Fontana to be converted to a half-mile short track

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Fontana to be converted to a half-mile short track

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https://racer.com/2020/09/08/fontana-to ... ort-track/

I'm all for Nascar moving back to short tracks and I assume Fontana couldn't carry it's own weight any longer. A shame whoever owns North Wilkesboro don't seem to be as keen on bringing that place back from the dead.
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No surprise. Fontana is Top 3 of the worst NASCAR races year in & year out. I suppose even they couldn't do anything with this sucker.

Since IndyCars bailed on this track, there's no way back.

Then again, NASCAR also changed the Phoenix layout recently and I don't know why exactly?
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This is cool. It'll end up becoming a track with more of an identity instead of being "Michigan v2.0".
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Vassago wrote: 3 years ago No surprise. Fontana is Top 3 of the worst NASCAR races year in & year out. I suppose even they couldn't do anything with this sucker.

Since IndyCars bailed on this track, there's no way back.

Then again, NASCAR also changed the Phoenix layout recently and I don't know why exactly?
The Phoenix change was stupid af. Let's add a ton of banking so the cars go even faster and struggle even more in dirty air.
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The Phoenix reconfiguration was horrible for Indycar at least. Dreadful.

As for Fontana... That'll cost a lot. I assume they'll sell the rest and build houses. Would be interesting to see an Indycar on the new layout.
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Should be Texas getting cut down not Fontana, I cannot recall one exciting finish in a NASCAR race at Texas.
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acerogers58 wrote: 3 years ago Should be Texas getting cut down not Fontana, I cannot recall one exciting finish in a NASCAR race at Texas.
Here's one off the top of my head.

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MonteCristo wrote: 3 years ago The Phoenix reconfiguration was horrible for Indycar at least. Dreadful.

As for Fontana... That'll cost a lot. I assume they'll sell the rest and build houses. Would be interesting to see an Indycar on the new layout.
Indycar on a half-mile bull-ring? :whistling:
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John wrote: 3 years ago
MonteCristo wrote: 3 years ago The Phoenix reconfiguration was horrible for Indycar at least. Dreadful.

As for Fontana... That'll cost a lot. I assume they'll sell the rest and build houses. Would be interesting to see an Indycar on the new layout.
Indycar on a half-mile bull-ring? :whistling:
An Indycar, yes!

22 of them, well, it would be a sight.
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MonteCristo wrote: 3 years ago
John wrote: 3 years ago
MonteCristo wrote: 3 years ago The Phoenix reconfiguration was horrible for Indycar at least. Dreadful.

As for Fontana... That'll cost a lot. I assume they'll sell the rest and build houses. Would be interesting to see an Indycar on the new layout.
Indycar on a half-mile bull-ring? :whistling:
An Indycar, yes!

22 of them, well, it would be a sight.
An Indy car on a half miler, going for a record? Yeah, that might be okay.
Twenty or so of them at once? Unh-unh.

That would be about as exciting as the 25+ Cup (GN back then) cars at Islip...and that was when I appreciated NASCAR. Boring as sheet. Would rather have watched bumper cars at a carnival or playland.
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jimclark wrote: 3 years ago
MonteCristo wrote: 3 years ago
John wrote: 3 years ago
MonteCristo wrote: 3 years ago The Phoenix reconfiguration was horrible for Indycar at least. Dreadful.

As for Fontana... That'll cost a lot. I assume they'll sell the rest and build houses. Would be interesting to see an Indycar on the new layout.
Indycar on a half-mile bull-ring? :whistling:
An Indycar, yes!

22 of them, well, it would be a sight.
An Indy car on a half miler, going for a record? Yeah, that might be okay.
Twenty or so of them at once? Unh-unh.

That would be about as exciting as the 25+ Cup (GN back then) cars at Islip...and that was when I appreciated NASCAR. Boring as sheet. Would rather have watched bumper cars at a carnival or playland.
Swore I'd never do that again. :nah: Didn't have to worry about that decision.....they stopped coming back...... :bow:
I would absolutely love to see a lone Indycar smash around Bristol.
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Cool beans. Can't wait for the first race on the track.
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MonteCristo wrote: 3 years ago An Indycar, yes!

22 of them, well, it would be a sight.
It would be more than 22 cars and it wouldn't be good. Someone would get killed.
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JR90 wrote: 3 years ago
MonteCristo wrote: 3 years ago An Indycar, yes!

22 of them, well, it would be a sight.
It would be more than 22 cars and it wouldn't be good. Someone would get killed.
Do you really think so?

I can't see them going all that fast unless it was a literal banked circle all way around. If they had corners you needed to lift for (and in the layout in the Racer.com link the corners look very tight - might even need to brake for them) there wouldn't too much danger. Certainly no more than other tracks.
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I think it would be too many cars on a fast, banked track.

It would be Richmond on steroids.
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