The current Cup Series field is filled with star drivers who are bound to retire within the next decade. From Joey Logano to Kyle Larson, none can be expected to be hanging around the garages after their 40s. But there was a time in this sport when it was completely natural for drivers to be racing even past their 50s and 60s, like it was the most logical thing to do. <\/p>\n
So, what has changed in NASCAR? Dale Earnhardt Jr.<\/a> discussed this in a recent episode of the \u201cDale Jr. Download\u201d podcast. <\/p>\n \u201cLarson might go run dirt. Just say, \u2018That was great. 20 years in the Cup Series. Awesome. I\u2019m out.\u2019 Chase Elliot, Blaney, Byron, why do we feel like that they won\u2019t race till they\u2019re 45 or 50 years old? I just think it\u2019s the demand of the season. How long they are,\u201d\u00a0he said<\/a>.<\/p>\n Due to the extensive demands of the schedule, Junior believes drivers today get to a point in their lives where they start thinking that they have had enough of being on the road. For instance, Logano might wake up one day and choose to go watch his kids race on the weekends or play football. Such family moments are ultimately going to take over the desire to race on Sundays.<\/p>\n He continued, \u201cYou\u2019re missing key moments. You miss a lot if you have kids, right? Like, Joey\u2019s missing tons of moments now. At some point, he\u2019s going to go, \u2018All right, I\u2019m not missing this stuff. I\u2019ve missed all of these years, and now the kids are older.\u2019 They\u2019re doing things in school, and different things are going on in their lives that he wants to be a witness to.\u201d<\/p>\n Logano\u2019s wish to follow the steps of Dale Jr. in retirement<\/p>\n