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  • Atlanta Motor Speedway introduces “Perfect Race Weather Guarantee”

    Atlanta Motor Speedway introduces “Perfect Race Weather Guarantee”

    The 2016 schedule still hasn’t been released, but one track has both announced it’s date and a full “credit” for inclement weather.

    Tuesday morning, Atlanta Motor Speedway announced that the NASCAR traveling circus of the Camping World Truck, XFINITY and Sprint Cup Series will return on the weekend of Feb. 26-28, 2016 following the 58th Daytona 500. The track has reduced the price of tickets by 15 percent, the cheapest being $39 and most expensive being $99.

    The most notable announcement was the “Perfect Race Weather Guarantee.” It doesn’t mean that track General Manager Ed Clark acquired Destro’s Weather Dominator and will crank the temperature up to 100 (that’s for you G.I. Joe fanatics), but it will give fans options if they can’t make the race. Here’s an excerpt from the press release.

    “The all-new policy offers fans options in the event that inclement weather prevents them from attending the race. If the daytime high temperature in Hampton, Georgia on Saturday or Sunday of race weekend fails to reach at least 50 degrees as observed by the National Weather Service, or if weather issues postpone the day’s activities to a different day and fans are unable to attend on the rescheduled date, fans who do not enter the admission gates on the day the event is held will receive an account credit for the full price of their tickets. Credits can be applied to any future AMS event or events in 2016 or the 2017 NASCAR Weekend.”

    In other words, if the weather doesn’t go higher than penguin house or if mother nature decides to rain on us and you can’t make the race, you can use that credit for a free ticket to the 2017 NASCAR race weekend at Atlanta.

    In addition, Atlanta Motor Speedway is offering three different ticket packages for the 2016 race weekend. Their “Good” ticket package, starting at $79, includes general admission seating for Sprint Cup Series qualifying on Friday, tickets to the XFINITY and Truck doubleheader on Saturday and Sunday’s Folds of Honor QuikTrip 500 for the Sprint Cup Series. Next is the “Better” package at $139. This package is comprised of everything included in the “Good” package plus a weekend FanVision rental and a pre-race pit pass for Sunday’s Cup race. The “Best” package at $179 includes everything in the “Good” and “Better” packages and $25 off any purchase greater than $50 at the AMS souvenir shop.

    For tickets to the February NASCAR weekend of events at Atlanta Motor Speedway next season, call (877) 9-AMS-TIX or visit www.atlantamotorspeedway.com.

  • The Chairman Speaks on Franchising and 2016

    The Chairman Speaks on Franchising and 2016

    In case you missed it, the chairman of NASCAR spoke on franchising and the 2016 schedule.

    Today on the Sirius XM program “Tradin’ Paint,” NASCAR Chairman and CEO Brian France joined Jim Noble and Danny “Chocolate” Myers to discuss the concerns Jack Roush brought up about moving to a franchise ownership model.

    France said that conversations are ongoing and that, “anytime we can improve the structure for our team owners, that’s a good thing. So if we can improve their business model and improve their overall structure, then what’s going to happen is that new owners are going to be more inclined to want to participate in NASCAR.” He also stated that healthy ownership means, “better competition.” France noted that nothing is set in stone and that they’ll continue talking to the owners through the offseason to see what’s possible.

    As for the 2016 schedule, France said that sanctioning agreements unrelated to the race dates are what’s keeping the schedule from officially being released. However, he did say that the schedule will be largely the same as this season.