NASCAR's Cup Series teams say the current economic model in American stock car racing needs to be changed and that teams and NASCAR are far apart on how revenue should be split.
Ryan Blaney leads the field through the tri-oval during a NASCAR Cup Series auto race Sunday, Oct. 2, 2022, in Talladega, Ala. NASCAR’s Cup Series teams say the current economic model in American stock car racing needs to be changed and that teams and NASCAR are far apart on how revenue should be split.
"We've gotten to the point where team's realize the sustainability in the sport is not very long term," Polk said."This is not a fair system. NASCAR’s teams want more money because they believe the current economic situation is untenable. NASCAR introduced a new Cup Series car in 2022 in the hopes of decreasing long-term costs for teams. But teams have spent lots of money up front as they build new cars from scratch and will likely be spending more than they imagined in the future to make safety enhancements to the cars.
Teams are fearful that they will have to make significant job cuts if the current revenue sharing system doesn’t change.