As a part of a teleconference asserting Homestead-Miami Speedway because the 2026 season finale, NASCAR has additionally given an replace on ‘The Conflict’ and its instant 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 a complete new establish with a short lived race observe constructed contained in the LA Memorial Coliseum. After three years of that with all chartered groups invited, all the pieces modified once more. In 2025. NASCAR left the profitable LA market and returned to its roots at Bowman Grey Stadium.
6#, Noah Gragson, Entrance Row Motorsports Ford, Alex Bowman, Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet
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Nonetheless, many noticed it as a one-off as talks continued behind the scenes with hopes of bringing the occasion to a global viewers. The town of São Paulo, Brazil, expressed curiosity in internet hosting the occasion at Interlagos. However it looks like these plans are on maintain … for the second.
“I believe so far as subsequent yr goes, greater than seemingly it should keep home right here in the US,” 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 a whole lot of it being previous to the season, within the low season, an exhibition race. It is a terrific alternative for us to convey NASCAR racing to different components of the world.
“I believe it should be one thing that we’ll proceed to think about, however not less than for now we’ll greater than seemingly preserve it home.”
Bowman Grey has not but been confirmed because the occasion’s host for 2026, so NASCAR might nonetheless be different places throughout the USA. Nonetheless, this seems unlikely primarily based on discussions from earlier within the yr, indicating that Bowman Grey is the main candidate. NASCAR additionally invested quite a bit in Bowman Grey, making a number of upgrades over the previous yr to make sure it was Cup-ready.
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