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Ways to Cut Cost in the Cup Series

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Ok NASCAR, this is where you have really screwed up big time.

Why doeseveryone hear that theseSprint Cuprace teams are having problems finding sponsors?

Well, when it costs the teams an arm and a leg to get through a race weekend because of the bills that get racked up by the end, that will do the trick.

Here are some things that NASCAR needs to do to cut costs in the sport:

1) Limit the amount of tires that teams can have a weekend to 10-12 sets

2) Cut the cost for a set of 4 tires by 25%

3) Limit the number of tests a team can have a year at outside facilities to 5

4) Shortensome races from 500 to 400 miles to help save money with motors

5)Cut the entry fees and licensing costs

IfNASCAR does not get their act together,they will be lucky to get 43 cars to fill a field

on a standard weekend

QUIT WITH THE BULLCRAP AND BRING THE SPORT BACK TO ITS ROOTS!!!

updated by @kyle-lockrow: 12/05/16 04:04:08PM

The Bud Shootout or Should I say the Chase for the Cup, Rookie of the Year, Daytona winners, and Cup Champions Shootout??

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there are two rookie of the year candidates, Kevin Conway and Terry Cook. Conway just plain sucks and i only in Cup because Daddy knew somebody and he has sponsor money. Cook is driving for Whitney Motorsports or as I call it the "We DNQ every week cause we have no budget" Conway will win be default because Cook's team hasn't made a race yet this season, but if Kevin keeps running bad he will be lucky to qualify for anymore events after Bristol because the top 35 rule Bobby Williamson said:

Speaking of the Rookie of the Year..............is there a candidate for 2010? If not, it'll be the first no-show in NASCAR history.

The Bud Shootout or Should I say the Chase for the Cup, Rookie of the Year, Daytona winners, and Cup Champions Shootout??

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Who remembers the Bud Shootout when you had 18-20 drivers who earned their spot by winning poles the previous year?? I do, but apparently NASCAR feels winning poles is not COOL anymore!

Watching Qualifying for me was always fun because I never knew who was going to get the pole each week and who were the surprises that had great runs or lower budget teams who raced their way into the fields. A driver who was able to win a pole had something to look forward to the following year because the Bud Shootout was their All-Star race to show off to fans and sponsors what they are made of at Daytona each year. NASCAR has to complain because of a low car count, think back to the inaugural Shootout (or Busch Clash at that time), there were 12 drivers, not 28, 12 DRIVERS in the entire field and the racing was even more intense than today.

Also, who does Joey Logano think he is? Just because you win Rookie of the Year (because Scott Speed was no conpetition), when does that make you elligible to race in an All-Star type race? The top 12 in points and previous Daytona winners as well, very few of you won poles in 2009 and that is what should allow you to race in the Shootout.

NASCAR needs to really gut themselves and if you want to go back to "THE ROOTS", then stop screwing up good things!!

updated by @kyle-lockrow: 12/05/16 04:04:08PM

Nationwide Agents (Busch Wackers) and Camping World Campers

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Ok NASCAR enough is enough with this crap!

When I started watching racing in 1997, the Nationwide (Busch, at the time) and TrucksSeries weredevelopmental series for young, talented drivers to cut their teeth in heavy stock cars/trucks.

Apparently, over the past 12 years, it has become the EXCUSE FOR CUP DRIVERS TO

STEAL FUNDS AND POINTS FROM FULL TIME NATIONWIDE/TRUCK DRIVERS WHO REALLY

NEED THEM!!!! Now I do understand the importance of learning to race with guys who have years of experience because you can learn from them, BUT not every weekend. This is another thing NASCAR has screwed up on (Go figure) because these young drivers have no chance of competing for wins, poles, or evenCup ridesto further their futures.

Here is my solutions to the on going issue:

1) Limit the number of Cup drivers in the fields each week to 4 or 5

2) Limit the amount of races to 5 or 6 that they can compete in each year

3) NO, and I mean ABSOULTELY, NO points toCup drivers who competes

NASCAR needs to take this problem by the horns and deal with it because this is causing the developmental series to be corrupted. I am hoping to get my shot to race in the futureand I would really not be happy if I was to DNQ ata racebecauseof Cup drivers.

NASCAR, I DO NOT LIKE JOE GIBBS,ROUSH RACING, and KEVIN HARVICK RACINGSERIES!!!!!

Iwant the competitive Nationwide and Truck Series to come back!

updated by @kyle-lockrow: 12/05/16 04:04:08PM

NASCAR's Chase

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Ok this has been bugging me for a while and I need to get some opinions on this topic

NASCAR's crappy Chase for the Sprint Cup system!

NASCAR complains and whines because sponsors are not willing to put out 20

million dollars anymore to sponsor a team who is not a Hendrick, Roush, or Childress

operation because they get little TV time to promote the sponsors they have. Well,

NASCAR screwed themselves in this regard because of the stupid Chase sytem, all

they do is focus on the 12 guys in the championship and disregard the other 31 competitors

in the field. Why. if I owned a company, put out that much money to get little coverage and

exposure. NASCAR needs to drop the chase and go back to covering every points battle and

battle on the racetrack. I enjoyed hearing about teams who got momentum in the final 1/3

of the season and jumped from 15th in points to like 7th because they got more consistent.

Also, hearing about the battle for top 10 inpoints was fun because guys raced their wayonto

the stage at the awards ceremony at race 36, not have their season be worth nothing after Richmond. Another good battle to cover were guys who raced for 25th in points to goafter NASCAR's extra bonus money for beingin the top 25 in points. Go back to showing more

of these smaller teams more often, which can helpthe Cup Seriesgrandstands andrace cars might not look like ghost towns because theyare bare. NASCAR WAKE UP AND SMELL THE COFFEE,YOU ARELETTING MONEY TALK ANDDIE HARD FANS WALK!!!!!Oh and BRIAN FRANCE, if I was BIG BILL FRANCE SRand I saw what you have done to this sport,I WOULD DISOWN YOU!!!!!!

updated by @kyle-lockrow: 12/05/16 04:04:08PM