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Are There Too Many Road Courses In NASCAR?
Publish Date: August 12, 2021
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The NASCAR Cup Series heads to Indianapolis Motor Speedway this Sunday. This time though, the drivers will hit the road course. This race comes immediately after Watkins Glen and will be the 6th out of 7th road course on the schedule this year. Is this too many for the typically oval based series?
Typically in a NASCAR season, there are only two or three road courses at most. This makes sense since the stock cars in NASCAR are really actually designed to mainly turn left. The road course races though do make for some exciting moments for fans. NASCAR is an entertainment property like all other sports
Chase Elliot heading into turn one at Circuit of The Americas. One of the road courses NASCAR ran this year. (Via NASCAR)
properties. It makes sense that they would add more of what entertains fans.
NASCAR has had an issue with retaining interest among viewers. One of the factors of that issue are oval tracks that are almost identical to each other, often nicknamed “cookie cutter tracks” by fans. Luckily for NASCAR, there are plenty of road courses available in the US to help change things up. NASCAR has absolutely taken advantage of that this season.
Exciting For Fans, Not So Much For Drivers
Drivers are the heart and soul of NASCAR. They are what gives the series its personality and one of the main reason fans tune in. NASCAR typically weighs the opinions of their drivers very heavily. In the case of adding more road courses though, seems as though NASCAR may not have listened to many of their drivers.
While no driver has specifically spoken out against road courses, Denny Hamlin has made some presumably sarcastic remarks. Following the race at the Daytona Road Course this season, Hamlin simply said