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Three Ways NASCAR Can Improve The Brickyard 400

By Matt Lovisa

Jul 24, 2016; Indianapolis, IN, USA; NASCAR Sprint Cup driver Kyle Busch (18) leads the field on the parade lap for the start of the Combat Wounded Coalition 400 at the Brickyard at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Mandatory Credit: Brian Spurlock-USA TODAY Sports
Jul 24, 2016; Indianapolis, IN, USA; NASCAR Sprint Cup driver Kyle Busch (18) leads the field on the parade lap for the start of the Combat Wounded Coalition 400 at the Brickyard at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Mandatory Credit: Brian Spurlock-USA TODAY Sports /
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Jul 2, 2016; Daytona Beach, FL, USA; NASCAR Sprint Cup Series driver Brad Keselowski (2) leads the field during the Coke Zero 400 at Daytona International Speedway. Mandatory Credit: Jasen Vinlove-USA TODAY Sports
Jul 2, 2016; Daytona Beach, FL, USA; NASCAR Sprint Cup Series driver Brad Keselowski (2) leads the field during the Coke Zero 400 at Daytona International Speedway. Mandatory Credit: Jasen Vinlove-USA TODAY Sports /

Race under the lights

Indianapolis Motor Speedway doesn’t have any lights so that would be the first step, adding lights. Once that is done, the race can still be held in July or it could be moved to another month that suits the calendar better.

Remember when Daytona International Speedway added lights? Those first few races under the lights were spectacles and must see TV. Those two statements hold true today. Indy could look towards Daytona, a track with just as much history for stock car racing as Indy does for open-wheel racing, and model their transition towards lights after them.

Indy was never built for stock car racing. The Brickyard 400 doesn’t need to hold true to the last 20 years. The Brickyard 400 under the lights would enter Indy and NASCAR into a new era.

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