NASCAR drops Fontana from 2021 schedule

[rrrr]

The title says it all.

Fontana dropped, Daytona races added to 2021 NASCAR schedule

Auto Club Speedway has been removed from next year’s NASCAR schedule and another race weekend pushed back one week due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. NASCAR was scheduled to race in Fontana on F…

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[Bob Bitchen]

They will end up bull dozing that place just like OMS.

 

[Nordie]

Might have something to do with it.

Fontana to be converted into half-mile short track [UPDATED]

Fontana, California’s Auto Club Speedway will be transformed into a half-mile short track beginning next season. The Athletic first reported the plans. NASCAR did not offer additional informa…

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[fishing fool]

California is doing a great job of pushing motorsports out of the state.... Supercross is gone too...

 

[FreeBird236]

Might have something to do with it.

Fontana to be converted into half-mile short track [UPDATED]

Fontana, California’s Auto Club Speedway will be transformed into a half-mile short track beginning next season. The Athletic first reported the plans. NASCAR did not offer additional informa…

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My first thoughts, I'm not totally against a change but would prefer something a little larger.

 

[LargeOrangeFont]

Might have something to do with it.

Fontana to be converted into half-mile short track [UPDATED]

Fontana, California’s Auto Club Speedway will be transformed into a half-mile short track beginning next season. The Athletic first reported the plans. NASCAR did not offer additional informa…

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this. Track is getting shrunk.

the Daytona Road course will be a bad ass race though.

 

[playdeep]

And Bristol is gonna lay down dirt...

 

[Ricks raft]

Race is being cancelled because of CA COVID lock downs. They don’t trust ca to reopen and want to give teams time to set up cars for Daytona road course. For media partners it’s also easier to leave equipment set up for 2 weeks at Daytona then just move down to homestead.
Fontana can’t get new track built quickly with COVID crap, so the plan is one more race on speedway and build new short track by 2023. And yes my state sucks.

 

[wzuber]

And Bristol is gonna lay down dirt...

Lay down dirt or excavate/remove asphalt to create a dirt track?

 

[Sandlord]

Lay down dirt or excavate/remove asphalt to create a dirt track?

Dirt overlay. They’ve done it for other series

 

[pronstar]

If the pages oval is blue, then it doesn’t look like it touches the paved oval at all?

 

[wzuber]

From what I recall from I believe a previous post on RDP they are reconfiguring the property essentially, building a small oval for short track racing and building out a real drag strip I believe?

 

[CoolCruzin]

There is nothing in California but traffic and people .
Can anyone refresh my mind why it’s good ,
and it’s not the weather, beaches and mountains

 

[Groper]

From what I recall from I believe a previous post on RDP they are reconfiguring the property essentially, building a small oval for short track racing and building out a real drag strip I believe?

LOL that might change and give way to 6 story wood framed jungles called "low income housing" for those essential section eight recipients because everyone deserves a roof over their head funded by taxpayers right ?

 

[Hardly Satisfied]

This sucks now I will have to go to Vegas for a race

 

[LargeOrangeFont]

From what I recall from I believe a previous post on RDP they are reconfiguring the property essentially, building a small oval for short track racing and building out a real drag strip I believe?

Yes I believe they are selling off some of the land, demoing the track and redoing the stands and the track.

 

[77charger]

Cancelled bu covid even NASCAR knows ca is screwed. Yes gonna be demoed and a short track built.

 

[240Hallett]

This sucks now I will have to go to Vegas for a race

And Phoenix…

 

[Cdog]

As stated above they are modifying the track to a short track Richmond format. What they're doing with the infield hasn't been finalized or disclosed to SCCA from what I've been told. Sucks as this January will be our last time racing the Roval. Its a rough but fun track.

 

[rrrr]

As stated above they are modifying the track to a short track Richmond format. What they're doing with the infield hasn't been finalized or disclosed to SCCA from what I've been told. Sucks as this January will be our last time racing the Roval. Its a rough but fun track.

For those that didn't read my link, the removal of the race from the 2021 schedule has nothing to do with the planned track reconstruction. That has been postponed to 2023.

This is about COVID-19 and California's draconian rules.

 

[Hydroman55]

Simple enough property has become worth more than the racing. A SOCAL tradition.
To this day I can’t figure out how the LA Fairgrounds still survives. Way too much real estate and money and no back room deals with developers?
It just pains me to watch SOCAL degrade since the 80’s.

 

[thmterry]

Didnt they build the track there because the land was so contaminated from Kaiser steel and could never be used for anything else?

 

[Crazyhippy]

As stated above they are modifying the track to a short track Richmond format. What they're doing with the infield hasn't been finalized or disclosed to SCCA from what I've been told. Sucks as this January will be our last time racing the Roval. Its a rough but fun track.

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That had to be fun coming down off the banking and onto the infield... LVMS roval transition was a handful in an aggressive street car!

 

[Hydroman55]

Didnt they build the track there because the land was so contaminated from Kaiser steel and could never be used for anything else?

That land is now worth enough to push past any low grade environmental issue.

 

[Cdog]

That had to be fun coming down off the banking and onto the infield... LVMS roval transition was a handful in an aggressive street car!

there not a lot of banking where we turn left into the infield but we’re 150+ mph 6th gear since start finish. Maybe 20 seconds. Then threshold braking into 2nd to make the left.

more banking on entry. You can smack your front wing if you’re not careful

 

[traquer]

there not a lot of banking where we turn left into the infield but we’re 150+ mph 6th gear since start finish. Maybe 20 seconds. Then threshold braking into 2nd to make the left.

more banking on entry. You can smack your front wing if you’re not careful

The entry seems like it would be sketchy in fast car with little aero. It's bumpy leading up to it and you have to be fast there as the entire straight depends on it

 

[LargeOrangeFont]

That land is now worth enough to push past any low grade environmental issue.

LOL yes. What brown zone??

 

[Cdog]

The entry seems like it would be sketchy in fast car with little aero. It's bumpy leading up to it and you have to be fast there as the entire straight depends on it

yeah it’s about 180 degrees from the start finish. You can see a little black flag box on the outside wall before the tire marks. I count to 5 quickly when I hit that in my peripheral vision and brake like a mother fucker 150+ to 60-70 is my best guess. I don’t ever look at mph because I don’t really want to know lol

 

[LargeOrangeFont]

yeah it’s about 180 degrees from the start finish. You can see a little black flag box on the outside wall before the tire marks. I count to 5 quickly when I hit that in my peripheral vision and brake like a mother fucker

That that is a freakin bus stop. I've got my car wheelhopping there a couple times. I hit 160 on the front straight before dropping to about 125 through turn 1 &2 because I'm scared of dying with no aero on my car.

 

[Cdog]

That that is a freakin bus stop. I've got my car wheelhopping there a couple times.

lol! My front ride height is like 38 mm

 

[LargeOrangeFont]

As stated above they are modifying the track to a short track Richmond format. What they're doing with the infield hasn't been finalized or disclosed to SCCA from what I've been told. Sucks as this January will be our last time racing the Roval. Its a rough but fun track.

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When will you be out there in Jan?

 

[Cdog]

When will you be out there in Jan?

16-18th. They might still have Wu flu restrictions but I’m sure you can sneak in. Just say you’re with SCCA Cal club at the gate.

 

[LargeOrangeFont]

lol! My front ride height is like 38 mm

Mine is like 125mm.. that is the only thing that sucks about my car. It is too damn high off the ground. It needs a front splitter, at minimum to go fast.

 

[LargeOrangeFont]

16-18th. They might still have Wu flu restrictions but I’m sure you can sneak in. Just say you’re with SCCA Cal club at the gate.

I will try to make it out this time! I want to do the open track day the weekend before as well.

 

[mjc]

And Phoenix…

I already have phoenix tickets and an rv spot. Haven't been to a nascar race in year's.

 

[Ricks raft]

There is nothing in California but traffic and people .
Can anyone refresh my mind why it’s good ,
and it’s not the weather, beaches and mountains

Though I hate my states politics and hope to get out. This is a big state and there are a lot of conservative and no traffic areas. My town has no stop lights. I’m in the foothills, 30 mins to Yosemite, 2 hours to the coast, 4 hrs to casinos, large lake 20 mins, 4 lakes within 1 hour. And we have 4 distinct but mild seasons.

 

[riverroyal]

Lets be honest. Nascar sucks now and fontana was a shit race to watch or attend.
Any change there should be a improvement

 

[SummitKarl]

Ok time to let my secret out...coming to a Havasu near you

 

[mjc]

Ok time to let my secret out...coming to a Havasu near you
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Where is this going to be?

 

[SummitKarl]

Where is this going to be?

couple mile east of Franciono on the south side of the 40

 

[mjc]

couple mile east of Franciono on the south side of the 40

Nice how soon

 

[SummitKarl]

Nice how soon

can't answer that not my place to
can say
Land acquired
re-zone for motorsports park approved
civil and site plan in approval process
I will be tweaking the plan to have MotoCross and SXS tracks
and a parking lot to rival the Fairplex
then on to the structural
it's a long process for any civil/commercial project

 

[Hardly Satisfied]

Got a email from autoclub speedway and they will have the last race there in 2022 on the 2 mile track

 

[Cdog]

Got a email from autoclub speedway and they will have the last race there in 2022 on the 2 mile track

Finally some good things coming from these Wu Flu delays

 

[Crazyhippy]

there not a lot of banking where we turn left into the infield but we’re 150+ mph 6th gear since start finish. Maybe 20 seconds. Then threshold braking into 2nd to make the left.

more banking on entry. You can smack your front wing if you’re not careful

That's not bad. LVMS had turn 1 deep in the banking. Either had to drop onto the apron early and not get the banking benefit, or really unsettle the car making the transition.

 

[Cdog]

That's not bad. LVMS had turn 1 deep in the banking. Either had to drop onto the apron early and not get the banking benefit, or really unsettle the car making the transition.
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looks fun. Would be cool if they added that track to our SCCA majors & super tour list

 

[LargeOrangeFont]

Ok time to let my secret out...coming to a Havasu near you
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YAAAAAS. I heard rumors of this.

 

[DarkHorseRacing]

Got a email from autoclub speedway and they will have the last race there in 2022 on the 2 mile track

How about they run the roval course at ACS as the last race? The 2 mile oval is so damned boring. If it wasn't then they wouldnt be making the changes. So I say try the roval just for the hell of it before it winds up like richmond or bristol.

I've been going to that track for years for NASCAR (and Indy), even back when the NASCAR race was a 500 in the middle of August. Never my favorite place.

 

[riverroyal]

YAAAAAS. I heard rumors of this.

just like shakin the lake

 

[LargeOrangeFont]

just like shakin the lake

This is already gone 100X further than that.