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This isn't my dream schedule, just one I think would make sense:

Daytona
Fontana
Las Vegas
Phoenix
Martinsville
Texas
Bristol
Talladega
Gateway
Loudon
Darlington
Charlotte
Dover
Pocono
Kentucky
Sonoma
Richmond
Daytona
Chicagoland
Indianapolis Raceway Park
Pocono
Watkins Glen
Michigan
Bristol
Atlanta
Richmond
Iowa
Dover
Kansas
Portland
Concord
Martinsville
Talladega
Las Vegas
Phoenix
Homestead
 
mine, 31 events, no chase...

daytona
richmond Pontiac Excitement 400
Atlanta Ford Motorcraft 500
Fontana Legoland 500
Las Vegas Desert Jewel 400
North Wilkesboro Wachovia 400
Darlington Palmetto State 400
Bristol Food City 500
Road Atlanta Coca Cola At Atlanta
Martinsville Santa Fe Diesel Trains 500
Homestead Disneyworld 400
Talladega Winston 500
The Winston
Charlotte Coca Cola 600
dover downs Budweiser 500
kentucky speedway Fender Guitars 400
sears point Wine Run at Infineon
michigan GM Dealers 400
pocono Miller High Life 500
Pepsi 400 at Daytona
las vegas Corona Extra 400
Indianapolis Brickyard 400
michigan Freightliner Trucks 400
pocono Hershey Kisses 500
Bud At The Glen
Darlington Southern 500 by PepsiCo
Richmond Miller 400
bristol Bud Light 500
wilkesboro Holly Farms 400
dover budweiser 500
Talladega Diehard 500
Homestead Pennzoil 400
 
Ok let me try this

1. Daytona
2. Richmond
3. Atlanta
4. Pheonix
5. California
6. Portland
7. Texas
8. Bristol
9. Martinsville
10. Talladaga
11. Darlington
All Star Race (Switchs location every season)
12. Charlotte
13. Dover
14. Pocono
15. Michagan
16. Chicago
17. Kentucky
18. Sonoma
19. Vegas
20. Daytona
21. New Hampshier
22. Indy
23. Michagan
24. Watkins Glen
25. Texas
26. Richmond
Chase
27. Dover
28. Kansas
29. Road America
30. Bristol
31. Martinsvillie
32. Charlotte
33. Pheonix
34. Talladaga
35. Homestead
36. Atlanta
 
I used the 26 race plus 10 race chase format.

I'm a firm believer in no race should get two dates. It underminds the importance of each race if you're doing it more than once. Thus, I got rid of all duplicate dates, and added more road courses as well as some old tracks.

I don't care so much about the order in which they go in, but I think there should be several road courses and short tracks in the Chase.

I also think that the races should go back to the name of the location, or some other nickname. In others "Chicago 400", "Bristol 500", etc. They can still do "So-and-So presents the Bristol 500", but they need to respect the races more.

Here's a rough idea of what I think the schedule should look like. I highlighted new races in bold.

Daytona
Fontana
North Wilkesboro
Atlanta
Long Beach
Texas
Phoenix
Gateway
Charlotte
Dover
VIR
Pocono
Michigan
Milwaukee Mile
Sonoma
Loudon
Kentucky
Montreal
Chicago
Indianapolis
Las Vegas street course
Pocono
Barber Motorsports Park
Watkins Glen
Indianapolis Raceway Park
Richmond


The Chase

Martinsville
Road America
Darlington
Rockingham
Laguna Seca
Talladega
Kansas
Sebring
Bristol
Homestead
 
Daytona
Fontana
Las Vegas
Phoenix
Bristol
Martinsville
Texas
Montreal
Talladega
Richmond
Darlington
Charlotte
Dover
ORP
Michigan
Infineon
New Hampshire
Daytona
Chicago
Brickyard
Pocono
Watkins Glen
Kentucky
Bristol
Atlanta
Richmond

CHASE
New Hampshire
Gateway
Kansas
Iowa(with increased capacity)
Lowes
Martinsville
Talladega
Mid-Ohio(video)
Phoenix
Homestead
 
I think NASCAR should expand the Camping World Series' so the up and comers have at least one series they can have the spotlight.

I like short tracks, but some of the tracks they race at now are a joke. They need to run the East/West Series races at tracks that people can actually get to. Myrtle Beach, Langley, Lanier, Mansfield, Millville, Rockingham, etc, etc.

The Camping World East Series runs way too many races up in the far-north... then again, every series is ignoring the I-95 corridor now so what's the difference?:rolleyes:
 
AndyMarquisLive said:
I think NASCAR should expand the Camping World Series' so the up and comers have at least one series they can have the spotlight.
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I wish they ran this series by me. There's no racing in the Chicago area except for demo durbies at Route 66 next to Chicagoland.
 
AndyMarquisLive said:
The Camping World East Series runs way too many races up in the far-north...
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They have expanded the area they race in a lot during the past few years. The region they raced in was much smaller when it was still the Busch North series. And you mentioned them running at Mansfield they did last year and I think they were going to be racing there this year until Mansfield cancelled the truck race(East series released a 12 race schedule this year while NASCAR Canada and West had 13. I'd bet east was going to be 13 but Mansfield got removed before the schedule was released.) I dont think Mansfield will be getting anything bigger than ARCA for a little while, they probably pissed NASCAR off.
 
Just add one more road race and put it in the chase, dump Talladega and I will be happy. Too many good drivers get screwed at the last Dega race to have it in the playoffs. I promise it would be a tighter battle for the cup if they yanked Dega.
 
toledo47 said:
They have expanded the area they race in a lot during the past few years. The region they raced in was much smaller when it was still the Busch North series. And you mentioned them running at Mansfield they did last year and I think they were going to be racing there this year until Mansfield cancelled the truck race(East series released a 12 race schedule this year while NASCAR Canada and West had 13. I'd bet east was going to be 13 but Mansfield got removed before the schedule was released.) I dont think Mansfield will be getting anything bigger than ARCA for a little while, they probably pissed NASCAR off.
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The ARCA race was a huge success though. MMP has a bright future with ARCA. I'd like to see them sign a deal with ARCA to run the outlaw late models there every week like they do at Toledo.

The East Series has a crappy schedule, as do the Modifieds. They race at some of these dumpy tracks three or four times.

It's too bad USAR Pro Cup is a dying breed, because they have a good schedule.
 
AndyMarquisLive said:
It's too bad USAR Pro Cup is a dying breed, because they have a good schedule.
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They had an awesome schedule in 2006. 2006 and earlier that series was great, its been getting way worse since the guy that founded Hooters died in 2006. I think he was the only one at Hooters that cared about the series.
 
toledo47 said:
They had an awesome schedule in 2006. 2006 and earlier that series was great, its been getting way worse since the guy that founded Hooters died in 2006. I think he was the only one at Hooters that cared about the series.
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I think the Langley race was a great addition. And they're saying they'll return to Bristol in 2010.

I heard Motor Mile has really nice facilities and I'll have to get out there one time to check that track out.

South Boston for the finale? Boo.
 
AndyMarquisLive said:
I think the Langley race was a great addition. And they're saying they'll return to Bristol in 2010.

I heard Motor Mile has really nice facilities and I'll have to get out there one time to check that track out.

South Boston for the finale? Boo.
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Motor Mile is very nice but the thing I hate is that it's one of the tracks that does not have any grandstands, you have to bring your own lawn chair. It's kind of difficult to get a great view there. I've not been to South Boston but have been wanting to check it out. What about the East series schedule(I guess besides South Boston?) do you dislike? I think the schedule is pretty good besides that it got cut from 13 races to 11 this year.
 
toledo47 said:
Motor Mile is very nice but the thing I hate is that it's one of the tracks that does not have any grandstands, you have to bring your own lawn chair. It's kind of difficult to get a great view there. I've not been to South Boston but have been wanting to check it out. What about the East series schedule(I guess besides South Boston?) do you dislike? I think the schedule is pretty good besides that it got cut from 13 races to 11 this year.
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I heard Motor Mile Speedway has the nicest suites in all of short track racing.
 
toledo47 said:
Motor Mile is very nice but the thing I hate is that it's one of the tracks that does not have any grandstands, you have to bring your own lawn chair. It's kind of difficult to get a great view there. I've not been to South Boston but have been wanting to check it out. What about the East series schedule(I guess besides South Boston?) do you dislike? I think the schedule is pretty good besides that it got cut from 13 races to 11 this year.
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I was talking about USAR ending the season at South Boston.

I've never been to South Boston, but it's on my to-do list. That said, I haven't ever heard anything good about that track. But I keep an open mind. :)

I just don't like that it's the big short track for racing in this area and it's as far away from me as Rockingham. I wouldn't mind if it was closer and was actually near civilization, but it's not.
 
Don't remember any suites at Motor Mile, but it's been a few years since we went there to watch the mods race. Great track, but as said earlier, you have to bring your own seats. They do have concrete grandstands, if that is what you want to call it, but its nothing but huge steps in which to put your lawn chairs or what we used, boat seats.

Went to South Boston earlier this year to watch the mods race and that was great.
 
AndyMarquisLive said:
I just don't like that it's the big short track for racing in this area and it's as far away from me as Rockingham. I wouldn't mind if it was closer and was actually near civilization, but it's not.
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It shouldn't be about what is best for Andy but what is best for the race series'.
 
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