One Possible Bit of Good News for Fontana Track
I've been saying for a couple of years that Fontana has THE two worst dates possible on the NASCAR schedule.
Right after Daytona, in February, is a horrible idea. February is out wettest month and often the coldest, too. The idea of luring SoCal weather sissies into an outdoor venue to sit and shiver for four hours is laughable.
And the second date is Labor Day, which is Southland shorthand for "hottest weekend of the year." Again, who wants to go through the physical punishment of sitting in the elements (because it isn't really a night race) when they could be in an air-conditiioned room somewhere.
The potential good news is this: Fontana could get at least one different date.
Apparently, Atlanta isn't keen about its late-October date. It's college football season, in Georgia, which has an NFL team in Atlanta, too (which L.A. doesn't), and it also tends to get cold there in October.
Fontana, meanwhile, has a very good chance of being nicely temperate in late October. Also, getting that race would put Fontana into The Chase -- the 10-week season-ending sprint to the season championship.
No one is stepping up and offering to take this February weekend off Fontana's hands. Not yet.
But some relief in October ... that could make a big different in attendance for this track.