NASCAR at NHMS

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NASCAR at NHMS

Post by Mark Swinehart » Wed Mar 08, 2017 7:17 pm

NHMS has lost the September race starting in 2018.

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Re: NASCAR at NHMS

Post by breakaway500 » Wed Mar 08, 2017 11:42 pm

Wonder what track will get that date. Watkins Glen would be nice. They don't call NHMS the "mediocre mile" for nothing.. :lol:
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Re: NASCAR at NHMS

Post by Mark Swinehart » Thu Mar 09, 2017 7:15 am

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Post by breakaway500 » Thu Mar 09, 2017 7:37 am

Maybe this will inspire NHMS to build the road race track they have talked about for so long..
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Post by paultg » Thu Mar 09, 2017 9:43 pm

I feel bad for the wonderful staff up there. Maybe this loss to economy up there might help the town + track come to an agreement on making the July race a night race and upgrade the track accordingling.
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Re: NASCAR at NHMS

Post by CP » Fri Mar 10, 2017 7:36 pm

Will track rental costs go up to close the gap?
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Post by breakaway500 » Fri Mar 10, 2017 9:29 pm

I don't see how they can raise their rates too much,or people will just stop going altogether. Being cheap is what has worked for them. Lots of interesting tracks in this area..so they need to do something positive to keep or attract events that draw crowds. Losing that fall Nascar race is surely going to hurt their financials.
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Re: NASCAR at NHMS

Post by peejay » Thu Apr 06, 2017 9:48 am

Is repaving at all on their radar? I suppose the lack of NASCAR money won't help. Last year I thought the pavement in the North chicane was especially bad, much worse than I remembered.
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