NASCAR Rule Book Update, Kyle Larson Going for a Different Double Attempt and More: NASCAR News Flash

Despite continuous back-and-forth between 23XI and FRM, and NASCAR as a whole, in their ongoing lawsuit. The sport seems to have added some new verbiage to the NASCAR rule book this week. If that wasn’t enough, a fiery take from a highly popular NASCAR personality had the fan base in an uproar on social media on Tuesday. It seems to be a pretty hostile garage area at the moment for some.

Entry Rules Changed By NASCAR

With so much yet to be determined in the ongoing lawsuit between 23XI and FRM against the sport. NASCAR has decided to formally change its entry requirements for the remainder of the season. The changes were published to the digital NASCAR rule book on Monday.

According to The Athletic’s Jeff Gluck, the update to the rule book would prevent 23XI or Front Row cars from missing any races the rest of the season, despite being now considered open cars.

Officially, it also bumps the guaranteed field of 37 cars to 40. For example, for this weekend’s Brickyard 400, their are 39 cars on the entry list, so obviously with those six cars being guaranteed in the field, it appears all 39 cars will be in the race come Sunday. Just another piece in the ongoing process that seems to get fuzzier and fuzzier each week.

NASCAR Media Members Stoking the Flames

There have been plenty of arguments made about the pros and cons of the current NASCAR Playoff System. For drivers, current and former, they have all had an opinion on it. One such driver who has spoken out loudly about what the sport has been doing to decide its champion is NASCAR Hall of Famer Mark Martin.

On SiriusXM NASCAR Radio on Tuesday, famed crew chief and broadcaster Larry McReynolds addressed recent chatter about the NASCAR Playoff System. McReynolds, alongside Danielle Trotta, was addressing the current playoff committee for the sport. They proceed to throw shade at someone on the committee. Due to that person wanting the sport to go back to the points system of old to determine the Champion of the sport, that person caught plenty of flak from the pair.

” I bet it’s a driver that has not won a championship,” McReynolds said. Trotta followed up by confirming it was someone who didn’t win a championship.

That statement alone hit some fans hard, as many believed it to be about Martin. McReynolds later sent a message on his social media  that he wasn’t talking about Mark. Regardless of whether it’s Mark or Denny Hamlin in this instance, the fact that this was even brought up isn’t what the sport needs.

Drivers deserve to have their thoughts heard. They are the ones competing.

Larson Going For Another Double This Week

Kyle Larson is free to race when he wants, and that is once again the case in Indianapolis. Not only is he looking to defend his 2024 Brickyard 400 victory this week, but he will also step behind the wheel on Saturday for the Xfinity Series race at the famed track.

Larson will look to pilot the No. 17 Chevy to victory lane. Sure it’s not like the Indy 500-Coke 600 double, but if he can score a win both on Saturday and Sunday, that would be an impressive consolation for all the trouble he’s had following May’s disastrous double.

With plenty of action in Indianapolis this weekend, I’m sure their will be plenty more drama to unfold.