Greg Ballinger

@Wonderful_Chip @BushKadin The answer to your original question is probably no. And then you say to build the biggest oval that we’d currently have?

@BushKadin We need a 3 mile oval

Will there ever be a new oval race track over 1/2 mile built ever again ??

@ifantasyrace Booooo

To make the Coca Cola 600 feel more special like a crown jewel, NASCAR needs the All-Star Race back at Charlotte and bring back mid-week qualifying!

@5KLNASCARFAN Fuck Chicagoland. You can like what you want, but you don’t speak for everyone.

NOOO COME ON WE WANT CHICAGOLAND

@5KLNASCARFAN Chicagoland go bye bye.

If it means Chicagoland is gone again I don’t fucking want it.

@B_DiNucci6 @MattVerderame Why is intentional stupidity and being disingenuous seen as marketable? Does it generate money?

@MattVerderame I like firing people up 🤣

I feel like I’m going insane. This isn’t a thing. It’s never been a thing. They won a division. It’s not some historic accomplishment

@AlextheAdm1ral Blah blah blah blah blah blah.

I'll allow that SC's can put on some fun shows But at it's core, racing down a city street is not what people think when they hear "NASCAR" So, from that angle, having these events to show off the sport and attract one-offs from other series falls flat to me I'll elaborate:

@Alyx2448 Only selling 25,000 tickets for a cup race is not viable longterm.

I'm not fully against the Chicago Street Race but NASCAR has to realize that that race will ALWAYS come with the volatility and baggage that is working with the city officials. Chicagoland may be the smaller market but it'll always be far more viable long term.

@TonyGrossi Loser mentality.

My wish on the eve of Browns' schedule release: 17 1 pm kickoffs.

@brettbphoto No it does not. 25,000 fans at the track does not deserve a cup date.

Chicago in 2025 was one of the coolest experiences I've had at a race so I would not be opposed to seeing it come back. I just hope that this is replacing San Diego and not Chicagoland, because Chicagoland fully deserves a guaranteed Cup race

@JoeyStone_8 One and done baby! One more race than it should have gotten!

If Chicagoland is a “one and done” so help me…

@_TaylorKitchen_ The way he races people? He would probably need all the way until 2031 to learn how to not race people dirty.

Maybe this is realistic, maybe not, but by 2031, I hope we get to see Hocevar attempt the Double.

@b1gnate_11 Why would losing a crappy track suck?

Losing Dover would suck. It’s not like there’s a market to build new oval tracks these days so every unique track we lose is one that will never come back.

@AlexShowman48 @_youre_annoying @npowell0599 It’s not your money. You can feel however you want about certain tracks, but you can’t just go to Chicagoland if it doesn’t pay the bills.

@_youre_annoying @npowell0599 Yea I explained it, explaining something doesn’t mean it should happen. It makes sense for corporate greed not race craft

Bringing the Chicago Street course back would be a catastrophic mistake and failure to listen to the fans by NASCAR.

@Alyx2448 Yes, it was a waste of time to bring Chicagoland back. It should have never happened.

All that effort to bring back Chicagoland just to ditch it after one season? Yeah fuck this. Unbelievably stupid. Literal waste of time then.

@koop_designs05 @pgh877 Chicagoland is NOT a fucking classic track. And historically, it was awful 90% of the time.

@pgh877 A new street course (Chicago, San Diego, St. Pete, etc) and a historic fan favorite classic track are BOTH objectively a good thing.

NASCAR really did just do a bunch of public good PR during the lawsuit and now that it's over they are rug pulling everything lmao

@AustinKonenski Boooooooo. Chicagoland sucks. But if it had to stay, I’d remove 1 Kansas or Las Vegas in order to do it. Not the unique race.

NASCAR has several tracks with two dates (Phoenix, Kansas, etc.) that don’t necessarily need two to keep Chicagoland off the schedule. I said it earlier but it makes the most sense for the Chicago SC to replace San Diego, IMO. This is my passionate Chicagoland propaganda tweet.

@TheCatchFence @NASCAR It did happen. And apparently it may happen again.

Hello @NASCAR Stop trying to make Chicago happen. It’s not. Going. To happen.

@DaleJr @Jordan_Bianchi @Knighter01 @TheAthletic Chicagobland.

@Jordan_Bianchi @Knighter01 @TheAthletic Chicagoland...

NEWS: NASCAR is moving closing to again racing in downtown Chicago, with growing optimism that the Chicago Street Course will be part of NASCAR’s 2027 schedule, sources tell @TheAthletic. nytimes.com/athletic/72731…

@ItsJustElite Chicagoland is an awful racetrack. One and done would be fantastic.

Am I the only one who doesn’t care if Chicagoland is a one and done?

@speed_visions Fuck Chicagoland.

why? wasn't the idea of a street course to move around to different places? also why are we going back to Chicagoland just to seemingly ditch it next year? I'm gonna be the hater on this one.