Front Row Seat: NASCAR reveals new street course race in San Diego for 2026

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NASCAR reveals new street course race in San Diego for 2026 - USA Today
Two years ago, the NASCAR Cup Series made history with the sport's inaugural street course race through Chicago. Since the first race in 2023, the course's been a unique challenge for drivers on the grid.

Next year, they'll have a new street course to prepare for.

NASCAR officials announced that a new street course in San Diego will debut in the 2026 Cup Series season. The race will be held on Naval Base Coronado and replace the Chicago Street Course on the calendar.

El Cajon’s Jimmie Johnson hopes to race in San Diego’s first-ever NASCAR event - San Diego Union-Tribune
“The desire to race in my hometown is off the charts,” Johnson said Wednesday after NASCAR and the Navy announced the race scheduled to be run on an approximately 3-mile hybrid street/road course across the streets of Naval Base Coronado and the connected tarmac and taxiways of Naval Air Station Coronado.

“I will aggressively work on being in the event,” said the 49-year-old Johnson, who continues to drive a limited NASCAR schedule in his role as majority owner of the two-car Legacy Motorsports Club.

NASCAR doesn’t have a sponsor’s exemption rule like the PGA. To race here on June 21, Johnson will have to qualify and claim one of the expected 40 spots on the starting grid.

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