NASCAR crews react to losing off-weekend in 2017
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}FONTANA, CA - MARCH 18: Kevin Harvick, driver of the #4 Jimmy John's Chevrolet, talks to his crew chief, Rodney Childers, during practice for the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Auto Club 400 at Auto Club Speedway on March 18, 2016 in Fontana, California. (Photo by Jonathan Moore/Getty Images)
Whoa. When NASCAR announced its three national touring schedules for 2017, there weren't a lot of changes.
Dover moves back to June, the fall Kansas and Talladega races swap and Michigan moves around in August.
And there are only two off-weekends next year instead of three, which elicited strong reactions, from Kevin Harvick's crew chief, Rodney Childers, and Brad Keselowski's spotter, Joey Meier, among others.