Then what's the point of entering in the first place? If you can't run the whole race, don't run it at all. If I recall correctly, in some races, both of the guys I mentioned (Nemechek, Skinner) had sponsors, yet they only ran for about 10-20 laps before heading into the garage. How pointless. I know the economy sucks, but when you get sponsors, you reap all of the benefits that you can, and that means getting stuff like tires, fuel, a pit crew, etc.
Ken Schrader runs for an underfunded team, yet he runs the whole thing nearly all of the time, though finishing a few laps down. That's what all of the "start-and-park" teams should do.
If you don't have enough equipment, don't show up at the track. Simple as that.
💡 If us NASCAR fans are disappointed with the lack of competition, we should speak out once and for all by slowly draining their grossly overstuffed pockets; first by not paying extortionist rates for tickets and concessions at the tracks, which a lot of people have already done; second, stop watching the live race coverage on TV which is 5 minutes of racing followed by 4 minutes of commercials. We need to show NASCAR that the direction they are taking the sport in is the wrong one.
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