5 tracks that could host a NASCAR, IndyCar, IMSA tripleheader

CHARLOTTE, NORTH CAROLINA - SEPTEMBER 29: Clint Bowyer, driver of the #14 Rush/Cummins Ford, leads a pack of cars during the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Bank of America ROVAL 400 at Charlotte Motor Speedway on September 29, 2019 in Charlotte, North Carolina. (Photo by Jared C. Tilton/Getty Images) /

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4. Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course

The 13-turn, 2.258-mile (3.634-kilometer) Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course road course in Lexington, Ohio is another one of the few tracks in the country that hosts all three of these series annually, just like Road America.

Also, just like at Road America, the NASCAR race is an Xfinity Series race, not a Cup Series race. Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course has never held a top-level NASCAR race before. The IMSA WeatherTech Sports Car Championship race is the Acura Sports Car Challenge at Mid-Ohio in early May, the Xfinity Series race is the Mid-Ohio 170 in late May and the IndyCar race is the Honda Indy 200 in mid-August.

Mid-Ohio always provides fantastic racing, no matter what series races there. The Xfinity Series has been racing at Mid-Ohio since 2013 and has yet to have a repeat winner. The first Xfinity race held at the track was just over 200 miles, but in 2015, the race was shortened to 170 miles.

I’d love to see a 200-mile Cup Series race at Mid-Ohio. If the Cup Series were to race there, it would be the only Cup Series race in the state of Ohio, and road courses seem to sell a lot of tickets for NASCAR.

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