“I’m not planning on racing next year,” Earnhardt said of the Xfinity Series. “I’ll be foolish to say I’m never going to run again because I don’t know well enough to stay away from it, and I’ll probably miss it next year and be absolutely willing to sign up for anything that might be beneficial to JR Motorsports.”

In the first-ever NASCAR broadcast on The CW, the ratings were through the roof. The over-the-air channel had 906,000 viewers tuned in. NBC handed The CW coverage of the final eight races of the season to get a jumpstart on 2025.

More than one million people tuned in to watch Cole Custer move himself into pole position to win the Bristol Xfinity race at Bristol Motor Speedway on Friday, according to Nielsen ratings shared by Nexstar Media Group on Monday.