5 tracks where the NASCAR All-Star Race rules package would help

5 other tracks where the NASCAR All-Star Race package could make the racing better

CHARLOTTE, NC - MAY 19: Ty Dillon, driver of the #13 GEICO Military Chevrolet, and Kyle Larson, driver of the #42 Credit One Bank Chevrolet, practice for the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series All-Star Race at Charlotte Motor Speedway on May 19, 2018 in Charlotte, North Carolina. (Photo by Sean Gardner/Getty Images) /

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KANSAS CITY, KS – MAY 12: Kyle Larson, driver of the #42 Clover/First Data Chevrolet, leads the field on a restart during the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series KC Masterpiece 400 at Kansas Speedway on May 12, 2018 in Kansas City, Kansas. (Photo by Sean Gardner/Getty Images) /

3. Kansas Speedway

You’re probably sensing a pattern here, and that’s not a mistake. Kansas Speedway is yet another of the very similar 1.5-mile tracks that the Cup Series visits, and there’s not much about it to distinguish it from its brethren. Here’s an honest question: If you can’t see the words on the walls or in the stands, can you really tell Kansas from Chicagoland from Kentucky? Probably not.

The intrigue in the recent KC Masterpiece 400 at the track primarily came from pit road penalties and watching drivers like Kyle Larson try to race their way from the rear of the field into the top 10. That really shouldn’t be the case, and while the configuration and banking aren’t exactly the same as Charlotte, they are close enough to provide some hope that the All-Star rules package would make things immediately more interesting.

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