During the offseason, COTA revealed its new track layout for NASCAR, which will see the circuit shift from its 3.41-mile, 20-turn full course layout to the venue's 2.3-mile, 20-turn National Course.

Up to 750 units of rental and for-purchase housing. A hotel with up to 250 rooms. Construction of up to 300,000 square feet of retail. Up to 500,000 square feet of office space.

The change in course layout, of course, will affect the drivers. Ahead of Sunday's race, here are the drivers that the new COTA layout -- and the trip to COTA in general -- will benefit the most.

Minneapolis shares plans for former Kmart site on Nicollet An eyesore in south Minneapolis is about to get a makeover. The city just unveiled new drawings of a plan to reopen Nicollet Avenue. For ...

The business is going into a retrofitted section of the former Kmart, which closed in 2018. “We’re essentially done. All the rest is wrapping,” Koenigs said about construction.

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