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Zucker said she would consider reducing the distance of one of her two 500-mile Sprint Cup races, adding she evaluates every idea presented to her.

“Yes, there’s absolutely been talk about that,” she said. “The 400-mile race has made a difference in a couple of places. … If somebody throws out an idea, I follow up on it. Anything could happen. Anything is possible.”

Regarding the quality of racing, Zucker pointed to Saturday’s Nationwide Series race as “the best race I’ve ever seen at this track.”

She said the race was “incredible” and that NASCAR’s rule-tweaks such as the double-file restart have improved racing.

“Some of the changes that have already been made are delivering the change that some of our fans have been asking for,” she said.

As far as the future?

“People are understanding that Southern Californians are great race fans, and we deserve NASCAR racing and deserve a race in the Chase,” she said. “We deserve two races at this race track.”

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