Report: NASCAR looking into future street races, San Diego could host as early as 2026

NASCAR is looking at potential sites for future street races, according to the Sports Business Journal’s Adam Stern. One option could be San Diego, which could host as early as 2026, per the report.

The news comes as NASCAR works to finalize its 2025 schedule, which is likely to come out soon. This year marked the second of the Chicago Street Race, and it appears more could be on the way in the future.

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The Athletic’s Jordan Bianchi reported the 2025 Cup Series schedule would unofficially start with The Clash at Bowman Gray Stadium on Feb. 2. That would set the stage for the Daytona 500 on Feb. 16 to get the season underway.

Bianchi previously reported that Homestead-Miami, Watkins Glen and Atlanta’s second date would be shifted from the postseason to the regular season. That is in fact the case, with Gateway, New Hampshire and Darlington’s second date moving to the playoff schedule.

Daytona’s summer race, the Coke Zero Sugar 400, will serve as the regular season finale. This Sunday’s Southern 500 at Darlington is the 2024 regular season finale.

Phoenix will host the Cup Series Championship on Sunday, Nov. 2, as it has done since 2020. Homestead-Miami hosted the championship race from 2002-19.

Of course, NASCAR is also going international next season. Mexico City will host a race on Father’s Day, as announced earlier this week, in a race that will be the first Cup race for points outside of the United States in 67 years. In the future, more countries such as Brazil could be in the mix to host races, according to the Sports Business Journal, including The Clash at some point.

“This has been on our radar for a long time,” said Ben Kennedy, NASCAR executive vice president, chief venue and racing innovation officer, in a statement. “We’ve been talking about the continued iteration of our schedule, right?

“You can go back a few years, went to new markets like Nashville and Austin, Texas. We went to the Coliseum for the Clash. … We went to our first street race in downtown Chicago, and this is going to be another first for us in a lot of ways. This is going to be certainly a monumental event for us, the first time we’re going south of the border.”