Playoff race and as well as another short track. then I think we'll be good, however I have zero idea where that short track is coming from besides the two left to die and I dont consider Iowa a short track even though it is in length.
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NASCAR is still trying to go to Fairgrounds Speedway Nashville in the future. There's also California converting into a short track in the not too distant future.

I wonder if South Boston is an option. Of all the existing short tracks in the country, that seems most feasible. It's owned by the Mattioli family (Pocono) and they already have a tight relationship with NASCAR.
 
I want to see the cup cars on Tony's dirt track. If they are a success there then lets try the Chili Bowl track in Tulsa. Speaking of chili, I think I will go warm me up a bowl. :)
 
I must say, I'm completely okay with COTA being added to the cup schedule. I reside in Southern missouri and Watkins Glen and Sonoma aren't exactly easy trips to make. Road of America would have been fine as well. Both are roughly the same distance from my location.
 
DIDIT said:
Just when you start to get some confidence in NASCAR's decisions, they put the ASR at Texas. Geesh.
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Which is exactly what I meant when I told a friend and fellow race fan the other day that the "new" NASCAR sort of gets it, but they sort of still don't.......
 
Here's my thought.

Daytona RC as a non-points race the weekend of the 24 hour

COTA will be interesting. Having been there for IMSA and F1, Cup cars will melt the calipers off the end of the backstraight after 10 laps.

Texas loses fall date, returns to spring-only. All Star race companion's the truck/indycar weekend.
 
With as much as they’re doing with Cup I wonder how long it is until they do something similarly out left field with Xfinity or Truck. Like Xfinity back to Caraway or something.
 
FLRacingFan said:
With as much as they’re doing with Cup I wonder how long it is until they do something similarly out left field with Xfinity or Truck. Like Xfinity back to Caraway or something.
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I wish. It's tough now as there's not enough money for the lower tier guys to do too many independent shows anymore.

I believe re-imagining Trucks/Xfinity is going to happen but not for at least another decade and when they do re-invent it (them?) it'll be something totally different from today. Like short tracks only and 30 cars fields and something to essentially replace this HORRIBLE failure of an Arca/NASCAR hybrid they've been trying.
 
FLRacingFan said:
With as much as they’re doing with Cup I wonder how long it is until they do something similarly out left field with Xfinity or Truck. Like Xfinity back to Caraway or something.
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Didn't Mark Lemonis recently state that he's working with NASCAR to bring big changes to the Trucks? I felt it was more geared toward the trucks and drivers, but now that you mention it I think it may also include huge changes to their schedule. More dirt tracks would be my first thought
 
RacerrecaR said:
Didn't Mark Lemonis recently state that he's working with NASCAR to bring big changes to the Trucks? I felt it was more geared toward the trucks and drivers, but now that you mention it I think it may also include huge changes to their schedule. More dirt tracks would be my first thought
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Rather than dirt I'd like to see the trucks go back to their asphalt short track roots. 200-300 lap races on quarter-mile to mile-long tracks. A break mid-way for tire changes/fuel. I'm going to hear a lot of "well these grassroots short tracks aren't safe enough to host trucks or Xfinity". A super late model or a NASCAR modified is gonna go a HELLOVA lot faster around these places than the trucks and have half the safety equipment that the trucks do.
 
Speedbowl14 said:
Rather than dirt I'd like to see the trucks go back to their asphalt short track roots. 200-300 lap races on quarter-mile to mile-long tracks. A break mid-way for tire changes/fuel. I'm going to hear a lot of "well these grassroots short tracks aren't safe enough to host trucks or Xfinity". A super late model or a NASCAR modified is gonna go a HELLOVA lot faster around these places than the trucks and have half the safety equipment that the trucks do.
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Honestly I'd prefer the trucks to run ONLY tracks 1 mile in length and under. Asphalt, concrete, and dirt. Also use them as a test series for 1 race per year at new tracks the Cup and Xfinity series are considering adding to the schedule (no track length or track type restriction for that annual race)
 
By adding so many new tracks, I wonder if Nascar is thinking of splitting the league into a north and south, (like baseball has) to save teams a lot of money with the long distance
travel.?? They could also drop Xfinity from being a companion race and increase the number of truck races. (Short track only)
 
Team Penske said:
By adding so many new tracks, I wonder if Nascar is thinking of splitting the league into a north and south, (like baseball has) to save teams a lot of money with the long distance
travel.?? They could also drop Xfinity from being a companion race and increase the number of truck races. (Short track only)
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They aren't adding tracks, per say, but re-configuring some and robbing Peter to pay Paul with others
 
StandOnIt said:
They aren't adding tracks, per say, but re-configuring some and robbing Peter to pay Paul with others
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Biggest thing I’d love to see them do is implement a 35+1 type of title setup.

The biggest reason I really don’t care about baseball this year is a lack of pennant race. NASCAR and baseball have the longest seasons in major sports here in the states. NASCAR needs a pennant chase type setup where there is significant pressure to make it into that Top 4 for Phoenix instead of this dumb system we have now.

This would play well for any re-arrangements
 
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