If you’re not a fan of certain tracks, that track having 2 races a year could be unbearable to you. If you like the idea of the sport running at more venues and bringing racing to a region more than once or twice a year, you could be in favor of the Cup Series running 36 different tracks in a season.

Now, this one’s just for fun, but could the Cup Series run only a single race at any given track and still hold 36 races in a season?

Repeat Tracks

NASCAR currently operates its 38-race season with 2 exhibition races at North Wilkesboro (All-Star) and the L.A. Coliseum (Busch Light Clash). Other than that, the points-paying races at 26 different tracks (Counting the ROVAL as a separate track). The remaining 10 races give 10 tracks second dates. Those tracks: Richmond, Daytona, Darlington, Atlanta, Bristol, Kansas, Talladega, Las Vegas, Martinsville, and Phoenix.

Possible Replacements

To go to one-off tracks in the season, the sport would have to travel a bit outside of its comfort zone. They’ve always had second dates for tracks such as Daytona, Bristol, or Martinsville. So, let’s take a look at some of the existing venues out there that could easily host a Cup race

• Daytona International Speedway Road Course, Florida
• The Milwaukee Mile, Wisconson
• Road America, Wisconson
• North Wilkesboro Motor Speedway, North Carolina
• Chicagoland Speedway, Illinois
• Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course, Ohio
• Kentucky Motor Speedway, Kentucky
• Rockingham Speedway, North Carolina
• Nashville Fairgrounds Speedway, Tennessee
• Canadian Tire Motorsports Park, ON, Canada
• Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez, Mexico City, Mexico
• Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, Montreal, Canada

To answer that opening question. Of course, they could. Now, of course, there are a ton more venues that could, with a ton of work, host a race as well. Some of these venues listed would be a lot easier to make happen as well. What is another track that you’d love to see on this list?

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