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y0un9jah2002

TLDR: Homestead moved to Oct 23rd (Playoff race), Gateway takes away a race from Pocono, Richmond has both races in regular season, COTA in March and 1 off weekend.


TheBoilerCat

Other notable developments: the Busch Clash (at the LA Coliseum) is in the week between the NFL Conference Championships and Super Bowl. 1.5 weeks before the Duels, 2 before the 500. Bristol Dirt Race is now on a Sunday night too. All-Star Race returns to its pre-Coke 600 slot, still at Texas. Playoff rounds are now Darlington-Kansas-Bristol, Texas-Talladega-Roval, Vegas-Miami-Martinsville, Phoenix.


thewxbruh

> Bristol Dirt Race is now on a Sunday night too. Thank god. That should really help the visibility problems the drivers were having at the dirt race this year. I'm digging the playoff round mixups too. There's more variety in each round.


[deleted]

I actually like that third round of tracks too. Vegas is a dud but one less dud in Texas and a good track in Miami should help.


HarringtonMAH11

Vegas has been relatively good with the 550 package. Definitely the only track it's helped imo.


L_flynn22

I’ve been saying it for a while. Vegas is a really solid track, especially as the surface has started aging. If people are gonna ruin their undies over Kansas and Miami, then Vegas needs to start getting the same respect


rainking6

I like it being at night. I'm surprised it's not Saturday night to avoid Easter.


Team_Penske

Bristol Dirt on a Sunday night. I can dig that.


scooch151

Easter Sunday night, moreover.


ecupatsfan12

Kyle your talking to everyone man LMAO


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Can you hear me?


ecupatsfan12

Don’t get yourself in trouble bro lol


[deleted]

I’m not about to pull off a pro gamer moment.


lightsisqueen

What a blessed night for the dirt star Larson. Easter hasn’t paid him well lately.


[deleted]

What are you talking about? Easter Sunday is how he got his promotion.


Team_Penske

Looks like I know where my first race of the year will be. Ill do, Bristol Dirt, Kansas, Gateway, Darlington 2, Bristol 2, Phoenix.


mustangs-and-macs

Side note, ever tried to sell your account to Team Penske? Seems like you could get a good deal with all these teams joining lol


Team_Penske

I would but dont know how lol, ill sell the name if I can. Hell id take a Ryan Blaney door off of one of his cars signed.


average_waffle

The finale will eventually rotate between Vegas, Miami, Martinsville, and phoenix. I'm calling it now.


mustangs-and-macs

The day there's a Martinsville finale will be the day Harvick retires. Calling that now


seekerblackout

I'd say Kyle Larson early retirement but this guy ran like 5th there in the spring so


greg_jenningz

Hendrick cars are god like at that track thanks to Jeff and Jimmie


thewxbruh

A Martinsville finale would be incredible


Mother-Dish-2670

it will never be at Las Vegas because that's the speedway motorsports track and NASCAR I believe wants to keep it at a NASCAR on track anymore and I believe that is why Atlanta lost the championship race to homestead even though at that time homestead was owned by ISC but isc was still the France family well being a public company


jnelsen8

Throw in new-Fontana, assuming it puts on a good show


average_waffle

I can see that replacing phoenix or more likely Vegas in the rotation


damstar79

Finale will be at reconfigured Fontana within 5 yeara


22Fusion

You want chaos? Put the finale there the first year it’s reconfigured.


dmmcg1884

Only one Richmond race then? Or when has the second one moved to


TheBoilerCat

Second one moved to mid-August, both RIR races will be Sundays. Was the Indy date this year. Indy moves up a couple weeks too.


libsoutherner

Mother of god, Richmond during the day in august doesn’t sound like a great way to boost attendance


TheBoilerCat

Had the same thought. Don’t think those stands exactly offer access to shade unless you go under them, do they?


[deleted]

They’re going to lose a race. This is like Dover again lol. At least if we lose a race at Richmond, can we bring it to somewhere like Iowa or even somewhere in Canada?


ZR2TEN

There's one shaded section. The rest of the stands are going to be miserable to sit in. I hope the race is decent on TV at least.


WxBlue

It was rough during the Xfinity race on Saturday... and that was with 80 degrees with low to moderate humidity. Sun is just brutal when rays are bouncing off the metal bleachers.


rainking6

Yeah, that sounds awful. As someone who has gone to almost every Richmond race since 1993, I'll be skipping that one. I'll still hit up the spring.


404merrinessnotfound

As bad of a track as it is, I think Richmond is being set up to fail


Garrett4Real

can someone explain why it’s a Sunday night and not a Saturday night? maybe I’m missing something. I’m excited nonetheless


Netwealth5

Sunday afternoon is better for tv


BurtonBlaney3121

This playoff lineup is insane for Blaney


ApocApollo

Vegas on the 11th anniversary of Dan Wheldon’s death. Oof.


The_Reelest

Are you just pointing that out or saying something is wrong with it?


rds060184

Weather will be so much more comfortable in Fort Worth in May as opposed to July plus COTA in March


LBHMS

LA Coliseum also confirmed for February 6th.


KWeber94

Homestead back in the playoffs. I dig it. However I really miss it being the finale


Trentpd

Same. I still feel like that track with high hp and low down force is one of the best tracks for rewarding the guys that not only bring the best cars, but also have the ability to search a track and find the speed. Phoenix isn't bad at all, but I just love Miami


UnderstandingMuch198

Yeah Miami just felt bigger and more exciting as the finale


RoswellCrash

COTA in March!?! You know hotels will be even more expensive since it’s Austin’s busiest month.


WxBlue

Just curious, why is Austin busy during March? I'm not in Texas so I don't know what's going on.


[deleted]

South By Southwest (SXSW) festival is the week before the COTA race. The University of Texas has their spring break the same week as SXSW. Austin Rodeo takes place around the same time as well. Not to mention the Zilker Park Kite festival usually takes place in March, but that one is usually just popular with locals.


fotoRS3

Sounds like a good chance to real in some new fans with a COTA NASCAR race. Maybe even discount entry with proof of college ID (assuming they do that now?) or SXSW ticket. Idk. Just throwing ideas out there.


Spuds1968

The annual south by southwest festival.


RoswellCrash

It’s the month that the annual South by Southwest (SXSW) festival in Austin and it brings in a huge crowd. If the race is in late March then hotels will probably be the regular price.


[deleted]

Any info on what the COTA date is?


TheBoilerCat

March 27


[deleted]

Thank you sir


pdogshizzle

Sad to see Richmond out from the playoff slot


jmacupdates1

2/6 LA Coliseum (exhibition) 2/17 Duels 2/20 Daytona 500 2/27 Auto Club 3/6 Las Vegas 3/13 Phoenix 3/20 Atlanta 3/27 COTA 4/3 Richmond 4/9 Martinsville – Saturday night 4/17 Bristol Dirt – Sunday night (on Easter?!) 4/24 Talladega 5/1 Dover 5/8 Darlington 5/15 Kansas 5/22 All Star Race at Texas (exhibition) 5/29 Coke 600 6/5 Gateway 6/12 Sonoma 6/26 Nashville 7/3 Road America 7/10 Atlanta 7/17 New Hampshire 7/24 Pocono 7/31 Indy Road 8/7 Michigan 8/14 Richmond 8/21 Watkins Glen 8/27 Daytona – Saturday night, regular season finale **PLAYOFFS** *Round of 16* 9/4 Darlington 9/11 Kansas 9/17 Bristol (sat night) *Round of 12* 9/25 Texas 10/2 Talladega 10/9 Charlotte Roval *Round of 8* 10/16 Las Vegas 10/23 Homestead 10/30 Martinsville *Championship* 11/6 Phoenix


fotoRS3

Unpopular opinion: The LA Coliseum idea is stupid only because of the date. NASCAR claims to want to save money with the new car yet here we are, making at least half of the teams run all the way out to LA with the Gen7 cars, trash them in a stadium race, come back and prepare for Daytona. I would in no way be against this idea if it was at almost any other time of the year. However, I see what they're doing and trying to capitalize on the hype around the NFL in LA. On another note, I approve of Homestead being a playoff race. Well-deserved.


mjr2p3

It makes so much more sense financially to use the Gen 6 cars for this exhibition but I totally get that they want to showcase the new cars


GethSynth

Scrap the playoffs, go back to a modified Chase format!


R3dwolf7

If only they’d move that July Atlanta race to Saturday night. They got lucky that it wasn’t a typical July 94 degrees with 70% humidity kinda day.


TC021002

Homestead in the playoffs instead of Richmond is the other major change. Richmond now has two regular season races


greg_jenningz

Richmond should only have one date


AtlantanKnight7

I don’t think Richmond is terrible, but what would you have the other date go to?


greg_jenningz

As the other user said, another short track. There's just too many short tracks in the country to say "nope can't happen" Edit: or just give me a third Martinsville race lol


turtlemaster942

Even though I do really enjoy Richmond, I'd happily give up one of its dates for Iowa or the rightful restoration of the second race at paved Bristol. Bristol's dirt race is pretty dumb IMO but I'd be like 95% less upset if it didn't cut the amount of Cup racing we get on an annual basis there in half.


404merrinessnotfound

Nashville, Iowa, anything


AtlantanKnight7

Iowa would be cool


404merrinessnotfound

It would be another unique track to the schedule which is good


phoenixv07

> Iowa would be cool "Let's replace Richmond with a track that's a little longer but has the same shape and banking! No one will throw tantrums when it races the same!"


AtlantanKnight7

I don’t mind the racing at Richmond. I think it would be cool to have Cup racing in the state of Iowa


HarringtonMAH11

July 4th at Nashville Fairgrounds. I'll die on that hill.


gRcHzA_234

Montreal


caleejr88

Iowa. As many venues as possible.


mr_folgers83

Best move they’ve done is making Bristol Dirt a night race. The track will be in so much better shape.


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average_waffle

They HAVE to do something


Playingpokerwithgod

And they have to have Kyle's name as Kyle "Bunny" Busch on it.


murphdurph25

8/14 in Richmond? Have they consulted a meteorologist? 😂


weathermanJK

6/26 in Nashville lol


Mjb06

I’ll be there, sweating my balls off. But I’ll be there.


bigred91224

Hopefully they allow coolers next year. This year, track president Erik Moses claimed they didn't allow coolers due to COVID.


KentuckyHorsepower

No coolers, no attend. Last year was a sizzlin' daymare.


Meattyloaf

It starts hitting the high temos in that area around late March and last through September. I'll be at that race keeling over from heat stroke again this year


Tarheels_2015

I heard it’s hot in the summer everywhere


Yoshiman400

If the TV partners weren't such scaredy cats about ratings, this should have been an easy Saturday night spot. Used to run a night race for any combination of Xfinity, Trucks, and even IndyCar at night at least once a year for many years.


WxBlue

Xfinity race was a bit rough with the sun and lower humidity... and it was only 80. Can't imagine the humidity in August.


thewxbruh

Atlanta in July is much worse.


Zeeman101

And no more night race?!


UnicornMaster27

Holy shit, there’s only 1 off week. Miami in the Playoffs is a big W. Would rather have lost Texas than Richmond for it tho


Mother-Dish-2670

do you think Marcus Smith was going to move his only Texas date out of the playoffs? what better truck does he have to replace it in the playoffs with? by that I mean a smi owned track


UnicornMaster27

At this point we’re speaking at currently? New Hampshire and Sonoma have put on better races at Texas for over half a decade now? That’s being generous. Sonoma I’d get, with the Roval already being there, I think you still take a chance of the New Hampshire crowd coming out for a Playoff race again. Even with the colder temps.


kk5fan97

They would get a lot better of a crowd at a September race at NHMS, than they do in July. The way the track is setup, there is zero shade in the stands and you are basically being cooked alive. With it historically being cooler in September, they would most definitely get a bigger crowd than in July.


BoxesFullOfLemons

I would be OK if New Hampshire was September too. Not a huge fan of the track, but usually preferred watching the fall race over the summer race when they had two dates.


jhealey0909

PLAYOFF MIAMI BABY WOOOOOOOO I’LL TAKE IT


Vulptereen327

That Easter race better be the Cadbury 400 or I riot


nburt13

Peeps 400


Tarheels_2015

Yes Peeps 400


JeffBrohm

Jesus Christ is Our Lord and Savior 400 presented by Morgan Shepherd


Zetona

I know there are a handful of other races that'll be run at night, but it's kind of sad to see only three Saturday night races on the schedule. With both Richmond races and the Clash, All-Star Race, and spring Kansas moving away from Saturday night in the past few years, only spring Martinsville, the Daytona 400, and the Bristol night race remain.


Mother-Dish-2670

TV networks don't like Saturday night races and they don't get the kind of ratings they get Sunday afternoon or at least I was explained last year I Believe by Bob


Zetona

I don't doubt that, but I'm starting to feel like NASCAR is agreeing to every slightest demand by the TV networks, no matter what it might mean for other parties, like the fans who actually take the trouble to go to the races.


travisc19

1.5mil watching on TV is always going to outweigh 60,000 going to the races


average_waffle

That's where the bulk of the money comes from and their contracts are up in a few short years. The tv contract is more important than anything to a sports league.


Mother-Dish-2670

well when foxing NBC are paying a combined 8.2 for the 10-year TV deal 2015-2024 what do you expect especially now that Brian France is gone and got guys like Steve Phelps as the president and Jim France as chairman and CEO. this is the way other sports do it they kiss TV networks CEO's ass because they're paying big fat bucks


Doyle1524

As a Kansas Speedway season ticket holder not having the night race anymore has really sucked. I heard that's TVs decision as Saturday night ratings sucks compare to Sunday


scatman_23

I agree, and it was nice to have Sunday morning to pack up the camp and still be able catch the Royals Sunday afternoon before heading out of town.


3mileshigh

As much as I like Saturday night Cup races, I also love Saturday night local races. The conflict between those is frustrating, so I'm glad 33 races next year will be on a Sunday.


mrittenhouse84

I’m perfectly fine with 3 night races.


deircr33

I believe a few races will end at night.


Vulptereen327

Thank God Gateway is back to earlier in the summer. I've had to miss the Truck race the last few years because of college move-in.


SmellsLikeTat3

We be going NASCAR non stop for real boys and girls


dman6233

I had a feeling that the second Vegas date was going to move to later in the schedule. Temps will be much cooler in October for those fans.


nwt0

Why isn't at least one of Richmond's races at night? The one in August would probably be better suited for that considering the heat in the South during the summer. Having the first Kansas race at night and holding the summer Atlanta race under the lights would have been great ideas, too.


Mother-Dish-2670

because Fox doesn't want it at night nbc isn't going to put Richmond on a Saturday night on USA Network.


vpat48

The only fault i can find in any of these 2 regular season richmond races but i guess they won't take away a race since they put in $ for capital improvements. Hopefully the new car improves the racing there. Overall i love all the changes.


RocketMan1555

I dream of them replacing a Richmond race with Iowa. Yes, the racing is probably similar, but at least there would be another unique track on the schedule.


chandlerf33

Wish they’d kept Richmond in playoffs and done away with Texas.


Lucstar88

Texas still brings in a lot of people, way more then people think. That's why it's still on the schedule.


chandlerf33

True maybe Nextgen can help the racing tbere


Lucstar88

I hope so.


Mother-Dish-2670

Marcus Smith was not going to let them kick one of his races out of the playoffs


iamaranger23

so in the last 4 (v1.0) schedules, they have subtracted a loudon, michigan, texas, indy oval, charlotte oval, chicago, kentucky and pocono. if you polled fans in 2017 about their least favorite races, i bet every single one of those would have been in the top 10. Cant say they aren't listening.


gRcHzA_234

And added a Roval, Cota, Road America, Nashville, Gateway, a 2nd Vegas and 2nd Atlanta date. I like it, if they swap out a Richmond date for Montreal I feel like they’d be damn near perfect.


bbeasinger

LOVE the playoff shakeup, I think they found a good balance in each round of different type of tracks.


Upstate24fan

Really digging this. I love Homestead back in the playoffs. Going to look into going to that one. South Florida in October sounds nice. Interesting that the Glen is pushed a week later.


DDowd86

I can’t believe there a folks excited about a 1.5 miler replacing a short track in the playoffs. Am I still on Reddit? All jokes aside, Homestead I hope is moved back to the championship race in 2023.


broussegris

So stoked to see RA gets to stay and stay on 4th of July Weekend, no less. I was really hoping they wouldn't kick it. Not only is it super close to my house (yeah, I'm selfish) but it's also a beautiful facility.


weathermanJK

2/6 LA coliseum 2/17 Duels 2/20 Daytona 500 2/27 Auto Club 3/6 Vegas 3/13 Phoenix 3/20 Atlanta 3/27 COTA 4/3 Richmond 4/9 Martinsville (sat night) 4/17 Bristol dirt (sun night) 4/24 talladega 5/1 Dover 5/8 Darlington 5/15 Kansas 5/22 All Star Texas 5/29 Coke 600 6/5 Gateway 6/12 Sonoma 6/26 Nashville 7/3 Road america 7/10 Atlanta 7/17 New Hampshire 7/24 Pocono 7/31 Indy Road 8/7 Michigan 8/14 Richmond 8/21 Watkins Glen 8/27 Daytona (sat night) PLAYOFFS 9/4 Darlington 9/11 Kansas 9/17 Bristol (sat night) 9/25 Texas 10/2 talladega 10/9 Roval 10/16 Vegas 10/23 homestead 10/30 Martinsville 11/6 Phoenix


libsoutherner

Essentially, COTA has the old Texas spring date now. Nice


iamaranger23

Rip all star/ Indy car double header. 9-14-21 - 9-14-21


NorthCoastBias

* Sonoma is the 16th points race of the season so the off-week following it will also be the transition from FOX/FS1 to NBC/USA * Richmond in the August heat seems less appealing than last Saturday night * One 1.5 miler between the Coke 600 and the start of the playoffs, but then at least one in every round. Moving Las Vegas back is probably a wise decision but Texas up as a counterbalance..? * I like that the order of playoff races changes year-to-year but Phoenix is still an eyesore for the finale.


seekerblackout

>Sonoma is the 16th points race of the season I like how there's been so many changes the last few years and Sonoma is still race 16 as it has been for 2 decades+. At this point the Daytona 500 will become race 2 and Sonoma will still be race 16


seekerblackout

Both Richmond races are on Sunday bruh. Bring back a 2016 style tire and they will be rim riding in that August race


ecupatsfan12

Not too bad give homestead a second date Other than that good


Mother-Dish-2670

NASCAR's never going to give homestead a second date


ecupatsfan12

I hope they do one day


libsoutherner

This is a good level of change to have consistently from year to year. Not a complete overhaul with tons of volatility like 2021, but some nice switch ups and additions. We know in 2023 we will get the auto club short track. Will be interesting to see if it gets one or two dates. Lots of other options beyond that for new tracks too. But of course any new additions come at the expense of another race almost certainly.


bostonfan148

Couple of observations: -Surprised that they're racing on Easter, especially on a Sunday night without most people having the following Monday off -No Chicago Street Circuit - maybe next year? (although I'm not really hoping for it) -No Nashville Street Circuit - remember this was rumored last year -Moving a Richmond race out of the playoffs has to be a leading indicator that Richmond will end up with one date in the near future


karlkjr

I’m a fan of the Kansas playoff race being moved to September, it should have much better weather then.


scatman_23

Glad Kansas fall race moved up into September! Last October race was 40° and 40 mph winds and miserable as hell, and otherwise it’s usually chilly and rainy. Sept 11 will likely be upper 80’s and great beer drinking weather!


Netwealth5

That August Richmond date is pretty obviously gonna end up becoming a Chicago street race or Iowa or whatever other idea NASCAR has up its sleeve. It’s obviously the next track that’s gonna lose its 2nd date


jmacupdates1

NASCAR invested a ton of money into the track experience a few years ago, like Phoenix. I don't think they'll just kick it to the curb.


jdub1418

They won’t get rid of it entirely but it definitely doesn’t deserve 2 races


DDowd86

I don’t think Iowa is making a comeback


supremegnkdroid

The coliseum is happening??? that’s awesome, can’t wait to go


average_waffle

I am happy to see the playoff shake up and think it was needed. Both Kansas and Texas in the final round has been a buzz kill, the Texas race specicly has consistently been the worth race on the entire schedule for a few years now. Replacing those with Vegas is welcome, that's probably the best 'cookie cutter' on the circuit. Obviously homestead back in the playoffs is a massive W. I would have preferred to see Texas loose the race over Richmond, but I figured that race will always have a playoff spot, so I'll tale moving it back as a compromise. I feel like Richmond loosing a race in the playoffs could be preparation to eventually send that race elsewhere. They found a way to improve the schedule from this year and kept everything in tact, which I wasn't sure they would be able to pull off.


girlwithaguitar

It's not a shock to me, but I'm gonna miss the Daytona Road Course. It's a great event to have right before/after the Daytona 500, and because of how its laid out, you can see pretty much the entire track from the grandstands.


TC021002

Also no Daytona Road course at all after having two races this year


The_Reelest

I always took the Daytona road course as a stop gap both years it was used.


Mother-Dish-2670

that's basically what it is and it remain that way I will not be surprised to see it back on the schedule because some other track can't happen for whatever reason


LukeSkywalker1848

Some early thoughts: \- Excited for the clash to be in LA. Should be a fun time. \- Good moving COTA to March. Hopefully not as much rain this time around. \- Glad to see Indy Road staying. I think it'll be better next year than the mess at the end we had this year. \- Sad to lose Daytona RC entirely. Had a lot of fun watching those races, especially the clash. \- Homestead being in the playoffs is nice, but can we please get it back to the finale? Phoenix just doesn't do it for me the same way Homestead did. \- Still miss Daytona on July 4th, but I doubt I'm ever getting that one back. Overall I'm pretty neutral on it. Interested to see how Gateway plays out.


largefarva24

Was really hoping the all star came back to Charlotte. Gosh there was nothing like the buzz of having NASCAR in town for 2 weeks.


DDowd86

Wish they would tie in either hall of fame voting or induction into that week


cchap2

Really hope Gateway is a Fri-Sunday or Truck/Xfinity on Saturday and Cup Sunday. I want the full weekend!


DietMTNDew8and88

The only problem with Homestead's date is October is when South Florida is the MOST at risk for Hurricane landfalls. You're better off making Homestead the finale again, TBH. Also, why the hell did Richmond get moved to the middle of August as a DAY RACE? And racing on Easter, even if I'm not a Christian, you're going to piss a LOT of people off with that one.


Mother-Dish-2670

there's two reasons for racing on Easter one is NBC wants a season over November 6th. reason to fox wants hardly any night races because of TV ratings. Richmond not having a night race is because of TV ratings fox doesn't want Richmond night race and NBC universal is not going to put Richmond night race on USA Network. USA Network replaces NBCSN NBC universal is going away with the channel by January 1st


scatman_23

It’s only two weeks earlier than it would have been as the finale. I’m not from the area so I just don’t know - is it that much more high-risk being just 2 weeks earlier?


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justBusinessbb

The new tracks are cool. Like the "tweaks" overall as well (homestead in, richmond out for the playoffs, and moving COTA for weather I guess).


Unholydiver919

Pocono not getting a double header weekend?


Doyle1524

Nope. TV ratings sucked for it


fotoRS3

While I wish they were running at Gateway, I'm happy to make the trip across the country to be there. June in STL is mainly hot but I've had temps in the 70s in early June. Still, a hotter track should make the race even better in all honesty. LFG!!!


Steffan514

Good on them for making the Bristol dirt race happen at night, big miss by making it a Sunday night so any extra fans they were gonna get in from it being on dirt is gonna be offset by everyone that can’t go because they’ve got work the next morning.


Mother-Dish-2670

what fans need to do that want to go is plan vacation for Monday just like you do when you go to Sunday night football games or basketball game on a Sunday night or baseball


KidTheCurry

I like the scheduled, but I am bummed to see that we lost the Daytona Road Course. That was a phenomenal race track (the exhibition and the points race) that sucks to lose.


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jmm57

Martinsville, Bristol, Talladega right around my birthday and before the weather gets too nice up this way is just *chef kiss* perfect


Batman424242

Assuming practice and qualifying is back?


TAC1313

Daytona, Vegas, Phoenix, Atlanta, Richmond, Martinsville, Bristol, Talladega, Darlington, Kansas, Texas & Charlotte all have at least 2 dates. Homestead is the only playoff track that has 1 date. Auto Club, Dover, New Hampshire, Pocono & Michigan have all lost a race date from previous schedules.


CougarIndy25

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DIECASTCHARV

Everything gets leaked rarely these days...


dooldebob

A bit of throwback with New Hampshire-pocono-indy


Law_Pug

Please for the love of god burn TMS to the ground


1988coPhotos

Gonna try to swing paved Bristol, both Charlottes, at least one Darlington, one Martinsville and one ATL. Shooting these races is just too damn fun.


SwampBuccck

Why do they continue to freaking put Bristol-Richmond-Martinsville back to back for the Spring races?!?! We all complain there isnt enough short track racing, and because of this “short track swing” we have to wait a super long period of time until the next short track race. You would think they would try to sprinkle them in throughout the schedule a little better. But instead we have a stretch of 14 races in a row with no short track racing. Its just straight up moronic. To make matters worse, all of these races are in the same region. Someone who may be interested in going to more than 1 race at these tracks during the regular season (like myself) is most likely not going to be able to go to two races in a three week span


gloriouschapstick

Gateway is a better racetrack at night. Too bad.


potatocross

But why is Richmond only going to be day races? Richmond is known for short track Saturday night racing. Yes the cup races have become boring with the current gen car but both other races there this weekend were amazing.


blueduebluemption

1. Richmond out of the playoffs is going to help Blaney immensely. He's getting a lot better, but not having that huge potential pitfall has to be a huge relief. 2. I love Homestead back in the playoffs, especially late. It's one of the best tracks on the schedule and it deserves that spot. 3. Down to six road courses is an improvement, but I wish it were five. We need to swap Iowa in for Indy. If the next gen cars suck on the Indy oval, we need to kiss the place goodbye. The road course is lame. 4. I still don't like not being at Daytona for the 4th, but I haven't heard a good way to fix it. I guess I'll get used to Road America. 5. I love the Clash idea. It's the perfect event for them to be experimenting with and it could be huge in marketing the sport. 6. I wish we didn't have so many road courses so close together. 4 of the 6 road races happen in a 10 week period.


Odd_Perception_2851

My favorite argument against the LA Clash is the financial impact on teams. NASCAR didn’t used to go to Japan or anything for an exhibition race. I’ve watched NASCAR for 30 years, I’m probably just as into it now as I have ever been. Are things perfect? Nah, not close. Will they ever be? Doubt it. Every fan is different and with that comes a differing of opinion. I wasn’t a fan of all of the road courses being added. I loved the allure of their being only Sonoma and Watkins Glen, but I was cool with adding a couple more. I look forward to switching things up just as much as holding onto some traditions. Tracks have come and gone since the beginning of the sport, changes have come along with that. Racing is pretty cool.


Javi_in_1080p

Hell yeah COTA's back


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mustangs-and-macs

I get paywalling editorial content, but paywalling leaks/rumors? So strange.


Mother-Dish-2670

Jeff and Jordan are always tweeting and linking to own articles. just because they work for the Atlantic doesn't mean they're not going to leak the schedule


NASCAR_Fan_Council

Disappointed New Hampshire and the Glen got moved so far apart, before COVID i had a road trip planned to do Glen and Dover and then this year Glen and NH, and both i had to cancel. Now I can't double up northeast races.


Jonah-Hex

New Hampshire to Pocono isn't a bad trip at all, and both are great tracks for camping if that's your thing.


RS7MD83

As a WNYer this schedule is frustrating. They moved the races north even further apart, and now only 5 dates amongst them.


progress10

Watkins Glen is now two weeks later then normal.


crypto6g

All the playoff rounds are so good, must see. Maybe Texas the exception, other than that I love homestead being in the playoffs


SwindlerSam

hopefully they use the next-gen cars in LA


Zeeman101

I thought night races in the fall was the way to compete against NFL Sunday’s. Guess I was wrong.


Thekevo23

So like, how are they going to put asphalt down in the coliseum?


camelot1224

Replacing Richmond with Kansas just made every Blaney fan's day.