CHARLOTTE, N.C. _ NASCAR president Steve Phelps said Tuesday he was proud of the sport for defying stereotypes this season when it comes to internal conflict.
"(It) has traditionally been somewhat of a knock on NASCAR, that hey, NASCAR seems to want to bicker about different things," Phelps said. "Well, NASCAR's not bickering and NASCAR has come together as one entity."
Phelps, recently named to the NASCAR Board of Directors, has led the sport through a pandemic, a flag ban and countless weather delays this season, in addition to the typical challenges of guiding the direction of a professional sport in "normal times."
While none of those _ the pandemic, the Confederate flag ban and, sadly, probably the weather delays _ are over, the sanctioning body achieved a milestone marker recently in getting back on track with its pre-COVID schedule.
In advance of the 2020 NASCAR playoffs, Phelps spent an hour on Zoom Tuesday reflecting on the season so far and fielding reporters' questions about next year's schedule, playoff race protocols, the Next Gen car and more.
Here's what he said.
