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Filed under: Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Chase for the Sprint Cup, NASCAR

SPEEDWAY, Ind. -- NASCAR Chairman Brian France confirmed the sport is moving toward higher technology, is weeks from announcing "impactful changes" for the 2011 Sprint Cup schedule and is still considering changes to the Chase for the Sprint Cup Championship that would make "winning at a given moment more important than it is today.''

France addressed a group of the media in an impromptu news conference trackside at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, less than an hour before Sunday's Brickyard 400 green flag.

He had just spent the previous hour meeting with Speedway Motorsports Inc. Chairman Bruton Smith inside the NASCAR corporate trailer nearby, where Smith said they discussed "many things."

Smith, however, was coy about any progress that might have been made toward his company receiving a Sprint Cup date for Kentucky Speedway or a second race for Las Vegas Motor Speedway in 2011.

He also said his company would be making an announcement next week, but declined to give any details.

"It's not complicated for us,'' Smith said, standing alongside his son, Charlotte Motor Speedway President Marcus Smith. "It's strictly NASCAR's decision (about the 2011 schedule) and we work with them and are cooperative. Our relationship has never been better than it is now.''

 

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JOLIET, Ill. -- You can thank Brian France for this.

Last week ahead of the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race in Daytona Beach, Fla., the CEO and chairman of NASCAR indicated that the sport is looking to update the season-ending Chase for the Sprint Cup.

France said nearly every option is on the table, with his goal being to create excitement nearly every step of the way during the ten-race run to the championship.

Friday at Chicagoland Speedway, ahead of Saturday night's Cup Series 400-miler, drivers were questioned about what should and shouldn't be done in terms of how NASCAR determines its champion.

Jeff Burton, ever the mayoral figure of the NASCAR garage, was quick to jump in.

"Right now, today, the intensity level and the pressure that is on us with eight races to go (before the Chase), and then there is another ten after that, is more than it has ever been because of the Chase," Burton said. "The more pressure there is on the competitors, the more fun it is for the fans to watch."

 

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