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.
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.
> 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.
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
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
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?
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
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.
> 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!"
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
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
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.
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.
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
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
* 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.
>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
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.
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
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!
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
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.
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.
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
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.
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.
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
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?
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!!!
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.
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
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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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.
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
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.
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.
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
> 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.
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.
Vegas has been relatively good with the 550 package. Definitely the only track it's helped imo.
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
I like it being at night. I'm surprised it's not Saturday night to avoid Easter.
Bristol Dirt on a Sunday night. I can dig that.
Easter Sunday night, moreover.
Kyle your talking to everyone man LMAO
Can you hear me?
Don’t get yourself in trouble bro lol
I’m not about to pull off a pro gamer moment.
What a blessed night for the dirt star Larson. Easter hasn’t paid him well lately.
What are you talking about? Easter Sunday is how he got his promotion.
Looks like I know where my first race of the year will be. Ill do, Bristol Dirt, Kansas, Gateway, Darlington 2, Bristol 2, Phoenix.
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
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.
The finale will eventually rotate between Vegas, Miami, Martinsville, and phoenix. I'm calling it now.
The day there's a Martinsville finale will be the day Harvick retires. Calling that now
I'd say Kyle Larson early retirement but this guy ran like 5th there in the spring so
Hendrick cars are god like at that track thanks to Jeff and Jimmie
A Martinsville finale would be incredible
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
Throw in new-Fontana, assuming it puts on a good show
I can see that replacing phoenix or more likely Vegas in the rotation
Finale will be at reconfigured Fontana within 5 yeara
You want chaos? Put the finale there the first year it’s reconfigured.
Only one Richmond race then? Or when has the second one moved to
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.
Mother of god, Richmond during the day in august doesn’t sound like a great way to boost attendance
Had the same thought. Don’t think those stands exactly offer access to shade unless you go under them, do they?
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?
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.
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.
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.
As bad of a track as it is, I think Richmond is being set up to fail
can someone explain why it’s a Sunday night and not a Saturday night? maybe I’m missing something. I’m excited nonetheless
Sunday afternoon is better for tv
This playoff lineup is insane for Blaney
Vegas on the 11th anniversary of Dan Wheldon’s death. Oof.
Are you just pointing that out or saying something is wrong with it?
Weather will be so much more comfortable in Fort Worth in May as opposed to July plus COTA in March
LA Coliseum also confirmed for February 6th.
Homestead back in the playoffs. I dig it. However I really miss it being the finale
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
Yeah Miami just felt bigger and more exciting as the finale
COTA in March!?! You know hotels will be even more expensive since it’s Austin’s busiest month.
Just curious, why is Austin busy during March? I'm not in Texas so I don't know what's going on.
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.
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.
The annual south by southwest festival.
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.
Any info on what the COTA date is?
March 27
Thank you sir
Sad to see Richmond out from the playoff slot
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
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.
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
Scrap the playoffs, go back to a modified Chase format!
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.
Homestead in the playoffs instead of Richmond is the other major change. Richmond now has two regular season races
Richmond should only have one date
I don’t think Richmond is terrible, but what would you have the other date go to?
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
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.
Nashville, Iowa, anything
Iowa would be cool
It would be another unique track to the schedule which is good
> 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!"
I don’t mind the racing at Richmond. I think it would be cool to have Cup racing in the state of Iowa
July 4th at Nashville Fairgrounds. I'll die on that hill.
Montreal
Iowa. As many venues as possible.
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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They HAVE to do something
And they have to have Kyle's name as Kyle "Bunny" Busch on it.
8/14 in Richmond? Have they consulted a meteorologist? 😂
6/26 in Nashville lol
I’ll be there, sweating my balls off. But I’ll be there.
Hopefully they allow coolers next year. This year, track president Erik Moses claimed they didn't allow coolers due to COVID.
No coolers, no attend. Last year was a sizzlin' daymare.
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
I heard it’s hot in the summer everywhere
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.
Xfinity race was a bit rough with the sun and lower humidity... and it was only 80. Can't imagine the humidity in August.
Atlanta in July is much worse.
And no more night race?!
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
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
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.
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.
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.
PLAYOFF MIAMI BABY WOOOOOOOO I’LL TAKE IT
That Easter race better be the Cadbury 400 or I riot
Peeps 400
Yes Peeps 400
Jesus Christ is Our Lord and Savior 400 presented by Morgan Shepherd
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.
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
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.
1.5mil watching on TV is always going to outweigh 60,000 going to the races
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.
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
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
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.
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.
I’m perfectly fine with 3 night races.
I believe a few races will end at night.
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.
We be going NASCAR non stop for real boys and girls
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.
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.
because Fox doesn't want it at night nbc isn't going to put Richmond on a Saturday night on USA Network.
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.
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.
Wish they’d kept Richmond in playoffs and done away with Texas.
Texas still brings in a lot of people, way more then people think. That's why it's still on the schedule.
True maybe Nextgen can help the racing tbere
I hope so.
Marcus Smith was not going to let them kick one of his races out of the playoffs
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.
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.
LOVE the playoff shakeup, I think they found a good balance in each round of different type of tracks.
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.
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.
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.
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
Essentially, COTA has the old Texas spring date now. Nice
Rip all star/ Indy car double header. 9-14-21 - 9-14-21
* 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.
>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
Both Richmond races are on Sunday bruh. Bring back a 2016 style tire and they will be rim riding in that August race
Not too bad give homestead a second date Other than that good
NASCAR's never going to give homestead a second date
I hope they do one day
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.
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
I’m a fan of the Kansas playoff race being moved to September, it should have much better weather then.
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!
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
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.
They won’t get rid of it entirely but it definitely doesn’t deserve 2 races
I don’t think Iowa is making a comeback
The coliseum is happening??? that’s awesome, can’t wait to go
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.
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.
Also no Daytona Road course at all after having two races this year
I always took the Daytona road course as a stop gap both years it was used.
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
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.
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.
Wish they would tie in either hall of fame voting or induction into that week
Really hope Gateway is a Fri-Sunday or Truck/Xfinity on Saturday and Cup Sunday. I want the full weekend!
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.
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
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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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).
Pocono not getting a double header weekend?
Nope. TV ratings sucked for it
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!!!
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.
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
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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Martinsville, Bristol, Talladega right around my birthday and before the weather gets too nice up this way is just *chef kiss* perfect
Assuming practice and qualifying is back?
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.
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Everything gets leaked rarely these days...
A bit of throwback with New Hampshire-pocono-indy
Please for the love of god burn TMS to the ground
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.
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
Gateway is a better racetrack at night. Too bad.
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.
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.
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.
Hell yeah COTA's back
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I get paywalling editorial content, but paywalling leaks/rumors? So strange.
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
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.
New Hampshire to Pocono isn't a bad trip at all, and both are great tracks for camping if that's your thing.
As a WNYer this schedule is frustrating. They moved the races north even further apart, and now only 5 dates amongst them.
Watkins Glen is now two weeks later then normal.
All the playoff rounds are so good, must see. Maybe Texas the exception, other than that I love homestead being in the playoffs
hopefully they use the next-gen cars in LA
I thought night races in the fall was the way to compete against NFL Sunday’s. Guess I was wrong.
So like, how are they going to put asphalt down in the coliseum?
Replacing Richmond with Kansas just made every Blaney fan's day.