{"id":219530,"date":"2025-09-12T00:42:13","date_gmt":"2025-09-12T00:42:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/219530\/"},"modified":"2025-09-12T00:42:13","modified_gmt":"2025-09-12T00:42:13","slug":"nascar-committee-member-reveals-key-date-for-playoff-format-change","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/219530\/","title":{"rendered":"NASCAR committee member reveals key date for playoff format change"},"content":{"rendered":"


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It is NASCAR<\/a> playoff season once again, so obviously the much-maligned current playoff format is being roundly booed yet again by a restless fanbase. <\/b><\/p>\n

\nIt appears those fans who hate the way the Cup Series season<\/a> ends may not have to suffer for much longer though – change could be coming very soon with the timeline now revealed on what happens next. <\/p>\n

\nNASCAR HEADLINES:<\/b> Team allowed ‘gimme’ over rule breach as Wallace reveals 23XI owner confrontation<\/a> <\/p>\n

\nNASCAR\u2019s Playoff Committee is set to meet in the middle of next week – so just days away – to discuss potential changes to the format moving forward. <\/p>\n

\nMike Forde, NASCAR\u2019s Managing Director of Racing Communications, provided an illuminating update on where things stand during the latest Hauler Talk podcast<\/a>. <\/p>\n

Playoff change timeline confirmed<\/p>\n

\n\u201cWe\u2019re getting very close. So we have a final playoff committee meeting, I\u2019m on that committee, so that is coming next week – midweek next week,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n

\n\u201cI think the plan for that meeting is to discuss the shortlist, potential formats and get the playoff committee\u2019s opinion on that. <\/p>\n

\n\u201cWe\u2019ll go through that process and then hopefully make a determination of an even shorter list, really come down, whittle it down to one final format. NASCAR will decide to move forward and we may see something as soon as 2026. <\/p>\n

\n\u201cMore to come on that and hopefully we have news that the fans will really like.\u201d <\/p>\n

\nForde was at pains to stress that decisions will be made with fans in mind – he claims that is the whole reason for the Playoff Committee\u2019s existence. <\/p>\n

Fan feedback a major factor<\/p>\n

\n\u201cThe whole reason we have this playoff committee is because of fan feedback, and there was a large contingent of fans that gave the feedback that we need a different format. <\/p>\n

\n\u201cSo I think where we\u2019re headed here is a format that will be embraced by fans, and hopefully once we have an announcement here, whenever that is, fans will feel good about it. Because that\u2019s the whole reason we spend so much time and the committee puts so much effort into it.\u201d <\/p>\n

\nREAD MORE:<\/b> Bubba Wallace reveals fiery confrontation with 23XI Racing owner<\/a><\/p>\n

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