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Dale Earnahrdt Jr. is not worried about potential changes to the NASCAR Chase. The yet unannounced changes would again place emphasis on winning a regular season race to qualify for a 16 field Chase, additional drivers could make it in via points. Eliminations throughout the final ten events would lead up to a winner take all race before four drivers at Homestead.<\/p>\n
\u201cAt the end of the day, my focus is on what is best for our sport and we all know that change needs to happen,\u2019\u2019 Earnhardt said during the annual NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Media Tour. \u201cI felt that there were changes in some areas, maybe procedural changes to the weekend that were going to be the first ideas that came along and we\u2019re seeing that in qualifying.<\/p>\n
\u201cI was shocked to hear what was being proposed. If that\u2019s the bullet that we need, then I\u2019m for it. We need our grandstands full, we need our viewership numbers to be through the roof, we need our sponsors getting the best return on investments.\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n
Earnhardt compared the new format to the Chase which was announced for the 2004 season.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis next change they\u2019re talking about making is extreme, but I think all the things we\u2019ve done … all the things we\u2019ve changed in the last five years have prepared me for that type of change. I feel pretty comfortable to go as far as (NASCAR Chairman) Brian (France) and … those guys want to go. I feel confident in supporting them, whereas when we first made the change, I wasn\u2019t that supportive and didn\u2019t see why we needed to change anything. Now it seems like the timing is right. Just like the (No.) 3 coming back. It just seems like the timing is right.\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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