CAMBRIDGE TWP. — Racing fans who enjoy catching the summer action at Michigan International Speedway can rejoice in knowing the FireKeepers Casino 400 race is only about 100 days away.
And when fans flock to MIS in mid-August for the annual race weekend — scheduled for Aug. 16-18 — they will be at one of the premier NASCAR raceways in the country, according to results from a USA TODAY Readers’ Choice Awards poll, which can be viewed at 10best.usatoday.com/awards/travel/best-nascar-track-2024.
Today, USA TODAY is announcing the results of its 2024 USA TODAY 10Best Readers’ Choice Awards in the High Octane categories, which include Best NASCAR Track.
After four weeks of voting that was open to the public from April 1-29, results show that MIS has been selected as the fourth best NASCAR track in the United States.
MIS in Cambridge Township is four miles south of the village of Brooklyn and is situated on more than 1,400 acres of land in the Irish Hills region of southeastern Michigan. The speedway hosts the NASCAR Cup Series, NASCAR Xfinity Series and the ARCA Menard Series.
Fan voting selected Pocono Raceway in Long Pond, Pennsylvania, as the Best NASCAR Track in the country. That selection was followed by the Chicago Street Race in second and Sonoma, California, Raceway in third.
Bristol Motor Speedway in Tennessee finished behind MIS to round out the top five NASCAR tracks, according to the voting results.
“The wide and fast 18-degree banks of this 2-mile track are…
