2012 Sprint Cup champion reacts to Kevin Harvick’s comments
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Reigning NASCAR Sprint Cup Series champion Kevin Harvick had a strong take on the Sprint Cup Series schedule during his media availability Friday at Talladega Superspeedway.
The Stewart-Haas Racing driver said the 36-race lineup “needs to be mixed up” and “in my opinion the most stagnant thing in our sport is our schedule and our venues that we go to.”
Another Sprint Cup Series champion had a different take.
Brad Keselowski, who once wrote a blog about his dream NASCAR schedule, reacted via Twitter later Friday afternoon.
His thoughts:
Interesting to see nascar schedule change topic come up again. Seems like we go through this every year about this time…
— Brad Keselowski (@keselowski) May 1, 2015
@keselowski because EVERYONE wants more short tracks……we just had Martinsville, Bristol and Richmond….thats what we want to see!!
— JoeyPletka (@JoeyPletka) May 1, 2015
Me too. But what everyone wants and what everyone is willing to pay for are two different things. https://t.co/1dUeR0PRjB
— Brad Keselowski (@keselowski) May 1, 2015
Even though most drivers and fans would say they prefer short tracks, almost all local short tracks are struggling to stay in business.
— Brad Keselowski (@keselowski) May 1, 2015
Idk why- No denying that when nascar added 1.5 tracks in late 90’s it grew tremendously. Despite the outcry for 1.5.
— Brad Keselowski (@keselowski) May 1, 2015
A major schedule change for Nascar isn’t a “common win” because tracks would lose $ It won’t happen in the short term or maybe even ever.
— Brad Keselowski (@keselowski) May 1, 2015
IMHO- We need to find “common wins” to grow Motorsports These Must benefit fans, tracks, teams, sponsors nascar and all other stakeholders.
— Brad Keselowski (@keselowski) May 1, 2015