The Length of season, 34 to 37 races should be the max for the Sprint Cup Series and what we have now (36 races) is dead-on, no problems here.
The Length of race, If we are talking race per race changes, start with Pocono going to 400 miles, however one idea could be 3 hour timed races (not counting red flag periods) for most races except the Daytona 500, Brickyard 400, Coca-Cola 600, (would someone please return Darlington to labor day weekend) Southern 500. As for Bristol-Martinsville-Richmond races, they are each appealing as they stand and shouldn’t be touched, 400 to 500 lappers is just what racing fans need on these three short tracks. It’s hard to change something that for the most part works, it’s just the way the races end up going sometimes. Two hour races would suck and remember ticket prices.
The Chase length and format, How about running a 30 race regular season with the points leader receiving a 50 point bonus going into the chase (would also work with 26 regular season too), then a six race chase for the Sprint Cup.
The Top 35 qualifying rule, This to me is the one of the worst and needs to be addresses, I also know that NASCAR will likely never remove this rule entirely, however, one of the things this sport was built-on is allowing any one (team or driver) the chance to qualify for a Cup Series race and with the top 35 rule, that doesn’t leave much breathing room. This top 35 rule is also a free golden pass for any team/driver in the top 35 to get into the field which gives most drivers an advantage during practice to only work on race setup, while the go-or-go homers have to work on qualifying and race setups. This is the major leagues with some of the best drivers out there, since when do they need a golden pass to make the field.
If NASCAR has to keep this rule, why not top 20 or top 25, those extra 10-15 spots will make a difference for letting the rest of the teams who are outside this rule have a chance to make the field on time. Personally, I know this wouldn’t happen, however, I would back to top 35 fastest, plus 36-42 or 43rd if no champion needs it with provisionals.
The Car of Tomorrow or Car of Today, When it comes to this new car, let’s face it, its not going anywhere, NASCAR is not going to get rid of it anytime in the near future, so everyone including fans are stuck with it, however, using the current platform, how do we fix it to make it look and drive better. I believe teams and NASCAR have made this car drive better at least from what I have heard from the Daytona, Las Vegas and California testing. They have lowered the center of gravity, which might help let it turn left in the corners better.
What about the styling, the look, the design, first let me say, I watch a lot of racing on television and not just NASCAR and many racing series have gone to a template car or common car as you will and while they for the most part look the same, they do look at little better to there street version.
So what about NASCAR’s COT that is powered by one of four manufacturers, well, let’s start upfront with the current car, the splitter is ok, however from the bumper down, go in just a little bit and then straight down like last years car and add the splitter underneath it. On top of the hood, round it a little better like a car now a days. The driver section in my option is off limits in the redesign, it safer, let it go. Moving towards the rear, with the rear wing, how about extending it upward to match the height of the rear window so drivers can finally see out the rear better and make the rear wind a little smaller.
These are just a few suggestions, of course you could have it look like four door. Basically, this racing fan is looking for a stock appearing racecar period.
Image was taken by me with a Kodak EasyShare DX6490
Look at this 2007 Chevrolet Corvette Racecar really closely and then look at NASCAR's Car of Tomorrow below, see anything similar..the front splitter and the rear wing, the only difference is the way the front splitter is applied to this corvette vs the way its on the COT, the rear wing on the Corvette is a little smaller and looks to be higher then the roof line, the COT has a large rear wing that makes a better door then a window.
Dale Jr's #5 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet COT test car earlier today at Atlanta Motor Speedway (Credit: Racing One/Getty Images)
As for the NASCAR points system. Check out my article from last month called “How to update the NASCAR points system.”.
What about NASCAR’s television package? All I got to say is, Daytona, we’ve got a problem, I will touch on this beast before the 50th running of the Daytona 500, its all about getting a good product out to the racing fans all over not only the United States, but Canada and beyond and if they can’t watch it, what good is it and that is one of the big problems with mainly the ABC affiliates on the west coast.
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