If you listen to any of the NASCAR commentators or MRN radio you will hear a NASCAR answer. They will not step outside of the NASCAR answer box. NASCAR controls everything they say and how they say it. It is very obvious they are not allowed to speak their minds, even if they know what is really going on during the race. I have never heard any announcer not like the COT car or defend an older car on how well it ran. One of the few things that NASCAR does not control is when a driver is allowed to step on the gas,,and that's comming soon. Listening to the commentators for NASCAR is like watching a single file race,,BORING,,,,,,,,,Someone needs to step up and take the reigns and explain what the fans want. If I wanna watch bumber cars I'll go to an amusement park,,,,LETS RACE,,,,,,,,,,
Richard Guido said: Darrell Waltrip is a very intelligent man but is also an employee of FOX Sports. Personally I would rather read his blog than hear him talk. But even he is clueless to think or rather state that restrictor plates are the only way to deal with the cars at Daytona and Talladega. Waltrip recently wrote this in his internet column. Maybe DW is not supposed to rock the boat as he is part of the media.
NASCAR does see that fans and drivers have been turned off by their brand in recent years hence the spoiler coming back. They need to finish the job by fixing the front of these cars with the elimination of the splitter and bump stops. There is a real possibility that smaller engines will be used in the near future which could eliminate the plate issue. Fuel injection is coming as well which will also be a better way to control horsepower while still giving throttle responce to the drivers and this can be a step in the right direction.
NASCAR does not want someone stinking up their marquee event with a runaway and the plate is the best way to achieve that. Untill the sanctioning body gives the teams and drivers a car they they can work on and really drive we will probably see more of the same at Daytona and Talladega. The Cup Series and Nationwide Series in general has lost it's excitement in recent years for many reasons and the biggest one is how the cars are regulated.
If NASCAR wants to go back to it's Root's they have a lot of work to do.
