When Richmond Raceway had a date taken off of the NASCAR schedule for 2025, it looked like doom for the track. However, the fans responded in Virginia. Richmond was sold out this weekend for the Cup Series race on Saturday night.
While tracks like Richmond don’t have as many seats as they used to, selling 40,000+ tickets to any live sporting event is a win nowadays. It was a big statement from the Richmond fans to show out in the numbers that they did on Saturday night.
Jeff Gluck and Jordan Bianchi of The Athletic talked about the sellout after the race. What does it mean for NASCAR at Richmond moving forward?…