Pocono and Iowa near sellouts for NASCAR Cup Series dates
NEWTON, Iowa — Pocono Raceway and Iowa Speedway are nearing sellouts for their summer NASCAR Cup Series dates, according to the tracks.
Pocono Raceway reported they sold out of camping for its June 20-22 NASCAR race weekend and have “limited tickets” available for the June 22 NASCAR Cup Series race.
Meanwhile, Iowa Speedway reported Tuesday “less than 100 tickets remain” for its Aug. 3 NASCAR Cup Series race.
Pocono and Iowa faced declines in attendance throughout the 2010s with two race weekends that were just 6-8 weeks of each other. Then, each track dropped to one race weekend and saw attendance go up.
Last year, Pocono saw its best attendance in 14 years and camping sold out while Iowa saw a total sellout.
Iowa’s path back to glory wasn’t as linear as Pocono. After the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic hit in 2020, the track disappeared from the schedule for three years. However, Iowa-based grocery store chain HyVee investing in the NTT INDYCAR Series race weekend built up enough momentum to where NASCAR returned in full force with the first Cup Series race there last year.
The NASCAR Cup Series has had at least six reported sellouts in 17 weeks, including the Clash and the All-Star Race. The Mexico City weekend also has limited tickets left.
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Jonathan Fjeld is the co-owner of the The Racing Experts, LLC. He has been with TRE since 2010.
A Twin Valley, MN, native, Fjeld became a motorsports fan at just three years old (first race was the 2002 Pennsylvania 500). He worked as a contributor and writer for TRE from 2010-18. Since then, he has stepped up and covered 24 NASCAR race weekends and taken on a larger role with TRE. He became the co-owner and managing editor in 2023 and has guided the site to massive growth in that time.
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