Ideal Cup Schedule

[aunty dive]

Hell no! Laguna Seca would be a disaster in stock cars

 

[Mispeedway15]

West series ran there in the past it be fine.

Did they have splitters?

 

[donthaveanickname]

Did they have splitters?

IMSA races at Laguna seca, they also have splitters.

 

[Jorge De Guzman]

Since it’s an off week and it’s a slow week, I dug this thread up once again for our newer members and new ideas.

 

[kkfan91]

I've been working on a "Hell Tour" NASCAR schedule. It has 300 dates and is in no way based in reality, but I'm only about halfway done.

 

[HoneyBadger]

Revisiting based on the recent shakeups:

NASCAR Preseason

1. Daytona International Speedway Road Course
2. Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum

Regular Season

1. Daytona 500 (night)
2. Las Vegas
3. Southern California
4. Sonoma
5. Circuit of the Americas
6. Richmond
7. Atlanta
8. Martinsville (night)
9. Talladega
10. North Wilkesboro
11. Dover
12. Darlington
13. Kansas
14. Charlotte - Coke 600 (night)
15. St. Louis
16. Portland
17. Nashville Fairgrounds (night)
18. Milwaukee (or) Richmond (night if at Richmond)
19. Atlanta (night)
20. Pocono
21. Brickyard 400 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway
22. New Hampshire
23. Road America
24. Michigan
25. Watkins Glen
26. Daytona International Speedway (night)

PLAYOFFS

Round 1

1. Southern 500 at Darlington (night)
2. Nashville Superspeedway
3. The Night Race at Bristol (night)

Round 2

1. Texas
2. Talladega
3. Charlotte Roval

Round 3

1. Las Vegas
2. Phoenix
3. Martinsville

Championship

1. Homestead-Miami Speedway

 

[Greg]

RP tracks are special and should only happen at special times.

Henceforth I would be in favor or reserving every February 29th for a RP race. Daytona and Talledage could rotate the dates.

 

[Efisher131]

RP tracks are special and should only happen at special times.

Henceforth I would be in favor or reserving every February 29th for a RP race. Daytona and Talledage could rotate the dates.

I like the way you think

 

[racingfan7]

Ironically I think some of us predicted/wanted All-Star at NWS.

Ex. Clash @ LA Coliseum
OFF Week (ONLY OFF WEEK)
1. Daytona 500
2. Las Vegas 400
3. Auto Club 400
4. Sonoma 350
5. Nashville Fairgrounds 400
6. Circuit of the Americas GP
7. Richmond 400
8. Bristol Dirt Race
9. Martinsville 400
10. Talladega 500
11. Dover 400
12. Darlington 400
13. Chicagoland 400
All-Star. - North Wilkesboro
14. Coca-Cola 600
15. Gateway 300
16. Nashville Superspeedway 400
17. Road America
18. Firecracker 400 @ Daytona
19. Iowa 350
20. Portland Grand Prix
21. New Hampshire 301
22. Pocono 400
23. Brickyard 400
24. Michigan 400
25. NASCAR @ The Glen
26. Atlanta 500
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
27. Southern 500
28. Kansas 400
29. Bristol Night Race
30. Texas 500
31. Alabama 500
32. Charlotte Roval 400
33. Las Vegas 400
34. Phoenix 500k
35. Martinsville 500
36. Homestead-Miami 400

Also I personally would like to see Kentucky Speedway, Evergreen Speedway, Pikes Peak International, IRP, Knoxville Raceway, Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course and maybe Mosport as standalone Xfinity/Truck tracks. Maybe IndyCar & Stadium Super Trucks can help these standalone races.

 

[Bigpaulie1979]

1) Five flags speedway
2) new Smyrna speedway
3) Crisp Motorsport Park
4) Southern National
5) Nashville FAIRGROUNDS
6) Rockingham
7) Kingsport speedway
8) Montgomery Motorspeedway
9) North Wilksboro
10) Bowman Gray
11) Caraway
12) Langley speedway
13) hickory
14) tri-county
15) Oxford
16) Flat rock
17) Toledo
18) Slinger super speedway
19) dirt track, put all the names in a hat, pull the name and everyone has 24 hours to get there
20) Delaware - the Ontario, Canada one
21) Kalamazoo speedway
22) Plymouth speedway
23) Laird speedway
24) birch run speedway
25) Berlin - but in outlaw late models
26) Holland international speedway
27) Oswego Speedway
28) Bristol - but in crown Vic’s Cletus style
29) Jukasa motorspeedway
30) Nashville Fairgrounds
31) Charlotte legends oval
32) Chaudiere
33) Thunder road
34) Thompson
35) Motor Mile
36) Greenville Pickens

 

[kkfan91]

1) Five flags speedway
2) new Smyrna speedway
3) Crisp Motorsport Park
4) Southern National
5) Nashville FAIRGROUNDS
6) Rockingham
7) Kingsport speedway
8) Montgomery Motorspeedway
9) North Wilksboro
10) Bowman Gray
11) Caraway
12) Langley speedway
13) hickory
14) tri-county
15) Oxford
16) Flat rock
17) Toledo
18) Slinger super speedway
19) dirt track, put all the names in a hat, pull the name and everyone has 24 hours to get there
20) Delaware - the Ontario, Canada one
21) Kalamazoo speedway
22) Plymouth speedway
23) Laird speedway
24) birch run speedway
25) Berlin - but in outlaw late models
26) Holland international speedway
27) Oswego Speedway
28) Bristol - but in crown Vic’s Cletus style
29) Jukasa motorspeedway
30) Nashville Fairgrounds
31) Charlotte legends oval
32) Chaudiere
33) Thunder road
34) Thompson
35) Motor Mile
36) Greenville Pickens

Jukasa shut down the end of last year

 

[racer8]

anything without the chase
more 500 mile races

 

[racingfan7]

Ex. Clash @ LA Coliseum / Daytona Beach Sand Course - TNT
- OFF Week (ONLY OFF WEEK)
1. Daytona 500 - CBS
2. Las Vegas 400 - CBS
3. Auto Club 400 - CBS
4. Sonoma 350 - CBS
5. Nashville Fairgrounds 400 - CBS
6. Circuit of the Americas GP - CBS
7. Richmond 400 - CBS
8. Bristol Dirt Race - CBS
9. Martinsville 400 - CBS
10. Talladega 500 - CBS
11. Dover 400 - CBS
12. Darlington 400 - TNT
13. Chicagoland 400 - TNT
All-Star. - North Wilkesboro - TNT
14. Coca-Cola 600 - CBS
15. Gateway 300 - TNT
16. Nashville Superspeedway 400 - TNT
17. Road America - TNT
18. Firecracker 400 @ Daytona - ABC
19. Iowa 350 - ESPN
20. Portland Grand Prix - ESPN
21. New Hampshire 301 - ESPN
22. Pocono 400 - ESPN
23. Brickyard 400 - ABC
24. Michigan 400 - ESPN
25. NASCAR @ The Glen - ABC
26. Atlanta 500 - ESPN
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
27. Southern 500 - ABC
28. Kansas 400 - ESPN
29. Bristol Night Race - ESPN
30. Texas 500 - ESPN
31. Alabama 500 - ABC
32. Charlotte Roval 400 - ABC
33. Las Vegas 400 - ESPN
34. Phoenix 500k - ABC
35. Martinsville 500 - ABC
36. Homestead-Miami 400 - ABC

Xfinity Series:
- 14-16 races on TNT (TBS exclusively alternative coverage
- 17-19 races on ESPN/ESPN2/ABC
- Standalone races at Iowa, IRP, Pikes Peak, Portland, more possible, etc.

Truck Series:
- 23 races on TNT (TBS exclusively alternative coverage)
- Standalone races at IRP, Milwaukee Mile, more possible, etc.

NASCAR on CBS (12 Cup races):
Play-by-play: Mike Joy, Larry McReynolds, Kurt Busch
Reporting: Josh Sims, Jamie Little, Vince Welch, Regan Smith
Studio: Lindsay Czarniak, Clint Bowyer, Jamie McMurray

NASCAR on TNT (8 Cup races, 14-16 Xfinity races, 23 Truck races, weekend “Inside The NASCAR” show)
Play-by-play: Rick Allen, Steve Letarte, Dale Jr.
Reporting: Parker Kligerman, Matt Yocum, Marty Snider, Phil Parsons
Studio: Adam Alexander, Kyle Petty, Jimmy Spencer, Michael Waltrip
TNT “Inside The NASCAR”: Kyle Petty, Jimmy Spencer, along with host Dale Earnhardt, Jr. and other guests.

NASCAR on ESPN/ABC (18 Cup races, 17-19 Xfinity races, weekly coverage):
Play-by-play: Allen Bestwick, Andy Petree, Dale Jarrett
Reporting: Kelli Stavast, Dave Burns, Kim Coon, Dillon Welch
Studio: Krista Voda, Brad Daugherty, Jeff Burton, Rusty Wallace

 

[racingfan7]

I got bored again. Montreal, Brickyard 400 seem like real possibilities. Tried my best to be realistic as possible.

 

[Clutch]

A New Zealand street course in there might be nice

 

[Daytripper]

A New Zealand street course in there might be nice

I thought nascar is all about trying to make it more affordable for teams? There is nothing affordable about having to ship crews, cars, and equipment halfway around the world.

 

[sdj]

A New Zealand street course in there might be nice

After Chicago, I don't think any cup driver would be excited to go down there that far and get their ass handed to them.

BTW, your New Zealand driver put on a driving lesson at Chicago, big time. Man oh man was he good.

 

[MRM]

I got bored again. Montreal, Brickyard 400 seem like real possibilities. Tried my best to be realistic as possible.

I like what you're doing there with the schedule. Bristol needs to go back to August, Vegas needs to be the finale.

 

[Mispeedway15]

I like what you're doing there with the schedule. Bristol needs to go back to August, Vegas needs to be the finale.

Eh Bristol being in the playoffs is good

 

[Naitch]

I've always thought that Charlotte should be the finale in order to wrap things up in NASCAR's backyard.

 

[Jorge De Guzman]

I’m going to die on this hill. Rotate the Championship Race among: Homestead-Phoenix-Vegas- Fontana-Nashville FGS-Texas-Atlanta

 

[kkfan91]

I've always thought that Charlotte should be the finale in order to wrap things up in NASCAR's backyard.

Well with the way both schedules currently fall the World of Outlaws World Finals and NASCAR Championship fall on the same weekend.

 

[HoneyBadger]

Just some of what I would do:

Keep Los Angeles and Chicago races for sure. If Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum is no longer viable, go to Long Beach. If Grand Park is no longer viable, go back to Chicagoland.

Get a race in New York City area, whether it's a street race or converting one of the three horse racing tracks into a NASCAR venue.

Add: Road America and/or Milwaukee Mile, Mid-Ohio, Portland, Iowa or Knoxville, and Montreal.

Explore: Baltimore/Washington, Pittsburgh, Denver, Seattle, Salt Lake City and Twin Cities.

Take a date from: Kansas City, Atlanta, Richmond, Phoenix,

Start the season in Los Angeles, and finish in either Miami, Charlotte, or Nashville.

 

[HoneyBadger]

Also, it makes no sense and there's nowhere to put it with Dover on the schedule, and I'm only saying this because it's one of my absolute favorite racetracks.

Add New Jersey Motorsports Park to Cup or Xfinity schedule.

 

[racingfan7]

Eh Bristol being in the playoffs is good

I’m not a fan of Bristol in its current spot. I think it’s better before college football starting.

 

[Jorge De Guzman]

I’m going to die on this hill. Rotate the Championship Race among: Homestead-Phoenix-Vegas- Fontana-Nashville FGS-Texas-Atlanta

Throw the Charlotte oval on that too.

 

[racingfan7]

Totally forgot IRP as the list of NXS/Truck standalone tracks.

IRP is a great track at leading the build up to the Indianapolis 500 & Brickyard 400.

 

[racingfan7]

Just some of what I would do:

Keep Los Angeles and Chicago races for sure. If Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum is no longer viable, go to Long Beach. If Grand Park is no longer viable, go back to Chicagoland.

Get a race in New York City area, whether it's a street race or converting one of the three horse racing tracks into a NASCAR venue.

Add: Road America and/or Milwaukee Mile, Mid-Ohio, Portland, Iowa or Knoxville, and Montreal.

Explore: Baltimore/Washington, Pittsburgh, Denver, Seattle, Salt Lake City and Twin Cities.

Take a date from: Kansas City, Atlanta, Richmond, Phoenix,

Start the season in Los Angeles, and finish in either Miami, Charlotte, or Nashville.

Salt Lake City has Utah Motorsports Campus about 30 minutes away (forgot to list it as a possible standalone?).

I know everyone likes their 20% sightlines & TV monitors, but at many parts of the Utah track you can see a lot of the course, nice facilities as well.

 

[HoneyBadger]

Salt Lake City has Utah Motorsports Campus about 30 minutes away (forgot to list it as a possible standalone?).

I know everyone likes their 20% sightlines & TV monitors, but at many parts of the Utah track you can see a lot of the course, nice facilities as well.

This is what I see. LOL.

I'm sure it's some horse track though.

 

[racingfan7]

This is what I see. LOL.

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I'm sure it's some horse track though.

They could apply the dirt mile concept like DuQuoin / Illinois and run it in NYC for sure, or do a street race around the Meadowlands maybe.

And wow, THAT is a part of Sonoma’s problem, lots of folks don’t like that weird deserty west coast dust. Lol.

 

[racingfan7]

I’m going to die on this hill. Rotate the Championship Race among: Homestead-Phoenix-Vegas- Fontana-Nashville FGS-Texas-Atlanta

I’ve had my fill of Phoenix for sure as the finale, problem is they spent a lot on those renovations, it is a nice track though.

 

[Jorge De Guzman]

I’ve had my fill of Phoenix for sure as the finale, problem is they spent a lot on those renovations, it is a nice track though.

Looks like a fine place to catch a race

 

[racingfan7]

Looks like a fine place to catch a race

It really is a lot nicer than some tracks on the schedule in many ways. I do think the Championship 4 race should move a bit.

 

[MRM]

I’m not a fan of Bristol in its current spot. I think it’s better before college football starting.

That's it. I live in Knoxville. Tennessee football is king here. Now that it appears the team is good again, you won't get many people from east Tennessee going to Bristol on a football day/night or even watching it on TV. This year's Bristol race is the same night as the Tennessee-Florida game and it's a 7:00. Granted, the game is in Gainesville. But most people will be tuned in to it. The Bristol night race needs to go back to the end of August where it used to be. Make that the final race before the playoffs start.

 

[racingfan7]

That's it. I live in Knoxville. Tennessee football is king here. Now that it appears the team is good again, you won't get many people from east Tennessee going to Bristol on a football day/night or even watching it on TV. This year's Bristol race is the same night as the Tennessee-Florida game and it's a 7:00. Granted, the game is in Gainesville. But most people will be tuned in to it. The Bristol night race needs to go back to the end of August where it used to be. Make that the final race before the playoffs start.

I wouldn’t mind seeing the Battle at Bristol become an SEC and/or ACC traditional game every year or other year for revenue purposes.

 

[Brentford]

I don't know, but lets put Heartland Park back on the truck schedule! Admittedly, I don't really know much of anything about the track. I don't even think I was a racing fan when they ran there. I just know they ran there a few times and I'd appreciate having a road course as a daytrip option for myself.

 

[racingfan7]

I don't know, but lets put Heartland Park back on the truck schedule! Admittedly, I don't really know much of anything about the track. I don't even think I was a racing fan when they ran there. I just know they ran there a few times and I'd appreciate having a road course as a daytrip option for myself.

I see they opened Ozarks International Raceway.

Heartland Park was a nice track back in the day for sure.

 

[Brentford]

I see they opened Ozarks International Raceway.

Heartland Park was a nice track back in the day for sure.

Yeah, it was pretty exciting when they started building that place. At that time, I was about 2 hours 15 minutes from there. Now it's about double that distance since I've came back to KS. Obviously not every race course is suitable for NASCAR or Indy car, so I don't know if that's even a thought or goal for that facility. Maybe too much elevation gain for that, but I don't know as I'm far from an expert.

 

[racingfan7]

Yeah, it was pretty exciting when they started building that place. At that time, I was about 2 hours 15 minutes from there. Now it's about double that distance since I've came back to KS. Obviously not every race course is suitable for NASCAR or Indy car, so I don't know if that's even a thought or goal for that facility. Maybe too much elevation gain for that?

They were planning on having a GT World Challenge America race, but it moved to NOLA. I’d have to see why.

 

[Brentford]

They were planning on having a GT World Challenge America race, but it moved to NOLA. I’d have to see why.

I'd guess they weren't ready and improvements needed to be made, but that's just a 100% assumption.