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Iconic NASCAR track once left abandoned is sold and set to for major upgrade<\/p>\n
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When that was revealed, Bass Pro Shops founder Johnny Morris \u2014 a supporter of both Nascar and Richard Childress Racing \u2014 wrote a letter demanding Phelps\u2019 removal from his position.<\/p>\n
\u201cAs a lifelong race fan, it gives me immense pride to have served as NASCAR\u2019s first Commissioner and to lead our great sport through so many incredible challenges, opportunities and firsts over my 20 years,\u201d Phelps said in a statement. <\/p>\n
\u201cOur sport is built on the passion of our fans, the dedication of our teams and partners, and the commitment of our wonderful employees.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt has been an honor to help synthesize the enthusiasm of long-standing NASCAR stakeholders with that of new entrants to our ecosystem, such as media partners, auto manufacturers, track operators, and incredible racing talent.\u201d<\/p>\n
Nascar settled its lawsuit with 23XI Racing a day after Morris\u2019 letter was sent.<\/p>\n
The racing series will see sweeping changes as a direct result of this settlement.<\/p>\n
As for Phelps, he says he is seeking \u201cnew pursuits in sports and other industries.\u201d<\/p>\n
He thanked racing fans that \u201cplayed such an important and motivational role in my career.\u201d<\/p>\n
Nascar has just about a month to find a new commissioner before the 2026 season begins.<\/p>\n
There is no word on if Nascar has any names shortlisted for the position.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NASCAR\u2019S commissioner Stephen Phelps has resigned following a lengthy legal battle. The racing series recently ended a long…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":392540,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[446],"tags":[49,48,634,82],"class_list":["post-392539","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nascar","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-nascar","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/392539","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=392539"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/392539\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/392540"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=392539"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=392539"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=392539"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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