how many road course races in nascar

Road and street courses

Track	Type and layout	Location	Named race (s)	Season (s)
Augusta International Raceway	3.000-mile (4.828 km) mixed road course	Georgia ( Augusta )	Augusta 510	1964
Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez	2.518-mile (4.052 km) paved road course	Mexico ( Mexico City )	Telcel-Motorola 200 (2005–2006) Telcel-M ...	2005–2008 (Xfinity)
Bremerton Raceway / Kitsap County Airpor ...	0.900-mile (1.448 km) road course	Washington ( Bremerton )		1957
Bridgehampton Race Circuit	2.850-mile (4.587 km) paved road course	New York ( Bridgehampton )		1958 1963–1964 1966

Feb 25 2022

Full Answer

Does NASCAR need more road races?

Sep 30, 2020 · NASCAR's 2021 schedule boasts six road courses with the usual stops at Watkins Glen International and Sonoma Raceway mixed in with some new venues.

How many miles are there in most NASCAR races?

Aug 13, 2021 · The 2021 NASCAR Cup Series season has seen an influx of road courses races. But is seven too high of an amount moving forward? The 2021 NASCAR Cup Series schedule features a historically high ...

What is the shortest NASCAR track?

NASCAR holds races at 39 different tracks in the U.S and Canada, including oval short tracks, winding road courses, and superspeedways longer than 2 miles. Name City/State

How many races left in NASCAR?

NASCAR's 2021 Schedule Boasts Six Road Courses NASCAR. Extra Nascar.com Show details . 8 hours ago For decades, road racing at NASCAR’s highest level was a twice-a-year experience. In the last two seasons, the Cup Series competed on three road courses each year, adding an …

What NASCAR races are road courses?

As of 2021, current NASCAR national-level road courses include Circuit of the Americas, Sonoma, Watkins Glen, the Charlotte Roval, Road America, Mid-Ohio and Mosport. Former road courses include Riverside, Topeka, Mexico City, and Montreal.

How many road courses are on the NASCAR schedule?

The 2021 NASCAR Cup Series schedule features a historically high number of road courses with seven after previous years had seen just two or three.Aug 13, 2021

Who has won the most road course races in NASCAR history?

The driver with the most wins on a road course track in NASCAR history is the legendary Jeff Gordon. Gordon won a total of nine times on these circuits; four race wins at Watkins Glen and five race wins at Sonoma.Dec 30, 2021

What are the road courses in NASCAR 2021?

The 2021 NASCAR Races on Road Courses The current year's schedule will have seven street course races – Daytona, Circuit of the Americas, Sonoma, Road America, Watkins Glen, Indianapolis, and Charlotte.May 1, 2021

How many NASCAR races are there?

362022 NASCAR Cup Series: A look at the full 36-race schedule, including two new stops.Mar 4, 2022

How many NASCAR Cup races are there in 2021?

The regular season was full of surprises, with 14 winners in 26 races, a record six road course events and a thrilling season-long points battle. Now, everything is on the line as 16 drivers compete for the 2021 NASCAR Cup Series championship.Sep 3, 2021

How many road courses did Jeff Gordon race?

There has been a combined one Cup Series race at those tracks all-time, with that lone race coming at Road America back in 1956. The all-time road course wins record belongs to Gordon: nine (in 47 races).Feb 21, 2021

How many road course races has Kyle Busch won?

Busch has career totals of 55 wins, 31 poles, 194 top-five finishes, 287 top-10s and 16,865 laps led in 519 career Cup Series races.Jul 30, 2019

How many road course wins does Kyle Larson have?

Among those 29 wins, he was victorious on four different track layouts: dirt oval, paved oval, road course and ROVAL™. Before we dive into everything that Larson accomplished on dirt (so far) this year, we'll first take a minute to analyze a stellar season behind the wheel of the No. 5 Hendrick Motorsports car.Nov 7, 2021

Will NASCAR Cota be in 2022?

Don't miss NASCAR weekend at Circuit of The Americas - a weekend of white-knuckled, edge-of-your-seat racing featuring the NASCAR Cup Series, Xfinity Series and Camping World Truck Series, March 25-27, 2022.

Is Pocono a road course?

A 1.4 mile road course utilizing the Long Pond straight of the tri-oval. This course has 13 turns, including a hairpin and 4 straights with the longest straight being approximately 1,545 feet. The course varies in width from 45-60 feet.

Is NASCAR doing more road courses?

5. NASCAR Cup Series teams will run six road course races in 2021 with three new additions to the schedule. COTA joins Indianapolis — announced this morning — and Road America as new road course events. Cup Series teams already compete at Sonoma, Watkins Glen, and the Charlotte Roval.Sep 30, 2020

Are all NASCAR tracks the same?

No, actually. All NASCAR tracks are different. They can differ in length, configuration, surface and banking – even tracks that are the exact same...

How many tracks are in NASCAR?

The NASCAR Cup Series currently races on 24 different tracks, with the Charlotte Roval and Charlotte Motor Speedway oval officially counting as two...

What is the biggest NASCAR track?

The biggest NASCAR Cup Series track (by length) is Talladega Superspeedway in Talladega, Alabama. It measures at 2.66 miles. For all NASCAR nationa...

The 2021 NASCAR Cup Series season has seen an influx of road courses races. But is seven too high of an amount moving forward?

The 2021 NASCAR Cup Series schedule features a historically high number of road courses with seven after previous years had seen just two or three.

So with the season-high in road course races, including one that comes at the expense of a crown jewel event, is it simply too much at this point?

While the wave of road course racing could take some time to get used to, it also has added an extra level of competition.

How many tracks does NASCAR have?

NASCAR holds races at 30 different tracks in the U.S and Canada, including oval short tracks, winding road courses, and superspeedways longer than 2 miles. Name. City/State. Length. Track Type.

Where is the longest NASCAR track?

For all NASCAR tracks, Road America in Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin, is the longest. The road course hosts the NASCAR Cup Series and NASCAR Xfinity Series once per year and is 4.048 miles.

Watkins Glen International

This historic race track in New York State first hosted NASCAR's top racing series in 1957 when Buck Baker took the checkered flag on the winding, hilly road course.

Sonoma Raceway

Known as Sears Point Raceway until 2002 and then called Infineon Raceway until 2012 this winding race track in Sonoma California puts drivers to the test.

What Makes Road Course Races Different?

As opposed to the typical stock car racing tracks, which all but two of are exclusively oblong circles that drivers must driver nearly a hundred laps around to finish the race, road course races challenge drivers to navigate around sharp left and right turns on a winding track, often through hills or countryside.

Who is the driver of the FedEx Express?

Denny Hamlin, driver of the No. 11 FedEx Express Toyota, said after Sunday’s race at the Daytona road course that he wants more road courses on the schedule. It’s believed that comment was sarcastic, but he wouldn’t confirm. Brian Lawdermilk Getty Images.

Who is Alex Andrejev?

twitter. email. NASCAR and Charlotte FC beat reporter Alex Andrejev joined The Observer in January 2020 following an internship at The Washington Post. She played Division I volleyball at Columbia University before earning her master’s degree at the University of Southern California.

The 2021 NASCAR Races on Road Courses

The current year’s schedule will have seven street course races – Daytona, Circuit of the Americas, Sonoma, Road America, Watkins Glen, Indianapolis, and Charlotte. It is one more than NASCAR initially expected; the Daytona street course supplanted a formerly planned race at Auto Club Speedway in California because of the pandemic.

SHARE THIS ARTICLE

Abhay Aggarwal is sports analyst at EssentiallySports. Having joined ES in early 2020, he has over 300 NASCAR, Formula 1, and Tennis articles to his name. Abhay has been an avid motorsports fan for over a decade, and he even attended the inaugural Indian Grand Prix in 2011.

NASCAR National series race tracks

The following is a list of race tracks currently used by NASCAR as part of its NASCAR Cup Series, NASCAR Xfinity Series, or NASCAR Gander RV & Outdoors Truck Series for the 2021 racing season.

Defunct or inactive NASCAR Cup Series, Xfinity Series, and Gander Outdoors Truck Series tracks

The following tables list all of the tracks previously used by NASCAR that are either closed or, for various reasons, are no longer used by any NASCAR national series.

Other tracks used by NASCAR

This table includes tracks used by NASCAR solely for exhibition races or other special events that were not part of any regular NASCAR season.