If nascar wants to be like every other sport what they should do is combine the nextel and busch series and make it so a driver can only be in one series. make it more like baseball with the American League and the National league and split the drivers up then after 26 races, take the top 42 (even number from both series) drivers from both series and reset the points for the last 10 races. (if your so set on having 43 cars, make it so there is a wild card pick or some thing) seperate the drivers by a point and let them rip. best part about that would be no feild fillers or bushwackers. the 44/43 other teams would not be able to race in the last 10 races and would go back to the shop and work on their cars for next year. who thinks that would work?
2007-10-04 06:24:09 · 11 answers · asked by pelotonrider819 2 in Sports ➔ Auto Racing ➔ NASCAR
I've been a NASCAR fan for about 12 years now. I write NASCAR articles for two different sites. I think you may have one of the best ideas to come along in a while. I would love to use this idea in an article and give you credit for it. Can you drop me a line?
2007-10-04 06:46:36 · answer #1 · answered by firejerm 3 · 2⤊ 3⤋
You can't do that because you are just going to end up with people defecting to the Busch Series in an attempt to take the easy way into a championship run. The two series are different, but not like the American and National League. They are different like Major League Baseball and Triple-A, or the NFL and AFL. Yes it is the same basic game, but the level of competition is decidedly different. The chase format is a good way to keep interest. IF they can find a way to do something similar with the Busch Series that would be great. The first step in doing that is putting a major restriction on the amount of racers a Cup driver can run. But when you are as sponsor driven as NASCAR obviously is, the money of those sponsors talks.
2007-10-04 08:40:04 · answer #2 · answered by brandon d 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It seems to me that you're trying to compare apples and oranges. The AL and NL teams are playing the same game with the same rules and the same equipment. The cars are set up differently in the two series, that alone would make what you are suggesting impossible. There is also the question of the difference in the amount of money and sponsorships involved in the two series.
I do think that any driver who has been driving a Cup car for 4 or more years should stay out of the Busch series. I feel this venue should be reserved for new drivers, a Minor League so to speak.
2007-10-04 08:53:27 · answer #3 · answered by kathleen O 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
NO you keep the thought of any other type of sport out of it. PERIOD!!!!!!!!!! You like the way other sports do it then watch them and enjoy that sport but don't screw mine up any more than they already have.
That is the cause of this mess in the first place.
You go back to the way it was before it went south ( as in hewL)and run a season long points system and let a few of the drivers like before this crap all started run some Bush races or what ever they are going to be called next year and that is that.
Martin was the only cup hog back in the day that had to beat up on the moving up guys now your lucky to get a hand full of Busch drivers in the top 20 AND THAT IS A SHAME.
BRIAN FRANCE IS AN IDIOT!!!!!!!!!!!!!
2007-10-04 11:11:04 · answer #4 · answered by Ray Y 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
This is why that would not work: The top teams in NASCAR are already making so much money they would not want anything to change.
In order for that to work, you would have to take the most dominate teams - for the sake of argument lets call the most dominate teams Hendrick, Rousch, Joe Gibbs, and Richard Childress. So you take those teams, and you split them, Hendrick and Rousch race in Cup - Gibbs and Childress race in Busch. That would basically split the audience in half - people would follow their favorite team. But with half the viewers, the sponsors would not sink so much money into the team. And with out the money, the racing would go down hill. It may look good on paper, but ultimately it would fail.
2007-10-04 10:24:15 · answer #5 · answered by Crazy Ant 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That's the most ridiculous thing I've ever heard of! How would it even work considering both series are going to be racing completely different cars next year (COT and 105" wheelbase "old car"). How about NASCAR just leaves the points the way they are?
As for "Busch-whackers" (or Nationwide-whackers as they'll be called next year), it would be better if NASCAR limited the number of races a full-time Sprint Cup Series driver could run in the Nationwide series. The track owners/promoters who run doubleheaders need starpower to sell tickets to the lower level race. ESPN needs starpower to gain viewership/sponsorship. If you eliminate a driver's ability to compete in a lower division, you hurt the track owners and media. If you allow drivers to compete full-time in both divisions, you hurt the future of the sport by taking rides and seat time away from young drivers who need more time behind the wheel. I think NASCAR should limit full-time Sprint Cup Series drivers to 10 races in the Nationwide Series.
2007-10-04 06:47:38 · answer #6 · answered by timi m 2 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Since all the Cup drivers are leading the Busch Series, we would hafta clone them so they could represent each series at one time. I'm not sure that would be a good idea.
2007-10-04 12:11:57 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
I'd just like to see NASCAR not allow the drivers from NASCAR compete in Busch.
2007-10-04 08:47:04 · answer #8 · answered by WooleyBooley again 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I don't think that would work because the Busch series owners don't have enough money and sponsors to compete in the Nextel series.
2007-10-04 06:54:19 · answer #9 · answered by Beatle fanatic 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Bush is technicaly the minor league of nascar so merging them would not be a great option.
2007-10-04 08:03:30 · answer #10 · answered by ? 5 · 0⤊ 2⤋