NASCAR Heads to San Diego
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NASCAR will be bringing street races to an active military base for the first time ever next year in San Diego.
Ken and Chris talk about NASCAR's announcement of another road course with the San Diego street race and preview the Brickyard 400 in Indianapolis.
Recently I covered “Under the Hood with Becky McBride” at the San Diego Automotive Museum in Balboa Park, where she entertained us with stories about her life in stock car racing. Also, I will
The event returns NASCAR to Southern California. NASCAR raced at California Speedway in Fontana — about 50 miles east of Los Angeles — from 1997-2020, skipping 2021 and returning in 2022 and 2023. That track was closed after 2023 and part of its land sold. A plan was to convert the 2-mile track to a short track but that has not been done.
One of NASCAR's crown jewel races, and a million dollar prize in the In-Season Challenge, awaits at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
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NASCAR announced its new San Diego event with a traditional press release and then a three-minute promotional video. “Project: Race the Base” (embedded below) can be found on NASCAR’s official social media channels.
NASCAR executive says the sport hears the debate from fans and competitors about the number of road course events on the schedule.