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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INDIANAPOLIS, IN – JULY 23: Kyle Busch (18) Joe Gibbs Racing (JGR) Toyota Camry and Martin Truex Jr (78) Furniture Row Racing Toyota Camry lead the field to a restart during the NASCAR Monster Energy Cup Series Brantley Gilbert Big Machine Brickyard 400 on July 23, 2017, at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Indianapolis, Indiana. (Photo by Michael Allio/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images) /

1. Indianapolis Motor Speedway

What should be a marquee event for NASCAR, and once was, back when stock cars first started running at Indy, has become a dreadfully boring and hot affair. The latter problem is going to be fixed this year thanks to its late, or at least that’s the thought. Now it’s time to do something about the former, because passing is just too darn hard at this track, particularly when it’s for the lead.

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The XFINITY Series experiment that inspired the NASCAR All-Star Race rules package was an incredible, almost unbelievable success, turning the race into spectacular entertainment, a phrase that no one has ever used to describe the Brickyard 400. It’s kind of amazing NASCAR didn’t already act based on that race alone, but if the follow-up proves similarly exciting this season, this would be the first place we’d like to see those restrictor plates and high spoilers come 2019.

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