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Looks like they got their 2nd date at Cali's expense.

So Kentucky at Atlanta's expense
Kansas at Californias expense
And the Chase kicks off in Chicago.
Now if we can just trim Pocono and give Iowa a date, it'd be just about perfect.
May as well thin out New hampshire and Michigan both by 1 race while were at it.........:growl:
Makes sense to me....
MoMike
 
MRM said:
Pocono will never lose a date.
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Sure they can, just move the 1st race to the 3rd Sunday in February, attendance will be in the dumpster....... and theres always a chance it'll snow..:beerbang:
 
•Las Vegas race weekend returns to first week of March: Las Vegas's annual NASCAR Weekend will return to its traditional March weekend in 2011. The annual NASCAR Weekend at Las Vegas Motor Speedway will be held March 4-6, 2011. Earlier this year, the event was held on the final weekend in February due to a quirk in the calendar. "In reality, it's on the same weekend as the 2010 event, but our race fans have been used to coming here on the first weekend in March, so it's good to be back on those dates," said LVMS president Chris Powell. "We've been blessed with great weather on this weekend the past few years, and we look forward to having another great weekend with a packed house in 2011."(LVMS)(8-10-2010)

•Kansas announces two race dates for 2011: Kansas Speedway and International Speedway Corporation announced that NASCAR has approved ISC's request for realignment and beginning in 2011, Kansas Speedway will host two NASCAR Sprint Cup Series weekends. The first NASCAR Sprint Cup Series weekend will be held June 4-5 and the second event weekend will be the fourth race in the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup, Oct. 8-9.(Kansas Speedway)(8-10-2010)

•Phoenix announces 2011 race dates: Phoenix International Raceway President Bryan R. Sperber announced that the track has been awarded two NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race weekends in 2011, marking seven consecutive seasons for PIR to host a pair of nationally-televised event weekends featuring the brightest stars in NASCAR. Phoenix will maintain two NASCAR Sprint Cup weekends in the face of widespread schedule realignment that saw multiple race dates moved amongst multiple facilities. As part of the NASCAR's schedule realignment, Phoenix International Raceway's SUBWAY Fresh Fit 500 will move from April to February 27 - just one week after NASCAR's largest event, the Daytona 500. PIR will look to capitalize on the season-opening excitement of Daytona with a new Sunday day-race format, allowing fans to take in the 500 km race in Phoenix with a more traditional local start time of 1 p.m. The SUBWAY Fresh Fit 500 will be televised nationally on FOX. Phoenix will continue to host the semi-final race in NASCAR's playoffs - the Chase for the Sprint Cup - on November 13. The Kobalt Tools 500, a race in which fans have come to expect heavy championship implications, also starts at 1 p.m. locally and will be televised nationally on ESPN. NASCAR will conclude its season the following week at Homestead Miami Speedway in Florida.(PIR)(8-10-2010)

•Auto Club Speedway will have one race for 2011: Auto Club Speedway will host one NASCAR Sprint Cup Series weekend - March 25-27 - returning to its traditional spot on the schedule beginning in 2011. Speedway officials also continue to work in earnest to add events to the Speedway's race schedule in an effort to diversify on-track activity for the 2011 year. "Moving our Auto Club 500 event from February to March provides us the opportunity to show off the area's beautiful 'Chamber of Commerce' weather," said Auto Club Speedway President Gillian Zucker. "Our staff and the thousands of Southern California loyal race fans look forward to the return of NASCAR's most talented drivers in both the Sprint Cup Series and the Nationwide Series as well as Southern California's own four-time Sprint Cup Series champion Jimmie Johnson.(ACS)(8-10-2010)
 
MoMike said:
Looks like they got their 2nd date at Cali's expense.

So Kentucky at Atlanta's expense
Kansas at Californias expense
And the Chase kicks off in Chicago.
Now if we can just trim Pocono and give Iowa a date, it'd be just about perfect.
May as well thin out New hampshire and Michigan both by 1 race while were at it.........:growl:
Makes sense to me....
MoMike
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How many races have you attended at MIS?

I have been going there since the early races, actually for forty years. MIS is a very fast track and has multiple grooves. To watch a race in person at MIS is very interesting and exciting.

Before you talk about MIS being a fuel mileage track let me say this... NASCAR caused that, not MIS.
 
Smoke14 said:
How many races have you attended at MIS?

I have been going there since the early races, actually for forty years. MIS is a very fast track and has multiple grooves. To watch a race in person at MIS is very interesting and exciting.

Before you talk about MIS being a fuel mileage track let me say this... NASCAR caused that, not MIS.
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Never been to michigan. I have been to other tracks, and I often find races I watch on TV to be more interesting than the ones i've attended.
I don't feel Michigan deserves 2 cup races. It's marginally better than pocono, but thats it. Give the date to Darlington.
Truth be told, fuel mileage puts me on the edge of my seat, and that factor has kept my attention, during many of drawn out races.
Places like Michigan and California is the reason Nascar invented the phantom cautions........
MoMike
 
MoMike said:
Never been to michigan. I have been to other tracks, and I often find races I watch on TV to be more interesting than the ones i've attended.
I don't feel Michigan deserves 2 cup races. It's marginally better than pocono, but thats it. Give the date to Darlington.
Truth be told, fuel mileage puts me on the edge of my seat, and that factor has kept my attention, during many of drawn out races.
Places like Michigan and California is the reason Nascar invented the phantom cautions........
MoMike
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But Michigan, more often than not it seems, turns out to be a fuel mileage race.
 
I think being AT the racetrack is far better than watching it on T.V.
I like listening to the strategies on the radio, eating the venue food, hanging with my friends, visiting the garage/pit road and mingling with other race fans :beerbang:
 
I've been to one race at MIS, it was the truck race in 2004. (Toyota's 1st win in NASCAR) I thought it was pretty neat place.

I've been to Dega, Nashville, MIS, seen testing at Kentucky.
 
TV doesn't and can't do this sport justice. There's no comparison between watching it on TV or attending. If you want an even better experience, buy an RV and live at the track for a few days. Rookies Tailgate.
 
dpkimmel2001 said:
TV doesn't and can't do this sport justice. There's no comparison between watching it on TV or attending. If you want an even better experience, buy an RV and live at the track for a few days. Rookies Tailgate.
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A whole bunch less commercials but longer wait for cold beer, I'd suspect ;)
 
dpkimmel2001 said:
Not when they're sitting there in my cooler under my seat. :D :beerbang:
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:beerbang:

I will have a little cooler under my seat this next Saturday and Sunday. And then again the next week on Wednesday, Friday and Saturday.

Life is good.
 
MoMike said:
Looks like they got their 2nd date at Cali's expense.

So Kentucky at Atlanta's expense
Kansas at Californias expense
And the Chase kicks off in Chicago.
Now if we can just trim Pocono and give Iowa a date, it'd be just about perfect.
May as well thin out New hampshire and Michigan both by 1 race while were at it.........:growl:
Makes sense to me....
MoMike
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Agreed! Take N.H. or Mich. and add Road course in the chase.
 
Smoke14 said:
Yes, it is. I am more looking forward to the hauler parade than any thing else. :D
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Yeah, that's a good way to kick off that week. We've only done a double weekend once. The 600 and then on to Dover. That's pretty cool. A Michigan/Bristol double isn't doable for my wife and I right now but we'll have to give it a try sometime.
 
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