things I would do to improve NASCAR for the better

[A2K78]

1: Trim the fat

30/40-ish cars on the grid is stupid thus the field should be limited to 24 entries as it would

make the championship more competitive, cause less crashes, and importantly make slow

drivers/backmarkers less of a problem.


2: Downsize/Break huge up teams

Teams like Hendrick shouldn't have the ability by default to have a monopoly on talent and

size. If anything NASCAR could learn a thing from MotoGP where each main(works/factory)

team has 2 main entries plus an associated team e.g. satellites to keep certain teams in check.


3: Eliminate the Winners circle and reward 2nd and 3rd place finishes also.

Not only is the whole winners circle/winner take all deal outdated, its quite a shame that

2nd and 3rd place finishers aren't rewarded. If anything 2nd and 3rd finishes ought be also

rewarded as this would clearly improve competition.

4: Add more road road courses to the calendar

This speaks for itself





The point I'm trying to make is that that NASCAR needs a total overhaul rather than constant

rule changes if its going to keep people interested and win new fans. Sadly this is one

message France hasn't got yet.

 

[Ganon83]

1. No.

2. Not going to work, right now there are basically 4 super teams (Hendrick, RCR, Roush-Penske, and TRD) that control 31 full time teams, plus a handful of part timers. Going to be tough to break that.

3. I like it, 2nd and 3rd don't get much respect by the media. Dale Jr. just "Broke Out" according to most of the media because his Daytona win was his first since 2012 but in reality he had a remarkable season last year and that's the real reason why he's my pick for the Cup this year.

4. I can understand why they don't simply due to cost and lack of tickets (Full Watkins Glen is like a half-full Michigan, or something akin to that), but I think everybody, even the drivers, wish they would.

 

[Earth]

1: Trim the fat

30/40-ish cars on the grid is stupid thus the field should be limited to 24 entries as it would

make the championship more competitive, cause less crashes, and importantly make slow

drivers/backmarkers less of a problem.

How would it make the championship more competitive? Contact and crashing is part of NASCAR. And lapped traffic helps to make the race exciting.

2: Downsize/Break huge up teams

Teams like Hendrick shouldn't have the ability by default to have a monopoly on talent and

size. If anything NASCAR could learn a thing from MotoGP where each main(works/factory)

team has 2 main entries plus an associated team e.g. satellites to keep certain teams in check.

Teams have been downsized in the past. Jack Roush use to have 5 cars on his team until NASCAR limited it to 4. I think 3 cars per team max would be the sweet spot, but in the end this hasnt stopped other teams from being competitive. Hendrick may appear to have a monopoly on talent, but its not really that way. Jeff Gordon is well over the hill and Dale Jr is only a 'good' driver. Kasey Kahne is inconsistent. Johnson is the only great driver on the team.

And you could say Stewart Haas is a 'satellite' team. They use Hendrick engines etc etc. Except they're more competitive then any motoGP satellite team.

3

: Eliminate the Winners circle and reward 2nd and 3rd place finishes also.

Not only is the whole winners circle/winner take all deal outdated, its quite a shame that

2nd and 3rd place finishers aren't rewarded. If anything 2nd and 3rd finishes ought be also

rewarded as this would clearly improve competition.

In NASCAR, 2nd is the first loser. So why are they celebrating with the winner?

4: Add more road road courses to the calendar

This speaks for itself

Why? Its an oval series. The cars are clearly not designed for roadcourses and they look clumsy on them. They're big, heavy powerful cars designed for oval racing.

The point I'm trying to make is that that NASCAR needs a total overhaul rather than constant

rule changes if its going to keep people interested and win new fans. Sadly this is one

message France hasn't got yet.

Racing as a whole is losing popularity. NASCASR's star peaked in the early 2000s and now the series is coming back down to earth. The bandwagon fans and nostalgic fans have left. No need for NASCAR to try and reach out to them. The racing is as good as its ever been

 

[LMSCorvetteGT2]

@Earth Not sure how Junior is just 'Good' considering the stats @GTPorsche put up showing him having better avg finishes then the other drivers, and he has been doing this at a high hit consistency for what looks to be going on 3 years now.

Khane is good and not inconsistent, kind of hard to finish when your car blows up or a tire cuts down sending you into the wall while leading...but hey.

1: Trim the fat

30/40-ish cars on the grid is stupid thus the field should be limited to 24 entries as it would

make the championship more competitive, cause less crashes, and importantly make slow

drivers/backmarkers less of a problem.

Um no...why should it limit itself to an F1 like grouping? Because that's what you like? Considering the potential 26 drivers on next years grid or 2016 at the latest it seems, even F1 will grow a bit.

2: Downsize/Break huge up teams

Teams like Hendrick shouldn't have the ability by default to have a monopoly on talent and

size. If anything NASCAR could learn a thing from MotoGP where each main(works/factory)

team has 2 main entries plus an associated team e.g. satellites to keep certain teams in check.

Not fine with this either, and the reason is you folks not just the op are comparing apples to oranges. A bike in MotoGP cost more than a million per bike, NASCAR only cost 500k. The only reason teams aren't massive in GP is because of cost saving, same reason why GP is under threat of Honda leaving, because of the bigger saving plans they have for next year that may make GP less of an experimental series (the F1 of the Bike world). Most high dollar series run limited numbers of cars due to expense not because it's safer or some sort of monopoly.

Also the difference here is Hendrick is a supplier and team owner, he had a hand in Harvicks win, but his driver still lost in the end. I guarantee that he would have rather had Junior in the winner circle again.

3: Eliminate the Winners circle and reward 2nd and 3rd place finishes also.

Not only is the whole winners circle/winner take all deal outdated, its quite a shame that

2nd and 3rd place finishers aren't rewarded. If anything 2nd and 3rd finishes ought be also

rewarded as this would clearly improve competition.

Why? Next thing you'll ask is they get a trophy for getting the pole.

It's a European way of racing to award such things, American racing (other than those emulating euro style) are known for a single trophy winner. Also I think it'd be hard to get six martinsville trophies set up in a year

4: Add more road road courses to the calendar

This speaks for itself

After saying No three time, a yes is all I can say in the end this would be great and I really think should happen.


Now for what I really think will improve the series:

Going back to actual stock cars, I guarantee you they can still go just as fast doing it in regular cars turned race cars like V8 Supercars. It's a better selling point at the end of the day and plays a longer history in NASCAR than the current shaped sheet metal on chassis cars.

Chase system abandoned, get rid of it. If you do the math you'll see that there are plenty of seasons from it's birth that could have easily been down to the wire on the old system. So why use a system like this, some years there will be teams where everything alines and they just can't be beat but that's too bad I'd say. However, for those who really want it to stay...why not get rid of the stupid system of wins or who wins the most. I find it asinine that a driver can get into the chase based on a win or two but hardly much consistency compared to drivers who don't get a win or have a win and several top 5 and tens.

Sad part is I want changes to NASCAR too better aero packages and technology, more variety in races seen especially since much of the talent here has raced in IRL, Le Mans, Rolex, V8 Supercars and so on. Yet it wont happen due to the France families control and just not being in touch really, but also the regular fans that think this is the way all racing is or those who hate to see these cars at road courses.

 

[Earth]

@Earth Not sure how Junior is just 'Good' considering the stats @GTPorsche put up showing him having better avg finishes then the other drivers, and he has been doing this at a high hit consistency for what looks to be going on 3 years now.

Khane is good and not inconsistent, kind of hard to finish when your car blows up or a tire cuts down sending you into the wall while leading...but hey.

In my rankings good is only below 'great'. Earnhardt Jr has 20 wins, but hes only won 5 times in the past 10 years. And about half those wins were on restrictor plate tracks. I think he is a better driver then his stat line, but I think hes had trouble staying motivated, especially after the DEI drama with his mother etc.

Of all the drivers in top cars, Kahne is one of the few who hasnt mounted a serious title run. Even Montoya was more of a threat to the championship in 2009 then Kahne ever was. I see it as inconsistency.

As for how to improve NASCAR, I think they need to improve TV coverage first and foremost. They now have sponsor logos on the screen during the race, yet we still have more commercials then ever. We missed ALOT of passes in the top 5 at Phoenix due to commercials even the pass for the lead. Just awful and inexcusable.

Get another foreign make into the series. Toyota was just a start, they need Honda or someone else to join Chevrolet and Ford.

 

[Silver-Sylph]

1. No
2. No, this isnt F1
3. 2nd and 3rd place arnt remembered for anything so i dont see a problem with the winners circle.
4. Atleast the Nationwide series kinda of expands its borders lately with them going to Mid-Ohio last year. If they had a Nascar series for Road Courses i could see it becoming almost like American V8 Supercars which i think is currently the most exciting racing series of all right now.

Sad part is I want changes to NASCAR too better aero packages and technology, more variety in races seen especially since much of the talent here has raced in IRL, Le Mans, Rolex, V8 Supercars and so on. Yet it wont happen due to the France families control and just not being in touch really, but also the regular fans that think this is the way all racing is or those he hate to see these cars at road courses.

Yea Nascar is severely dated with its tech, i remember when Robby Gordon did a Q&A on Jalopnik and someone asked him if he would ever come back to Nascar and he said no because the tech is decades behind with what he is currently doing and he hated all the media drama that came with the series. I love seeing some of the Interviews Tony Stewart does because he doesnt feed the media he tells them to stop making a bigger deal than what it is.

 

[Azure Flare]

While I may not care for NASCAR, I will say that the points scoring is ridiculously complicated and gives points too far down.

 

[Wilbur]

I really don't fully understand why people try to compare Nascar to other series...they aren't the same at all.

As far as limiting the fields, go watch races that have less than 25 cars and see what boring really is. You are punishing teams who maybe are still trying to find the right balance to become a better team if you limit them which doesn't help anyone in the long run. The big teams would also lose support staff because the lack of funding from small teams buying/rent engines or chassis or even crews that I think alot of people never seem to take into account. Nascar as a whole seems to fund alot more people than people even remotely think about which we already have big lay offs this year with some teams, I don't want to lose more.

While I do agree some changes could be done but I think it's more on the fact for the fans headed to races or the way they promote the sport in terms of TV deals and ticket sales.

 

[Blitz24]

I'd push for more entries, not less. I remember years ago when we used to see 50-60 drivers attempt to qualify for any given race. The 1994 Brickyard 400 had a total of 84 drivers attempting to make the race. 43 has been made the normal size for NASCAR now.
The last top tier race with LESS than 43 entries was in 2001 at the Loudon race that was rescheduled due to 9/11.
The last top tier race with MORE than 43 entries was in 1997 at Sonoma.

 

[A2K78]

I really don't fully understand why people try to compare Nascar to other series...they aren't the same at all.

As far as limiting the fields, go watch races that have less than 25 cars and see what boring really is. You are punishing teams who maybe are still trying to find the right balance to become a better team if you limit them which doesn't help anyone in the long run. The big teams would also lose support staff because the lack of funding from small teams buying/rent engines or chassis or even crews that I think alot of people never seem to take into account. Nascar as a whole seems to fund alot more people than people even remotely think about which we already have big lay offs this year with some teams, I don't want to lose more.

While I do agree some changes could be done but I think it's more on the fact for the fans headed to races or the way they promote the sport in terms of TV deals and ticket sales.

First of all nobody is comparing NASCAR nothing, however when it come to improving the championship as to adding a "real" sense of spectacle this is something NASCAR is lacking and continues to lack. The end result its the fact its driving away fans and most importantly not bringing NEW fans to NASCAR let alone racing in general.

Pundits like to constantly scapegoat Jimmie Johnson(like they are doing to Vettel) for pushing away fans due his current level of domination, however in reality Johnson, let alone his domination has absolutely nothing do with the downward spiral NASCAR is current experiencing. The real problem in reality are the people who are the people running the show...they are refusing to both evolve and adapt. Its for this reason why NASCAR is in a decline.

 

[Furinkazen]

First of all nobody is comparing NASCAR nothing, however when it come to improving the championship as to adding a "real" sense of spectacle this is something NASCAR is lacking and continues to lack. The end result its the fact its driving away fans and most importantly not bringing NEW fans to NASCAR let alone racing in general.

Pundits like to constantly scapegoat Jimmie Johnson(like they are doing to Vettel) for pushing away fans due his current level of domination, however in reality Johnson, let alone his domination has absolutely nothing do with the downward spiral NASCAR is current experiencing. The real problem in reality are the people who are the people running the show...they are refusing to both evolve and adapt. Its for this reason why NASCAR is in a decline.

Total opposite. It's NASCAR making stupid changes that have ruined it. Ghost yellows? The Chase system, even worse for this season. Remember if the chase didn;t exist we would have more champions. About only idea i've liked is Green White Checker.

 

[Pupik]

1. I don't think there needs to be a truly arbitrary lower limit. I get the Petty = 43, but it is a silly number for a number's sake. (What does that make it..."ten better than the Indy 500?") If there's really a problem with start-and-park, then trim it down to 40, which makes teams and drivers earn it; ditch the guaranteed qualifying spots once and for all. Until the mid-1990s, they ran 30-36 cars at the short tracks, so the number isn't sacrosanct.

2. I'm not convinced the multi-car teams are automatically a bad thing, less so if there's really been a problem with filling the garages and grids. It doesn't help the smaller teams, that much is for certain. Whether they're junior/satellite teams is pointless, then.

3. Winning is what people remember; NASCAR doesn't do the podium thing like nearly every other form of motorsport. I don't think it matters much when 2nd place is bagging up to 95% of the point total of the winner, anyhow. Is the front-straight burnout thing getting a tad played out? Yes. Donuts in the infield overused? Yes. Was the "Polish Victory Lap" getting played out? Yes. Isn't NASCAR just a tad predictable, anyhow? Uh...well...maybe; I guess you can't disappoint the expectations of the fans, no more than one's favorite band has to play the public's favorite song (probably the one they're tired of playing, too).

4. No disagreement there. Frankly, most ovals don't deserve a second date on the calendar.

Also...

- I'd also toss in the bone that the races are mostly too long. They don't all have to be four-hour events (or longer); make some of them 150-250 miles and you'd spice up the racing a little.

- Allow the teams to build their own cars again. Cookie-cutter machinery is fine for lesser series, but it seems too sterile for the premier NASCAR series.

- Enough of the single-lap shootout stuff, red flags to stop action that might cause a yellow flag finish, and shoot at the next official who determines a yellow flag for so-called "debris on the track".

- Night races are a cheap gimmick; the cars are unreadable and it's hard to tell what's happening on the track. Two per year, max.

- Overhaul the points to manageable figures (so you can actually calculate that stuff in your head), and give it only to the top 12. Widen the gap between 1st and 2nd places, if it really means so much. No more Chase needed, at that point.

- Rain tires. Last I checked, The South is not a desert.

 

[GTPorsche]

- Rain tires. Last I checked, The South is not a desert.

A bit funny to say, considering the only two places the Cup Series could use them is Watkins Glen, NY, and Sonoma, Ca, neither of which are in the south...

 

[Pupik]

...use them on ovals, naturally.

 

[BKGlover]

The last top tier race with MORE than 43 entries was in 1997 at Sonoma.

This seems a bit off considering most races have people sent home, and the Daytona 500 usually has 48+. There's 48 entered for Vegas this weekend.

Now, My take on these proposals:

#1-Ehhh no. Fewer crashes? That would be trying to KILL NASCAR. Most Americans are blood-thirsty and want nothing more than to see someone leave on a stretcher, one of many reasons I despise my countrymen with the big one being government ignorance. Trying to eliminate crashes by any amount would destroy any mass fanfare left. I still don't know how they came to the magic number of 43, but it works for what NASCAR does.

#2-Money would dictate this anyway. NASCAR has a limit of four full-time teams per organization, and of all the organizations I think Hendrick is the only one that could start a fifth team right now without major woes. Roush barely has three (16,17,99) , Childress has three (3,27,31), and Gibbs has three. These four then sell engines, chassis, and technology to, frankly, the rest of the field. Not only is Hendrick running four strong teams, they sell 1/2-2/3 of all the Chevy stuff.

#3-Winner take all is not outdated. If it was, nobody would push to the edge to try and get the win. It would be a true parade, no one would care, and no one would watch. Last I checked, 2nd and 3rd got a decent payday as well, is that not motivation enough?

#4-I'll concede this one. One trip to all but six tracks, split the gaps left between road courses and other deserving tracks.

While I may not care for NASCAR, I will say that the points scoring is ridiculously complicated and gives points too far down.

Pray tell. Seriously, I'm tired of this "argument" and this was the mindset that gave us the 2014 Chase. Tell me, how is this system too complicated? And don't give me the "too far down" BS either, the only series' I know of that don't grant points to all the teams entered are 1) FIA, and 2) World ______ Championship, and they have rules in place that grant more money to those teams for scoring points, revenue if I'm not mistaken.

 

[GTPorsche]

...use them on ovals, naturally.

Even if the tires could handle the stress, having that many cars, that close together, at the speeds they run, with the massive amount of rainspray from the cars is a recipe for disaster.

Martinsville might be the only oval they could pull it off at...

 

[Pupik]

Even if the tires could handle the stress, having that many cars, that close together, at the speeds they run, with the massive amount of rainspray from the cars is a recipe for disaster.

They'll learn to drive in it...just like they learn that they can't go flat out in every turn. And if they're going slower, then there's less chance for "disaster".

Anything else is an excuse on the tire manufacturer's shoulders.

 

[Furinkazen]

NASCAR needs a street race. 43 V8's echoing through city streets would be awesome... just as long as it's not Baltimore.

 

[Blitz24]

This seems a bit off considering most races have people sent home, and the Daytona 500 usually has 48+. There's 48 entered for Vegas this weekend.

Worded it badly. Last time there were more than 43 drivers starting a race.

 

[BKGlover]

Worded it badly. Last time there were more than 43 drivers starting a race.

Ahhh. Got ya.

@Pupik They did test rain tires for an oval, at Martinsville funnily enough. Can't find what they determined though.

As for your suggestions:

Length--I wouldn't be against it. Nationwide and Trucks have great races at shorter length so why not. Probably an argument that the top tier should be a harder win, but the competition is the key for a good race not length.

Fabrication--Uhhh, either they do or someone sells them one. The chassis aren't manufactured, each one is built by hand. I'm still trying to figure out how exactly they detatch the side panels from the tubing in time for the next race, as they say they can, when a car gets hit.

Shootout--Better than finishing under caution. I'll say this, though, it doesn't take 10 minutes to remove a crush panel. That said, if the debris is cause for concern, throw the flag. Goes clear of racing line, leave it the 🤬 alone.

Lights--I think it depends on where you're at, or how you're watching, and the quality of the lighting. I think a few tracks do it well, but some need the sun down, or would if they raced there when it gets hot as sin.

Points-- -- I'm gonna assume that this whole points deal revolves around the fact that you have to account for everyone at all times when counting points during a race. If it isn't, then sorry but I don't sympathize at all. Perhaps it's because I've always been a numbers guy, but I was always able to follow the points. Why is this an issue, the 2014 Chase 'solves' this anyway.

Rain Tires--If I had to give an slightly educated guess as to why they don't use them; 1) God awful spray sending visibility to zero, 2) as most tracks are banked, the apron would probably be like ice at anything above idle, 3) the cars don't allow for downforce like any other race car, leading to either driving slow and letting the tires cope or faster and hydroplane. Devil's advocacy here, I'd have liked to see the Daytona 500 run in the rain.

 

[Earth]

NASCAR in the rain on an oval will never work. Its hard sometimes for 24 high downforce openwheel cars to race without trouble on a 4 mile roadcourse, what would happen if 43 heavy stockcars raced in the rain on a 1 mile high banked high speed oval like Dover? As for roadcourses, I think they need to race in the rain on them, but I can understand where NASCAR is coming from if they dont think its worth all the hassle of giving the cars wipers and lights and developing rain tires for the 2 road course races every year where it hardly ever rains.

Also, never understood why some want more roadcourse races. Its an oval series. NASCAR can add more roadcourses when F1 or TUDOR or WEC or SuperGT or whoever else adds ovals to their schedule. If they want to fix the schedule they need to start by reducing the number of races. If a track is having attendance problems then cut a race from it. The schedule is too long.

For those who say theres too many cookie cutter ovals and some double races need to be cut down. I'd agree. But I dont agree with replacing them with roadcourses. Again, stock cars are not designed for roadcourses. Some peeps seem to get too carried away with the novelty of seeing them on a roadcourse. Yes the nationwide has had some good roadcourse races recently, but thats because you're dealing with a huge field of drivers that are either inexperienced on roadcourses or in stock cars running at the front.

 

[nascarfan1400]

No... Just no. The only... No.

 

[TheBigMan045]

More short track racing, at other tracks other than Bristol and Martinsville. I'm sure theres a few other short tracks that could handle NASCAR, maybe a short track shootout ie 3x 50 lap races in one afternoon/night

 

[nascarfan1400]

More short track racing, at other tracks other than Bristol and Martinsville. I'm sure theres a few other short tracks that could handle NASCAR, maybe a short track shootout ie 3x 50 lap races in one afternoon/night

Eldora!

 

[Panoz]

If given the choice, the one thing I do is trim the schedule down to a 20-25 race season. Given NASCAR does it right by exploring new markets with a track like Iowa or a new road course (Road America/Mid-Ohio) could host a Cup Series race.

 

[Doodle]

just as long as it's not Baltimore.

But I love Baltimore. Well, the city itself is a dump, but the track is great.

 

[Ganon83]

30 races
24 ovals
6 road courses
Get rid of every single double event, every track only holds one race a year.
Add Iowa, Eldora and the Rock (Buy it back and modernize it).
For the road courses, add Mid-Ohio, Canadian Tire Motorsports Park, Road America, and Circuit of the Americas.

 

[ukfan758]

NASCAR does need improvement and it needs it fast. Attendance at the tracks and viewership on TV is going down drastically and it's because of the gimmicking of NASCAR that has happened since 2003. I would fix it like this:

I. Miscellaneous
1. A true Let them race boys rule would be made, aggressive driving would be allowed as long as it doesn't involve intentionally wrecking someone, everything else would be allowed.
2. Racing back to the line would be reenacted, it has provided many exciting finishes and the fans loved it.
3. A standard setup for each track would be used for every car on the grid, this would ensure that every single car is exactly equal, therefore winning would be all about driver skill and fuel/tire strategy. This would make the races much more exciting as the cars would be closer together.
4. If rain occurs at road course races, NASCAR could race in the rain with rain tires. Oval races would still only be raced in dry conditions because oval races in the rain would be disastrous (it would be nothing but crashes) and probably dangerous.
5. Yellow flags would not be called for debris unless it was relatively large.
6. Spin outs would not cause full course cautions unless the car that has spun was stalled on the track. If a car spun off the track and stalled or just spun and was able to get going, local yellows would be deployed (this would go for both ovals and road courses).
7. Safety Car speeds would increase on road courses to help shorten the length that the safety car is out.
8. Grid starts would occur at some of the road course races. These tracks would be Silverstone and Monza.
9. Restrictor Plates would not be used at the Daytona 500 at Daytona and the Aarons 499 at Talladega, restrictor plates would be used at the Coke Zero 400 at Daytona and the Talladega 500 at Talladega. This would make fans of non-restrictor plates and fans of restrictor plates happy. It would also boost the popularity of the Coke Zero 400 and Talladega 500 since they would then be the only restrictor plate races of the year.

II. Points System/championships
1. The Chase for the Cup would be scrapped
2. Points would only be based on finishing position (no points would be awarded for most laps, leading a lap, etc.)
3. 1st place would get 43 points, 2nd would get 42,...., 43rd would get 1 point. Drivers who DNFed would still get points based on their finishing position. However, if a driver was disqualified, they would not be awarded points.
4. The team/constructors championships (ex: Hendrick Motorsports, Stewert Haas, etc) would combine the total amount of points from all of their drivers (example: Hendrick Motorsports: Johnson 1000, JR. 750, Gordon 500, Kahne 250) their points total would be 2500 points.
5. The Engine championship points would be determined by combining all of the points of the drivers that race that particular engine.
6. The Engine Region championship would be determined by the total number of points from all engines from a certain region. The regions would be North America, Europe, and Asia. North America's region engine championship would be the combined points of Chevrolet, Ford, and Dodge.

III. Car types/engine types
NASCAR has been mainly American Car based for its entire history, my goal would be to make it global car based. This may sound bad to diehard, traditional fans, but I think they will like it once I explain it. Making it global car based would increase popularity of NASCAR not just in the United States, but around the entire world. This would be further accomplished with NASCAR going international for a few races in the season. There would be a total of 9 different car companies in NASCAR divided into 3 different regions: North America, Europe, and Asia. The car companies and their car chassis style would be:

North America:
1. Chevrolet (Chevrolet SS)
2. Ford (Ford Fusion)
3. Dodge (Dodge Charger)

Europe:
1. Mercedes Benz (Mercedes Benz C Class)
2. BMW (BMW M4)
3. Volvo (Volvo S60)

Asia:
1. Toyota (Toyota Camry)
2. Nissan (Nissan Altima)
3. Honda (Honda Accord)

This would create exciting battles between the car regions of the world. American car fans could cheer on their cars while Europeans and European car fans could cheer on their cars, and the Asians and Asian car fans could cheer on their cars. It would create a sense of battle between the car regions.

IV. Schedule
NASCAR would see its biggest schedule change in the history of its existence, many races in the season have 2 events. When races have 2 events, they struggle to fill the stands which makes it hard on the tracks and NASCAR. Many races would lose their 2nd race and would be replaced with another track. NASCAR would see an increase in road course races and would go international for a part of the season in order to increase NASCARs popularity throughout the world. A few tracks would keep their two races: Daytona, Talladega, Bristol, and Martinsville. Here would be the schedule of the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series (things with a * next to them are new events, events with ^ are international.
1. Daytona (Daytona 500)
2. Phoenix
3. Las Vegas
4. Bristol
5. Auto Club Speedway
6. Martinsville Speedway
7. Texas Motor Speedway
8. Darlington Raceway
9. Richmond International Raceway
10. Talladega Superspeedway
11. Kansas Speedway
12. Charlotte Motor Speedway (All Star Race) (non-point race)
13. Charlotte Motor Speedway (Coca Cola 600)
14. Dover
15. Pocono
16. Michigan
*17. Eldora
18. Kentucky Speedway
19. Daytona (2nd race, night race, restrictor plate race)
20. New Hampshire
21. Indianapolis
*^22. Circuit Gilles Villeneuve (Canada)
23. Watkins Glen
*^24. Silverstone (United Kingdom)
*^25. Hockingheim Ring (Germany)
*^26. Monza (Italy)
*^27. Twin Ring Motegi Oval (Japan)
*^28. Mount Panorama(Australia)
29. Bristol (race 2) (night race)
30. Atlanta
31. Chicagoland
32. Talladega (Race 2) (restrictor plate race)
33. Martinsville (Race 2)
*34. Circuit of the Americas
*35. Iowa
*36. Rockingham
37. Sonoma
38. Homestead Miami

V. Media
1. All NASCAR Sprint Cup races must be on network television/free to air tv (NBC, ABC, CBS, FOX).
2. Sports channels of the networks that have the NASCAR license could air encore presentations of the races.
3. A streaming program would be made which would have every broadcast of nascar races for a season for a small subscription fee.
4. A world feed broadcast system would be made, it would be very similar to Formua One's world feed style. The same graphics would be used regardless of what broadcasting company is covering the race. The best camera operators would be chosen to be part of the world feed production. This would be done so that companies with bad camera operators and media controllers (aka ESPN) could not make a race viewing poor. Commentators would still be up to the broadcaster (ex: FOX- Mike Joy, Larry Mac, etc).

I feel that all of these things would make NASCAR a much better and popular sport.

EDIT: Needed to add this:
VI. People getting Fired
A. Brian France

 

[A2K78]

NASCAR does need improvement and it needs it fast. Attendance at the tracks and viewership on TV is going down drastically and it's because of the gimmicking of NASCAR that has happened since 2003. I would fix it like this:

Well someone beside myself seem to notice.

 

[Roflwaffle]

Limit the amount of "uhh's..." Dale "Uhh"hardt Jr can say per sentence...