NASCAR President Steve Phelps credited the sport’s stance on social justice and the addition of the Next Gen car in the Cup Series as major factors in the positive metrics seen throughout the 2022 season.
“It was the events that happened in June of 2020 that I think set the course of NASCAR to change where the sport was from a reputation standpoint and from a relevance standpoint. That was the stance on social justice,” said Phelps during NASCAR’s annual “State of the Sport” news conference at Phoenix Raceway.
