‘I’d like to see a street race,’ Rick Hendrick wants NASCAR to introduce street circuit events to cater the growing number of ‘new fans’
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On the back of the announcement of Hendrick Motorsports’ induction into the upcoming 24 hours of Le Mans championship and a successful race in Newly refrigerated Atlanta Motor Speedway, which is now a Superspeedway, one of the most influential NASCAR owners of all time Rick Hendrick has another plan for the championship to follow outside of its traditional events.
NASCAR has been keen on a possible street course addition to its schedule with the city of Chicago as its potential host. Now Hendrick Motorsport’s owner Rick Hendrick has come out expressing his wish to see NASCAR materializing the move and introduce street courses to its event list.
Find out what Rick Hendrick said
Rick Hendrick acknowledged that NASCAR should be working outside the box to cater to the growing new set of fans adding he likes to see a street race. He went on to argue about the need for street races pointing out the success of the LA clash and the hype around the Bristol dirt race.
“I’d like to see a street race. Hopefully, we’ll just continue to work outside the box. I think that’s growing a lot of new fans for us,” Rick Hendrick said.
“I think it’s great for NASCAR. The stadium brought a lot of new fans in. The dirt track, I’ve got people coming out of the woodwork wanting to go to Bristol now for that race. I think it’s exciting for the fans, and the drivers are adapting well. With this car, we can run the same car everywhere. So, I think it’s great for the sport,” Rick Hendrick added.
Rick Hendrick went on to say that it is entertaining and exciting to move from the traditional success formula and do something different as it will bring in a lot of new fans to the sport. He added that a new street circuit to race in will be exciting and conversation-worthy for the fans.
“I just think it’s exciting. If there’s a right street circuit that we could race on, I just think something different brings in a new level of fan, and it’s exciting and something different to talk about. I just think if you keep changing it up and it just seems to bring in a lot of new people. Just doing something different than we’ve done for years and years is good for the sport,” says Rick Hendrick.
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