Executive VP Ben Kennedy said NASCAR has spent the past 18 months organizing a new strategy to better utilize its key piece: racetracks.

NASCAR hasn’t exactly been shy about shaking up its schedule with the addition of new NASCAR tracks in recent years. From the bold downtown streets of Chicago at the Grant Park 165 in 2023, to its long-awaited international return at Mexico City’s Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez in 2025,

NASCAR has decided to drop one of its most controversial tracks from 'The Chase' schedule ahead of the 2026 season.

The Charlotte Roval has been removed from the NASCAR Cup Series schedule, now featuring zero road courses in the playoff stretch, according to The Athletic.

NASCAR’s Cook Out Clash will return to Bowman Gray Stadium again this year in Winston-Salem on Jan. 29 through Feb. 1 with a slate of new fan events expanding the experience beyond race night. The nationally televised exhibition race,