NASCAR officials are scheduled to meet with state representatives in North Carolina next week in an effort to re-open race shops and work towards restarting the racing season, sources have confirmed to Kickin’ the Tires.
It looks like the first cars could be on the track as early as the regularly scheduled races at Charlotte Motor Speedway, the source said. After canceling next month’s events at Martinsville Speedway, on Friday, the goal is to get cars back on the track for Memorial Day Weekend.
Additionally, the sanctioning body is reaching out to teams through committees it has formed with drivers and other leaders in the sport – hosting telephone and video – conferences to discuss plans for moving the sport forward, what at-track activity will look like when the season resumes.
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Over the past few weeks, NASCAR committees have been formed and held several phone conferences and drivers have also been recruited to reach out to teams and crew members to discuss plans and ideas about restarting the season. One person, who was on a call Thursday, said there are multiple options on the table with the primary focus being on getting back to the track.
“We have to get back to racing,” said a team source. “Everyone’s focus is 100-percent on getting back to the track. I know the smaller teams are starting to really get worried. I am at one of the bigger teams, it’s not a Hendrick Motorsports, but we are concerned. We don’t know how much longer we can go like this.”
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Another concern has been how to get all the races on the schedule completed and still have a championship at Phoenix International Raceway. There were, as many as, seven different proposed scheduled floated by NASCAR depending on when the sport can resume racing. Some people have also suggested shortening races and others have proposed multiple doubleheader weekends like what NASCAR was already planning to do at Pocono Raceway.
In addition to wanting to get back to the track and race, there is also a business aspect to the scenario and with a majority of NASCAR’s finances coming from its television contracts, the broadcasts are crucial.
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