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The NASCAR Media Tour wound down on Thursday, but NASCAR AMERICA’s coverage from Charlotte continues today with a one-hour, live show that starts at 4:30 p.m. ET on NBCSN.

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Our coverage of the 2015 NASCAR Charlotte Media Tour continues today with big news as Hendrick Motorsports officially announced that Chase Elliott will take over for Jeff Gordon in the 24 car after Gordon finishes his final NASCAR Sprint Cup season in 2015.
A proud week for the Elliott family (and great timing, per our Nate Ryan), Chase’s father Bill Elliott discusses his own accomplishments as he prepared to be inducted in the NASCAR Hall of Fame tomorrow night.
Dale Earnhardt Jr. talks to our reporters about Greg Ives, the ninth different crew chief of his career.
Richard Childress Racing’s boys talk to us after their day at media day. Ryan Newman searches for his first win with RCR; Paul Menard has not won since the 2011 Brickyard 400, and Austin Dillon discusses his rookie season and what he hopes to improve.
Jamie McMurray joined his Chip Ganassi Racing teammates and won the Rolex 24 at Daytona last week. Teammate Kyle Larson was last year’s rookie of the year, and our reporters caught up with another member of the winning Rolex team.
With only 24 days left until the 2015 Daytona 500, the Jeff Gordon theme continues. We look back on Gordon’s most recent Daytona 500 victory, 10 years ago in 2005, which marked the last time any driver has won the race three times.

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An IndyCar executive said there is “absolutely” disappointment that its long-awaited video game recently was delayed beyond its target date, but the series remains optimistic about the new title.

“Well, I don’t know how quick it will be, but the whole situation is important to us,” Penske Entertainment president and CEO Mark Miles said during a news conference Monday morning to announce IndyCar’s NTT title sponsorship. “Motorsport Games has spent a lot of money, a lot of effort to create an IndyCar title. What we’ve seen of that effort, which is not completely obvious, is very reassuring.

“I think it’s going to be outstanding. That’s our shared objective, that when it is released, it’s just widely accepted. A great credit both to IndyCar racing, the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, something that our fans love.”

In June 2021, IndyCar announced a new partnership with Motorsport Games to create and distribute an IndyCar video game for the PC and Xbox and PlayStation consoles in 2023.

But during an earnings call last week, Motorsport Games said the IndyCar game had been delayed to 2024 to ensure high quality.

Somewhat compounding the delay is that IndyCar’s license for iRacing expired after the end of the 2022 season because of its exclusive agreement with Motorsport Games.

That’s resulted in significant changes for IndyCar on iRacing, which had provided a high-profile way for the series to stay visible during its 2020 shutdown from the pandemic. (Players still can race an unbranded car but don’t race on current IndyCar tracks, nor can they stream).

That’s helped ratchet up the attention on having a video game outlet for IndyCar.

“I wish we had an IndyCar title 10 years ago,” said Miles, who has been working with the organization since 2013. “We’ve been close, but we’ve had these I think speed bumps.”

IndyCar is hopeful the Motorsports Game edition will be ready at the start of 2024. Miles hinted that beta versions could be unveiled to reporters ahead of the time “to begin to show the progress in a narrow way to make sure we’ve got it right, to test the progress so that we’re ready when they’re ready.”

It’s been nearly 18 years since the release of the most recent IndyCar video game for console or PC.

“(We) better get it right,” Miles said. “It’s something we’re very close to and continue to think about what it is to make sure we get it over the line in due course.”