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Santa Claus is not coming to town. After this year, race fans will find themselves on the permanent naughty list as the tripleheader Memorial Day Weekend tradition affectionately known by some as “Motorsports Christmas” will end. Formula One’s Monaco Grand Prix is moving to June, separating it from the Indianapolis 500 and NASCAR’s Coca-Cola 600 […]
Santa Claus is not coming to town.
After this year, race fans will find themselves on the permanent naughty list as the tripleheader Memorial Day Weekend tradition affectionately known by some as “Motorsports Christmas” will end.
Formula One’s Monaco Grand Prix is moving to June, separating it from the Indianapolis 500 and NASCAR’s Coca-Cola 600 — all of which are typically contested on the same Sunday. American motorsports fans are fond of getting up early to watch Monaco with a cup of coffee, gluing themselves to the Indy 500 while grilling and settling in for NASCAR’s longest race at night with an adult beverage or two.
But after today, our “Motorsports Christmas” stockings will be filled with coal.
As we bid farewell to the greatest day in racing, The Athletic collected four of our motorsports writers, all covering one of today’s races, to get their reaction to the news. Check out their thoughts at the link below.
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Reaction to Monaco GP’s move away from Indy 500 date: ‘Motorsports Christmas’ is canceled