{"id":48328,"date":"2025-08-06T01:20:07","date_gmt":"2025-08-06T01:20:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/48328\/"},"modified":"2025-08-06T01:20:07","modified_gmt":"2025-08-06T01:20:07","slug":"3-tracks-to-axe-or-add-to-the-nascar-schedule","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/48328\/","title":{"rendered":"3 Tracks To Axe Or Add To the NASCAR Schedule"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The 2026 NASCAR schedule could look very different\u2014and the speculation is heating up. With attendance shifts, industry rumors, and NASCAR\u2019s hunger for new markets, it\u2019s time to play a little game of add three, cut three. Some names on the chopping block may surprise you. Others? Well, fans have been calling for their removal for years. But it\u2019s not just about axing underperformers. It\u2019s also about where the sport could grow next\u2014and which markets NASCAR might gamble on.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Why might Iowa, despite fan love, be the odd one out just one year after its big Cup debut?<\/p>\n<p>Is Dover finally reaching the end of its long, bumpy road on the schedule?<\/p>\n<p>Richmond has history\u2014but has it lost all momentum and fan interest?<\/p>\n<p>Could places like Montreal or Portland be next in line for a full Cup race push?<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/dailydownforce.com\/ads\/lionel-push-down\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1100\" height=\"200\" class=\"no-lazy-load wp-post-image lazyload\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/DD-NASCARAuthenticsMay23-Pushdown.jpg\" decoding=\"async\"  data- data-eio-rwidth=\"1100\" data-eio-rheight=\"200\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And then there\u2019s Kentucky. Left for dead, but with Next Gen cars proving themselves on intermediates, some fans are wondering if it\u2019s due for a second life. Pair that with a strong Canadian fan base and some untapped Pacific Northwest potential, and the \u201cnew\u201d NASCAR schedule could be both bold and divisive. What tracks would you cut or add in 2026? Drop your wildest ideas below and join the conversation.<\/p>\n<p>Watch Also:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The 2026 NASCAR schedule could look very different\u2014and the speculation is heating up. With attendance shifts, industry rumors,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":48329,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[446],"tags":[49,48,634,82],"class_list":{"0":"post-48328","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nascar","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-nascar","11":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48328","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=48328"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48328\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/48329"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=48328"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=48328"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=48328"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}