{"id":202163,"date":"2025-10-10T07:51:09","date_gmt":"2025-10-10T07:51:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/202163\/"},"modified":"2025-10-10T07:51:09","modified_gmt":"2025-10-10T07:51:09","slug":"dale-earnhardt-jr-details-what-hed-change-about-next-gen-car-current-state-of-nascar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/202163\/","title":{"rendered":"Dale Earnhardt Jr. details what he’d change about Next Gen car, current state of NASCAR"},"content":{"rendered":"

There are a lot of things Dale Earnhardt Jr. would love to see different in NASCAR<\/a>. Near the top of that list is some changes to the Next Gen car. <\/p>\n

Earnhardt has been an outspoken critic of the car, which has struggled to produce entertaining racing on short tracks and road courses. If he were in charge, he would \u201ctear this car apart and strip it down,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n

\u201cI do like the tire, the falloff. That\u2019s like one little thing, but there\u2019s so many little things that I wish were different,\u201d Earnhardt said on Tuesday\u2019s Dale Jr. Download<\/a>. \u201cThe tire this weekend \u2014 so good. More of that, please. I\u2019ll be honest, this car \u2014 I\u2019ve talked in length about this car on this show. Things about the car physically that I just don\u2019t think belongs on the car. The underbody and all of that stuff. I would really tear this car apart and strip it down, get rid of some sh*t. I would not touch it in its current form for the mile-and-a-half and stuff. <\/p>\n

\u201cBut for the car I\u2019m gonna take to Martinsville, it would be like the unplugged version instead of the full band. It would be the unplugged version of the Next Gen. You don\u2019t need all that sh*t. It\u2019d be so basic and dull, you\u2019d beat the sh*t out of it. Go out there and beat the sh*t out of it. It could look the same to you on TV, but underneath the shell, it would be a much, much simpler, leaner version.\u201d<\/p>\n

Earnhardt didn\u2019t stop at the car. He discussed NASCAR\u2019s new media rights deal, which is in effect from 2025-2031. The new deal has Cup Series races airing on FOX, FS1, Prime Video, TNT, NBC, and USA Network. Ratings have been down this season, particularly during the playoffs. <\/p>\n

Dale Earnhardt Jr. sounds off on state of NASCAR<\/p>\n

\u201cPeople say that where we are on television is a big deal, so that\u2019s a conversation to have. How do we make it simpler to find us?\u201d Earnhardt said. \u201cThat\u2019s the message from fans on social media is that we took the best deal financially, but maybe there\u2019s some detriments to that. But then I hear people say, \u2018Well, we need to be on a big network.\u2019 The CW does really well with the Xfinity Series. It\u2019s easy to find, it\u2019s in a lot of households, and it\u2019s all on the same channel. Some people will tell you, \u2018Man, we need to be on the big networks.\u2019 But then there\u2019s other people that say, \u2018Well, you gotta be going to streaming. We relate to the party there. We relate to that.\u2019<\/p>\n

\u201cSo, you have people who think if you were on big FOX every week\u2026 that would be better. And then you have other people saying, \u2018Well, if you would have gotten to the streaming side, if you would have done that sooner and embrace that quicker.\u2019 So, what\u2019s real? Can you go back and put yourself on big network and stay there while everyone else is going to streaming?\u201d<\/p>\n

Beyond the race broadcasts, Earnhardt believes the sport would be better off if it had a weekly show on TV. Earnhardt sees value in the buildup to the race itself, which could be used to create conversation around the sport. <\/p>\n

\u201cThat\u2019s another part I think we\u2019re missing is the buildup, weekly shows. Get home from work, turn on the television and watch 30 minutes to an hour of talk, conversation around the sport,\u201d Earnhardt said. \u201cThis podcast is fun to do, but we need like that pillar show, like RPM 2Night. We need that one show that\u2019s like the all, catch-all. <\/p>\n

\u201cWe also need practice and qualifying \u2014 storylines, we need a little more. I know the drivers don\u2019t care for more practice but some do. It gives you an opportunity of what to expect come raceday and gives you an opportunity to talk and tell stories and stuff about what you could see.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"There are a lot of things Dale Earnhardt Jr. would love to see different in NASCAR. Near the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":202164,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[446],"tags":[49,48,634,82],"class_list":{"0":"post-202163","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\/202163","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=202163"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/202163\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/202164"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=202163"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=202163"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=202163"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}