Delaware's most-attended annual sporting event appears secure on NASCAR's calendar.
Speedway Motorsports Chief Operating Officer Mike Burch was asked by Gluckcast podcast host Jeff Gluck about the future of Dover Motor Speedway, which has hosted NASCAR races since 1969.
"There will be racing at Dover. This idea that Dover on decline or on its way out, no, there are too many passionate race fans. It's one of our biggest-selling races ticket-wise, you don't move a race if you sell tickets, you don't move a race if you have corporate support."
Dover's once-consistent spot on NASCAR's calendar has been exchanged for a multitude of changes this decade.
The Monster Mile held two races for the final time in 2020, before being switched to a Mid-May single race in 2021.
Then came three years running on, or around, May 1, before the 2025 race which was moved to July for the first time since the track's first race in 1969.
Racing returned to May this year, when Dover was selected as the first non-lights NASCAR All-Star Race, meaning Dover wasn't on the regular or postseason schedule for the first time.
Burch later told Gluck that he expects the All-Star Race to work its way to other tracks, seemingly opening the door for Dover to return to a points-earning, or perhaps a postseason, track in the near future.
Last year's Cup Series schedule was announced in Mid-August.
While Dover Motor Speedway does not officially announce attendance, it is Delaware's largest one-day sporting event, with the 2025 regular season race having a total purse of over $11 million.
The All-Star Race purse was estimated at just over $3 million, with $1 million going to winner Denny Hamlin.
