Simpler playoff system expected; announcement today

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NASCAR informed some team executives before the end of the 2025 season that retaining a playoff was the most likely outcome of its championship system review, SBJ previously reported. Industry executives who have spoken with SBJ in recent weeks have kept with that prediction, forecasting that NASCAR will switch to a system that puts a greater emphasis on points earned during the entire season but without going fully back to the traditional format used before 2004.

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The expectation is that the new format will be closer to the old “Chase” system, and it’s possible NASCAR could go back to using that vernacular.