Dale Earnhardt Jr. delivers five-worded judgment on NASCAR contemplating on broadcasting decision for 2025

Dale Earnhardt Jr. recently shared his views on CW considering going remote. The billion-dollar sports media giant that signed a seven-year deal with NASCAR from 2025 to 2031 to stream the entirety of the NASCAR Xfinity Series, could call races remotely from its 58,000-square-foot production facility in Concord, North Carolina, which they opened last year.

That said, CW has confirmed having on-site media personnel to help with the job. However, specifics, such as the broadcast panel for 2025, are yet to be hashed out. Reporting the news of CW's potential switch to remote broadcast, Sports Business Journal's Adam Stern recently wrote on X (formerly known as Twitter):

"@TheCW is considering having its NASCAR booth call some races next year remotely from @NASCAR's new production facility in North Carolina, per people familiar."

Several media networks have been resorting to remote broadcasts since the global pandemic struck the world in 2020. Dale Earnhardt Jr. is not a fan of this, especially when NASCAR is concerned. The two-time Xfinity Series champion shared Stern's post, saying:

"I hope they do not."

Nevertheless, CW is off to an early head start. As per reports, NBC gave CW the broadcasting rights for the final eight races of the season starting from the Food City 300 at Bristol Motor Speedway on September 20 and ending with the Championship race at Phoenix on November 9. NBC's Rick Allen, Jeff Burton, and Steve Letarte have joined CW's roster for the eight-race stint.

Dale Earnhardt Jr. leaves the door ajar for his future in NASCAR

Since his retirement in 2017, Dale Earnhardt Jr. has participated in at least one race every year. However, after delivering a commendable top-10 finish at Bristol a few weeks back, the veteran racer said he would not return behind the wheel of the No. 88 JR Motorsports Chevy next year.

Junior has not completely ruled out the possibility of a return, but he has no fixed plans for the same either. Speaking of which, in a recent episode of his Dale Jr. Download podcast, the NASCAR Hall of Famer said,

"I don't have any plans. I like it that way. If I want to run one (race), I will. If I don't, I won't."

Dale Earnhardt Jr. will be focusing more on his duties with Amazon Prime and TNT Sports' media team. He has been a part of NBC since 2018, but reports from earlier this year confirmed his exit from the Connecticut-based cable channel.

After taking the 2024 season off, Dale Jr. will return to the booth, starting with Amazon's coverage of the 2025 Coca-Cola 600 and moving over to TNT later in the season. Junior will also feature in a new content series by Bleacher Report, where he will interview several NASCAR dignitaries. The show, co-produced with Dale Earnhardt Jr.'s Dirty Mo Media, will stream on Bleacher Report's digital and social media platforms.