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#3 Top drivers retiring
Let's be honest here, the retirement of Dale Earnhardt Jr, Jeff Gordon, Carl Edwards, Matt Kenseth, Danica Patrick, Tony Stewart, and Kasey Kahne took a lot of star power out of the sport and it's only going to get worse as time goes on. in fact, if NASCAR doesn't establish any new talent soon, they aren't going to have anyone to sell fans on.
Of course, there will always be second generation drivers like Chase Elliott, and Ryan Blaney, but the rest of the young guns have struggled to gain any kind of footing. Unfortunately for drivers hoping to make a name for themselves, the new aero package NASCAR unveiled in 2019 isn't helping things either and really makes it harder for a smaller team to get to victory lane.
In the end, NASCAR needs stars and they aren't going to have that if they keep losing drivers to retirement without building others up in the process. With that being said, NASCAR either needs to entice these drivers to stay or change the competition to a point where someone other than Busch, Logano or Brad Keselowski can win.
