More jobs moving to Mexico ...

NASCAR has been looking to go international with Cup for a while now. Canada will be next. What is interesting is that NASCAR took the race from one of it's own tracks and not from a SMI track.


“This is a historic moment for our sport, and specifically for the NASCAR Cup Series, in being able to expand our footprint to Mexico,” NASCAR’s Executive Vice President & Chief Venue & Racing Innovation Officer Ben Kennedy said. “We’ve been bold about our intentions to grow on a global scale, and there isn’t a better place to take the next step in that journey than at the Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez road course in Mexico City.”

"Kennedy confirmed that 2025 schedule will feature only one Richmond (Va.) Raceway NASCAR Cup Series race to accommodate Mexico on the schedule. And he noted, that it now marks five consecutive years, that the series has been able to add a new venue – from the Los Angeles Coliseum to Austin’s Circuit of The Americas to races in St. Lous, Nashville and the Chicago Street Course – and now, the first international event in almost 60 years."

“This has certainly been a journey for us on the scheduling front,” Kennedy said, adding. “Our next opportunity was to expand internationally and we said we’ve wanted to do this for a long time but also needed to make sure it was the right time, the right partners and the right location and Mexico City checked every box."

“To be in one of the biggest cities globally – over 20 million people that live in the city – is a massive opportunity for us to bring the sport.”

www.jayski.com/2024/08/28/richmond-losing-cup-series-date-to-mexico-city/

Younger audience likes road racing better than ovals or at the least wants to see more road racing.

Xfinity raced on this track before as has Indy and F-1 I think. It's a first class facility. 

      wrong ,wrong, wrong,        calling your fans racists,  forcing every driver to push a guys car around the track because some redneck tied the garage pull down rope the exact same way dozens of other doors had been tied for years and years. bringing in the fbi.  bubba smollet and nascar have a lot to do with there fan problems.  did you know nascar gave 2000 tickets away in atlanta to try to get black fans,   bout 150 showed up.     everything about nascar sucks these days.  

       i believe in reality.   facts.  

I lost interest in NASCAR 20 years ago. The death of Earnhardt was probably the beginning of my evolution away from caring. The following 4-5 years NASCAR did everything it could to show me they no longer needed nor appreciated my patronage.

Numerous time over the years I had attended Talladega. While sometimes folks could get a little out of hand it was pretty laid back. Drink. Look at boobies. Crash on the side of the road in your truck or a tent. If you were lucky you coukd score a campground spot and drag an old school bus or half rotten travel trailer up there and have a blast for 2 or 3 days. That formula worked for decades. To the tune of about $7B.

Well somebody decided that they needed to clean up the image a little. And clean up they did. Gone was the road side parking and camping. Gone was camping in the parking lot of the track. You had to be in a camp group that catered to the luxury RV and 5th wheel crowd. (The bane on my existence). Condos were built in viewing distance of the track. All the ma and pop hotels fro. Atlanta to Birmingham were pushed out. If theat wasn't bad enough the cops become overly aggressive. Just dying for a reason to crack skulls and arrest people. Which some probably needed to be but not to the extent they took it.

And then after telling the redneck crowds they were no longer needed or appreciated and $7B wasn't enough they started pushing for more diversity. Which I'm and of itself isn't necessarily a bad thing. But when you shit on your core demographic you kinda crap in your own bed. They tried to turn NASCAR and try to get the F1 and Indy car crowds.

And to add even more fuel to the exodus bus they started with the COT BS. Now every car is identical. Its a cluster of bumper to bumper races and "heats" and silly points system. For God's sake they have damn Toyotas in the races.

Last I checked viewership was at an all time low. NASCAR merch a once easy buck nobody is buying. Eff em

Here are some facts.

"NASCAR is letting go of its springtime race in Richmond while retaining the summer one. The reasons are simple, the business it brings!"

"The motorsport community has been expecting this Richmond debacle for months. Although NASCAR does not release crowd-size figures, official actions have given plenty of hints about Richmond's falling fortune. "

"One fan lamented the track's turn of fate, "Yeah this was a foregone conclusion. "

"The local fans know the truth, as they dialed down the hype. "I live across the street, I'm sad but not surprised. Local advertising - they do a freaking abysmal job"

"Another fan tipped their hat to the authority for maintaining Richmond's status for this long. "I would argue the fact that it managed to keep two dates for even this long is a testament to NASCAR's respect for the track."

"While others focused on the future prospects. Although Mexico City marks the first international points-paying race since 1958, one fan is optimistic. "It's a change that was needed, I don't love the track they picked to switch to, I think there were other options but I am also willing to give the Mexico date a chance and see how it goes."

"A fan even suggested viable options for locals in Richmond. They can make the most out of this change in a business sense. "Richmond should make the most of this by pouring all their resources into their remaining race weekend. I think they can sell it out, and find other ways to make up for the lost revenue."

"Virginia native Denny Hamlin concurred with this decision. "Sometimes it's usually the cycles you have to go through. And so hopefully it's a learning moment for the track and everyone involved. It certainly is a shame if it goes to one week (each year), but the audience here has made it warranted."

"Evidently, NASCAR fans are ready to say their final goodbye to the springtime Richmond race. "


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You do when the base is shrinking and dying out. A NASCAR event ain't cheap to put on, if you don't have the attendance to support it, you move to locations that do.