ISC announces weather protection program

Rain screws race fans at oval track evens, not road and street circuits

Rain screws race fans at oval track events, not road and street circuits

International Speedway Corp., whose tracks host 19 of the 36 Cup points races, announced a weather guarantee ticket program for fans on Wednesday, joining a similar program announced last month by Speedway Motorsports Inc.

The ISC Weather Protection Program goes toward all paid grandstand tickets to NASCAR races at any ISC facility that are postponed and rescheduled to a different date due to inclement weather.

ISC operates Daytona International Speedway, Talladega Superspeedway, Michigan International Speedway, Richmond Raceway, Auto Club Speedway, Kansas Speedway, ISM Raceway, Chicagoland Speedway, Homestead-Miami Speedway, Martinsville Speedway, Darlington Raceway and Watkins Glen International.

Guests will be able to exchange paid grandstand tickets that were not used on a rescheduled race date for a future NASCAR event at an ISC facility. The unused grandstand tickets may be exchanged for a same-series ticket of equal or lesser value based on event and seating location availability.

Guests with an unused grandstand ticket have 60 days to contact the ticket office at the ISC facility where the event was postponed. Eligible grandstand tickets may be exchanged for any future NASCAR race at an ISC facility within one year of the original event date or for the same race the following year, except for the Daytona 500. Customers who have tickets to a postponed Daytona 500 event may exchange their tickets for a future Daytona 500.

“Race fans make significant investments to attend NASCAR races at our facilities," said ISC CEO Lesa France Kennedy in a press release. “When inclement weather impacts the schedule, it can be frustrating. The ISC Weather Protection Program addresses that concern and provides an assurance to our guests that if they can’t attend the rescheduled event, they will have the opportunity to see another race at another ISC facility."

TicketGuardian’s FanShield insurance technology gives fans security when buying tickets in advance. The low-cost coverage protects fans from reselling their ticket or losing their money altogether if they’re unable to attend the event. Customers instead can receive a refund.