{"id":201552,"date":"2025-10-10T01:57:06","date_gmt":"2025-10-10T01:57:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/201552\/"},"modified":"2025-10-10T01:57:06","modified_gmt":"2025-10-10T01:57:06","slug":"what-roots-will-nascar-go-back-to","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/201552\/","title":{"rendered":"What &#8220;Roots&#8221; Will NASCAR Go Back To?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Steve O\u2019Donnell just went deep on NASCAR\u2019s identity crisis. In his appearance on the Dale Jr. Download, he opened up about the sport\u2019s direction, schedule, horsepower, and the meaning of \u201cgoing back to our roots.\u201d The talk gave fans hope for the future but also sparked major questions about what NASCAR should actually be in 2026 and beyond.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Is NASCAR\u2019s \u201cBack to the Roots\u201d movement really about old-school racing, or just nostalgic marketing?<\/p>\n<p>How far should the horsepower climb go, and will 750 HP really fix the on-track product?<\/p>\n<p>Can a full-season points format return without killing playoff drama?<\/p>\n<p>And after years of constant change, can NASCAR finally find balance between modern fans and the old guard that built the sport?<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/dailydownforce.com\/ads\/k-seal-push-down\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1100\" height=\"200\" class=\"no-lazy-load wp-post-image lazyload\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/1100x200.gif\" decoding=\"async\" data-eio-rwidth=\"1100\" data-eio-rheight=\"200\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s a conversation that touches every layer of NASCAR\u2019s soul, from Rockingham\u2019s comeback to how drivers are marketed in pop culture. The sport once filled MTV, late-night TV, and cereal boxes \u2014 and O\u2019Donnell thinks it can again, but it\u2019ll take time and patience to get there. The question now is whether the sport can evolve without losing itself in the process.<\/p>\n<p>Watch also:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Steve O\u2019Donnell just went deep on NASCAR\u2019s identity crisis. In his appearance on the Dale Jr. Download, he&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":201553,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[446],"tags":[49,48,634,82],"class_list":{"0":"post-201552","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nascar","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-nascar","11":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/201552","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=201552"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/201552\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/201553"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=201552"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=201552"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=201552"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}