NASCAR Cutting Back it’s Elite Touring Division
It is official, the 2006 season will be the last for the NASCAR Elite Division. There will be an official press release issued on Wednesday, December 28, 2005 along with the 2006 NASCAR Touring schedule.
NASCAR will put more focus on the NASCAR Grand National and NASCAR Modifieds Series.
The decision was made by NASCAR because the costs have gone up and the purses have gone down. NASCAR also had a hard time signing tracks up.
NASCAR will have 32 total events in the final season, this is for all four of the NASCAR AutoZone Elite Series.
The Toyota All-Star Showdown is shown on the Irwindale Speedway website as being scheduled for October 21st.
Source: Racing West
UPDATE: As predicted, it’s now official.
“These tours were originated to offer NASCAR’s weekly member tracks special events once or twice a year. The Elite Division was designed to allow the best local racers an opportunity to race periodically at an advanced regional level,” said Hunter. “The cost of competing at this level has escalated significantly over the years and participation has continuously declined in every region. It has also become extremely difficult for our member tracks to successfully host these events.”
The above link also provides the 2006 Elite Division schedules.
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