Should Nascar consider reducing the schedule?

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Rusty Wallace seems to thinks so.

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Rusty Wallace, recently selected to the NASCAR Hall of Famer, loves plenty of things about the sport. Except maybe the increased schedule.

"It's the classic case of supply and demand," Wallace said Sunday at Charlotte Motor Speedway. "Too much supply and not enough demand."

Wallace won 55 Sprint Cup races in a career that stretched from 1980 to 2005. He thought the series was at its best in the mid-1990s when NASCAR ran 31 or 32 races.

This year, drivers will race in 36 events as they've done since 2001. "Personally, I wish the schedule were 32 again," Wallace said.

Wallace still believes in NASCAR's popularity. However, he hopes the sports leaders don't water down the product with too many races. "I love NASCAR. It's been good to me, it's made me a lot of money," Wallace said. "I think it's OK for me to give my opinion.

I don't think NASCAR would get upset about that. Maybe take four races off the schedule and increase that demand that means so much."
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...what say you regular folk?

Scale down a few double dates? ...rotate some races ....stay on the current path?
 
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#4
I'd rather have 32 strong races, instead of 36 races. That means that I'd rather see Pocono back to 500, Dover 500, etc. However, what tracks will lose a date? I don't want to see Dover, New Hampshire and Pocono all lose a date.
 
#5
#5
Hard to say. I appreciate the schedule the way it is, as I have something to watch on F1 off weeks.
 
#6
#6
Would love to see them completely drop the road courses (Sonoma, Watkins Glen). Have only one race a year at places like Chicago, Phoenix, Kansas, New Hampshire & Dover.

Move/rotate in some different tracks onto the schedule especially once the Chase starts. Rockingham? bring it back the place looked great for the truck race there earlier this year! Move the fall Dover race to Nashville (Both owned by same company) a concrete track of that size/shape should have a cup date!
 
#7
#7
If I remember correctly, Nashville was shut down (or at least that was the plan when the Nationwide Series left). I say get rid of Pocono. That place is awful for stock car racing.
 
#8
#8
The track at the fairgrounds is still open and they're only allowed to have 10 races I think. The city was thiking about selling part of the land for commercial development and turning the other part into a park, because some of the people that live in the area have complained about the noise. But alot of people that live in Nashville were able to convince the city council to drop the idea. I would love to see NASCAR run there again but there is absolutely no chance of that ever happening. The track in Gladeville is open for testing, but I don't know if anyone has tested there.

I wouldn't mind if they dropped 1 or 2 races from the schedule. They don't need 2 races a year at Phoenix, Kansas, and Pocono. I would rather see them run the longer Infineon layout instead of what they have been running. Also Rockingham definitely needs to be back on the schedule and maybe even some of the older tracks that used to be on the schedule even if they are rotated from year to year.
 
#9
#9
Too many dull tracks. For instance Martinsville is terrible. Also wish they would add a race back to Darlington.
 
#10
#10
I don't mind the 36 races... what I do mind is double dates at some places. Maybe change some of the double dates to different tracks or if you can't find any tracks that can accommdate a NASCAR event then just shorten the schedule.

I think this would help out with some of the dates no selling out. Yes the economy has a lot to do with it but if you are only offering one date at a certain track for that year I would tend to think people would be more likely to buy tickets.
 
#11
#11
Need to do away all tracks that are less then 199MPH
If its not fast its not racing damn!!!!!!!!!!! WAREAGLE
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#12
#12
Alot of people will say yes, but nobody wants it to be their track that loses a date.
 
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TennesseeFan07 said:
I'd rather have 32 strong races, instead of 36 races. That means that I'd rather see Pocono back to 500, Dover 500, etc. However, what tracks will lose a date? I don't want to see Dover, New Hampshire and Pocono all lose a date.
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New Hampshire, and Pocono need to lose a race for sure. Wouldn't mind New Hampshire lose both races.
 
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I agree a shorter season could help given the economy and such. I'd also agree that Pocono needs to be done away with, most boring race ever. I think we need to add one or two more road course events (especially one in the Chase) and add more short tracks. They also need to add Iowa to the schedule, I've always enjoyed watching that NNS race.
 
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Burhead said:
I agree a shorter season could help given the economy and such. I'd also agree that Pocono needs to be done away with, most boring race ever. I think we need to add one or two more road course events (especially one in the Chase) and add more short tracks. They also need to add Iowa to the schedule, I've always enjoyed watching that NNS race.
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I agree with pretty much all of this. I'll have to catch an Iowa race.

If anyone could stand losing a lose a race it's Fontana.
 
#19
#19
Pocono definately needs to lose a date. If they lost both it wouldn't hurt my feelings.
 
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