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Being at a NASCAR Race in Person can not be overstated!  Got to be at my first one last year (Early February 2020 for the BUSCH CLASH).  They gave Us complimentary tickets for completing the Daytona Half-Marathon, which I got to run with my Baby Sister.  It was so thrilling and even with hearing protection (requirement as decibel levels are extreme), it brings goose bumps and serious adrenlaline rushes!!  Our Son lives in South Daytona and hears the running of the cars from His Condo there.  Even though We are serious Baseball Guyers (#baseballboysclub), We so  much enjoy the thrill of NASCAR Racing!!!

Yours in The Thrill -  Felix

I guess this has just become a general Cup series thread. Can't complain though.

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this is nascar talk now lol

Glad it turned into NASCAR talk. I have beend to Daytona for the 500 and all the speedweeks twice including last year. Michigan twice, Its a big party with all the Canadians down there. Ive been to Pocono, Watkins Glen, Martinsville, All once. Plus to every Ont. track numerous times while me or members of my family drove

Charlotte twice technically. We went to all star race and sstayed the week till the 600. That week was awesome everyday we toured shops, Hall of fame, Sam Bass's studio. and all there tracks there. Want to go to Bristol, "Dega, Darlington and Dover next.

Golf and tennis have a grand slam. If you could pick four races for NASCAR's grand slam, what would they be? I think mine would be Daytona, Coca Cola 600, Brickyard 400, and the Bristol night race. Iconic tracks of different sizes, requiring different skill sets, and spread throughout the season. They're also all different distances. I would like to get a road course in there but Sonoma and the Glen don't have draw of the ovals.

The other tracks I could argue for are Richmond, Martinsville, and Darlington.

I think the best grand slam woudl have to have Brickyard, Coco Cola, Daytona 500 & Darlington. Darlington is just an amazing track with a lot of history. But it would be hard to pick.

For sure the Daytona 500, Southern 500, Brickyard 400, And the Coca-Cola 600. So Daytona, Darlington, Indy and Charlotte. But cases could be made for the Bristol night or The Roval.

I would go with the Million Dollar four from the 80s, which were Daytona, Coke 600, Southern 500 at Darlington, and the July Talladega race which is now in October.

I was going to say the original Winston Million too. But the Brickyard would have been a good replacement for 'Dega. With Indy switching to the road course, can't really consider that one now. Maybe back to 'Dega but I always liked the April race over the Fall race once they got 2 races. Maybe now the new "Grand Slam" contender should be the double-header races at Pocono. It's the most unique track on the schedule and to race it 2 days in a row is even more interesting. That was already the plan for 2020 before the pandemic and only came about due to the Olympics that didn't happen while NBC was set to air both NASCAR and the Olympics. I like that NASCAR kept the track as a dual race on the same weekend  for 2021 though.

Martinsville is iconic in its' own right with over 50 years of Cup races there. I was so glad that they added lights there to run after dark. I was there for that first race under the lights too. I've been to the October Cup races there in 2016 (JJ won), 2017 (KyB won) and 2019 (Truex won). I was also there for the 2015 October Truck race when Crafton won. I wanted to go in 2020 but they jacked up the prices due to limited seating and then put everyone in the front-stretch anyway. I wouldn't have been happy about that. Martinsville races are a ton of fun, even more so since they added the lights. Of course that first year under the lights was freezing temps by the end of the race, but I stuck it out anyway. Now M'ville needs to put lights in the hilly parking lots all around the track. On top of my highlights there, I got to see Dale Jr.'s final M'ville race and Jeff Gordon's final actual race (after he retired but was filling in for Dale Jr.). In the very few races that I've been able to attend, I've seen some signifcant events in NASCAR history. I'd love to keep that going. I hope to get to a race this year.

Of all the tracks I have been lucky enough to go to Pocono was the least fan friendly.

When I lived in the VA NC area we would go to Martinsville and Richmond every race. Richmond was always the newer nicer track, but Martinsville just felt better. From the horse trough bathrooms to the 50 cent hot dogs to the exit from the infield running right into the fans walking out. Richmond did have the IRL races for a few years and I would suggest anybody that gets a chance go see them race on a track you have seen NASCAR race on.