Creating the Perfect 2024 NASCAR Schedule
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NOTE: Might have to swap Gateway and Montreal. I mistakenly looked at the '23 F1 calendar and not the '24 schedule. My current schedule would interfere with theirs, so we'd need to swap a week.
but imagine a Doubleheader!
When Denny Hamlin bump and runs max Verstappen to unlap himself at the wall of champions>>>>>>
i think rather than going to Montreal they should go to portland
The long-awaited NASCAR/F1 doubleheader!
You'd also have to swap Road America and Michigan. IMSA & NASCAR themselves cannot be there together, too many sports car manufacturer only series.
I think we all could use Eric rocking out to the Out Of The Groove theme song 🎸
I second that. Great idea Brandon 😀👍
That’s genius. 100% we need that.
I love the idea of the Brickyard 400 following the Olympics.
if they are extremely promoting the return to the oval, NASCAR better get the tire and package right with a lot of team testing
The June Montreal date could work, but I'm not sure how comfortable Formula 1 and the FIA would be to almost 'share' the track with NASCAR where traditionally their Canadian GP is Mid-June. This years race was on June 18th.
It won't work. F1 is there that week.
To share track with the FIA you need for said series to effectively agree to be a feeder series to F1 that week. That means everything from teams using different paddocks and having to adapt to F1 pit lanes, to FOM controlling the broadcast and trackside advertisements. No way NASCAR would agree... A June 23rd date sounds way more reasonable for Nascar (2 weeks after F1, so the track is already set up and ready to go)
@@Ofitus21 or move the Cup race up a week prior
@@jacobshelor419 Setting up an F1 race begins weeks prior, particularly on semi-permanent circuits. You could have Nascar the week after F1, but the week prior is far more difficult
@@Ofitus21 fair enough. I'm just saying the week of definitely won't work
Don’t you love it when Eric puts out banger videos randomly like this
I kind of want to see Long Beach, Montreal, Indy Oval, Laguna Seca, and Eldora as apart of the schedule
I think Laguna Seca would be too small, but solid tracks
All cool tracks but we can’t have everything 😭
Long Beach would be great as the long-term SoCal date.
Finally someone mentions Long Beach! That track is just perfect for the schedule. It’s a street course, it’s in the Southern California area and they can do a triple header with indycar and imsa.
@@ZPaul_it would have to be a weekend before or after, they already run at max capacity with IMSA & Indycar. (also there isn't enough space on the pit road for more then like 30 cup cars)
If nascar decided to make the Montreal race in June it would be cool to see them do a doubleheader weekend with F1
Only if it's back to back weekends. F1 takes a different pit layout
that is not a great idea there.
I think it would be cool if f1 was on Friday and NASCAR was on Sunday
@@bobshoemaker100there’s no way f1 would agree to bump to a Friday, their logistics are much more complicated
its gonna be in august!
Only tracks that should have 2 races are Daytona, Dega, Bristol, Martinsville, Charlotte and Atl
TRUTH!!!!
Until they fix the shirt track package, Darlington deserves 2 over Martinsville.
I’m happy as long as they keep Dover because I went to my first in person race this year there
I'd like to see more night races, especially a road course under the lights. Also, I think it would be interesting to replace Watkins Glen with Portland to give the fans in the Pacific Northwest an opportunity to see a cup race.
agree with more night races! Sunday nights are great
Watkins Glen is going nowhere, that place is PACKED every year!! Upstate NY shows out.
@@rebelsoul5980Road America was absolutely packed and they lost their date unfortunately so attendance doesn’t mean shit to nascar
NOOOOO why can’t rainbow road (specifically from either mario kart 7, wii, or DS) have the championship race
I’m all for bringing Rockingham back, but if that doesn’t happen, what about making Bristol the All Star race? It is an SMI track and it’ll help keep them on the schedule twice- which is also good since it’s a playoff cutoff race so it’ll get drivers a chance on it earlier in the season.
Bristol Spring is always kind of a low ratings race- but if it’s the All Star race, that could really help bring eyes onto it for the earlier Bristol. And honestly Bristol is a fun race with good bumping and banging which under the lights could be great for an All Star spectacle.
Just remember that chicago has until January to decide if they are renewing for another year, so the schedule might not come out until then. Hopefully they decide before then though.
It thought they signed a 3 year deal already.
@Kartkid024 it's a 3 year deal with promoters option for all of them. Since the government leaders changed, meaning the person who lobbied to have the race is out, there's a strong chance it won't happen again. The city of Chicago government has until January to decide if they want to host it again.
@Kartkid024 there is talk that nascar will put the schedule out before January, with it tentatively on it, having the Daytona road course as the replacement if it's not renewed in January. Since nascar owns Daytona, and nothing is happening that week at the track, they can easily make the change. It would be hard to have a different track on standby, since nascar is based in Daytona, they'd be able to pull it off the easiest.
i’m not sure if you planned this but your June 9th slot for the Montreal race is the same day for F1. the 2024 date is June 9th for the F1 Canadian GP. that would be sick but NASCAR would probably have to race early sunday morning
obviously the perfect nascar schedule is 36 straight races of texas motor speedway.
Lol
Yes
When they turn it into a overlapping figure 8 with 30 degree banking in the existing curves then most definitely the Texas lasso 500 will be a race of perfection
OMG I would die 😂
Eric you made me so pumped when you said new road course replacing Sonoma! Thought you were gonna say Portland😂 way to break my heart lol
Love it Eric! Here’s my ideal 2025 Cup schedule…
Sunday, Feb. 2 Clash (Rotate)
Sunday, Feb. 16 Daytona
Sunday, Feb. 23 Auto Club
Sunday, March 2 Las Vegas
Sunday, March 9 Phoenix
Sunday, March 16 COTA
Sunday, March 23 Rockingham
Sunday, March 30 Atlanta
Sunday, April 6 Richmond
Sunday, April 13 Martinsville
Saturday, April 19 North Wilksboro (Easter) (Night)
Sunday, April 27 Dover
Sunday, May 4 Sonoma
Sunday, May 11 BYE (Mother’s Day)
Saturday, May 17 Nashville Fairgrounds (All-Star)
Sunday, May 25 Charlotte (Night)
Sunday, June 1 Talladega
Saturday, June 7 Gateway (Night)
Sunday, June 15 Indianapolis (Father’s Day)
Saturday, June 21 Eldora (Dirt) (Night)
Saturday, June 28 Iowa (Night)
Sunday, July 6 Street Race (Rotate cities)
Saturday, July 12 Atlanta (Night)
Sunday, July 20 Pocono
Sunday, July 27 New Hampshire
Sunday, Aug. 3 Montreal
Sunday, Aug. 10 Michigan
Sunday, Aug. 17 Watkins Glen
Saturday, Aug. 23 Daytona (Night)
Sunday, Aug. 31 BYE
ROUND OF 16 PLAYOFFS
Sunday, Sept. 7 Darlington (Night)
Saturday, Sept. 13 Texas (Night)
Saturday, Sept. 20 Bristol (Night)
ROUND OF 12 PLAYOFFS
Sunday, Sept. 27 Kansas
Sunday, Oct. 5 Talladega
Saturday, Oct. 11 Charlotte Roval (Night)
ROUND OF 8 PLAYOFFS
Saturday, Oct. 18 Phoenix (Night)
Sunday, Oct. 26 Nashville SS
Sunday, Nov. 2 Martinsville
CHAMPIONSHIP 4
Sunday, Nov. 9 Homestead
Track Breakdown
Dirt: 1
Short tracks: 7
1 mile: 5
1.25-1.3 mile: 3
1.5 mile: 5
2-2.5 mile: 3
Road/Street: 6
Superspeedways: 6
Only tracks with two dates, on the same layout, are Daytona, Talladega, Atlanta, Phoenix, and Martinsville.
36 points races, plus Clash and All-Star Race
2 BYE weeks, one over Mothers Day, and the other between the regular season, and Playoffs.
Indianapolis given a new traditional date on Father’s Day
Throwback weekend at North Wilksboro on Easter weekend
13 night races, including the All-Star Race. All of which are either on Saturday Night, or a Sunday night before a holiday.
Richmond should be a night race. Used to always be a night race
Man with a huge stack of cash like that we should just assume now that we will be seeing Eric's face on Buescher's championship 4 car this season. After 20 years the black and yellow 17 will return to cup for a second championship.
Get Dover out of April so we can avoid the constant rain in this area 😂
I like going to the west early in the season, when it's not hot. And I like the positioning of the "Brickyard 400."
Potential hot take, but I think instead of Road America, that date should go to the Milwaukee Mile and make that the Nascar/Indycar doubleheader. Have Trucks run Friday night, Indy Lights and Xfinity on Saturday, then on Sunday you have Indycar in the early afternoon, immediately followed by a dusk/night race for Cup.
The mile also does not have lights. As much as I would love to see them there this would not work.
@@davidjohnson4203 Champ Car and the Xfinity Series ran night races there in the mid 2000s though, didn't they? I doubt there's anything stopping them from using temporary lights again.
The Milwaukee Mile does not have lights I was there yesterday.
Its perfect! North wilkesboro fit in perfect this year for my first in person cup race. But that was almost a fluke with my schedule on the farm. Eldora, North wilkesboro and Rockingham back to back to back would be an awesome stretch!
I was at Lollapalooza this past weekend and realized that an entrance was by turn 9. I also saw pit boxes painted on Columbus Drive.
Roval last year was a real stinker after the late Gen 6 races being excellent. Pending how it looks this year i'd almost say axe it for the oval.
If that were to happen, I'd put Charlotte Oval in place of Texas and the Roval becomes Daytona Road. (Might as well go big, right?)
11:12 Eric, June 9th is already locked in for the Canadian Grand Prix in F1 (at the same circuit)
I honestly would love to have Chicagoland Speedway on the schedule for next year. I miss going to that track
You know a track I wanna see on the schedule, Weather Tech Raceway (Laguna Seca) out in California
@@legend_520 My grandpa once said NASCAR would never go to Laguna Seca because it lacks the infrastructure.
agreed 4th of july night race at chicagoland
Slide job so close
Love these kinds of videos and hearing your ideas! Thanks for sharing Eric!!
I really hope we get montreal as a Canadian fan. I had a chance to go to nhms this year and it was amazing minus the rain delay. I like to get montreal as no need to louse out on the exchange. 😂 Being near the start finish on a road course would be fun.
I'd switch Eldroa with The Charlotte Dirt Track. Then May can be promoted like IndyCar with NASCAR not leaving NC for the whole month. Having a whole month in NC would feel like weekends off for most NASCAR crew guys with Rockingham being the longest drive.
I think this schedule is great however, you unknowingly created a "North Carolina Swing" with that North Wilkesboro-Rockingham-Charlotte lineup
Instead of west coast swing we need a midwest swing chicagoland,Iowa,indy
I agree with you. Talladega is definitely a wild card no matter what part of the schedule it's in especially in the playoffs
If this happened that be awesome, June gets decent weather in Montreal they get between 20 to 25 which is in the 70 for the American fans. With only 25 percent chances of rain which is not bad too. If they ever made your schedule Eric I would really be hyped
Heck yeah, I'd be totally thrilled if the Cup series returns to run the rectangle in the biggest way possible. I attended many a Brickyard 400 as a kid, and would get tickets to that event in a heartbeat. My very first in-person race was watching Harvick get that crown jewel win. Being during the NBC schedule, maybe a 2024 Brickyard would get the closer in the driver seat one more time (wishful thinking I know).
Honestly most of this is pretty good...
But if I had to tweak this, I'd move Texas into the Spring, Dover into NBC's regular season coverage, and Michigan can slide into that spot right after the Southern 500.
I'd also swap Kansas and Vegas playoff dates to have Kansas open the Round-of-8.
Outside of that, most of the things that I originally disagreed with you ended up swaying my mind. Things like the Clash, Easter weekend, dirt racing, and taking races away from places like Richmond and Darlington.
Can't wait to see how wrong all of us are. 😂😂
I would say Sonoma in March would be... tough.
It would be pretty chilly, maybe mid 60s at best. It could very easily rain. And, if it rains, it would likely snow over the Sierra Nevadas and I can't see the teams wanting to schlep their expensive haulers with cars and war wagons inside over Donner Pass in a heavy snowstorm. Logistically it makes sense, but I think the weather is too much of a question mark...
Lettsssss go racing boyssss
I would push the Dover date to sometime in the summer or early fall. The past few Dover races have been postponed due to weather. I live 2 1/2 hours away from Dover and I can safely say this area is notorious for having rain that time of year. I would probably swap it with either Gateway or Texas.
If I remember correctly, Dover used to have a summer June race, and a "fall" September race. June was always a warm but not to warm spot. Early June is probably the best spot for Dover.
@@jdowls9538 I agree. Probably swap the Gateway and Dover dates like I said or either Sonoma or Texas.
My schedule done right with the only limitation being how operable the track is:
Feb 4- Clash at the Coliseum
Feb- Daytona 500
Feb 26- Las Vegas
Mar 3- Phoenix
Mar 10- Sonoma
Mar 17- Atlanta
Mar 24- COTA
Mar 31- Richmond
Apr 7- Talladega
Apr 14- Kansas
Apr 21- Martinsville
Apr 28- Dover
May 5- Eldora
May 12- Gateway
May 19- Bowman Grey (AS)
May 26- World 600 Presented by Coca Cola (Name Change)
Jun 2- North Wilkesboro
Jun 9- Long Beach
Jun 16- Off
Jun 23- Nashville
Jun 30- Montreal
Jul 7- Firecracker 400/Daytona
Jul 14- Milwaukee Mile
Jul 21- Pocono (Double Header?)
Jul 28- New Hampshire
Aug 4- Road America
Aug 11- Watkins Glen (Other Layout)
Aug 18- Michigan (C.J. traveling Manufacturer’s Trophy I.e. mich vs mich state Paul Bunyan Trophy)
Aug 24- Brickyard 400
Sep 1- Southern 500
Sep 8- Bristol
Sep 14- Chicagoland
Sep 22- Kansas
Sep 29- Rockingham
Oct 6- Charlotte Roval
Oct 13- Atlanta
Oct 20- Martinsville
Oct 27- Talladega (Halloween Crown Jewel Hype)
Nov 3- Homestead Miami (Final)
Nov 10- Five Flags Speedway (Exhibition)
As a local of the area, I can tell you Sonoma in March won't work.
this doesn't make sense
It seems like everyone not in Northern California thinks that Sonoma belongs on the West Coast swing. There is that race isn't meant to be in March that no one gets. Sonoma Raceway gets a lot of money from camping and would be unable to have camping. Plus, the places to park are mud and hard to get out of. We also get rain that time of year. I'd expect Sonoma to stay right where it is in the schedule. I do like the LA Clash returning. But if that's the case, I'd have to choose between Las Vegas spring or the Clash as far as my first race next season.
Montreal June 9 is likely to be decent. It is just a few hours from Boston or NY or New Hampshire. The fly in your ointment is the F1 guys are there at that time..usually that week or the third week. They won't do two races two weeks apart. But CTMP/Mosport is sitting there and we used to pack in one of the biggest crowds the Trucks would see as a stand alone
Every evening, after Family Feud goes off, I flip the TV over to RUclips. And your daily video is always the first recommendation. If, by chance, it's not up, I'll go digging for it. You do a great job. Go 'Stros!
Id love to see lime rock on the schedule. Probably for the xfinity series.
I don't think the Clash should be a points race, but I definitely would be open to the idea of the winner of the Clash getting an automatic bid to the playoffs to make it more interesting. More of a bonus race per say that doesn't necessarily hurt drivers on stage points.
Would be happy to see Bristol dirt go
This would be a great schedule for sure. I’d love to see more street courses in the future, perhaps by running races during a week night here and there. More short tracks would be a dream as well.
The short track package is garbage, why do you want more boring races? Richmond was a snooze fest! We need more Pocono type races, bring back the Brickyard 400!
@@rebelsoul5980 because short tracks are the heart and backbone of the sport. I also have faith that they will get the short track package figured out soon. Also it would be great to boost smaller local economies here and there that could use a boost.
Laguna Seca would be an interesting addition to the west coast swing.
Only thing that the Cross of the border to Montreal makes me scratch my head is the Formula 1 Grand Prix that happens around those dates. I think usually is the week after that, but I could be wrong.
On another note, the Road America Weekend would be shared with IMSA's race there as well since they are going there on that weekend exactly.
Oof I should've checked the IMSA schedule. Maybe we swap RA and Watkins Glen lol
PPIR is one race track I want to see
I like that most tracks only have one date. I feel that we should go to more tracks instead of repeating so many. Only tracks that are above average, like the super speedways and short tracks, should get two dates. I would be disappointed if Bristol (concrete) only had one date.
That’s a great schedule Eric!
Do you ever think Iowa speedway will get a cup race? I hope it returns to xfinity and truck schedule in 2024
My 24’ schedule mixed with reality checks and bias
Feb 4: Clash
Feb 18: Daytona 500
Feb 25: Las Vegas
Mar 3: Sonoma
Mar 10: Phoenix
Mar 17: Atlanta
Mar 24: COTA
Mar 31: North Wilksburro
Apr 7: Richmond
Apr 14: Martinsville
Apr 21: Talladega
Apr 28: Dover
May 5: Kansas
May 12: Knoxville Dirt Race
May 19: St Louis
May 26: Coca Cola 600
Jun 2: Portland
Jun 9: Rockingham (All Star Race)
Jun 16: Nashville
June 22-23: Pocono Double Header
Jun 30: Atlanta
Jul 7: Chicago Street Race
Jul 14: New Hampshire
2 Bye Weeks (Olympics)
Aug 4: Michigan
Aug 11: Watkins Glen
Aug 18: Indianapolis
Aug 24: Daytona
Playoffs remain the same
Overall like the schedule. I personally think too many Road course's / Street Course's, think 6 is most needed.
Eric: "Put some RESPECT on the Southern 500's NAME!"
Also Eric: The only Crown Jewel race on his list without using the name.💀
Great idea coming.
What if there was an all retro race track stretch in the 2024/2025 schedule Starting off with
Northwilkesboro
Then going to the newly renovated/restored
Rockingham
And then returning to another newly improved/restored track
Nashville fairgrounds.
I think if they keep Bristol Dirt, they should make it a night race. I think there should be more night races. And even a more surprising twist would be to make unusual tracks night races to test them out under different conditions.
I was thinking making all the short tracks night races since I've really wanted to see a Dover night race but I was also thinking about making one of the road courses a night race.
They did the Clash at the Daytona RC before. Maybe COTA or the Charlotte Roval.
Another fun one would be since Daytona has a day race in the 500 and the night playoff race, one of the Talladega races could try it out. That's the long-shot that will probably never happen but it would definitely be a wild night.
F1 is in Montreal that weekend. Maybe flip Gateway to have week before F1 race. May get an F1 driver or two since they would travel ahead of time…
Eldora Speedway is a couple hours northwest of my hometown of Xenia, and coming from the home of Kil-Kare Raceway, i think it would be nice to have a NASCAR race in Ohio.
Looks pretty realistic. My only concern would be the 3 Charlotte area races in a row being an over-saturation attendance wise. But the All-Star Race is a different animal, so it probably wouldn't be that big of a concern.
With those speedways and limited attendance, Charlotte itself would be affected, but the other 2 will look great on TV
I would put Gateway 2nd to last. Call it “The Gateway to Phoenix.” Could be fun weather permitting.
I know the FIA would never do it but a Cup F1 double header in Montreal would be awesome. I think the Indycar Nascar double header has been a success, it my only arguement to keep the IMS road course on the cup schedule.
I like the schedule. I would swap the Roval with COTA. And eventually I would like tracks to get one race a year. I don’t mind bookending the season with Daytona.
This schedule would be awesome. Though, I would swap Gateway/Nashville for Texas. I know SMI won't give up the playoff race, but it doesn't deserve a playoff spot in its current condition. If they reconfigure it (again) then maybe. Also, Richmond should be a night race again.
Actually I would swap COTA for Texas, COTA deserve to be promoted.
I'd like another visit to the Daytona Road Course. I think they should do it every five years or so.
I’m the exact opposite. I think all Rovals all need to go. Daytona, Charlotte, Indy. Run on the Ovals. That’s NASCAR racing. I miss the days when there were only 2 road courses (I’m 25 BTW, so not an old timer fan). If I want to watch road courses I’ll watch IMSA or INDYCAR or something.
Go to the Rolex 24
@@leesha_252 I do every year. It's always my first trip of the year.
@@nathan1sixteenexactly, I don't mind road courses but on ACTUAL road courses. Don't take away the Brickyard 400 that's for sure!
Honestly id swap talladega and vegas in the playoffs just so we dont have multiple mile and a half tracks in the same round, that way each round has its own variety of tracks
YES!!!!!!! Bring road America back to the NASCAR cup series schedule. All three series at road America would be fantastic if we could get that to work. And That would align the truck series race with my birthday. Assuming the truck race would be on Friday.
I think NASCAR should really look into thunderbolt raceway located in Millville, New Jersey. It's located right off a major highway. There is an airport plenty of hotel accommodations. And if you were to bring in the xfinity series, they can actually run on a different track on the same property called Lightning bolt raceway. New Jersey motorsports park. In my mind would be perfect spot in the nascar circuit. We can call it the Chesapeake Bay 250.
12:50 Dah F***in Chicago! 😡 I hope it doesn’t make a come back to next season schedule but I do want the Brickyard 400 and Road America again
I really would love to see them at Montreal I love the f1 race there
I like it, this 2024 NASCAR schedule will be perfect race tracks across in North America. So let’s see what happens for NASCAR calls the new 2024 schedule race tracks for an official confirmed.
I think they should race at portland for a new road course, the xfinity races there are always fantastic
Dover should be moved to either late May or early June due to the threat of rain impacting the race. It's rained out 3 of the last 4 years in Dover and was postponed to Monday
Indycar/Nascar could do a double header but this time at Road America vs Indy road course. Or a whole weekend in Wisconsin August 4th. Trucks and Indycar at Milwaukee and Xfinity and Cup at RA
I like this scheduel, but i have 2 problems.
1. If NASCAR isn't able to get a deal to go to Montreal Canada, I feel like they should also try something new. I'm thinking if they cant go to Canada next season, lets got back out to the west coast to Laguna Seca (Weather Tech Raceway) and call it the Weather Tech 350
2. I personally don't see Rockingham coming back that soon, maybe 2025 or 2026. So if they cant, lets give the fans what they want, and head on back... to Chicagoland Speedway. I feel like the Next Gen car will give us some of the best racing yet on that track.
I lived 15 miles from Sonoma for 45 some odd years and I hated going in the middle of summer....... 100% agree make early in the season so we can show off how beautiful the Sonoma valley is........
I really like this schedule, especially a NH race right before July 4th
0:34 "although legitimately that guitar is pretty cool". Rickenbacker guitars are cool.
9:56 YES YES YES 1000x YES MAKE IT HAPPEN
11:34 I live roughly a 90 minute drive SW of Circuit Gilles Villeneuve. Temperatures that time of year range in the high teens-mid 20s Celsius or mid 60s-mid 70s Fahrenheit. Bring a hoodie or light jacket but also bring jeans, shorts and t-shirt. Don't be surprised to see locals in shorts, tees, tanks and flip flops.
Eric: “…or rainbow road as the championship date”
NASCAR: WRITE THAT DOWN! WRITE THAT DOWN!
All Star Race should go to Montreal! Also, June 9th at Circuit Gilles Villenueve is impossible. Formula 1 is there that weekend
Here is mine. I have two versions: Both respect NBC Olympic Break with two weeks like 2021 schedule and both have Pocono doubleheader. For me, NASCAR has a serious issue finding perfect match for Auto Club. Sonoma has to be in the West Coast swing starting year but also was a perfect ending for FOX.
Option 1:
RACE NUMBER DATE TRACK
0 4-feb Clash at L.A. Colliseum
1 18-feb Daytona 500
2 25-feb Las Vegas
3 3-mar Phoenix 1
4 10-mar Sonoma
5 17-mar Atlanta 1
6 24-mar COTA
7 31-mar Bristol Dirt Race
8 7-abr Martinsville
9 13-abr Richmond 1
10 21-abr Talladega 1
11 28-abr Dover
12 5-may Kansas 1
13 12-may Darlington (Goodyear 400)
0 19-may All Star Race
14 26-may Coca Cola 600
15 2-jun Gateway
16 9-jun Watkins Glen
17 16-jun Nashville
18 23-jun Loudon
19 29-jun Pocono 1
20 30-jul Pocono 2
21 6-jul Daytona 400
22 14-jul Atlanta 2
23 21-jul Chicago S.C.
24 11-ago Michigan
25 18-ago Richmond 2
26 25-ago Brickyard 400
27 1-sep Darlington (Southern 500)
28 8-sep Kansas 2
29 14-sep Bristol Night Race
30 22-sep Texas
31 28-sep Charlotte Oval
32 6-oct Talladega 2
33 13-oct Las Vegas 2
34 20-oct Homestead
35 27-oct Martinsville 2
36 3-nov Phoenix (Season Finale)
Option 2:
RACE NUMBER DATE TRACK
0 4-feb Clash at L.A. Colliseum
1 18-feb Daytona 500
2 25-feb Las Vegas
3 3-mar Phoenix 1
4 10-mar Sonoma
5 16-mar Atlanta 1
6 17-mar Atlanta 2
7 24-mar COTA
8 7-abr Martinsville
9 13-abr Richmond 1
10 21-abr Talladega 1
11 28-abr Dover
12 5-may Kansas 1
13 12-may Darlington (Goodyear 400)
0 19-may All Star Race
14 26-may Coca Cola 600
15 2-jun Gateway
16 9-jun Bristol 1
17 16-jun Nashville
18 23-jun Loudon
19 29-jun Pocono 1
20 30-jul Pocono 2
21 7-jul Chicago S.C.
22 14-jul Michigan
23 21-jul Richmond 2
24 11-ago Brickyard 400
25 18-ago Watkins Glen
26 25-ago Daytona 400
27 1-sep Darlington (Southern 500)
28 8-sep Kansas 2
29 14-sep Bristol 2 (Night Race)
30 22-sep Texas
31 28-sep Charlotte Oval
32 6-oct Talladega 2
33 13-oct Las Vegas 2
34 20-oct Homestead
35 27-oct Martinsville 2
36 3-nov Phoenix (Season Finale)
As a Richmond resident...I agree with the one date for Richmond 😂
I'd definitely add Iowa in place of probably one of the Vegas races, but yeah! I wish your schedule is what would actually happen.
Looked for you at Michigan , was hoping to get to meet you and thank you for being the # 1 NASCAR news RUclips channel, at least in my opinion! Would absolutely love to see a Cup race at Eldora!! And you play guitar!!! Me too!! Blessings!!
Don’t knock the Montreal bag pipe festival 😂
Great schedule! I do find two glaring issues, however. For one, way too many road courses. We already have a lot of road courses and this schedule would add one more. At least until NASCAR fixes their short track/road course packages, I wouldn't want to add any more road courses. Also, there is no way around it, the off week will 100% have to be during the Olympics. NBC just will have way too many resources tied up in Paris, best to take the current off week and throw a race in it, maybe Montreal, then move a different race into that slot that would have interfered with the Canadian Grand Prix. If that makes sense lolol.
COTA was good, Sonoma was boring but it's always been boring, and Chicago was good. Short tracks need some work but I like the current package for road courses.
im putting it out there: First races outside the us should be montreal and mexico city. Also im throwing it out there go back to Japan and in europe go to the norisring or lausitzring in germany. The norisring is pretty basic, long straights with tight hairpins and a few 90 degree corners. But the lausitzring has an oval with every corner being very different. i dont know in what condition the oval is tho
I would like to see Iowa Speedway get a Cup date. They did some renovation to the track, they added more suites on turn 1&2, turn 3&4, including the infield.
June in Montreal will be warm and nice that time of year
i’m great with this, i don’t really have a huge problem with it. that being said, the weekend you put for montreal is the same weekend that formula 1 is in town. don’t get me wrong, having a formula 1 and nascar double header is gonna have a great look for the sport, especially if everything goes well. but… formula 1 takes up a lot of time during the weekend. there’s the smaller series (formula 3 - truck series) and formula 2 (xfinity). they all have like 2 sessions a day that are like an hour and then there’s race day. just something to keep in mind
edit: i just saw the pinned comment lol
Interesting schedule with the changes you made!
Personally, I think North Wilkesboro should be made the July 4th weekend race. The Freedom 400 on July 4th weekend, just like the 600 is Memorial day and the southern 500 on labor day. Combining NASCAR tradition with a new annual tradition.
@@johnhaas2523 For someone who hates Ben Kennedy so much you're sure doing a lot of his work in attempting to shut down criticism.
You're so clever... I wish I was as clever as you.
I Love that you put Road America back on the schedule but that is IMSA weekend. Would need to move that around a little.
I think wilksboro definitely should be a points race i think it had the problem as bristol as the all star race too few cars i think we should use the collsesium or something like the Vegas bull ring as the allstar race something designed for only 20 or so cars
Maybe put iowa into the west coast swing to kind of ease the teams into the west coast insted of having to go from daytona to vegas give us miami as the second race since they refuse to give us miami as the championship
And maybe put candian tire mosport park iin instead of Montreal closer to the fall so the weather is better i dont remember when the trucks used to run it but i jnow it was in the playoffs and they never had awful weather like the xfinitt Montreal race or the f1 gp
Oh and give us the damn championship under the lights hopefully not at phoenix
2027 mock calendar
International event-preferably a week before the Rolex 24 and after the Chili Bowl Nationals-Stadium/street/purpose built tracks
The 12 hours of Daytona*-2/7
The duels*-2/11
1.Daytona 500-2/14
2.Rockingham-2/21
3.Fontana-2/28
4.Las Vegas-3/7
5.Phoenix-3/14
6.Sonoma-3/21-1 week break-test days
7.Texas-4/4
8.Talladega-4/11
9.Kansas-4/18
10.COTA-4/25
11.Wilksboro-5/9
All Star race-5/16*-1 week off-Charlotte testing
12.Charlotte-5/30
13.Nashville-6/6
14.Dover-6/13
15.Pocono-6/20
16.Montreal-6/27
17.Atlanta-7/4
18.Eldora-7/11
19.Chicago-7/18
20.VL Speedway-7/25
21.Michigan-8/1
22.Indy-8/8
23.Watkins Glen-8/15
24.Bristol-8/21
25.Wisconsin-8/29
26.Daytona-9/5-cutoff/1 week break
27.New Hampshire-9/19
28.Darlington-9/26
29.Mexico City-10/3
30.Homestead-10/10
31.Richmond-10/17
32.Talladega-10/24
33.Martinsville-10/31
34.Charlotte-11/7
11/16/2026-1/31/2027
50hrs Wind Tunnel
25hrs of testing for regular season
15hrs of testing for season opener at Daytona
10hrs for all star event
Sim work unlimited
During the season-2027
Goodyear tire tests remain the same
Sim Work unlimited
25hrs wind tunnel-after the 500
Overall great looking schedule only thing I would change is 2 fewer road courses. I’d drop the roval and Montreal. Add Bristol spring and Another Darlington or Michigan. I really think Michigan should have 2 races
My home state track, Road America, a few day after my birthday would be great. Make a whole camping week out of it.
Texas in September might still be a bit too hot. I would keep it either in the fall or spring. Also I would love to see a video of you just "showing off" your guitar skills lol. I play guitar too btw :)
Rockingham, All-star race, throwback weekend. The perfect trifecta
June 9th is actually the date that F1 is at Montreal, so maybe swap gateway and Montreal so there’s no clashes
I'm from Canada. Our igloos melt in June. It's quite nice in june
I can already tell you from some inside information I got living up 15 minutes from Watkins Glen International that they will have the WGI race on July 14th