Dale Earnhardt Jr.’s podcaster confirms Richmond Raceway ‘is likely to lose second cup race date’

Richmond Raceway has been hosting All three NASCAR national series for decades.

Dale Earnhardt Jr.’s podcaster confirms Richmond Raceway ‘is likely to lose second cup race date’

Richmond Raceway (Via IMAGO), Dale Earnhardt Jr. (Via IMAGO) and Jordan Bianchi (Screenshot @Dirty Mo Media/X)

Richmond Raceway hosted it’s first NASCAR Cup race of the 2024 season on last Sunday that saw their home town racer Denny Hamlin taking the victory in overtime. Though there were some wild moments during the race, it didn’t hit the mark in terms of entertainment value. It continued the trend of underwhelming race product at legacy track.

Now The Athletic reporter and the co-host of The Teardown Podcast, produced by Dale Earnhardt Jr.’s Dirty Mo Media, Jordan Bianchi has pointed out that NASCAR might take away the second race date from the track. He asserted that a schedule change in inevitable and claimed that this change would happened even as close as the 2025 season and

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They're running out of tracks to take dates from. That is a fact. And Richmond is considered, from the conversations I've had with people, Richmond is considered likely to lose a second date at some point. And from the conversations I've had with people, that very well could happen next year. That's what I'm gonna report that
Jordan Bianchi said via The Teardown Podcast.

The 0.751 miles D-Shaped track was opened in 77 years ago and has been a NASCAR race venue since 1953. All three national series and even the IndyCar has raced in the venue. But the drop in race product and the demand in the local market is too significant for NASCAR to overlook Richmond for other promising tracks.

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Richmond Raceway might’ve lost the race date last year only

Bianchi while talking about the falling demand at the track pointed out that, NASCAR had plans to drop the second Richmond race last year as well. But the they decided to give it another shot after taking the historic significance of the track into consideration.

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It was, from my reporting, it almost lost a race last year, and it was kind of a last-minute thing of, hey, no, we're gonna keep racing there twice. This is a legacy track. It's been here, NASCAR's racing here decades and decades. We don't wanna do that.
Jordan Bianchi said.

NASCAR removing second Richmond race from the schedule wont be a fan favourite decision. Despite of the lack of entertainment it’s legacy track to which many driver and fans have huge commitments to. But at the end of the day the sanctioning body has to make the decision that would benefit the sport overlooking the emotions.

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