2026 NASCAR

[OrangeXtreme]

https://www.nascar.com/news-media/2025/08/20/nascar-releases-2026-schedule-adding-chicagoland-and-shifting-all-star-to-dover/

 

[CuseTroop]

Moving Watkins Glen to Mothers Day weekend is wild.

 

[JarHeadJim]

No Atlanta, strange.

 

[CuseTroop]

No Atlanta, strange.

Feb 22

 

[chugg21]

No Atlanta, strange.

Echopark is Atlanta. They get 2 as usual. Dover going from 2 points races to 0 within like 3 years is completely stupid.

 

[upperdeck]

DO they run on snow tires at Watkins now? I can't believe the track loves that date. The camping scene will not happen in May

 

[CuseTroop]

DO they run on snow tires at Watkins now? I can't believe the track loves that date. The camping scene will not happen in May

As long as it's not a mud pit, I'll be out there. Super bummed with the new date tho

 

[upperdeck]

avg high will be 10-15 cooler and avg low about 20 cooler than the August date.

It should be 60ish but also good chance its in the 30s over night that time of year.

The bigger issue is much higher chance of Rain I would think

 

[JarHeadJim]

Feb 22

Yeah that new track name threw me off.

 

[upperdeck]

from the comments Nascar gave.

"The cool thing about having the race take place that time of year, school is still in session. The population of central New York is much higher that time of year, so you have the opportunity to potentially reach a fan demographic up there that's typically not around during the summer," Hamlin said.

So they think Population of CNY is much higher to make this happen? Tons of people travel to this thing uin the summer. Thats not happening in May at the same level?

 

[OrangeXtreme]

Another year, another format change...

 

[tbonezone]

luv nascar racing. used to post about it here. but frankly there is zero interest on this board. i waive the white flag on checkered flags this season.

 

[OrangeXtreme]

There's the BIG ONE