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Inside The Garage: Will NASCAR Return To 'Fantastic' Naval Base Coronado?

Naval Base Coronado (Coronado, Calif.) — NASCAR, in some ways, bit off a task that was almost too big to chew. Funnel 50,000 people on an island that has only one road from the less-populated south and one bridge from the major metropolitan area of San Diego. Get all those people, and food vendors and merchandise vendors onto a U.S. naval base. And, oh, by the way, build a racetrack that’s 3.4 miles where they must put up all the barriers and fencing on a course that used local roads as well as military tarmac. So all things considered, NASCAR pulled off a good one at Naval Base Coronado this...