Friday, June 27, 2014

Is the Nationwide Series better with fewer standalone races?

The Nationwide Series has always raced at tracks that are not on the Sprint Cup schedule. There used to be a lot more of these tracks, but in recent years there have been a lot more race weekends with Nationwide and Cup at the same track. Currently the Nationwide Series has just six standalone races: both races at Iowa, Road America, Mid-Ohio, the July race at Chicagoland (which used to share with Cup) and the September race at Kentucky. Only the first three tracks have never hosted a Cup race.

The Nationwide Series no longer races at some non-Cup tracks like Memphis, Nashville, Myrtle Beach and Milwaukee. Or, in the case of Kentucky, where the series races tonight, and others like Homestead and New Hampshire, the series used to have standalone races there, but then received a Cup companion race. Some fans miss the days when the Nationwide Series had a greater variety of tracks without any associated Cup dates. So are less standalone races better for Nationwide, or should it go back to some of its old non-Cup tracks? It may not seem like a big issue, but it's certainly a relevant topic going into a race that was previously not tied to a Cup event, but now is.

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