NASCAR made an historic announcement Tuesday. For the first time in the sport’s history there will be an unprecedented level of cooperation between team owners and those that run and administer NASCAR. The Charter system is designed to ensure starting spots in all 36 NASCAR Sprint Cup points paying races and is expected to give team owners equity in the sport beyond the buildings and equipment owned by each.
It’s a system endorsed by NASCAR legend Richard Petty.
“To me, this is the second most important thing that’s ever happened in NASCAR, because now the drivers and owners and stuff now can really work across the aisle,” Petty said Tuesday referring to the most important event in the sport where he won 200 races and seven titles, the formation of NASCAR. “It’s sort of like the democrats and republicans, they’ve been doing their thing, we’ve been doing our thing, meeting in the middle a little bit. We’re getting rid of that. We’re all going to be in the middle of the deal now.”
NASCAR has always treated its drivers and teams as independent contractors.
Greg is the author of "The Nuts and Bolts of NASCAR: The Definitive Viewers' Guide to Big-Time Stock Car Auto Racing" and has been published in major publications across the country including the Los Angeles Times, the Cleveland Plain Dealer and the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. He was also a contributor to Chicken Soup for the NASCAR Soul, published in 2010, and the Christmas edition in 2016. He wrote as the NASCAR, Formula 1, Auto Reviews and National Veterans Affairs Examiner for Examiner.com and has appeared on Fox News. He holds a BS degree in communications, a Masters degree in psychology and is currently a PhD candidate majoring in psychology. He is currently the weekend Motorsports Editor for Autoweek.
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