Track
Track Type
Primary Similar Tracks
Secondary Similar Tracks
Notes
Atlanta
1.5 Mile High Tire Wear Intermediate Track
Homestead, Darlington and Auto Club
Charlotte, Kansas, Texas, Las Vegas and Michigan
Atlanta is a D-shaped oval where tires wear out extremely quick.
Auto Club
2.0 Mile High Tire Wear Intermediate Track
Darlington, Homestead and Michigan
Atlanta, Charlotte, Texas, Darlington, Homestead, Kansas and Las Vegas
Auto Club is a two-mile oval like Michigan, but the track surface is very different. Tire-wear is a big factor at this venue.
Bristol
Short Track
Unique
Dover
Study Bristol as a unique track.
Bristol Dirt
Short Track
Unique
Bristol (Not Dirt)
This will be the first dirt race by NASCAR’s premiere series since 1970. View it as unique, and don’t count on “Bristol Not-Dirt” to have a lot of correlation.
Charlotte
1.5 Mile Intermediate Track
Kansas, Texas and Las Vegas
Auto Club, Homestead, Kansas, Darlington and Michigan.
Charlotte is a D-shaped oval like Atlanta and Texas. At Atlanta tire wear is extreme and at Texas it’s minimal. Charlotte is in the middle of the tire wear spectrum.
Charlotte Roval
Road Course
Daytona Road Course and Indy Road Course
Sonoma, Watkins Glen, COTA and Road America
Among the road courses, focus on studying “Rovals” for fantasy preparation but don’t neglect overall road course racing prowess.
Circuit Of The Americas (COTA)
Road Course
Road America, Sonoma and Watkins Glen
Charlotte Roval and Daytona Road Course
Circuit Of The Americas is new for the 2021 schedule. Make sure you study drivers overall road course racing prowess.
Darlington
Skill Intermediate Track
Unique
Homestead, Auto Club and Dover
Study Darlington as a unique track.
Daytona
Plate Track
Talladega
None
Daytona and Talladega are plate tracks but they race differently. Daytona is much more narrow and Talladega is a lot wider.
Daytona Road Course
Road Course
Charlotte Roval and Indy Road Course
Sonoma, Watkins Glen, COTA and Road America
For fantasy preparation for the Daytona Road Course I would focus on Rovals, but make sure you don’t overlook overall road course racing prowess.
Dover
Skill Intermediate Track
Unique
Darlington and Bristol
Study Dover as a unique track. If you want to make a stretch you can say it’s similar to Darlington and Bristol.
Homestead
1.5 Mile High Tire Wear Intermediate Track
Atlanta, Darlington and Auto Club
Charlotte, Kansas, Texas and Las Vegas
Homestead is the most symmetrical 1.5 mile track on the schedule. What makes it a primary similar track to Atlanta and other venues listed is that tire wear is extreme.
Indianapolis
Big Flat Track
Pocono
Michigan and Auto Club
Pocono and Indy are the two big flat tracks on the schedule. I include Auto Club and Michigan as secondary similar tracks because big horse power is key here, and it’s also extremely important at those two venues.
Indy Road Course
Road Course
Charlotte Roval and Daytona Road Course
COTA, Road America, Watkins Glen and Sonoma
The Indy Road Course is new for NASCAR’s top series in 2021. I think Roval’s in particular will likely have the highest level of correlation among the road courses.
Kansas
1.5 Mile Intermediate Track
Michigan and Las Vegas
Atlanta, Auto Club, Charlotte, Homestead and Texas
I view Kansas as sort of a “mini-Michigan.”
Las Vegas
1.5 Mile Intermediate Track
Kansas
Michigan, Charlotte and Texas
Las Vegas is an intermediate track where historically tire-wear hasn’t proven to be a huge issue. Track position is very important here.
Martinsville
Short Track
Unique
None
Study Martinsville as a unique track. It’s not comparable to any other track on the schedule.
Michigan
2.0 Mile Intermediate Track
Kansas and Auto Club
Las Vegas, Atlanta, Charlotte, Homestead and Texas
To prepare for Michigan study Kansas. It can be viewed as a “Mini-Michigan.”
Nashville
1.33 Mile Concrete Flat Intermediate
Unique
1.5’s and and 750 HP intermediate tracks (Dover and Darlington)
Nashville is new for the 2021 schedule. I would treat it as a 1.5 mile track, but take note it’s concrete which in theory means track conditions will have a bigger swing in the race then other 1.5’s.
New Hampshire
Shorter Flat Track
Richmond and Phoenix
Nashville and Martinsville
For fantasy preparation for New Hampshire, make sure you study how drivers performed at Richmond and Phoenix.
Phoenix
Shorter Flat Track
Richmond and New Hampshire
Nashville
New Hampshire and Richmond are two shorter-flat tracks where the level of correlation should be high. I view Phoenix as sort of a reverse Richmond.
Pocono
Big Flat Track
Indianapolis
Michigan and Auto Club
Pocono and Indy are the two big flat tracks on the schedule. I include Auto Club and Michigan as secondary similar tracks because big horse power is key here, and it’s also extremely important at those two venues.
Richmond
Shorter Flat Track / Short Track
New Hampshire and Phoenix
Nashville
New Hampshire and Phoenix are the two shorter-flat tracks where the level of correlation should be high. I view Richmond as sort of a reverse Phoenix.
Road America
Road Course
COTA, Sonoma and Watkins Glen
Indy Road Course, Charlotte Roval and Daytona Road Course.
Road America will be new for NASCAR’s premiere series in 2021. I would focus on studying non-rovals, but don’t neglect overall road course racing prowess.
Sonoma
Road Course
Road America and COTA
Watkins Glen, Indy Road Course, Charlotte Roval and Daytona Road Course.
Sonoma is a very technical road course. Don’t neglect studying overall road course racing prowess.
Talladega
Plate Track
Daytona
None
Daytona and Talladega are plate tracks but they race differently. Daytona is much more narrow and Talladega is a lot wider.
Texas
1.5 Mile Intermediate
Charlotte, Kansas and Las Vegas
Atlanta, Chicagoland, Michigan and Homestead
Texas was newly repaved for 2017. Prior races should no longer be considered relevant.
Watkins Glen
Road Course
COTA, Road America and Sonoma
Charlotte Roval, Indy Road Course and Daytona Road Course.
I view Watkins Glen as largely a unique track. That said, study overall road course racing prowess.