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How many miles is a NASCAR road course?

The biggest NASCAR oval is Talladega Superspeedway in Talladega, Alabama. It measures at 2.66 miles. For all NASCAR tracks, Road America in …

Is road road course still open for racing?

May 24, 2019 · Each year, the stars of the NASCAR Sprint Cup race around these 38 circular tracks, excelling at turning left. However, twice each year, NASCAR tests the drivers' road racing skills at two of the finest road courses in America at the Watkins Glen International and Sonoma tournaments, where 37 full-time teams compete for the title.

How many road courses are there on the NASCAR 2021 schedule?

Sep 30, 2020 · The addition of the 3.426-mile COTA track on May 23 creates a second venue for the series in the Lone Star State, alongside the 1.5-mile Texas Motor Speedway in Fort Worth. The Cup Series debut of...

What is a road course race?

May 01, 2021 · What Are Short Tracks in NASCAR Racing? How Is Short Track Racing Different? 11 months ago. 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 …

What NASCAR race is a road course?

Are there road courses in NASCAR?

Where is the road course?

How many NASCAR races are road courses?

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...

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.

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.

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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.

How many road courses will NASCAR have in 2021?

Seven road courses NASCAR should race at. An announcement regarding the 2021 NASCAR Cup Series schedule is due any day now and it’s expected to bring about a number of sweeping changes. Among the alterations expected are a condensed schedule, and the introduction of more road course races. For many years the Cup series was all-oval bar ...

Is Indianapolis a NASCAR track?

Indianapolis road course. Believe it or not, Indianapolis Motor Speedway has only been on the NASCAR calendar since the mid-1990s, but it’s always been regarded as one of Cup’s crown jewel events.

Does NASCAR have a street race?

NASCAR is the only major motorsport category in the US to not have a street race, so where better to right that wrong than at America’s greatest street circuit: Long Beach? The Californian track has changed a fair bit over the years, but its current 1.96-mile layout has been used since 2000.

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.