[autotag]Chase Elliott[/autotag] is in the midst of another NASCAR playoff run after missing the show in 2023. Elliott currently sits 24 points above the cut-line with two races left in the Round of 16. As mid-September rolls around, NASCAR has nine races left in the 2024 season; however, if it were up to Elliott, there would be even fewer races left or none at all.
The 2020 NASCAR Cup Series joined The Athletic’s Jeff Gluck and Jordan Bianchi for a special segment on “The Teardown” and was asked what the sport could learn from college football. Elliott pointed to the length of the season, which doesn’t mean the amount of races.
“I think they do a lot of things well,” Elliott said. “I mean, we’ve talked about this, but I think the first thing is the length of the season. They get a lot in, and when I say length of the season, I’m not necessarily talking about number of races. But just the amount of calendar year that you burn in doing it.”
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“Their season is fairly short right and when it rolls back around, it’s exciting. It’s been waiting all year for this, and I think that’s cool, and our sport could use a little more of man I missed that. I really wish there was a race on this weekend. That sucks that it is not, but when it does come back. I’m going to be really fired up to watch it. I think that’s healthy.”
This is something that Elliott has advocated for a long time. Elliott has previously said he wishes NASCAR wouldn’t battle against the NFL when their season starts in early September. NASCAR may never shorten the calendar year itself, but Elliott will continue to advocate for a longer offseason and a more compact schedule.
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