Similar to regular of us hate stale meals, Alex Bowman hates stale racing. That’s why the Crew Hendrick driver hopes NASCAR will proceed to make modifications to what he calls a “stale schedule.”
“I feel it’s (change) a very good factor,” Bowman mentioned on a current episode of the Chasing Checkers podcast. “I feel our schedule was the identical for thus lengthy that you can say it acquired just a little bit stale. Simply persevering with to alter it up, go to new locations, sort of rearrange it just a little bit, I feel is a very good factor.
“Hopefully we proceed so as to add extra new locations going ahead. I feel that’s vital for our sport to go to new locations and never go to the identical 15 tracks twice a yr eternally.”
Bowman added, “There’s so many nice racetracks within the nation and all over the world. So there’s positively loads of cool locations that we are able to go race.”
To make use of an outdated saying, what’s outdated is now new once more, and that positively contains the resurgence of North Wilkesboro Speedway over the previous three years.
Actually deserted after the 1996 season, the 0.625-mile oval at “Wilkesboro”, as NASCAR drivers and groups prefer to discuss with it, has loved an entire facelift, a renaissance revival if you’ll, notably after having hosted the NASCAR All-Star Race the final three years.
Is North Wilkesboro prepared for a points-paying race?
The query now could be whether or not ‘Wilkesboro’ is prepared for prime time: to host a points-paying race within the Cup Sequence. Whereas it has offered out the three all-star occasions so far, internet hosting a Cup race in solely a 25,000-seat enviornment could possibly be problematic.
However Bowman thinks it nonetheless may be completed. “From the place I sit, I feel so,” he mentioned. “I’m certain there’s logistical issues that make it just a little bit more durable than a traditional race for us, however I feel it’s fantastic to have a factors race there.
“Truthfully, the All-Star race is the most important occasion for us so far as the time perspective goes. Except for the Daytona 500, I don’t assume I’ve ever been at a racetrack for thus lengthy this yr as I used to be at North Wilkesboro.
“It’s a three-day present. There’s so many issues occurring, chances are you’ll as effectively have a factors race there… It’s a cool place, it’s a lot historical past there, such a cool vibe. Clearly, the followers like it, it’s packed every time we go there. It’s a neat place for certain.”
