Those are hardly the kind of numbers to convince me that California really deserves to hold the prestigious race, when another track has over 50 years of tradition steeped in that weekend.
If NASCAR wishes to be practical and true to itself, it should consider these scheduling changes:
•Move Darlington’s one race from Mother’s Day weekend to Labor Day weekend, and call it the Southern 500.
•Move that California Speedway race to the final weekend in September, which would allow the big-market track to not only hold a second race, but to have it during the Chase for the Championship.
•Move the Kansas Speedway race at the end of September to the open weekend in July, which is around July 20 rather than back to the Mother’s Day weekend.
Kansas has not been around long enough to earn any sport in the Chase. Also, NASCAR is a family sport, and the Mother’s Day weekend should be kept open so drivers, teams, and all the individuals involved in race weekends can spend time with their wives and mothers, whom they rarely see during the long season.
NASCAR needs to be serious about returning to its roots, while running the sport like a profitable business. Thus, it should make accommodations to ensure Darlington regains its traditional race date on Labor Day weekend.
NASCAR should consider a solution like the strategy noted above to keep its two bigger markets on the schedule, and keep them in weekends which will encourage fans to show up for the races.
NASCAR does have a business to run, it just needs to remember what made it such a successful operation: its roots.
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