NASCAR ‘likely’ won’t take pre-s...

As part of a teleconference announcing Homestead-Miami Speedway as the 2026 season finale, NASCAR has additionally given an replace on ‘The Conflict’ and its speedy future. 

After spending many years as an exhibition race for pole-sitters, happening at Daytona Worldwide Speedway within the lead-up to the five hundred, the occasion has modified drastically in recent times. After transferring it from the Daytona oval to the Daytona street course in 2021, the occasion took on an entire new establish with a brief race observe constructed contained in the LA Memorial Coliseum. After three years of that with all chartered groups invited, every thing modified once more. In 2025. NASCAR left the profitable LA market and returned to its roots at Bowman Grey Stadium.

Nevertheless, many noticed it as a one-off as talks continued behind the scenes with hopes of bringing the occasion to a global viewers. The city of São Paulo, Brazil, expressed interest in hosting the event at Interlagos. Nevertheless it looks as if these plans are on maintain … for the second.

“I believe so far as subsequent 12 months goes, greater than possible it’ll keep home right here in the USA,” revealed NASCAR Govt Vice President and Chief Venue & Racing Improvements Officer, Ben Kennedy. “I would not ever rule out worldwide sooner or later, although. We have now ideas about lots of it being previous to the season, within the low season, an exhibition race. It is an excellent alternative for us to carry NASCAR racing to different components of the world.

“I believe it will be one thing that we’ll proceed to contemplate, however no less than for now we’ll greater than possible preserve it home.”

Bowman Grey has not but been confirmed because the occasion’s host for 2026, so NASCAR may nonetheless be taking a look at different places throughout the USA. Nevertheless, this seems unlikely primarily based on discussions from earlier within the 12 months, indicating that Bowman Grey is the main candidate. NASCAR additionally invested so much in Bowman Grey, making a number of upgrades over the previous 12 months to make sure it was Cup-ready.