After several drivers had brake rotor issues at World Wide Technology Raceway; NASCAR has announced that this weekend, crews will be allowed to replace the brake pads and rotors on the front of the cars after practice and qualifying on Saturday.
During the September 13 race at WWTR a number of drivers brought out caution flags when their brake rotors exploded, sending drivers into the wall and spewing debris all over the track.
Cup Series Senior Managing Director Brad Moran spoke on the matter saying, “we’ve elected that we’re gonna let the teams at least look at their brakes and if they need to make a pad change, which is uncommon for us to do on an impound practice. But we’ve got a procedure set up to do that.”
He added, “there’s no limit. If a team chooses to change their brake pads, it’s on them to do so. The teams are allowed to do quite a bit of work in the brake area. We’re just giving the opportunity to make sure they get it right and hopefully we don’t have any brake issues at Phoenix.”
Phoenix Raceway is the seventh of ten Chase races to determine the 2026 Cup Series champion.