NASCAR is currently going through a crisis, a safety crisis to be more precise. Over the last few months, the fact that the Next Gen car isn’t necessarily safer than the Gen 6 car has come more and more to the surface.

To the point where drivers are now openly asking for immediate measures to be taken, calling out the ones in power, and making their frustration, displeasure as clear as they can.

Perhaps because of the nature of the current situation, journalist, Alanis King, tweeted out an interesting idea, a possibility for the future of NASCAR – “Should NASCAR drivers ……… unionize?”

This question led to, as you would expect for just about anything in NASCAR, a flurry of mixed reactions with opinions on either side of the spectrum from drivers like Parker Kligerman, Tommy Joe Martins as well as the fans.

NASCAR wants the same thing as the drivers, Steve Phelps insists

Ahead of the race at Talladega, the veteran driver, Denny Hamlin, blamed the leadership, past and present, for the current state of safety in the sport. This prompted NASCAR President, Steve Phelps, to reinforce their stance when it comes to this subject.

“We need to make sure that we are doing everything we can to make our drivers feel safe in the vehicles and have them understand that we certainly care about their safety because we do,” Phelps said.

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“We’re working on things with our own people internally, our race teams, (manufacturers) and drivers to make sure that we have a plan in place moving forward so that — I don’t know that it’s gaining the trust — but doing better.”

Phelps added that their goal is to become “the safest motorsports” on planet Earth.

Whether they’re able to achieve this goal, which some could consider, a utopian dream considering the current situation, only time will tell.

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