NASCAR Chairman and CEO Brian France said he doesn't expect the new Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup championship format to result in changes to the schedule for the 10-race program.* "We have those conversations (about the schedule) now," France told NASCAR.com, after announcing a major overhaul of the 10-race format. While NASCAR is unveiling a new rules package to be used at intermediate tracks, and a new qualifying format this season, France said the time was right to make the changes to the Chase format. "We actually had a lot of discussion about changing too many different things," said France. More...