The NASCAR–IndyCar doubleheader at Phoenix Raceway final weekend was a large hit, and followers weren’t the one ones satisfied by it. Drivers are already speaking about making these crossover occasions a daily factor. It was a uncommon probability to see each of America’s premier racing collection share the identical stage for an thrilling weekend.
It was an enormous weekend for American motorsports as each main collection shared the stage. IndyCar made its massive return to Phoenix on March 7 – first time again since 2018- proper earlier than the NASCAR Cup Sequence took over on March 8 for the Straight Discuss Wi-fi 500.
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completely crushed it, strolling away with the win in each collection. Josef Newgarden dealt with enterprise within the IndyCar race, and Ryan Blaney gained the Cup Sequence occasion the subsequent day.
Former NASCAR star and 40 Cup Sequence races winner Mark Martin was amongst those that cherished the concept of each collection sharing the identical race weekend. The Corridor of Famer even on the Kenny Wallace podcast that he needs to see extra of it sooner or later. “Look, I’m a hillbilly from Arkansas, so I can’t say these international names, however that Rasmussen or no matter his identify is, our host of our, man, is IndyCar’s host. Dude, he made a fan out of me. I’m going to be watching extra of those races. Man, that man was on the gasoline!”
The Corridor of Famer . “Blaney placed on a present Sunday at racetrack the place they are saying you possibly can’t cross,” Martin continued. “I believe he handed 49 automobiles or one thing like that. So it was simply it was one other nice NASCAR weekend. And it additionally I imagine it was an amazing weekend for IndyCar. I actually suppose that we have to extra cross-promotion.”
Kyle Larson additionally helps the concept
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Reigning NASCAR champion additionally appreciated what he noticed from the Phoenix doubleheader weekend.
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The Hendrick Motorsports driver mentioned in an interview in Phoenix: “I watched the race on TV. It was an amazing race. I believe any automobiles on brief ovals are actually thrilling. So yeah, hopefully we are able to do extra of it sooner or later. I believe it’d be fairly neat to form of go to their, you recognize, neck of the woods, possibly with, like, a road course or a street course, you recognize, and form of allow them to be the premier division.”
“ these guys deserve it; they placed on nice racing, so yeah, we’d like to do it once more, however the crossover is nice,” the Hendrick Motorsports driver added.
Larson additionally had a robust exhibiting within the NASCAR race itself. After qualifying close to the entrance, he completed third behind Christopher Bell and race winner Ryan Blaney.
The success of the Phoenix weekend has many followers and drivers questioning if NASCAR and IndyCar might staff up for extra occasions like this sooner or later.
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The idea is straightforward: deliver each collection to the identical monitor, create a much bigger race weekend, and provides followers extra racing to take pleasure in.
If the thrill from Phoenix is any indication, the concept of NASCAR and IndyCar sharing extra race weekends might solely develop from right here.
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