what will NASCAR do?

Question

what will they do after 5 races, if one of the premier stars is out of the top 35 and has a bad qualifing day? not everyone is a past champ so they wont have that? right now, junior and truex are out, kahne is boderline and jarret will have used up 5 of his 6 provisionals by then. i just dont see how adding all those teams and not thinking about some of the stars missing races made sense to them.

Answer 1

I think they are only thinking of the best way for them to make money, not what the fans want to see or what is fair. I am not all that fond of provisionals anyway. Make it on the ability of your driver and the quality of your car. I also don't think a driver should be able to take his provisionals to A)another team. B) especially another manufacturer. If a guy, say Jarrett, has 6 provsionals that he got driving a Ford then Toyota should not be able to benefit from that.

Answer 2

With all the new teams and Toyota entering the Nextel Cup series this year there will be good teams going home each week. The top 35 guarantee came about because that's about how many full time teams there were at that time and everybody wanted to see those guys get in. Now you have a lot more than 35 full time teams and this locking in system has become obsolete. Good drivers like Jeremy Mayfield , who's been on the bubble at BOTH races so far, are trying to qualify every week and based on their times would make it if not for the large number of teams guaranteed making the field. Another bad thing is locking for the first 5 races. This either needs to be cut down or eliminated after the first race. It penalizes new teams way too much. What ever happened to the FASTEST cars make the race and slowest ones go home? Maybe provisionals could be awarded by earning them based on performance in the previous year. Top 10 from the year before get 4 for the year, period, to be used when needed. 11-20 get 3, 21-30 get 2 and 31-40 get 1. If you were not in the top 40 too bad. Some big names will miss races this year and beyond, you should get in based on speed not popularity.

Answer 3

NASCAR had nothing to do with the number of new teams. If you want to make a NASCAR team, all you have to do is hire a driver who's qualified by NASCAR, build a car that is legal in NASCAR and register for entry in one of their upcoming races.

Now, given that several people independently decided to start-up NASCAR teams this year, was NASCAR thinking straight when they locked in the top 35 teams in owners points? That depends on who you ask. If you ask someone at Sonoma later this year who has been racing all season, they are going to be glad NASCAR put the rule in place. But if you ask someone at Sonoma who is a road-racing specialist that put together a 1-race deal, they are not going to be very happy about the decision. And that's really why the rule was created.

This year presents a second test to the rule - instead of just being used to keep the 'regulars' in the race when local 'ringers' show up, the rule is also going to impact a half-dozen teams who are trying to run the whole season. It'll be a very Darwinian survival of the fittest out there. Junior and Truex still have 3 more races to keep their engines together and finish in the top 20 in points so that they end up in the top 35 by race 6. But Waltrip, Allmendinger, Sauter and some of those guys are still at risk of missing one of the next 3 races.

Answer 4

What they are thinking is being FAIR! Seems some of you so called "fans" have forgotten what it's all about sometimes. People want things given to them, that's not how it's suppose to work. If you don't earn your spot in the race, then you don't deserve it, no matter who the heck you are. If you want it, then you need to work for it and earn it, its that simple. If you were one of those drivers racing your heart out every weekend trying to qualify, spending all your hard earned money and time hoping for a fair shot at it, you would feel a different way about the statement you just made.


I find it interesting some "fans" opinions these days. Their opinions sound more like rants, for w/e reason. saq428 I would just like to point something out. You're blaming NASCAR for "tweaking" the rules on the Chase, but what you are ignorant to realize is, NASCAR had plans to extend the number of ppl in the Chase after they tested out the whole "chase" idea for a couple years. When they started doing the chase they wanted to test it out, see how it went for a couple years, and then they said they would possibly add some positions and change the points a little bit. While I agree, NASCAR is not consistant in a lot of things they do, therefore, making it seem as if they play favorites, your particular rant is purely inaccurate. Before you rant about something and point fingers, make sure you know all the facts.

Answer 5

Stars come and go. Denny Hamlin is coming up. Mark Martin and Michael Waltrip and leaving (one way or another), bless there hearts. JR is going to have to learn to win, not just be popular. I like seeing new guys come along. If we had the same guys all the time year after year pretty soon it would be a bunch of social security recipients out there driving around. If one of the "premiere stars" has a bad day, someone else will make the race exciting. I love seeing guys get the pole who aren't expected like Gilliland and Blaney. I love seeing guys who don't get the publicity in the top 10 in points like Stremme and Ragan are now. I like the racing, not the glamour boys. If you only want to watch NASCAR to see JR, then watch the commercials and turn off the show

Answer 6

This is NASCAR. They will tweak the rules. Just look at past events. Kenseth wins the championship without winning a race. They change the format to "The Chase". First year is good...uh, oh, second year, their golden boy Jr. and Gordon don't make it...what a travesty. Last year Stewart doesn't make it, so they tweak again. The chase is now 12 drivers. What happens now when the dig boys dont make the chase this year? They will tweak again. Another example is the California race over the weekend. Oh no, we are going to have a runaway winner, Noone can catch Johnson, we can't have this. Let's throw the debris caution and bunch the field up and steal the win from Johnson. It's geting very old and very obvious.

Answer 7

Who cares maybe next year they will make a fix to it so that it doesnt happen again. This whole thing about being in a race if your in the top 35 in points is crap anyway, qualify for a race on speed nothing else just speed. I mean if your in the top 35 why even try to qualify for a race if your in it automatically, I would just sit there on qual day and laugh at Nascar because I would be in it no matter what.

Answer 8

Spongeboob.. That's why its called QUALIFYING kid. Obviously, If a team is outside the top-35 in points and doesn't make the race one day on speed.. Then they don't deserve to be racing on race day! That's simple. I dont care if it's Dale Jr, Jeff Gordon, or Michael Waltrip! NASCAR isn't going to stop new teams from coming into the sport.. That's stupid! Why would NASCAR tell money to turn around @ the door? It's competition, and without that the sport has nothing. As for Jr, and Truex.. I really don't think they have much to worry about.. But being in this hole early.. They definately better step it up!

Answer 9

What they should do is make a rule that states if you aren't trying to qualify in all 36 Nextel races then go race in the busch series. Guys like Boris Said, Bill Elliot, and apparently Mark Martin among others are not running a full schedule this year.
Why should they get to pick and choose what race they enter when there are teams that are invested for the full year? That just doesn't make sense to me.

Answer 10

I believe that the feildshould be made up of drivers that can perform now, not in past seasons. If they miss a race, they miss a race.

I also believe that if Jr. or another big name misses a race, the system will be restructured for next season.