The 2026 All-Star Race will go down at Dover Motor Speedway. On the latest episode of Dale Jr. Obtain, Dale Earnhardt Jr. and Chase Briscoe mentioned what sort of format change they wish to see for the occasion.
What they unitedly suggest is a multi-class system through which the playoff drivers from every of the three nationwide collection compete within the All-Star Race.
The dialogue started with Junior narrating how Marcus Smith, the CEO of Speedway Motorsports Inc., had talked to him about wanting to place extra automobiles on the sector. However Junior isn’t keen on the thought of everyone getting an entry to the beginning line.
He desires it to be an invitation-only sort of occasion, with invites going out solely to the deserving drivers. He mentioned, “I might have a 30 or 40 automobile discipline with all stars. I might have the vehicles on the market, the Xfinity automobiles on the market, and the Cup automobiles on the market.”
Briscoe caught up and acknowledged, from prior expertise, that competing in opposition to the Xfinity Sequence and Truck Sequence drivers could be a wild expertise. He additionally agreed that it might be a good way to get extra folks to the stands.
This kind of multi-class racing is one thing that’s completed in IMSA. Junior additionally desires to discover the same fashion for an extended endurance race on tracks like Daytona. However how did he get this concept?
He defined, “After I went to the 24 Hours and was broadcasting that with NBC Sports activities, that’s what made me wish to see NASCAR do one thing comparable. Whether or not it’s a 3 or four-hour race, getting two lessons collectively.”
