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HOMESTEAD, FLORIDA – JANUARY 15: Erik Jones tests the Next Gen car at Homestead-Miami Speedway in Homestead, Florida. (Photo by Michael Reaves/Getty Images)

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HOMESTEAD, FLORIDA – JANUARY 15: Erik Jones tests the Next Gen car at Homestead-Miami Speedway in Homestead, Florida. (Photo by Michael Reaves/Getty Images)
NASCAR majorly has been an all-American racing series. However, of late, expansionist activities have started in the sport. Recently there is speculation that NASCAR plans to expand itself into a global championship and not just restrict itself to the American borders.
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Journalist Adam Stern stated, “@NASCAR wants to eventually have a common chassis across all of its different international series so that it can create a global championship.“
NASCAR has announced that the NASCAR Brazil Sprint race will be a part of its next international series. The new race will actually be the reincarnation of the existent GT Sprint Race. This will be yet another series for NASCAR’s international series portfolio alongside the ones in Canada, Mexico, and Europe.
Plans for such a global championship might be the catalyst NASCAR needs, mostly since it already suffers from a dwindling fan base in the US. Moreover, since Formula One has been garnering an increasing number of eyeballs in the country, the only logical option for NASCAR is to diversify itself further and be a more global sport like F1, eventually. However, for NASCAR to expand into an all-out global championship, they would have to make sure that there is a standard chassis implementation across the entire series.
Fans react to plans for global expansion
NASCAR left the fans in anticipation and overall enthusiasm ever since they heard of their plans to drift into a global championship. While just like any change faces some resistance, there are a few old-schoolers who prefer sticking to the basics. However, in this case, the majority were pretty excited to see what was in store for the future.

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Oct 2, 2022; Talladega, Alabama, USA; NASCAR Cup Series driver Tyler Reddick (8) leads the field during the Yellawood 500 at Talladega Superspeedway. Mandatory Credit: John David Mercer-USA TODAY Sports TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY
Fans stated,
Will compete against each other in each country track there. And the winner will advance to other finals which lead the world championship which most likely in December anyway. And the winner will get the fanciest trophy then the nascar cup series trophy anyway.
— Main Base Official Page (#supportrussiananarchism) (@MainBaseOffici1) November 17, 2022
That's a big vision. Hope they can pull it off cost effectively.
— Mega-Maga Trickle Down Agenda (@Kephen464) November 17, 2022
Nascar at interlagos 2025
— Hunter Frey (@AntiDark_Matter) November 17, 2022
As a Brazilian born that makes me very happy, Brazil has a great history in Motorsport with legends like Ayrton Senna, Nelson Piquet , @TonyKanaan and of course 4 times Indy 500 winner @h3lio Hélio “ The Spider-Man “ Castroneves 🕷 🕷🕷🕷
— JGA RowdyNation (@GabeAndreo) November 17, 2022
This would be awesome! NASCAR is what got me into motorsports and is still one of my favorites and would love to see it grow internationally.
— EV Pit Pass (David) (@EVpitpass) November 17, 2022
“Kyle Larson, you are the new champion of the world”
— Luke 🏁 (@BrightMoonRace) November 16, 2022
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NASCAR World Championship
— Dylan Wieloszynski (@GTP_Dylan_GTP) November 16, 2022
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What are your thoughts surrounding NASCAR’s plan for a global championship? Which countries do you think NASCAR should visit if such a championship took place? Importantly, who do you think from the existing Cup Series would partake in such a series? Let us know in the comments section.
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