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NASCAR will hold a street race on Naval Base Coronado in Southern California next June as a replacement for its downtown ...
Photo credit: Nigel Kinrade Photography Reports of NASCAR returning to Southern California surfaced in mid-June, but if you ask Ben Kennedy, this move was actually several years in the making. He ...
The NASCAR 2026 schedule might be released to the fans very soon. While speaking to reporters during a Zoom call, Ben Kennedy, NASCAR executive vice president, chief venue and racing innovation ...
“As part of our nation’s 250th anniversary, we are honored for NASCAR to join the celebration as we host our first street race at a military base, Naval Base Coronado,” Ben Kennedy ...
The idea of racing on a military base has been floated the last few years in NASCAR schedule discussions and was an idea that Kennedy said "felt like just such a natural opportunity for us to ...
NASCAR will put on "what is going to be, undoubtedly the most anticipated event of 2026 — and I’m bullish on it being the best sporting event of the year,” said Ben Kennedy, NASCAR executive ...
NASCAR announced that it will race in San Diego in 2026 as all three national series will compete on a street course at Naval Base Coronado.
Two years ago, NASCAR assigned Ben Kennedy the task of addressing two items on the stock car racing wish list — adding a Southern California race and staging a race on a military base. Kennedy ...
NASCAR San Diego course The official course layout has yet to be released. NASCAR officials state that they're driving around the base in person and using the popular racing simulation video game ...
I think, for me, I really enjoy what Ben [Kennedy] has done, you know, being in the Coliseum — that opened up a whole new world. We can go to other stadiums. We can go to New York. Joe Gibbs added.
After announcing it would pause the Chicago Street Race, NASCAR said Wednesday that it will hold a race on the Naval Base Coronado in San Diego in 2026.