Interest builds around possible changes to NASCAR schedule

MRM said:
I still say North Wilkesboro will become NASCAR's permanent dirt track.
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Just from a fan perspective, it looks like it's going in that direction. Might be more cost effective to do it that way instead of twice moving dirt around at Bristol.
 
MRM said:
I still say North Wilkesboro will become NASCAR's permanent dirt track.
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I think that’s a perfect idea. Could be a major stop for WoO, ASOC and Lucas Oil as well. IMO the lack of dirt tracks in the South is depressing. Florence is a solid half mile but damn I used to have Michigan, Toledo, Mid Ohio, Attica and Eldora within 90 minutes of me. Now all I have is Darlington and Florence
 
Mispeedway15 said:
I think that’s a perfect idea. Could be a major stop for WoO, ASOC and Lucas Oil as well. IMO the lack of dirt tracks in the South is depressing. Florence is a solid half mile but damn I used to have Michigan, Toledo, Mid Ohio, Attica and Eldora within 90 minutes of me. Now all I have is Darlington and Florence
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Maybe Fremont, Sandusky and Lima too! Indiana, PA and Ohio short track fans really got a good thing going.
 
Mispeedway15 said:
I think that’s a perfect idea. Could be a major stop for WoO, ASOC and Lucas Oil as well. IMO the lack of dirt tracks in the South is depressing. Florence is a solid half mile but damn I used to have Michigan, Toledo, Mid Ohio, Attica and Eldora within 90 minutes of me. Now all I have is Darlington and Florence
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You must be out toward the outer banks if there is a lack of dirt tracks in your area. I have 6 within a 90-minute drive from my house.
 
StandOnIt said:
With the intrastructue bill passing N. Wilksboro is going to get a chunk of it so it is going to get interesting.
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According to Section 11.14.(a) of the latest House budget proposal released this week, $45 million would be allocated for infrastructure projects to benefit three North Carolina racetracks: Charlotte Motor Speedway, North Wilkesboro Speedway and The Rock Speedway (formerly Rockingham).


Of the $45 million, $20 million would go to Wilkes County to coordinate with local government for water, sewer and infrastructure upgrades for North Wilkesboro Speedway, a track that has fallen into disrepair since consistently hosting NASCAR events between the late 1940s and the mid-90s. An additional $15 million would be allocated to the City of Concord for similar infrastructure services for Charlotte Motor Speedway. The final $10 million would go to the City of Rockingham for the same racetrack enhancement purposes.

 
maybe we can get that long awaited season opener at Watkins Glen…

The Snow Plow @ The Glen 355
 
Seems a little far-fetched but I wonder if they need more construction time at Fontana and want to run that first or something, like Riverside back in the day. Can’t imagine they'd want to run something before Daytona unless there were some exceptional circumstances.
 
Charlie Spencer said:
The February return of Chicagoland.
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No way Nascar wouldn't start the season with the 500. It's been that way for 40 years. Nascar has already proved that they don't want to **** around with the 500.... as seen by always reverting to last season's aero package rather than try something untested and potentially have a snoozer of a race.
 
Speedbowl14 said:
No way Nascar wouldn't start the season with the 500. It's been that way for 40 years. Nascar has already proved that they don't want to **** around with the 500.... as seen by always reverting to last season's aero package rather than try something untested and potentially have a snoozer of a race.
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I’d be inclined to agree with you but they changed the July 4th race at Daytona, then changed it again to Road America, once upon a time moved the Southern 500 off Labor Day to two different tracks so yea....tradition isn’t really priority anymore I’m afraid.
 
the only reason I wouldn’t mind them pushing back the 500 for this season alone is because they are introducing the new car. I think it’s a bit scary to bring a new car to the most dangerous track on the circuit for it’s first race.
 
AndyMarquisLive said:
There's talk of either running the Daytona Road Course as the opener or starting the season out west.

Change for the sake of change.
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I thought I read a few years back maybe last year that NASCAR was thinking of starting the West Coast Swing in some order of Fontana,Phoenix, Vegas first before heading out back east to Florida for Daytona for the 500, Daytona Road course and Homestead as your first six weeks of the season. Can’t say I wouldn’t hate it if it happens, can’t say I wouldn’t like it. Just another tradition flushed away at this point.
 
Snappy D said:
I thought I read a few years back maybe last year that NASCAR was thinking of starting the West Coast Swing in some order of Fontana,Phoenix, Vegas first before heading out back east to Florida for Daytona for the 500, Daytona Road course and Homestead as your first six weeks of the season. Can’t say I wouldn’t hate it if it happens, can’t say I wouldn’t like it. Just another tradition flushed away at this point.
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I don't mind the Daytona RC leading into the 500. The Clash is meaningless now, might as well make it a points race. It would hurt the first race tradition but I don't think it would kill the hype the way running the Western Swing first would.

NASCAR's already killed the Firecracker 400, killed the 600 with stage racing, killed the Brickyard 400, and they're working on killing the Southern 500 (ending the throwback thing and revolving its hype around the playoffs). May as well kill the Daytona 500 too.
 
At what point does something become tradition? Because Daytona hasn’t always been first, it has for a WHILE now. But I mean when they put it first, that killed whatever the tradition was back then. So in like 40-45 years will it Daytona not being first be tradition be the thing if it changes?
 
FWIW I stopped giving a **** about the Daytona 500 a few years ago.

NASCAR literally implementing its own "Super Bowl" just killed the "Super Bowl of Stock Car Racing" buzz.
 
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