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What does NASCAR President Brian France think of the Chase for the Cup format? The Sports Professor, Rick Horrow, talks with France about the latest topics from the track.

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" Talk -- leadership stuff a couple of minutes. Have you deal with people who disagree with."

" Well -- deal with a lot -- the most the most everyday we have. I think -- tell you that -- that your your debating skills are -- internally. For the most part. And so we always NASCAR had spirited debate so it was my father and everywhere between that's our culture. We actually enjoy. Slug it out together and -- condos. Place -- walk down the road I'm a consensus builder and the day. Charge over. Anybody everybody. I'll try to use a lot of rationale logic sometimes you have to. You know put to gaveled down and move on but most of the time we're able to. You know good spirited debates and movie industry for most of us it's hardest languages."

" Other sports. Commissioners. He would say they say work for the owners and the media labor of the players. This system is different in this."

" We all work for someone. Let's start with -- and would be. Take advantage because we're on the other side that we actually -- our other company. We don't facilities we know what's cowboy takes a typical that is so when another track operator talks about. You know -- this event that in order to roll right crowds and take care of people I understand -- from outside sentences. Yes. So were on all sides of the drivers have an owner that's in between them as well. And so that's and other. Important constituency or so you know at the end of the day. Oh all the leagues. All the commissioners try to get everybody's interest -- that's what we're talking about it you can do that. In our case having a bunch of independent contractors. Who were motivated. And let the private marketplace which is what happens what their sponsorships. Were best that you keep most of Wednesday and negotiate. And all the activation that goes on around these unbelievable. Sponsors. For the drivers to teams -- tracks. We keep all that one place. You know no easy task but that's that we way."

" Let's talk but the auto makers in the role in the sport first of all the economy heady feel about. You heard conversations with some of the big time auto manufacturers and their loyalty to the sports one thing we heard."

" For each one problem is that they got to sell cars in the future. Or one of the best places to do that. Doesn't mean that they did have tough choices and and the -- cutbacks or pull backs but that they wanna stay in NASCAR all of them have. Have told us that and demonstrated that but it hasn't been easy. -- comfortable with the Toyota's involvement in the sport now progress yeah I think it -- that are ideal partner logical thought -- Has had a lot of their experiences with auto racing they -- and they -- the -- around the world. But we couldn't culturally an action that that has not as an option that. Long range thinking partner that report."

" Dale Earnhardt junior is in everybody's favorite driver and a lot of the polls business non NASCAR where. The fact he didn't win 1015 races years that bad for business."

" It's on helpful this is yeah I always look it is what it is he's trying to win races. The it's -- like. Not have in the Boston franchise in the Laker franchise in the NBA. Perform while that cause and effect. In his conversely when it went in for a while it helps so he's a major franchise. -- NASCAR. And he has not. For the way he wants to like and it would be helpful -- it."

" The chase is probably one of the most dramatic. Changes and improvements. In any sport. In recent memory the wildcard in baseball. The divisional play walk hard football for example. You feel good about where the chase has progress to and."

" Future of I do it we we haven't had and the last because because we could have forcing Jimmie Johnson being so dominant. Three in a row. Dominating fashion. That was statistically you can appreciate that but to his credit. It has been. So we haven't had that other than the first year as tight. Down the stretch as what do we would have predicted that can change this year I think it probably will. But but it's doing all the other things. That we wanted to do it create a greater sense of urgency. The difference parts of the season. Rewarding people that are the other drivers of the best on a given time all those things so. Yeah on balance we we were hurt wrap it -- so we can don't want to it's it's not a gimmicky things that you know. You try to do something. Promotion and or something that this has something that we can do what -- bill on."

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