There is reason to believe the real Daytona Speedweeks is coming back

NASCAR has soft-launched the news that Preseason Thunder is coming back at Daytona International Speedway. On the NASCAR state media Hauler Talk podcast, EVP and chief racing development officer John Probst said they noticed how fans show up for IMSA’s preseason Daytona test and treat it like just another race weekend, so they figured it’s bad business not to do the stock car version, too.

But more poignantly: Remember a couple months back when weather was ruining the Clash at Bowman Gray, and everybody started chattering about bringing the Clash back to Daytona? Well, the joke was made regarding this new development, and Probst basically responded in the Monty Python wink-wink nudge-nudge voice.