Sources: NASCAR may add Indy Nationwide race for 2012

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CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Officials at Indianapolis Motor Speedway and NASCAR are in serious discussions about adding a Grand-Am Rolex Series race and possibly a Nationwide Series race to the 2012 Sprint Cup weekend at the Brickyard, multiple sources confirmed Wednesday.

The Nationwide race currently at Lucas Oil Raceway at Indianapolis would move to IMS on Saturday afternoon. A three-hour Grand-Am endurance race likely would run on Friday afternoon so as not to conflict with the Truck Series race held that night at Lucas Oil Raceway, which was known as O'Reilly Raceway Park until this year.

Doug Boles, the director of public relations at IMS, could not comment on a potential Nationwide move but acknowledged discussions to bring the Grand-Am event to the weekend for a road course race are taking place. He said the track needs more than one event to give fans more value for their ticket.

"We are the only event on the series schedule that has one event on a race weekend,'' Boles said. "Friday, the Cup cars have two hours on the track. All we get on Saturday is qualifying and the final practice. If you look at the entire on-track schedule, it's just not a lot of content."
 
Thank's for the info. I have never got a chance to watch a nascar race when they are at ims, because we are always racing somewhere that weekend. But it sounds like I'm not missing much. Maybe I will dvr it this year just to see what I'm not missing.:)
 
The Nationwide race at IRP is one of the highlights of the racing season for me. It's one of very very very few races in all of NASCAR that's consistently exciting.
 
I dont mind them adding a rolex race. But keep the lower levels at the "lower level" track!
 
I'd like to see the nationwide series race at Pocono for a change.
 
They have this all wrong, they should move the brickyard race to Lucas Oil Raceway.
 
Attendance has crashed in recent years at the Brickyard 400...270,000 in 2007, has declined to 140,000 for the July 2010 race...The novelty has worn off, and it has turned into a boring race...There is nothing they can do to increase attendance...people dont have the $$$$ these days...Take a good look at the stands this weekend in Michigan...The race has been a fan favorite here in the midwest for decades....they will be lucky to get the place to 50% capacity...
 
I have never watched a race at the Lucas Oil Raceway, but the track looks like it is a pretty cool track. When we race at the US Nationals once a year, all the teams park their team buses on the infield of the lucas Oil Track. A lot of the dragstrips are in the same complex as the nascar tracks, and a lot of the nascar tracks have a septic tank dump, so we stop in there and dump our tanks and fill our water tanks up in the haulers before we go pit.. It is a lot of fun to take the pit scooter or the colf cart and make a few laps on some of these tracks like Lucas Oil - Bristol - Joliet - Las Vegas.:)
 
Nitro Dude said:
I have never watched a race at the Lucas Oil Raceway, but the track looks like it is a pretty cool track. When we race at the US Nationals once a year, all the teams park their team buses on the infield of the lucas Oil Track. A lot of the dragstrips are in the same complex as the nascar tracks. It is a lot of fun to take the pit scooter or the colf cart and make a few laps on some of these tracks like Lucas Oil - Bristol - Joliet - Las Vegas.:)
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A friend of mine won the Div 3 Pro-Stock Snowmobile race at Joliet last weekend...8.39 @ 152 mph with a snowmobile on asphalt..:beerbang:
 
MELROSEMAFIA said:
A friend of mine won the Div 3 Pro-Stock Snowmobile race at Joliet last weekend...8.39 @ 152 mph with a snowmobile on asphalt..:beerbang:
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That is flying on a snowmobile. I was there on Thursday night. We were on our way back from the Englishtown race and we stopped there for a starting line party and a meet and greet. We left the hauler there and flew home Friday afternoon to southern California for a couple days. Well we had better get back on topic.:)
 
Magnethead said:
I dont mind them adding a rolex race. But keep the lower levels at the "lower level" track!
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Agreed. The Rolex race would be a good additiona, but Indy just isn't made for stock cars. IRP (or whatever you wanna call it) is almost always a great race, and the NNS should stay there.
 
Yeah Indy is almost always a bad race. I'd much rather see a Cup race at IRP but that will never happen.
 
MELROSEMAFIA said:
Attendance has crashed in recent years at the Brickyard 400...270,000 in 2007, has declined to 140,000 for the July 2010 race...The novelty has worn off, and it has turned into a boring race...There is nothing they can do to increase attendance...people dont have the $$$$ these days...
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It was a neat thing when it first started and NASCAR was still peaking in popularity. It's not that way any more. Moving the NNS race to IMS will have ZERO impact on attendance for the Brickyard.
 
As much as I enjoy the IMS for the Indy 500 I don't think that moving the Nationwide race there is a good idea. As others have stated, it certainly won't boost attendance.
 
NO MORE INDY, MOVE CUP TO IOWA. LEAVE NNS AND TRUCKS AT IRP.
 
France and company will NEVER admit Indy is a waste of time. I don't care if they only have 1,000 people in the stands.
 
Stewart Fan said:
France and company will NEVER admit Indy is a waste of time. I don't care if they only have 1,000 people in the stands.
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Not true NA$CAR has been pulling more in and filling more seats than IndyCar up until this year. I know you guys are going to be pis$ed when I say this but I would like to see NationWide run there. It would be more like a IndyCar sprint race for stock cars because NationWide runs shorter races. What makes the Brickyard race so boring is it's too damned long.
 
If I were paid to come up with bad ideas for NASCAR, I think I could include all these:

Create a playoff system in NASCAR so consistency doesn't win championships.
Move the Southern 500 to Mother's Day.
Move Daytona from it's traditional President's Day Weekend date.
Drop North Wilkesboro and Rockingham from the schedule.
Turn the Nationwide Series in to a glorified practice session for Cup drivers and charge fans reserved seating prices to see it.
Drop Nationwide race at IRP.
Revamp points system that has worked for over a quarter century.

Oh, yeah, nevermind.

What bar is NASCAR at when they come up with this crap?
 
blue92 said:
Not true NA$CAR has been pulling more in and filling more seats than IndyCar up until this year. I know you guys are going to be pis$ed when I say this but I would like to see NationWide run there. It would be more like a IndyCar sprint race for stock cars because NationWide runs shorter races. What makes the Brickyard race so boring is it's too damned long.
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2009 and 2010, Indianapolis was ****ing empty for the Cup driver. The Indy 500 does sell out, because there is a local blackout in that region if it does not sell out.

A 100 mile race at Indy would be fine, as long as they don't drop IRP. Just another way NASCAR's pissing on us.

"We have a great product at IRP, so lets move it."

This doesn't bode well for Iowa.
 
blue92 said:
Not true NA$CAR has been pulling more in and filling more seats than IndyCar up until this year. I know you guys are going to be pis$ed when I say this but I would like to see NationWide run there. It would be more like a IndyCar sprint race for stock cars because NationWide runs shorter races. What makes the Brickyard race so boring is it's too damned long.
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Totally agree, get the trucks up to IRP, with an USAC support race there. I have been saying shorten the Cup races across the board. No race needs to be more than 350-400 miles, that is plenty.
 
The Brickyard was not so bad last year. I do not want to see the NNS go there though, I like them at IRP, with the trucks.
 
AndyMarquisLive said:
2009 and 2010, Indianapolis was ****ing empty for the Cup driver. The Indy 500 does sell out, because there is a local blackout in that region if it does not sell out.

A 100 mile race at Indy would be fine, as long as they don't drop IRP. Just another way NASCAR's pissing on us.
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I guess Robin Miller is a f*ing liar then.

AndyMarquisLive said:
"We have a great product at IRP, so lets move it."

This doesn't bode well for Iowa.
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I didn't say drop IRP I said I would like to see NationWide race at Indy. Why can't NA$CAR drop one of their other tracks that aren't doing so well and run at Indy. How about dropping the 2nd Daytona and run at Indy?
 
Stewart Fan said:
Because those races are tradition. Two of the few things that haven't changed in Nascar yet anyway.
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Tradition.....that my friend is why a lot of things in Nascar are screwed up, I personally would love to see all the races no more than 350 miles. That sense of urgency makes for a lot better racing IMO.
 
Mopardh9 said:
Tradition.....that my friend is why a lot of things in Nascar are screwed up, I personally would love to see all the races no more than 350 miles. That sense of urgency makes for a lot better racing IMO.
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It just wouldn't sound the same for Driver X to get out and Say Wow I just won the Daytona 375.
 
blue92 said:
I guess Robin Miller is a f*ing liar then.
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I guess so.

2009 Indianapolis 500:
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If you tell me the Brickyard 400 had more than a capacity crowd that year, I will laugh in your face.
 
AndyMarquisLive said:
I guess so.

2009 Indianapolis 500:
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If you tell me the Brickyard 400 had more than a capacity crowd that year, I will laugh in your face.
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Maybe not but NA$CAR kept the track from closing. How many races are raced there other than the Indy500 and the Brickyard400. Since F1 doesn't race there anymore NA$CAR filled some seats.

What I'd like to see are 2 things. 1) a non plated Sprint Cup car go set the the track lap record at Indy. 2) A F1-IndyCar challenge one at Indy and a 2nd at WG.
 
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