In the 90s, tracks like North Wilkesboro Speedway, Richmond Raceway, Martinsville Speedway, Rockingham, and Dover used to have two dates on the Cup Series calendar. But then came the boom of intermediate racetracks. Chicagoland, Las Vegas Motor Speedway, Texas Motor Speedway, Homestead-Miami Speedway, and Kentucky Speedway were all made during that time. And they took over the Cup Series racing, with the boom of new markets, large crowds, and speedway-style racing; this was the way forward back then for NASCAR.
However, many of these tracks couldn’t stand the test of time, with declining attendance and shift to the modern era of racing, Kentucky Speedway and Chicagoland took a back seat. Imagine the Next Gen cars running at these racetracks, it is the only configuration where on-track rac