NASCAR: TMS reduced to one Cup and one IndyCar race in 2023

In the last 10 years attendance at NASCAR events has slowly decreased at TMS, and all over the U.S.

The overall popularity of the sport is nowhere near what it was around 2000. TMS officials have removed large sections of the grandstands, a trend throughout the bigger speedways all over the country.

Sources said one of the reasons NASCAR is moving its All-Star race out of TMS were the poor crowds at the last two events, and the bad visuals it created for the television broadcasts.

A crowd of 60,000 or so looks sparse at TMS. When the All-Star race runs at North Wilkesboro, which features a seating capacity of 40,000, it will be full, and look packed.

The IndyCar race attendance at TMS looks so bad for both TMS and IndyCar, you could shoot a cannon into the grandstands and not hit anyone.

Crowds for the IndyCar races at TMS have slowly decreased over the years, which is consistent for that series other than the Indianapolis 500.

The crowd for the IndyCar race at TMS in 2022 looked to be no more than 10,000. Meanwhile, in nearby Austin, the F1 race will host 400,000 over the 3-day weekend.

There had been talk, for years, that IndyCar no longer wanted to run at TMS, but IndyCar likes looking like a loser to TV viewers, so they worked on a new deal to keep the oval on the schedule to placate the oval lovers, so few that they are.

TMS officials said it has reached a multi-year agreement with IndyCar to remain on the schedule, starting in 2023.