May
While the majority of social media reaction to Sunday’s NASCAR All-Star Race at Texas Motor Speedway was unfavourable, the track’s owner saw a number of upsides.
Marcus Smith, president and CEO of Speedway Motorsports (which owns TMS), was deliberately vague in a talk with SiriusXM NASCAR Radio on Monday regarding transferring the annual event to a separate course in 2023.
“We had it in Charlotte for a number of years, and did it in Bristol in 2020 when we couldn’t have it in North Carolina (due to COVID-19 restrictions),” he said. “Then, we moved it to Texas for the last couple of years.
“This event, we had more people buying tickets than we did last year. We had increases in tickets and camping. It was a lot of fun for a lot of people in the southwest region of the United States.”
In fact, the race’s participation was not only more than a year before, but also higher than the previous time the race was held in Charlotte prior to Covid during the 2019 season.
Furthermore, since there have not yet been negotiations with NASCAR regarding changing the race after this year, it appears doubtful that this will change.
It’s already late May, and the calendar for the 2023 Cup Series has been in the works for quite some time. The 2022 Cup agenda was revealed in early September of last year.
“We’re always looking to make it bigger and better. When we had it in Charlotte, we had some detractors who would always say, ‘Why is in it Charlotte’ or ‘It’s just a warm-up event,’ Smith said.
“We move it and people say, ‘Let’s put it back in Charlotte.’ One thing I’ve found is nobody likes change and nobody likes anything to stay the same. It’s one of those things that you can’t make everyone happy.”
Argument at the end
While the driving in Sunday night’s all-star race was not very good, the race was dominated by the contentious finish, which saw reigning champion Ryan Blaney believe he had triumphed until a last-second caution forced the final section into overtime.
Blaney beat Denny Hamlin in overtime, although he had to jury-rig his driver’s side window net for the last two circuits after lowering it by mistake after he thought he’d won the race.
Although it is against NASCAR regulations to drive on the circuit without a properly mounted window net, no punishment was imposed.
TMS and SMI put a lot of effort, according to Smith, to ensure that the entire All-Star weekend experience was enjoyable for all in attendance.
“We really take our job seriously at putting on a phenomenal, memorable event every single weekend,” he said. “If you look at all the things our team at Texas did to deliver an amazing fan experience – I think if you talk at the fans that were there, they had a great time.
“I saw thousands and thousands of them having a great time.”
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