NASCAR Chairman Brian France touched on a myriad of topics in his annual state of the sport address.
NASCAR's media tour is a weeklong affair featuring all of the sport's newsmakers from drivers to crew chiefs to executives from both teams as well as the sanctioning body. On Monday the proceedings kicked off with NASCAR Chairman Brian France giving a state of the sport address where he addressed Jeff Gordon's impending retirement, key 2015 rule changes, the new television package and more.
Key players: NASCAR Chairman Brian France, NASCAR's executive vice president and chief racing development officer Steve O'Donnell
Changes: Though already announced, NASCAR again went through its new pit road monitoring system, which will be utilized in the Sprint Cup Series and in Xfinity and Camping World Truck Series races run in conjunction with Cup events. The changes will see a greater use of technology, better accuracy and less reliance on the human element with fewer officials now on pit road. Via a multitude of video cameras, penalties going forward will be clearer and the evidence an infraction was committed will be more concrete than previously.
The practice of flaring out the side skirts of cars is now outlawed. A common practice, especially late last season, saw teams pull the sheet metal away from the car during pit stops to provide an aerodynamic advantage. Any team caught with a flared side skirt will be required to come down pit down and correct the issue.
Key takeaways: A year ago, NASCAR was seemingly awash in a sea of change, most noticeably with its overhaul of the Chase for the Sprint Cup. Twelve months later and stability is the overriding theme. Before rolling out any additional tweaks to its playoff format, France emphasized he wants the Chase "fully digested before we do anything in the future."
In their words: "I don't have to tell you about his amazing accomplishments and I wish him a good final season competing." -- France on Gordon's decision to step away from NASCAR full-time.
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