To ensure the battles to reach the Championship 4 are on the level at Martinsville Speedway this weekend, NASCAR will bulk up the staff at its remote race control.
The new facility at NASCAR Productions in Concord, North Carolina, is overseen by former Cup Series director Scott Miller, who has a bank of state-of-the-art monitors with real-time audio, data and video to provide support to officials at the track who are making the decisions on competition and scoring.
The remote race control was in the final stage of completion last year during the Cup Series’ Round of 8 finale, which resulted in massive penalties to several teams and drivers for manipulating the Nov. 3, 2024 race at Martinsville.
With its top three national series determining their championship foursomes Friday through Sunday at Martinsville, NASCAR will have more eyes and ears at its disposal in the remote race control than ever.
“It’ll be more built out than it has been at any point,” NASCAR managing director of communications Mike Forde said. “We’re going to have more officials helping Scott. Typically, we have three or four. This weekend, we’ll have several more. We’re not going to have 40 officials in there, but we are going to have a lot more and with the ability to scan (team radio channels).”
— NASCAR.com —