Phoenix would be the web site of NASCAR’s winner-take-all championship races for a minimum of three seasons.
NASCAR introduced Tuesday that Phoenix would host the title races for the Cup Sequence, Xfinity Sequence and Truck Sequence as soon as once more. The sanctioning physique moved the championship races to the Arizona observe forward of the 2020 season after it invested over $150 million into enhancing the ability.
“It’s an honor to be named the host observe for the NASCAR Championship Weekend for a 3rd consecutive season,” Phoenix Raceway president Julie Giese mentioned in a press release. “We now have the best followers in motorsports and so they’ve rallied behind this occasion, showcasing to the world why the Phoenix metropolitan space and all the state of Arizona is an elite sports activities and leisure vacation spot. We’re trying ahead to an extremely profitable occasion this fall and we’re thrilled to have the chance to do the identical in 2022.”
It is unclear simply what number of different tracks have been practical choices for the “honor” of getting the championship races. As one of many few NASCAR tracks positioned in a local weather appropriate for racing in November, Phoenix has restricted competitors for the occasion.
Homestead-Miami Speedway hosted the finales earlier than Phoenix and was a worthy take a look at for drivers and groups. However as soon as NASCAR moved its closing races from that observe it appeared unlikely to ever deliver them again. Texas Motor Speedway has produced less-than-good racing because it was reconfigured in recent times and the climate could be a little chilly within the Fort Price space in November. Talladega and Daytona may feasibly host the finale, however there are excellent causes towards the wreck-inducing tracks internet hosting a winner-take-all finale.
Las Vegas would appear like the very best practical possibility outdoors of Phoenix for the time being but it surely — like Texas and Atlanta — is owned by Speedway Motorsports. Whereas Speedway Motorsports and NASCAR work collectively on scheduling issues, it is not loopy to assume that NASCAR desires to maintain the ultimate races at a observe it owns.
The most certainly various to Phoenix might not even exist but. NASCAR has reportedly mentioned it desires to show the 2-mile Auto Membership Speedway in Fontana, California, into a brief observe after the 2022 race on the present observe. That observe — positioned east of Los Angeles — would supply the massive media market NASCAR had in Miami and the local weather attainable to host a November championship race. And it would not be a shock in any respect to see NASCAR have its finale there within the coming years if and when that observe is accomplished.
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