“The NASCAR All-Star Race continues to evolve as one of the most fun and innovative events on our calendar,” said John Probst, executive vice president and chief racing development officer. Even this year’s qualifying structure was revised, with All-Star and Open drivers in a combined qualifying session, where the Pit Crew Challenge expanded to include all teams. Now, once the 2026 schedule rolled, we saw North Wilkesboro return to a normal points race and pass the baton to the Dover International Speedway. In fact, NASCAR’s top brass has weighed in on the future of this $1-million-to-win event.

Speaking on the Dale Jr Download , NASCAR president Steve O’Donnell said: “Yeah. So, I think a lot of conversations on that, right? So, you can say, ‘Ah, you know, they just parked it at do, ri

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