NASCAR Heads Onto Eye-Popping Naval Base Coronado in Its Latest Cup Series Race
The three-race weekend includes a 3.4-mile street course and race distances of 170, 204 and 253 miles, NASCAR said.
- On Friday, NASCAR began its tripleheader race weekend at Naval Base Coronado, marking the series' first-ever points race held on a military installation.
- NASCAR Chief Operating Officer Ben Kennedy said racing in a market of more than 20 million is "paramount," driving aggressive schedule innovations to reach new fans.
- After Friday practice, Roush Fenway Keselowski Racing driver Chris Buescher called the layout "the hardest thing we've done in a race car," citing railroad tracks near turn 4.
- Formula One veteran Kevin Magnussen makes his NASCAR debut this weekend for Trackhouse Racing's Project 91 Chevrolet, as Amazon Prime Video broadcasts from the USS Carl Vinson.
- The 2027 schedule remains uncertain, 2012 champion Brad Keselowski noted, as organizers may exclude San Diego, Chicago, and Mexico City despite Shane van Gisbergen entering as the favorite.
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NASCAR heads onto eye-popping Naval Base Coronado in its latest Cup Series race
Ryan Blaney wants to keep his eyes on the road as NASCAR returns to Southern California with a race through the bone-jarring streets of San Diego’s Coronado Island.
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For most NASCAR race weekends, fans arrive and see the finished product. The grandstands are full. The catchfence is in place. The track is ready. What they rarely see is everything that happened beforehand. This weekend’s historic debut at Naval Base Coronado is different. Before NASCAR’s top series ever takes the green flag in San Diego, officials will have spent more than two years planning, negotiating, designing and building what may be the…
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