Pocono Raceway announced Tuesday it has already begun repaving its 2.5-mile surface, making it the latest NASCAR track to put down new asphalt.
Pocono Raceway Becomes Latest NASCAR Track To Repave Surface
Phoenix International Raceway just finished repaving and reconfiguring its surface, and NASCAR Sprint Cup Series drivers are at a test today and Wednesday to try it out in advance of November’s race weekend.
Kansas will repave its surface next year, and Michigan is currently repaving in time for the 2012 season. Daytona had new asphalt in time for this season’s Daytona 500 after the infamous pothole debacle in 2010.
Here’s a list of tracks who have repaved their surfaces in the last 10 years:
2012: Pocono, Michigan, Kansas
2011: Daytona, Phoenix (reconfigured)
2008: Darlington
2007: Bristol
2006: Talladega, Charlotte, Las Vegas (reconfigured)
2005: Indianapolis
2004: Martinsville, Richmond
2003: Homestead-Miami (reconfigured), Infineon, New Hampshire
Tracks that have not re-paved in the last 10 years: Watkins Glen (partial repave in 2006), Texas (fixed dips in 2007), Kentucky (opened 2000), Chicagoland (opened 2001), Fontana (opened 1997), Atlanta (last repaved/reconfigured 1997), Dover (last resurfaced 1995).
See More:
