It was a topic heavily debated when the 2011 Sprint Cup Series schedule was released in August. Now that the Chase for the Cup has arrived at Kansas Speedway for the third of ten races, the same question needs to be posed: should the Kansas City-based track host a pair of races on next year's slate? In addition to its usual early October date, Kansas will play host to an additional 400-mile race on June 5, the weekend after the Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte Motor Speedway. While tracks like Atlanta Motor Speedway and Auto Club Speedway in Fontana, Ca. will join a long list of tracks over the past 10-15 years that have seen Sprint Cup dates either eliminated or cut back, Kansas joins fellow cookie-cutter ovals Texas Motor Speedway and Phoenix I...

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It was a topic heavily debated when the 2011 Sprint Cup Series schedule was released in August. Now that the Chase for the Cup has arrived at Kansas Speedway for the third of ten races, the same question needs to be posed: should the Kansas City-based track host a pair of races on next year's slate? In addition to its usual early October date, Kansas will play host to an additional 400-mile race on June 5, the weekend after the Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte Motor Speedway. While tracks like Atlanta Motor Speedway and Auto Club Speedway in Fontana, Ca. will join a long list of tracks over the past 10-15 years that have seen Sprint Cup dates either eliminated or cut back, Kansas joins fellow cookie-cutter ovals Texas Motor Speedway and Phoenix I...

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