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NASCAR Community Outraged Amidst “Aggressive Discussion” Amongst the Executives

Published 04/21/2022, 11:31 AM EDT

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Recently reports emerged that NASCAR plans to implement the stadium concept on a more global scale. The stock car series evidently has grand plans in place, so that they can evolve. However, it appears that the fans are not as receptive to that idea. In fact, many of them slammed the suggestion and insisted that it should stay within US borders.

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In all, the general opinion is that the sport should focus on maintaining its foothold in America first. However, COO Steve O’Donnell insisted that NASCAR is in a great position to go international. According to him, there was interest from China with regard to “one-off” events. Unfortunately, the sport was not looking for those kind of races, and were thinking about ‘the bigger picture’.

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This includes the introduction of the LA Coliseum race, which many saw as a gimmick. Additionally, they said that NASCAR lacks the global appeal that the likes of Formula One enjoys. Owing to that, the stock car series is better off focusing on where it operates best. They all know that the United States has no dearth of race tracks or speedways.

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Which countries is NASCAR eyeing for the future?

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The Vice President revealed in 2013, that there were designs to head to Brazil, Japan, and Russia. However, they would only be able to host races for a lower-level series. Several years later, it looks like NASCAR is planning to revive the talks once again. Unfortunately, the fans are still not convinced and even criticized some of the sport’s other decisions.

After all, there was the recent news of the North Wilkesboro Speedway revival. Obviously, NASCAR is not going to visit that track just yet, and it is only catering to grassroots racing. However, it could also mean that the speedway may be open to hosting main series races in the future. On the other hand, if the sport wants to break away from ovals, America has plenty of proper racing circuits.

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Dhruv George is a senior Motorsports author for EssentiallySports, having authored nearly 12000 articles spanning different sports like F1, NASCAR, Tennis, NFL, and eSports. He graduated with a PG Diploma in Journalism from the Xavier Institute of Communications. Dhruv has also conducted interviews with F1 driver Pierre Gasly and Moto2 rider Tony Arbolino.
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