[nathans1012]

I know many may not care much but I do find it a bit interesting and it involves dirt.

Sources: NASCAR Cup Race at Bristol Motor Speedway in Spring 2021 to be run on dirt. 2020 Schedule likely to be announced tomorrow.

https://heraldcourier.com/sports/sou...mpression=true

ALSO no Chicagoland Speedway or Kentucky Speedway on the 2020 NASCAR Cup Series schedule

[PIT CART]

Interesting but I still won’t go🏁🏁👍

[nathans1012]

Originally Posted by PIT CART Interesting but I still won’t go🏁🏁👍

Same here. I will try to watch some of it though.

[oppweld]

Too little too late!

[davidm]

Sure would be easier and less costly to just race at Eldora.

[B99]

Originally Posted by nathans1012 I know many may not care much but I do find it a bit interesting and it involves dirt. Sources: NASCAR Cup Race at Bristol Motor Speedway in Spring 2021 to be run on dirt. 2020 Schedule likely to be announced tomorrow. https://heraldcourier.com/sports/sou...mpression=true ALSO no Chicagoland Speedway or Kentucky Speedway on the 2020 NASCAR Cup Series schedule

I care. A race on a sh!x surface that will be treated like a short track race, heats, blah blah blah with still guaranteed slots for those that have a charter. Bristol was crap as a dirt track for sprints and late models. It will be dry/slick, with hours and hours of practice to dry it out further.

Cup cars need to run 200 or 250 miles on one of the dirt miles.

[mc/rider]

My everlasting wish is to see Indy Cars on a mile dirt track

[Jonr]

I think many people are being short sighted on this news. Will the Cup cars put on a good race on the dirt at Bristol? Probably not. It will still be a stock car with very limited changes made for the dirt. It is not like they are going to be moving to a Rocket chassis for the race. However, it is going to be a lot of time/effort/money to convert it to a dirt track. I would expect multiple series to run on the dirt. Definitely a WOO sprint car race. Definitely a WOO/Lucas Oil Late Model race. Those races would be much more interesting than the cup cars.

[nathans1012]

NASCAR Cup Series 2021 Schedule

Feb. 14 | Daytona 500 | Daytona Beach, FL
Feb. 21 | Homestead-Miami Speedway | Homestead, FL
Feb. 28 | Auto Club Speedway | Fontana, CA
March 7 | Las Vegas Motor Speedway | Las Vegas, NV
March 14 | Phoenix Raceway | Avondale, AZ
March 21 | Atlanta Motor Speedway | Hampton, GA
March 28 | Bristol Motor Speedway Dirt Layout | Bristol, TN
April 10 | Martinsville (Va.) Speedway | Martinsville, VA
April 18 | Richmond (Va.) Raceway | Richmond, VA
April 25 | Talladega (Ala.) Superspeedway | Talladega, AL
May 2 | Kansas Speedway | Kansas City, KS
May 9 | Darlington (S.C.) Raceway | Darlington, SC
May 16 | Dover (Del.) International Speedway | Dover, DE
May 23 | Circuit of the Americas (COTA) | Austin, TX
May 30 | Charlotte Motor Speedway | Concord, NC
June 6 | Sonoma (Calif.) Raceway | Sonoma, CA
June 13 | All-Star Race (Texas Motor Speedway) | Fort Worth, TX
June 20 | Nashville Superspeedway | Lebanon, TN
June 26 | Pocono Raceway (doubleheader race 1) | Long Pond, PA
June 27 | Pocono Raceway (doubleheader race 2) | Long Pond, PA
July 4 | Road America | Elkhart Lake, WI
July 11 | Atlanta Motor Speedway | Hampton, GA
July 18 | New Hampshire Motor Speedway | Loudon, NH
August 8 | Watkins Glen International | Watkins Glen, NY
August 15 | Indianapolis Motor Speedway Road Course | Indianapolis, IN
August 22 | Michigan International Speedway | Brooklyn , MI
August 28 | Daytona International Speedway | Daytona Bach, FL
Sept. 5 | Darlington Raceway | Darlington, SC
Sept. 11 | Richmond Raceway | Richmond, VA
Sept. 18 | Bristol Motor Speedway | Bristol, TN
Sept. 26 | Las Vegas Motor Speedway | Las Vegas, NV
Oct. 3 | Talladega Superspeedway | Talladega, AL
Oct. 10 | Charlotte Motor Speedway (Roval) | Concord, NC
Oct. 17 | Texas Motor Speedway | Fort Worth, TX
Oct. 24 | Kansas Speedway | Kansas City, KS
Oct. 31 | Martinsville Speedway | Martinsville, VA
Nov. 7 | Phoenix Raceway | Avondale, AZ

[48M]

In my opinion NASCAR may have been thinking about doing this but the formation of the Superstar Racing Experience by Tony Stewart and Ray Evernham hastened NASCAR's decision. And I believe ARCA still runs some dirt tracks or at least they did in 2019 so everyone should have an idea of what to expect.