Kansas City Date to be decided this year

[Avi24]

via Jayski:
ISC to evaluate tracks before deciding which loses race to Kansas: The chief operating officer for International Speedway Corp., Roger VanDerSnick, says the financial fortunes of Auto Club Speedway of Southern California, Phoenix International Raceway and Michigan International Speedway will be evaluated in 2010 as ISC tries to decide how to shift a Sprint Cup race to Kansas Speedway in 2011. Those three tracks are among the four ISC markets hit worst by the economic downturn. The fourth is south Florida, where Homestead-Miami Speedway hosts the season finales for NASCAR's three major series. "Those are our four challenging areas: Southern California, Phoenix, Michigan and Florida," VanDerSnick said. "We have a decision to make for 2011 on what date goes to Kansas? So we have a number of different models helping us drive through the decision-making process on that. Once we're close to a recommendation, we'll make a proposal to NASCAR that we want to realign a race to Kansas for that second weekend." Kansas Speedway has been waiting on approval for a casino complex that is expected to receive final approval next month by the Kansas Racing and Gaming Commission. Part of the speedway's pitch for the facility was the guarantee of a second annual Cup race, which would be on the 2011 schedule. NASCAR usually releases its annual schedules in late summer, and VanDerSnick says discussions with tracks normally begin in March and continue through spring. The first Cup races for Auto Club (Feb. 21) and Phoenix (April 10) are within or before that timeframe. Michigan's first Cup race is June 13.(USA Today)(1-18-2010)

I would hope that its California and NOT Phoenix or Homestead.

[MTruex56]

im sorry to who ever goes to the kansas race but, that race is a snore fest, but so is MIS

[thunder_alley1984]

Whoa Kansas getting a second date no way?! After ISC nixed lighting the place and making it more cool for fans. I bet this has to do with the Casino being on again.

[Avi24]

I'd take it over California. The one race that doesn't deserve to be taken away is Michigan (always a good crowd)

[1Bob29]

Great, one more cookie cutter!

[thunder_alley1984]

Whatca mean Bob? Going from one crap track to another. Kansas might be my "home track" but I don't like it much.

[taterracing]

Junk Auto Club Speedway's second race. ANYTHING would be an improvement.

[Bandit33]

Originally Posted by taterracing

Junk Auto Club Speedway's second race. ANYTHING would be an improvement.

Anything would be an improvement over two, three, four, and on a few occasions 5 wide through the turns?

[taterracing]

Originally Posted by Bandit33

Anything would be an improvement over two, three, four, and on a few occasions 5 wide through the turns?

You read it, so you saw it.

[Bandit33]

Originally Posted by taterracing

You read it, so you saw it.

How can anything be better than watching cars race side-by-side or side-by-side-by-side or going 4 wide or 5 wide through the turns? I don't get that. In my 9 races at Auto Club Speedway, I have yet to see a bad race. You can't beat watching cars going through Turns 3 and 4 three-wide, four-wide, five-wide. You can't beat seeing the potential for 6-wide through the turns.