NASCAR Xfinity Series at the Coronado Street Course

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NASCAR Xfinity Series
Venue San Diego Street Course, Naval Base Coronado
Location San Diego, California
Corporate sponsor TBA
First race2026
DistanceTBA
LapsTBA
Circuit information
SurfaceAsphalt

The NASCAR Xfinity Series San Diego Street Race will be a future NASCAR Xfinity Series race that will be held on a street circuit in San Diego, California starting in 2026. This race will be the second street race for the Xfinity Series. A NASCAR Cup Series race and the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series race will also be held on the street course on the same weekend the days before and after the Xfinity Series race.

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Background/history

An aerial view of the Naval Air Station North Island element of Naval Base Coronado during 2010 Coronado Naval Base - leaving San Diego.jpg
An aerial view of the Naval Air Station North Island element of Naval Base Coronado during 2010

NASCAR has previously held races in the Southern California area for most of it's existence, having races at various tracks throughout the 1950's onward, with the addition of Auto Club Speedway to the schedule in 1997 as a superspeedway. It was announced on September 9, 2020, that NASCAR would shorten the track, removing the race following 2023. [1] [2]

Rumors surrounding the Chicago Street Course began after the 2025 race with Chicago's mayor, Brandon Johnson, stating that his administration would like to keep Chicago on the schedule, but after considering changing dates, as the race was held on Independence Day weekend. [3] It was officially announced that the race would be removed following 2025. [4] Other rumors began that NASCAR was looking to hold a street race in the Southern California area as this area was vacant from the schedule. [5] It was officially announced on July 23, 2025, that NASCAR would host a first of it's kind street race on the Naval Base Coronado, with the lower tier Xfinity Series and the Truck Series following suit. [6]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Auto Club Speedway to be reconfigured to half-mile short track UPDATE". Jayski's Silly Season Site . NASCAR Digital Media LLC. September 9, 2020. Retrieved July 23, 2025.
  2. ↑ Pugliese, Vito (September 10, 2020). "2-Headed Monster: Is Shortening Auto Club Speedway the Right Move?". Frontstretch. Retrieved July 23, 2025.
  3. ↑ Spielman, Fran (July 7, 2025). "Mayor Johnson open to keeping NASCAR in Chicago — after exploring date change, top aide says". Chicago Sun-Times . Archived from the original on July 7, 2025. Retrieved July 7, 2025.
  4. ↑ Crandall, Kelly (July 18, 2025). "Chicago street circuit dropped from NASCAR schedule for 2026". RACER . Retrieved July 18, 2025.
  5. ↑ Ashcraft, Anna (July 19, 2025). "Deal reportedly being finalized to bring NASCAR street race to San Diego in 2026". Fox 5 San Diego . Retrieved July 23, 2025.
  6. ↑ Sturniolo, Zach (July 23, 2025). "NASCAR heads to San Diego in 2026 for street races at Naval Base Coronado". NASCAR. NASCAR Digital Media LLC. Retrieved July 23, 2025.
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