Mandatory NASCAR meeting

As announced during the pre-race show before the Coca-Cola 600, there will be a mandatory driver meeting this Tuesday morning at the Research and Development Center in Concord, NC.

NASCAR chairman Brian France said a variety of issues will be discussed in a town hall meeting atmosphere. "Including what the economy has done, the sponsorship component, what's happening with the manufacturers, the new car on the track ... a lot of different things," he said. "There's many things we're going to look at, that being one of them, and see if we can make the sport better," France said. "It's to open up our communication lines with team owners and drivers. "It's just something we've wanted to do for a while."

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5/26 UPDATE:

What we know:

NASCAR officials spent more than 4 hours in two meetings discussing with drivers and owners everything from the drug testing policy, ways to improve the "new car" and the economy.

"Hopefully, this is the beginning of a new form of communication," NASCAR spokesman Jim Hunter said.

You can check out interviews with several drivers to the right of this post in the video section.
The drivers interviewed seemed to all stress how positive the meeting was. This is something new in the sport and relatively unheard to get all of the drivers and team owners together for discussion. Typically we hear that a couple of drivers from time to time will be invited to the NASCAR hauler to give feedback and share ideas.

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