NASCAR considering rotating Championship race
Today at 02:16 AM
NASCAR is debating whether to start rotating the championship race to different markets in the coming years, and the venues being considered would go beyond just Phoenix Raceway and Homestead-Miami Speedway, according to COO Steve O‘Donnell.
Fans have been calling for a shakeup of the championship race and it appears like NASCAR is taking heed by considering it.
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The 2025 schedule has already been released with Phoenix again returning as the championship event, so any change would happen in 2026 at the earliest. It was unclear what other markets are in the mix and whether NASCAR was talking with related municipalities about getting hosting fees to bring its championship race there. Before moving the race to Phoenix, NASCAR had held it at Homestead-Miami since 2002. Homestead is one of the legacy ISC tracks that NASCAR now owns outright after the France family took ISC private in 2019 and absorbed it into NASCAR Holdings‘ portfolio. One potential option beyond Homestead and Phoenix would be Las Vegas Motor Speedway, owned by Speedway Motorsports, but it‘s possible that NASCAR could look at options outside the universe of Speedway Motorsports and legacy ISC tracks.
