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NASCAR president Steve Phelps sees potential for a street course on Cup schedule

NASCAR president Steve Phelps is in favor of adding a street course to the Cup schedule.

From road courses to a dirt race to an exhibition event held at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, it’s no secret that NASCAR has been working to spice up its schedule in recent years.

With 36 races for points on the nine-month schedule, variety is necessary, and many drivers and fans embrace changes and experiments — even if they don’t work out perfectly the first time. So as NASCAR continues exploring new markets and coming up with entertaining ways to shake up the schedule, maybe a street course is next.

NASCAR president Steve Phelps said Thursday a street course is an event he’d like to see on the schedule, and he hopes the 2023 lineup will be released in August, FOX Sports’ Bob Pockrass reported.

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Ahead of the Toyota/Save Mart 350 at Sonoma Raceway on Sunday, Phelps said about adding a street course to the schedule:

“You know that’s something that we’re exploring. It’s hard to say at this point. I personally think having a street course on the schedule would be a good thing. Where it is, what it is remains to be seen. But I think it’d be a part of our future, I really do.

“And I know there are some traditionalists that probably don’t like that. But with 36 points-paying races and two exhibitions, I think there’s room on the schedule for a street course.”

Hendrick Motorsports owner Rick Hendrick expressed a similar sentiment earlier this season, saying he’d like a street course on the schedule. He applauded NASCAR for its recent “exciting” changes to the schedule.

“If there’s a right street circuit that we could race on, I just think something different brings in a new level of fans,” Hendrick said in March. “And it’s exciting. It’s something different to talk about. I think keep changing it up, and it just seems to bring in a lot of new people that we haven’t seen.”

The 2022 NASCAR Cup Series schedule has six road courses on it. The first was at Circuit of The Americas in March (won by Ross Chastain), and the second it Sunday at Sonoma. Then the series heads to Road America and Indianapolis Motor Speedway’s road course in July, followed by Watkins Glen International in August and Charlotte Motor Speedway’s roval (half oval, half road course) in the playoffs in October.

So would the addition of a street course eliminate one of NASCAR’s already existing road course races? Phelps weighed in on that too with uncertainty. He told FOX Sports:

“I don’t know. I think we’re getting to a point where we may have some saturation on the road course side of things. I think we’ll continue to listen to the fans and see what the fans are interested in seeing.

“They told us they wanted more road courses and short tracks. The short track thing has been difficult. We were able to do the road course piece really well obviously with the roval and the Indy road course. I think it’s a good mix for us right now, but not sure [about] ’23 to be honest with you.”

NASCAR fans will get their street course answer this summer if the schedule is released on Phelps’ projected timeline.

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NASCAR Gander Outdoors Truck Series Live Stream, Start Time, TV Channel, NASCAR Lineup

The NASCAR Truck Series is back with its second race since the break, you can live stream the race right here.

NASCAR’s Gander Outdoors Truck Series is back with its second race of the season since they’ve returned to racing. On Saturday, the Vet Tix Camping World 200 will be held at Atlanta Motor Speedway.

Vet Tix Camping World 200 Truck Series

  • Date: Saturday, June 6, 2020
  • Start time: 1:00 p.m. ET
  • Location: Atlanta Motor Speedway
  • TV Channel: FS1
  • Live Stream: fuboTV (watch for free)

NASCAR has not been holding qualifying runs and will continue to keep that going through the Talladega races ending June 21st. The NASCAR Truck Series is using a similar process of random draws connected to the point standings. You can check out how the draws are compiled below.

  • Positions 1-10: Random draw of teams in those positions in owner points
  • Positions 11-21: Random draw of teams in those positions in owner points
  • Positions 22-32: Random draw of teams in those positions in owner points

Camping World 200 Starting Lineup

1. Christian Eckes
2. Tyler Ankrum
3. Brett Moffitt
4. Austin Hill
5. Grant Enfinger
6. Kyle Busch
7. Zane Smith
8. Ben Rhodes
9. Sheldon Creed
10. Johnny Sauter
11. Derek Kraus
12. Todd Gilliland
13. Chase Elliott
14. Matt Crafton
15. Jordan Anderson
16. Cody Rohrbaugh
17. Stewart Friesen
18. Ty Majeski
19. Raphael Lessard
20. Ryan Truex
21. Tanner Gray
22. Tate Fogleman
23. Timmy Hill
24. Cory Roper
25. Brennan Poole
26. Jeb Burton
27. Ross Chastain
28. Austin Wayne Self
29. John Hunter Nemechek
30. Angela Ruch
31. Spencer Boyd
32. Gray Gaulding
33. Korbin Forrister
34. Spencer Davis
35. Jesse Little
36. T.J. Bell
37. Bryan Dauzat
38. Jennifer Jo Cobb
39. Bayley Currey
40. Clay Greenfield

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