I got to say, as a big fan since I was 9 I have to say, at times it is a struggle to watch the races on TV. Alot of electricity is missing. I am finding my Sundays are no longer spent so much glued to the TV as it used to be when I was growing up. I can remember when I was young and had a TV in my room I would just have all attention to the race. ESPN, TNN, CBS and TBS seemed to cover the races in a way that every single lap was interesting. Not sure why it seems like it's lagging now but this was well before the internet, iPod, iPhone, Smartphone, Blackberry and other distractions. Lately I have found myself more and more frustrated, distracted and withdrawn watching. California is coming up and I think it is the biggest sleeper of a race. I hear next year Nyquil is gonna be sponsoring it next year.

I do not go to any of the NASCAR races citing costs. This is true for most fans. That and I do not want to be ripped off majorly in the event the race is horrible. The TV. What a wonderful thing. You can just turn off. Not too much effort fighting traffic too when the races is over too. So my typical Sunday afternoon is preparing a frozen pizza, ribs, hamburgers, hot dogs, wings, BBQ or whatever comfort food. I will enjoy that for a bit, wash it down with a beer or two and maybe watch 20 or so laps before I am bored. What fills the void? I get online. Check the Facebook, chat with others all the while watching the race. At some points during the race I will hear DW mention Kyle Busch countless times. Eventually I get tired of it, throw a popcorn at the TV and say, "THAT IS IT YOU ARE MUTED!!" Then I proceed to mute the TV and turn on MRN radio a practice many fans take delight in. I have had just about enough of know it all DW. They didn't call him "Jaws" for nothing.

It is halfway in the race and I am still not interested. Yellow flag for debris. Where is it?? Common, did it even really exist? Oh a coincidence the guys needed to pit anyways. How predictable. Mike Joy even said 15 minutes before I muted it that teams were hoping for a caution. Coincidence again?? Oh great more commercials. Yeah because sure they pay Fox to put this race on but seeing only 15 laps and then commercial really is another thing making it hard to watch. Well least I can take delight in still hearing MRN while Denny Hamlin washes a car and lip reading, "ITS DENNY TIME"

So let's sum this all up. 1.) Race is boring so I do something else be it go online or clean the house. 2.)Cannot stand DW's big mouth so I mute the TV. 3.)Excessive commercials. Which brings me to number 4.) I fall asleep.

Falling asleep is becoming more common while watching a race. It is probably happening in most households. I blame thetryptophan from the buffalo wings or BBQ turkey leg. But I also blame the racing. Single car drawn out fields. That and I cannot wake up to the sound of NASCAR Crank it Up because I muted the TV because I could not stand DW. Not only that but when I see that 48 car or 18 car with a huge lead it puts me to sleep. Something I cannot explain. Maybe it has to do with the candy like M&M colors that are relaxing or the fact that Lowes has a homey kinda paint job that is relaxing. In fact whenever I have trouble sleeping I do not count sheep, I count the number of laps the 48 or 18 car leads. Then imagine emotionless andmundaneJimmie Johnson going, "you are getting sleepy, very sleepy"

It's then that I wake up and see that there is 10 laps to go, I see the running order and I am not sure how in the world some guys got up to where they were. I frantically try to figure out what happened. I go online and find out that indeed, Jimmie Johnson blew a tire, hit the wall and Kevin Harvick is leading. Man I am so out of it, I should have been watching more closely. What kinda fan am I? Dale Jr lead for a bit? How did I miss that? He is now back to 14th, no surprise there. Sure handing out penalties on pit road for speeding like candy these days. There are multiple cautions. Robby Gordon just stops in the middle of the track. Next caution Tony Raines gets sideways for the 4th and final time before finally calling it a day. Biffle and Harvick swap the lead each restart. Then finally we get into overdrive and do this green white checkered thing. Typical ending to this is either, 1.)Someone gets wrecked to win 2.)The Big one 3.)Someone runs out of gas or 4.)someone runs out of gas and all the above happen.

So let's examine the possibilities of the finish. Biffle is leading and he runs out of gas and Harvick wins. LAME!!!! Races ending based on fuel mileage because of these green white checker deals is getting old , redundant and bad. Yeah who wants to watch an entire race just to watch someone run out of gas? Or that an entire race is determined by just two laps? But I guess that is better then finishing under yellow. The race could finish under yellow but what fun would that be? NASCAR needs to put on a show.

So the green white is waved. Harvick takes the lead. He runs out of gas. Biffle passes him and wins. Woopie. Would not have happened if it ended under yellow. So let's sum up the things that I am finding that is making NASCAR hard and frustrating to watch on TV. Fox's awful coverage and excessive commercials. Long drawn out train racing. DW's big mouth. Predictable outcomes to races. Paint jobs on cars that have relaxing tones to them. Emotionless drivers that sound hypnotizing.Tryptophan found in most foods these days.Races being determined by who runs out of fuel or just two laps. Cautions thrown for debris that either exists or not and somecoincidentallywhen guys need to pit. That and distractions like the internet. All these things contribute to making watching a NASCAR race more difficult and frustrating then ever before. I hope I can one day watch a race without falling asleep.UnfortunatelyI am refering to NASCAR as NAPCAR now.