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The "Roval" a new NASCAR track proves to be unconventional challenges drivers and their cars
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- Title
- What to expect from Charlotte's road course
- Authors
- NASCAR
- Duration
- 1:01
- Published
- Sep 29 2018
The Charlotte roval is neat, but I'd like to also see the Daytona roval and more full-time road courses on the schedule. I'm sure nobody will mourn the loss of second dates at the interchangeable middle-distance boreplexes that presently dominate the Cup schedule.
Also, bring back Rockingham.
A Daytona roval would be neat, I'd be interested in seeing how the teams set up the car. Trying to find the balance between long legged speed and explosive acceleration of the short tracks. I also would like more dedicated road courses, but I think a ground up new track would pretty expensive for a sport that has had its ticket sales kinda fall the last few years. So I'm happy with this much at least. The Daytona and Talladega are okay I think, especially with the implementation of the 3 stages. The 3 hour races of 250 laps of parked cars seem to be passed, I see more battles for positions and pit strategy.
The US has plenty of extant road courses that are either not on the MENCS schedule or any NASCAR series schedule: Road Atlanta, Road America, Laguna Seca, VIR, Sebring, CotA (even though it's a tilkedrome), etc.
It'd also be cool to see NASCAR on street courses.
(Also I'm not a fan of stage racing.)
The new NASCAR track collected many cars this weekend, its chicanes testing the drivers nerve and the cars grip. In the pre-race testing and qualifying showed the back stretch chicane was the obstacle is the most difficult and damaging to the cars. This track is likely to undergo a few changes and redesigns, and though some people will call NASCAR out for racing the drivers on this track. I think its part of the sport growing, giving more variety to the track listing. Sonoma and Watkins are the only road course type tracks for the Cup class and then the national class is limited to only Sonoma. I think this track could use some work, but it does seem to challenge the drivers in a way i haven't seen. It might even give drivers from other motorsports liken to open wheel an advantage. I cant wait till next season to see what NASCAR has in store.