Should the NASCAR All-Star Race be moved to a non-Cup racetrack like Iowa Speedway?

So here we are again, 38 days away from the NASCAR Sprint All-Star Race at Lowe’s Motor Speedway and if SPEED counting down every weekend starting in Daytona saying x number of days before the all-star race wasn’t enough, now Lowe’s Motor Speedway has announced that they will be painting the walls (formerly Nextel yellow), now Sprint yellow, oh brother.

While I don’t really care about the walls, the do think about the All-Star location and date, where should this race really be? In my opinion, the all-star really does count as a Cup Series race, it packs in fans from all over, so guess what, it’s a Sprint Cup Series race.

With that said, I do believe that in an age where Cup dates are already at a premium, the idea of rotating this race around should be an option, however that’s not what I had in mind. I would like to see NASCAR move the All-Star race from Lowe’s Motor Speedway to either another racetrack that only has one date or possibly one that has no cup date. The non-cup series date tracks is the best idea, it gives another racetrack that’s not on the Cup Series schedule a Cup date without adding another date to an already busy schedule instead of having the All-Star race where it is which in gives Lowe’s Motor Speedway 3 Cup Series dates.

So then, where should the All-Star race be?
I thought about so many different racetracks, however the location should be limited to either the mid-West or East Coast as this is a short race and we don’t want to add even more distance to the schedule.

So first, this would be my choice and the weekend should include a Nationwide or Truck Series race the night before… I’m think the state of art short-track in the mid-west, yes I am talking about Iowa Speedway, Rusty Wallace’s signature track… why not, they don’t have a cup series date, its short track racing at its finest under the lights, what could be better.

Second wouldn’t be my first choose and I wouldn’t know how fans would accept it as the race is for the fans, Kentucky Speedway. It would be a long shot there. Now why didn’t I choose some of the other notables like Las Vegas (It’s too far away) or Richmond (Already has two races on the schedule).

When should the All-Star race be?
This is an option here, I mean, the May date is nice, however it’s during a prime part of the season and another racetrack track like Atlanta, Bristol, Martinsville would benefit more in the middle of May, so what about putting it in the middle of the Chase for the Cup championship. It would be a break for the drivers and yet the fans would still get a cool race.

The second date that comes to mind is Labor day weekend, now I got your attention, I’m sorry but Labor Day weekend would be cool, racing at California Speedway sucks on Labor Day Weekend, so this weekend would be perfect for either the Southern 500 at Darlington (There only race of the season) or the All-Star race. I would also accept the Atlanta 500 in this spot if it means we still would race twice at Atlanta.

Oh by the way:
A couple of comments, subjects I’ve read about centering around Texas… First Ganassi Racing, hearing Chip speck like that is outragious, just do it Chip, talk is cheap, make real changes in your teams. Right now, your teams are not running good, maybe it’s time to put Dario in the Truck series or Nationwide Series for the rest of year to get more track time and more experience, he has none. Look at where each of your three teams performances, where are they lagging???

Edwards vs. Johnson??? That’s the best people can come up, yes Edward’s has won three races, but docked 100 points and 10 bonus points in the chase, there is also several other contenders in play, talk to me about championship after Indianapolis in late July, not before, don’t count out Gordon, Earnhardt Jr., Kenseth, Biffle, Burton, Stewart, the entire top 12, do I really need to go on, next subject.

With NASCAR continuing to make an example out of those teams who fall outside the rule book, it should be no surprise that NASCAR has handed down a penalty for the #12 Ryan Newman Penske Racing Dodge that I have to admit is dead on after his car failed post-race inspection from this past Sunday’s Texas 500 race, the penalty was 25 driver points, 25 owner points and crew chief was fined $25,000 and placed on probation until Dec 31st., like I said dead on, NASCAR is consistent. Comments.

- Racedriven