Meh, all sports are unique int heir own way. NASCAR just suffers the problem of trying to create games within the game, and it tears at the fabric of the actual event. It's like trying to make wrestling a "team" sport. LOL, that's such bullshit! You might spar with a partner, but once you're on the mat you're alone, VERY alone. But alas, somebody has to try to throw a team scoring system on it.

NASCAR is the say way. Yes, there are teams, but now there are teams of teams, and you had an end-of-the-year prize the rewarded consistency and NOT necessarily winning. And manufacturer points and owner points are just deeper travesties.

And NASCAR isn't going to change all those other side-show awards, but they've got to get back to making winning matter, matter A LOT, and enjoy the profits that comes from the hard racing that comes along with racers who are desperate for a win.

And if they'd let the drivers fight a little, that'd be kind of cool too.

Scrub!

;)

Unique will be beaten out of everyone eventually. Conform!

Yeah, they used to set standards; now they chase them. Also, if I understand this deal, the potential for hurting the "regular season" 26 races is there. A guy wins a race or two in April, he can just stroke the rest of the way (or experiment with setups and stuff) because he knows he's in and the playing field is even come Chase time.

Interesting Stats:

NASCAR Sprint Cup 2013 Season Commercial Statistics: The new NASCAR season is barely a pit stop away. Before the start of the 2014 season, here are some stats to peruse. These are the commercial statistics for the 2013 NASCAR Sprint Cup season, showing which network had the most ads, the least ads, and other interesting stats. These were culminated from my Commercial Breakdown Reports for the 2013 season. One thing that has remained consistent in the years CawsnJaws.com has provided these stats: the discomfort many NASCAR fans feel for the quantity and placement of commercials during races.
Total number of commercials per network:
Fox (14 races): 1668
TNT (6 races): 671
ESPN/ABC (17 races): 1992
SPEED (2 races): 166
Total for all networks: 4497
Total number of minutes of race broadcast to minutes of commercial times per network:
Fox (14 races): total: 3025 (race 2220 / commercial 805)
TNT (6 races): total: 1187 (race 861 / commercial 326)
ESPN/ABC (17 races): total: 3702 (race 2796 / commercial 906)
SPEED (2 races): total: 358 (race 280 / commercial 78)
Total for all networks: 8272 (race 6157 / commercial 2115)
Total number of times that companies that sponsored commercials during race broadcasts were shown over the racing season:
Fox (14 races): 887
TNT (6 races): 378
ESPN/ABC (17 races): 936
SPEED (2 races): 96
Total for all networks: 2297
See full report, past races, links and more on the 2013 TV Commericals page.(2-13-2014

Hey, look!

The 2014 season is suddenly upon us.

The Busch Clash is going off tonight. Half an hour from green. Yes, I'm still callin' it the Busch Clash.

****.. Took forever to find it! The "Speed" channel is gone, it's on Fox Sports 1....

****ers!

JUST IN TIME TO SEE JEFF WRECKED!!!

****!!!!

This is a fabulous Chevrolet commercial.

Pace car goes up in flames, and Juan Pablo is thousands of miles away...

That was pretty funny.... LOL, Chevy HQ in crisis mode prolly!

How much you want to bet that we never see that replay again?

I'm sure some Ford far will gif it up...

Hamlin: "Any questions?"

So smug. I love it.

He had bumpers, I get it... Tonight, that was the key!



And Dale owes somebody a beer! :D

All in all, it looks as if all the ****ing around with the cars this winter was successful. I think NASCAR got it right. Bump drafting doesn't work, 2-car tandem racing doesn't work, blocking doesn't work (mostly) because of the closing rate. I was a little concerned early tonight when everyone went single file, but they broke that up and it seems like now they can pass, or at least get up beside a guy, almost at will.

I mean, the last half of this race was a barrel of fun and there were only nine cars out there. The 500 might just be a blast.

#3 car gets the pole.