Tracks that Need to Light Up Their World...

Night Racing is truly an experience that you need to witness at least once in your life if your a racing fan. Even if you are not Night Racing is something you don't see as often in other types of racing like you see with NASCAR. There are a total of 15 races on the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Schedule that includes The Unlimited, Both Duels, and The All Star Weekend Races. It is certainly a sight to see as it seems colors shine a little brighter at night, Sparks tend to fly also. As I prefer Bristol's Night Race in August there are many other options. These tracks listed below are tracks that in my opinion a night race would truly be a spectacle to see in person.

Talladega Superspeedway

Ok If you have never been to Talladega Superspeedway you need to go. It is one of the most affordable tracks on the circuit that includes free camping. The racing is great and so are the finishes. Despite fans not liking the ending to the October race at Dega' everyone in the grandstands were standing on their feet eager to see the finish of this exciting race. Imagine having that excitement at night. Sparks fly at Bristol at night just imagine what you could see at Talladega at night. Plus cooler air at night makes the track going experience not only nicer for the fans but also for the drivers. The cars would go faster at night and with faster racing normally great racing is not to far behind. Out of this list this is the one race that I would personally want to see at night.

Martinsville Speedway

Martinsville is a short track like Bristol on crack. It's called the paper clip for a reason and this track gets it's name from how close the racing action gets. If you put your papers together at school or work whats your intentions? Keeping those papers closer is the answer. Imagine this track at night time. The sparks would really fly and well the racing would be better than before. A lot cooler too see also. Also if you put lights up you won't have drivers complaining about how dark it is when the race runs over a little. Sparks flew here last season between Joey Logano and Matt Kenseth and we could only predict this to continue if we added lights. Something about lights lights the tempers of drivers and sends them doing things they wouldn't normally do. This track needs lights. End of story.

Dover International Raceway

Who knows what Miles the Monster would do at night. During a regular race weekend at the Dover International Raceway Miles seems to get really hungry and eat many cars and trucks during races when it comes to accidents and crashes. When Dale Jr. sent out a Tweet Last season saying the extensions for the catch fences looked alot like light poles many fans sent there verdict on the lights at Dover and many said it needed to happen. If the track was to put lights would we see more fights here? Only time will tell and plus I think they need to put lights so that Jimmie Johnson can say he's won every which way at Dover including at the Casino. 

One of the Road Courses 

Ok I titled this one as One Of The Road Courses because well I think we need at least one Road Course race at night. We have short track, superspeedway, Half Mile night races, Why can't we have a Night race where we would turn right on, Many Road Course Specialists would like to see Watkins Glen because it could lead to a 24 hours at Watkins Glen which I would surely tune in for! Sonoma has lights kinda. The drag strip there has lights because NHRA commonly races at night weekend after weekend. Road America would be very neat until some fan got mauled by a bear in the woods, Same goes for Mid Ohio. So let's keep those races at daytime. 

New Hampshire Motor Speedway

Ok so this one is the most likely out of the ones on this list to happen as many at SMI have been talking of this happening. A night race at New Hampshire might be very entertaining when it comes to racing like Whelen Modifieds and Truck Racing but I think a night race at New Hampshire would have to be the first visit because the second one should be ran in the day to keep the hype going for Charlotte being the only night race in the chase. New Hampshire has also talked of having Snow Mobile Races here in the Winter and if you held those at night It would be extremely cold but awesome!  

Michigan International Speedway

Ok so I kept thinking of a track that did not have lights that I think should and well Michigan just kept coming to mind among these others. Michigan really gets rained out once a year really if you think about it. Last year we got lucky and with lights maybe it would incline NASCAR to actually finish these races under green rather than end it because of a little shower that is bound to pass over quickly. If you don't think this track needs lights I am not to far behind you. It's one of those tracks that always has been in the day time and probably stay that way for a long time. I personally think all tracks need an Nighttime option because Bristol proves that weather is always an iffy subject. 

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