NASCAR reportedly won’t make any changes to playoff format in 2025
Austin Dillon is qualified to race in the all-star race with Richard Childress Racing, though the Richmond race win was controversial.
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The 2024 NASCAR Cup season saw Joey Logano securing his third Championship, peaking at the right time during the playoffs continuing Team Penske Racing’s Next-Gen era dominance. But the victory didn’t sit well with a significant portion of the NASCAR community, who was disappointed to see drivers who were strong on the regular season missing out owing to small mistakes.
This has prompted NASCAR to rethink the Chase format and following the drama, they confirmed that they will look into potential tweaks that can make the format better. Now according to the latest reports any changes won’t be enforced in the 2025 season, instead they will further discuss the topic next-season before making a change.
NASCAR’s John Probst says it won’t make any changes to the playoff format for 2025.
Bob Pockrass reported via X.
NASCAR’s John Probst says it won’t make any changes to the playoff format for 2025.
— Bob Pockrass (@bobpockrass) January 27, 2025
The sanctioning body is set to make a working group in 2025. They will be tasked to follow and study the 2025 playoffs. Then changes to the format, that will be valid for a long time, would be made considering the suggestions from the group.
NASCAR will have a working group in 2025 to take a look at the playoff format for 2026. They don’t want to make small changes every year so this group will take a holistic view of the format.
Bob Pockrass reported.
NASCAR will have a working group in 2025 to take a look at the playoff format for 2026. They don’t want to make small changes every year so this group will take a holistic view of the format. https://t.co/tCVBvyhl31
— Bob Pockrass (@bobpockrass) January 27, 2025
NASCAR gives clarification on Austin Dillon’s all-star race eligibility
One of the most controversial incidents from the 2024 season was the victory of Richard Childress Racing driver Austin Dillon. He won at the Richmond Raceway, after wrecking two racers on the final corner of the race.
He was disqualified from the playoff owing to the controversial actions and despite Dillon’s team appealing the decision, it was upheld. But NASCAR has confirmed that despite the controversies, the No:3 Chevy driver is still eligible to race in the all-star racer.
In our rules briefing, NASCAR confirmed Austin Dillon’s win at Richmond does count for eligibility for the all-star race.
Bob Pockrass reported via X.
In our rules briefing, NASCAR confirmed Austin Dillon’s win at Richmond does count for eligibility for the all-star race.
— Bob Pockrass (@bobpockrass) January 27, 2025
Though it was a controversial win, the DQ from the playoff was a serious punishment for his actions and it is reasonable that he gets the opportunity to partake in the all-star race. It would be interesting to see how Austin Dillon would perform in the race.
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