One down and one to go.
Thank goodness the first of two Sprint Cup Series road races os over with after Sunday's stop in Sonoma.
Nothing like a late afternoon nap on the sofa after trying to watch 3400 pound stock cars drone around a road circuit.
To be fair, I don't think NASCAR intended to originally add road racing to the menu back when Sonoma and Watkins Glen found their way on to the Sprint Cup schedule.
The sanctioning body was looking to expand the series' reach and into the lucrative northern California and Northeast markets. Unfortunately there weren't any oval tracks around twenty years ago so the idea to bring the circuit to the exisiting road courses was the only way to tap those markets.
But with tracks like Las Vegas looking for a second date and potential new tracks in the Denver area, Pacific Northwest and possibly New York down the road, I'm hoping NASCAR ditches the road racing stops when the time comes.
As for now, I have another afternoon nap scheduled in August when Watkins Glen rolls around.
