NASCAR changin' the point system... again!

[MSUSpartanKat]

Sign this petition if you're against NASCAR rules changes which make the last ten races of nascar a "playoff" like in football.

http://www.petitiononline.com/WC11223/petition.html

In a nutshell, here's the deal: After the first 26 races, drivers in the top 10 and any others within 400 points of the leader will be in the Chase for the Championship. Those drivers will have their point totals adjusted so that the first-place driver will begin the final 10 races with 5,050 points, the second driver 5,045 and on down the line, with incremental drops of five points.

NASCAR dropped the lug wrench two weeks ago when it announced there would be a major change in the points race. Of course, if it doesn't work, "we can always tweak it," they maintain. And that's the rub: NASCAR does too much tweaking of the rules. A spoiler height here. A front air dam there. Why doesn't NASCAR drive by a set of rules from can 'til can't?

NASCAR is racing -- not wrestling, the NFL or major league baseball -- and racing is about getting to the checkered flag before the next guy. So instead of "tweaking" the points system, Brian Freedom Fries concocted something so bizarre that 72 percent of the season is cast aside so that an arbitrary number of drivers can go fast and turn left in 10 races at tracks that average 1.365 miles.

NASCAR could have, even should have, stopped when it said one of the factors in the late-season change was because so many TV viewers go the way of college and pro football. That said it all: NASCAR wants those eyeballs because it means more money -- for both its coffers and advertisers'. But NASCAR is never going to pull Sunday viewers away from the NFL.

If NASCAR wants to bring more fans to the tube, it should look more toward reducing the size of the race field (35 cars -- with no provisionals), shortening the season (February through November seems about a week shorter than the NBA playoffs), awarding a bonus for taking the pole, granting more points to the race winner (which it did, adding five points) and fewer points for back-of-the-pack finishers (which is side-stepped by implementing a minimum speed limit for patched-up cars).

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[Mini]

Wow, 6730 sigs I'm going to sign..I hate the way they are plaaning it, not to mention it's a stupid idea

[annie169]

I was #6834. Gonna see if hubby wants me to sign it for him too!!!

[cpbaby]

I signed it!

[MsLynn]

6964 Signatures Total

[sinned96]

Nascar is not about the racing anymore it's all about the money

[Hillbilly]

This new "system" totally sucks! I never have liked Mike Helton. Thanks for the link,I also signed the petition.