Hello All,
Just Food For Thought...
There are quite a few items that the league has to address (IMO)for next season (i.e. chase, fixed vs open, schedule, rules changes) and beyond. It may be useful to address items based on the hierarchal level of importance, since item x may have an impact on item z. Nevertheless, since this post is about schedule I will address scheduling only. My suggestion is to use a framework that can/will be carried forward from season to season. That being said, my recommendation for each season is:
a. 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th races are always Daytona, Atlanta, Vegas, and Phoenix
b. Final Race always Miami
Each season consist of:
c. 2 superspeedways (Daytona, Talladega)
d. 2 -two mile tracks (California, Pocono, Michigan, Indy)
e. 1 road course (Watkins, Mid Ohio, Road America,)
f. 1 short track (Bristol, Richmond, Dover, Iowa, NHMS)
g. 6 intermediates (Texas, Atlanta, Vegas, Charlotte, Kentucky, Darlington, Chicago, Kanas, Miami)
All of the tracks listed above are the actual tracks from 2017 Xfinity schedule. All tracks will automatically rotate each season except Daytona, Atlanta, Vegas, and Phoenix); whichever tracks were used this season will be rotated next season. Think out of the box – a nonstandard track can be added to the rotation; thus, we should get a different flava every other season.
Suggestion (closely mirrors NASCAR Xfinity approach) assuming no chase format:
• Race #1 - Superspeedway
• Race #2 &3 - Intermediate
• Race #4 – Short
• Race #5 – Road course
• Race #6 & #7 Intermediate
• Race #8 – Two mile
• Race #9 – Superspeedway
• Race #10 – two mile
• Race #11& #12 – Intermediate
Suggestion assuming 16-race chase format (just thinking ahead):
• Race #1 - Superspeedway
• Race #2 &3 - Intermediate
• Race #4 – Short
• Race #5 – Road course
• Race #6 & #7 Intermediate
• Race #8 – Superspeedway
• Race #9 – two mile
• - - - - - Chase - - - - -
• Race #10 – Intermediate
• Race #11 - Short
• Race #12 – Intermediate
• Race #13 - Intermediate
• Race #14 – two mile
• Race #15 - Intermediate
• Race #16 - intermediate