Originally Posted by styla21
This thread has confirmed my ignorance toward Nascar.. I didn't even know there was road courses. I now have much greater respect for it. 
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There are only two road cource races in the season.
Originally Posted by styla21
Do you find that teams who do well on a speedway circuit may be replaced by other teams at the top of the grid on the roads circuits?
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Not really. Top teams are usually in the front. You'd think road course specialists would always lead, but they don't have clear domination over the rest, probably because NASCAR drivers do not use the same normal racing line for the track (let alone same configuration), and the car feels different from what they usually drive.
Top drivers who do well in ovals might fall back. You might see a non-first tier team getting close to front, but it's not guaranteed.
*I should mention that I was talking about the Sprint Cup (formerly Nextel Cup). The Nationwide Series (formerly Busch Series) has two road course races too, I believe. One at the Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez in Mexico and at Watkins Glen like in Sprint Cup.