{"id":574836,"date":"2026-04-01T09:16:12","date_gmt":"2026-04-01T09:16:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/574836\/"},"modified":"2026-04-01T09:16:12","modified_gmt":"2026-04-01T09:16:12","slug":"kevin-harvick-makes-his-call-for-track-outside-the-u-s-that-nascar-cup-series-needs-to-race","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/574836\/","title":{"rendered":"Kevin Harvick makes his call for track outside the U.S. that NASCAR Cup Series needs to race"},"content":{"rendered":"

Kevin Harvick would love to see the NASCAR Cup Series compete at a certain track that is outside the United States. On SPEED with Harvick and Buxton<\/a>, Harvick said he wants to see NASCAR race at Montreal. <\/p>\n

\u201cThe Cup Series has never been to Montreal,\u201d Kevin Harvick said. \u201cWe used to take the O\u2019Reilly Series up to Montreal. I love the fan base, I love the track, and we have so many NASCAR fans in Canada.\u201d<\/p>\n

The race track in Montreal is called the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, and NASCAR hosted the NAPA Auto Parts 200 at the track from 2007 to 2012. Harvick won the first race at the track in 2007, and some of the other winners at the NASCAR Montreal race were Hall of Famer Carl Edwards and Justin Allgaier. <\/p>\n

The Circuit Gilles Villeneuve opened in 1978, and it\u2019s the home of Formula One\u2019s Canadian Grand Prix. It\u2019s located on Notre Dame Island in the Saint Lawrence River in Montreal. <\/p>\n

Harvick mentioned that NASCAR has a large fan base in Canada, and a big reason for that could be that the organization has a Canadian Series. The 2026 NASCAR Canada Series season will begin on May 16-17 at the Candiana Tire Motorsports Park in Ontario and will conclude on Sept. 12 at Delaware Speedway, which is also in Ontario. <\/p>\n

Kevin Harvick shares more on NASCAR in Montreal<\/p>\n

\u201cThe 2026 schedule reflects our continued commitment to offering a balanced and competitive season for our teams and our fans,\u201d Alan Labrosse, General Manager of the NASCAR Canada Series, said in December<\/a>. \u201cWith a variety of track types and strategic event spacing, we believe this calendar provides a strong foundation for both sporting and operational success.\u201d<\/p>\n

When it comes to other tracks, Harvick said that any of the European road courses \u201cwould be great.\u201d But his No. 1 track would be Montreal because of the fan base and the fact that the Cup Series has never competed there.<\/p>\n

\u201cFor me, Montreal, with our fan base built in up there, Cup car\u2019s never been there and such a great circuit,\u201d Harvick said. We\u2019ll see if Montreal is on NASCAR\u2019s radar in the near future. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Kevin Harvick would love to see the NASCAR Cup Series compete at a certain track that is outside…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":574837,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[446],"tags":[49,48,25423,634,82],"class_list":{"0":"post-574836","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-kevin-harvick","11":"tag-nascar","12":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/574836","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=574836"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/574836\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/574837"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=574836"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=574836"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=574836"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}