LEBANON, Tenn. - "We have been working on ways to make a positive impact on schedule and sports," Marcus Smith, CEO of Speedway Motorsports, told NBC Sports on Saturday, but the status of Charlotte Roval is not the committee, if North Wilkesboro racing tracks will host points competitions next season.
Former Cup champion Brad Keselowski said a few weeks ago NASCAR should move the All-Star Game from North Wilkesboro and offer points competition to the track. Keselovsky also said that NASCAR should move the All-Star Game back to Charlotte Racing and that the race on the track should disappear.
Ryan Blaney said he liked Keselowski's idea. Kyle Busch said the All-Star Game should stay in North Wilkesboro.
JGR teammate Denny Hamlin will join Chase Briscoe in the front row.
Speedway Motorsports has played Cup racing on its 10 tracks. Nashville Superspeedway hosted Sunday’s Cup, which is also the Speedway Motorsports track.
"I'm really happy that the game in North Wilkesboro is very exciting, and the (Coca-Cola) 600 (in Charlotte) is very exciting," Smith told NBC Sports when asked about Roval and North Wilkesboro. "For example, Wilkesboro probably didn't expect a lot of people to be an exciting game. You never know what will happen."
Denny Hamlin's fiancée will give birth to the couple's third child on Sunday.
Asked about a point contest in North Wilkesboro, not an All-Star game, Smith told NBC Sports: "It's interesting to see what happens. I don't know. We're certainly working on ideas, but still very excited about our last few weeks."
This is the third year of the All-Star Game in North Wilkesboro. Kyle Larson won the game in 2023, Joey Logano won the game in 2024, and Christopher Bell won the game this season.
The playoffs at Charlotte Motor Speedway have been held since 2018. The track’s fall race was removed from the oval and placed on the Roval, when the track combined the track’s route and the elements of the oval, when the race on the middle track was not that fun.
With the races at intermediate tracks like Charlotte Motor Speedway, arguably the best in the series, this has caused some calls about Charlotte Motor Speedway moving the playoff car to the Oval.