Nascar, college style.

[celticfang]

This is something that I thought up last night while horrifically bored, and after sketching it out on paper, it makes for a fun and interesting what if.

What if NASCAR was more like college sports. In that you can only spend 4 (5 with an exemption) years at a team before you are forced to switch to a different team AND owner.

The same applies to crew chiefs and pit crews. With the added rules that....a. A crew chief cannot follow a driver to a new team, and b. A crew chief cannot take any of his existing crew to a new team. Conversely, a pit crew member cannot follow their crew chief to another car.

As per college rules, redshirting is allowed. However, NASCAR must grant the 'redshirt', and said driver/team member cannot practise with the team at all for the year.

So, example time.

#48's at the end of a 5 year deal. JJ can go to any team he wants, except the #5, #88, and #24 as they are Hendrick owned cars. Cars using Hendrick engines however, are fine.

How would it shake up the field if at the end of 2009, everyone reached their eligibilty with their (then current) teams. Let's also assume for this thread Jay Frye buys out RBR completely and runs it as his own team with Red Bull backing.

 

[David24]

I don't think it would work but that's just me. It's too much flip-flopping.

 

[Markfan]

I'm going to say the same thing, as there are way too many variables to really come up with an accurate list. Some teams would not have started and others would not have closed if sponsorship moved to other cars, confusing it even more.

 

[Harry Nurpplez]

I liked last years thread about this much better though that wouldn't work either IIRC.