Why is NASCAR healthiest in the west?

It'd be interesting if they allotted a couple races a year to tracks that have never had a Cup race before. Call it a marketing test for regions. Shoot, since they mess with the points system so much, make them worth more.
 
Eau Rouge said:
It'd be interesting if they allotted a couple races a year to tracks that have never had a Cup race before. Call it a marketing test for regions. Shoot, since they mess with the points system so much, make them worth more.
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Portland International Raceway would be a great venue to try again if you ask me. I'd make the 10 hour drive.
 
AuzGrams said:
Which is why it makes little to no sense why ISC doesn't build a track in Denver or the Northwest.
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Xfinity series and Trucks raced at Pikes Peak Raceway in the late 90's/early 00's. They quit going there because at that time which was the big NASCAR westward expansion there was no market in CO. The facility is actually pretty nice and the racing and speed is good. Some drivers have also talked about racing at that altitude and how the logistics are quite difficult.
 
Skoalbandit33 said:
JMO but Fontana used to have 2 races and 90,000 seats and now has 1 race with 68,000 seats and is in a metro area with a population of 20 million. If they can't sell out a race IDK who can. Phoenix used to have close to 80,000 seats but has been enhanced down to 51K and doesn't sell out but Vegas still has 123,000 seats and even though it doesn't sell out there still are a lot of fans on hand. I suspect many of them are freebies through the casinos but I may be 100% wrong.
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Agreed. Seats removed, and existing ones widened. Operational definition for "sell out" has changed.
 
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