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NASCAR Considers Single 21,500 Mile Race For 2011 Season
CHARLOTTE, NC—Citing the need to cut travel and promotional costs while
still providing a top-notch racing experience for fans, NASCAR president
Mike Helton will announce Thursday that the schedule for 2011 may consist
of a single 21,500-mile event. "Holding 36 separate races as we do now
is just complicated, and our fans have to learn a lot of different kinds
of ovals from week to week," said Helton, who also confirmed that the
three-week race would consist of either 8,600 laps of Daytona's
superspeedway or 43,000 laps of the half-mile "bullring" in Bristol, TN.
"We're also blessed with a fanbase who, by and large, could watch the
whole thing without having to miss any work or school." The announcement
was met with only moderate enthusiasm by motorsports insiders, who
pointed to the NHRA's disastrous 2003 attempt to condense its season
into a single 36-mile drag race.
still providing a top-notch racing experience for fans, NASCAR president
Mike Helton will announce Thursday that the schedule for 2011 may consist
of a single 21,500-mile event. "Holding 36 separate races as we do now
is just complicated, and our fans have to learn a lot of different kinds
of ovals from week to week," said Helton, who also confirmed that the
three-week race would consist of either 8,600 laps of Daytona's
superspeedway or 43,000 laps of the half-mile "bullring" in Bristol, TN.
"We're also blessed with a fanbase who, by and large, could watch the
whole thing without having to miss any work or school." The announcement
was met with only moderate enthusiasm by motorsports insiders, who
pointed to the NHRA's disastrous 2003 attempt to condense its season
into a single 36-mile drag race.
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Permalink Reply by Ryan Plowman on
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How many engine changes are allowed?
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Permalink Reply by 7 Gordon 7 on
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I think that is HIGHlarious. But, I wanna see the 36 mile drag race. LOL
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Permalink Reply by R. ALDRIDGE on
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now in progress at Bonneville.com
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Permalink Reply by Julio Madrigal on
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I want some of what Helton is smoking.
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Permalink Reply by Flan on
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I think I just peed my diaper. I see we have some very fertile minds here. Just wondering if they would use the 800 gallon fuel cell...
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Permalink Reply by mike francilo on
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stupid and oh wait stupid
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Permalink Reply by Sherri Fryer on
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Where's your sense of humor?
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Permalink Reply by WJM on
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Absence of humor renders life impossible. I'm sorry your life is impossible.
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Permalink Reply by GasOnRobby on
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Maybe they can do half Daytona and half Bristol with a street based road course in between. Imagine 43 cup cars going up I95 and then heading up the back roads of Tennessee. I'd drive down to see that.
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i just poop'd my nest thats so funny, I guess I'll be the first to admit it, you got me good tho, i was clicking on that link think'n how the hell.............and then i was like oh yeah they cant. HARRDY HARRR HARR! Only thing that is missing is moving the cars to solar power to support this "green" crap being shoved up our tail feathers.
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