Nascar Wishlist

[Ryan597]

Completely demolish Auto Club Speedway.

Rain tires at road courses

Less 1.5 milers

Have more road course races for each series (Nationwide: Road America, Montreal, Watkins Glen, Infineon, Mid Ohio. Sprint Cup: Watkins Glen, Infineon, Montreal, Mid Ohio, Road Atlanta. Trucks: Watkins Glen, Infineon, Road Atlanta)

Let the "boys have at it" a little more. Not enough to kill or hurt anyone but to get some of the toughness back in the sport.

No start n' parks

Help low funded teams run a full race

Bring the Nationwide and Sprint Cup series to The Rock, Memphis, Iowa, and IRP

Get better paint scheme designers

 

[RP Motorsports]

The qualifying races might also encourage the start-and-parkers to actually race on those weekends.

Offer a cash bonus to non-top 35 teams who run the full race. Not only would they have an incentive to run the race (the cash bonus) but since they would run the full race they would most likely finish better (more money) so they could eventually get more competitve.

The start & park teams dont need incentive, they need money.

This seems to be a common misconception when it comes to the whole start & park deal. A lot of people think "we need to make them race" or "we need to give them incentive to run the whole race". These teams want to run the full race. They cant because they simply dont have the money to do so. They dont want to start & park and they're not just doing it to hang out or try to make a buck. They literally dont have the money to run the full race. You need to buy tires, pay personnel, transportation & room/board, and many other expenses. And they simply dont have the money to do it. So they park the car after a few laps and collect the purse, just to spend that whole purse on getting back to the track next week to attempt it again. And they keep doing that hoping they'll eventually show that they can consistently make races on a shoe-string budget, and maybe attract some sponsorship with it.

Its the same exact thing as if you walked into the store to buy whatever, and it cost $10, but you only have $5. You cant buy it because you dont have the money. Same exact situation with the start & park teams. It cost alot of money to run a race and you cant spend money that you dont have.

I'm gonna say this, and I think it may be able to give more money to teams so that we can fix the S/P crap. Remember, saying it has to change is simple, finding a way to do it is harder. So, I got this great idea... Maybe NASCAR should open up sponsorship opportunities and manufacturors. I mean, when it was the Winston cup we still had a car sponsored by Camel. When we had the Busch series, we still had other alchohol-sponsored cars. And manufacturors would help, too, if NASCAR said "Hey, you can go out looking for any manufacturor you want, as long as it fits with our rules"
Just my $0.02

Its our wonderful government that banned all alcohol and tobacco sports sponsorships, not NASCAR.

As far as other wireless providers not being able to sponsor a team due to the Sprint title sponsorship, I dont think it makes a whole lot of difference in the overall picture. How many wireless providers in the US even exist now? I'm guessing around 4-5, if that? And I doubt every one of them would jump on board and sponsor a team even if they had the opportunity. So in the overall scheme of things, you're not really losing much there.

The alcohol/tobacco sponsorship ban is a big hit in my opinion. Not only are there a significant amount of companies out there, but they're all filthy rich too.

Thank you Obama administration. c.c

 

[wslates]

I'm glad some of you don't run Nascar, lol.

 

[lays]

^ I agree with this guy. Way more horrible ideas than good ones.

My ideas:

1. Add a Road Course to the Chase. I'd Like to see Road America. It fits the style of road racing NASCAR is known for. Basic.

2. Do NOTHING to the points and chase system. It's great as is.

3. Allow any manufacturer that sells cars in America to participate in NASCAR.

4. I would love to see another major series added. Maybe a compact car series. Like the ford focus, toyota corolla, chevy cruze?, and the dodge dart. Cars run on a v6 or a turbo charged 4 cylinder. I believe this would be a step for manufacturers to join NASCAR. A cheaper easier way to get your foot in the door.

5. Car owners can field as many cars as they want. It's their money, why should they be limited? In my opinion. The more equal cars we have. The better the racing.

6. Fox broadcasting the whole cup season. I think having different Broadcast companies, can ruin any sort of momentum the series builds.

7. Run more night races. I've been to one night race. I absolutely loved it. You don't have the sun beating down on you all race and I believe it creates a better atmosphere.

 

[2448fan4life]

Only one thing I like to see a night race at Vegas and all the others too.

 

[Jeeble]

Pretty much everyone would like to see more road courses, more manufacturers, and less limitations on teams as far as number of cars they can field and less restrictions on sponsors...I think these are definitely the issues that could take NASCAR to the next level.

 

[Relly]

There are a few things I want to add to my original list

- Keep the actual All-Star Race format the same, but bring back the inversions and go back to the days of the 2 "showdown" races (i.e. The Winston Open & No Bull Sprint) and ditch the fan vote

- I realize Sprint, Nationwide and Sunoco would never allow it but open up sponsorship, there's a lot of money in the wireless phone, insurance and oil industries that they could bring to teams. And it's not like this is a foreign concept, if I'm not mistaken isn't there a RedBull sponsored bike in the Monster motocross series?

As far as S&P's I have no problem with them, they keep drivers and other people employed and these teams work just as hard if not harder than the bigger teams just to get a car in the show. I know a guy who works for Inception Motorsports and they work their butts off every day of the week, and the team makes enough money to keep people employed and keep roofs over people's heads and food in their stomachs. I have no problem with S&P's

 

[Cheeze]

I'm glad some of you don't run Nascar, lol.

Hey, my ideas aren't that far fetched

 

[SimDesigners]

One thing I would really love to see is allowing tracks to only have one date a year. The only exception I would have to that rule, would be if the series shows up for a second date, they cannot use the same track configuration. Drivers and fans would have fun with that.

Otherwise, I want to see NASCAR continue to be consistant with calls, rules, etc. I think they've been good the past few years for the most part, just want to see them keep it up.

 

[Dr. Kstar]

3. Allow any manufacturer that sells cars in America to participate in NASCAR.

This is the best idea I have seen in this whole thread. If you want to allow other manufacturers into the sport, but want to keep in a American kind of sport, why not use all the cars everyday Americans already see on the road. That could bring a bunch of new cars and teams into the sport that are using another manufacturer in another form of racing.

 

[Deuce]

Its our wonderful government that banned all alcohol and tobacco sports sponsorships, not NASCAR.

As far as other wireless providers not being able to sponsor a team due to the Sprint title sponsorship, I dont think it makes a whole lot of difference in the overall picture. How many wireless providers in the US even exist now? I'm guessing around 4-5, if that? And I doubt every one of them would jump on board and sponsor a team even if they had the opportunity. So in the overall scheme of things, you're not really losing much there.

The alcohol/tobacco sponsorship ban is a big hit in my opinion. Not only are there a significant amount of companies out there, but they're all filthy rich too.

Thank you Obama administration. c.c

I didn't realize that there was an alcohol ban in NASCAR since there's a Budweiser, Miller Lite, and Crown Royal car.

As for tobacco, it doesn't bother me one bit that they can't sponsor cars anymore. Smoking is a useless habit.

Oh and for the guy who mentioned the Camel car during the Winston years. Camel is an RJR brand, as is Winston, that's why it was allowed.

 

[Kevin_McAdams]

IDK if this was put or not, but Talladega needs to back up their word from seven years ago and install lights...

 

[Alan Harkleroad]

Well my list of changes would be.....

1. Revert back to the standard start times from 2 years ago. I thought that was a great idea. I remember NASCAR always coming on when I got home after church as a kid. That was a sunday staple for many NASCAR oriented family.

2. More manufacturers, but there has to be a reason for them to come in. And for most car companies its about money input to the series and it translating to selling on monday. NASCAR for along time has not been a technical force but it is moving forward with EFI, Ethanol fuel etc. So the potential is increasing.

3.More road course, but I agree they should be suited safety wise and layout for the bulky Cars/Trucks

4. Trucks running a road course! Want to see that again.

5. More even distribution of races in the chase based on track type. I personally think this should be the sports toughest venues...

6. New tracks.... there are tons of them out there the sport should race them. Instead of two dates for some less then stellar ones. NASCAR has truly saturated its own market and needs to expand if it wants to continue to grow.

7. No more top 35. Go or go home, 3 provisions per year for past champions and the previous years Chase contenders. With a 15 year life span on that provision from your last title. If you didn't make the playoffs back to the drawing board for next year. No guarantees.

8. Let the race play out, enough fake cautions for the sake of excitement, not every race is going to be a thrilling finish. That's just racing.

9. Wider tires that have more give up. By being wider I am hoping they could lean on them more and race harder then they do now with out the risk of a blow out issue.

10. Stop officials from interfering with drivers fighting or crews. Maybe that's what needs to happen, maybe Kyle and Harvick should slug it out, or Carl and Kenseth or any person who has a problem with Montoya etc. They get to run there mouths with out consequence, if they were racing 30 years ago I don't think they would all be so pretty! Some would need nose jobs, new teeth and so on. I think RESPECT would return in a big way with in one season of whippings handed out. Also personal fitness would matter for another reason lol.

 

[Dr. Kstar]

Another thing I would like to see is a series where they only use the 1998 - 2003 style cars (It could be new makes, just modeled after those cars), and they should run tracks only under 1.5 miles. If that was real I wouldn't even bother to watch Cup or Nationwide.

 

[RP Motorsports]

I didn't realize that there was an alcohol ban in NASCAR since there's a Budweiser, Miller Lite, and Crown Royal car.

As for tobacco, it doesn't bother me one bit that they can't sponsor cars anymore. Smoking is a useless habit.

Oh and for the guy who mentioned the Camel car during the Winston years. Camel is an RJR brand, as is Winston, that's why it was allowed.

I should've clarified that its hard alcohol. Crown Royal is no longer in NASCAR, and the only reason they were able to finish out last season is because they had the contracts in place before the law was passed.

 

[The Captain]

6. Fox broadcasting the whole cup season. I think having different Broadcast companies, can ruin any sort of momentum the series builds.

FOX isn't giving up Sunday NFL coverage in the fall for NASCAR.

As for tobacco, it doesn't bother me one bit that they can't sponsor cars anymore. Smoking is a useless habit.

So is drinking and junk food, but those are slapped on race cars every week.

 

[Markfan]

I didn't realize that there was an alcohol ban in NASCAR since there's a Budweiser, Miller Lite, and Crown Royal car.

I'm pretty sure that he is talking about hard liquors, like Jack Daniel's.

20-hour ninja. I should have checked the rest of the page before I quoted. lol

 

[amidst tundra]

The start & park teams dont need incentive, they need money.

This seems to be a common misconception when it comes to the whole start & park deal. A lot of people think "we need to make them race" or "we need to give them incentive to run the whole race". These teams want to run the full race. They cant because they simply dont have the money to do so. They dont want to start & park and they're not just doing it to hang out or try to make a buck. They literally dont have the money to run the full race. You need to buy tires, pay personnel, transportation & room/board, and many other expenses. And they simply dont have the money to do it. So they park the car after a few laps and collect the purse, just to spend that whole purse on getting back to the track next week to attempt it again. And they keep doing that hoping they'll eventually show that they can consistently make races on a shoe-string budget, and maybe attract some sponsorship with it.

Exactly, and as someone else said, these teams work damn hard. They're not leeching off other teams with crappy equipment who could run a whole race, they simply don't have the money to fund a whole pit crew or multiple sets of tyres, as such there is a limit to the distance they can reasonably run.

If those teams that can run a whole race in poor equipment don't make the show, that's their hard luck. We're not missing much seeing them being lapped once for every five laps the leader makes.

Its our wonderful government that banned all alcohol and tobacco sports sponsorships, not NASCAR.

As far as other wireless providers not being able to sponsor a team due to the Sprint title sponsorship, I dont think it makes a whole lot of difference in the overall picture. How many wireless providers in the US even exist now? I'm guessing around 4-5, if that? And I doubt every one of them would jump on board and sponsor a team even if they had the opportunity. So in the overall scheme of things, you're not really losing much there.

The alcohol/tobacco sponsorship ban is a big hit in my opinion. Not only are there a significant amount of companies out there, but they're all filthy rich too.

Thank you Obama administration. c.c

Can't really blame Obama for this one, America and NASCAR is simply towing the line established in the EU and around Formula 1. There's a considerable amount of suspicion that Formula 1 is moving away from the prestige European circuits to these faceless CADed Asian circuits because there is less political condemnation of the tobacco industries. Smoking is bad, be it in moderation or in excess, junk food and alcohol escape censure because they can be enjoyed in moderation... whether they are or not and whether you can truly argue their detriment is any less than moderated smoking is academic. It is simply what has been ingrained as socially less acceptable... junk food is rapidly going the same way and if that revenue is taken out of sports you'll see a considerable constriction of teams.

8. Let the race play out, enough fake cautions for the sake of excitement, not every race is going to be a thrilling finish. That's just racing.

^^This. Hate seeing an interesting strategy race diluted into a first to the line scramble. I know this has become something of a contentious issue of late but I really think it makes NASCAR look like the WWE of the motorsporting world at times. I prefer to see race won on skill and deft strategy, not whatever the phantom caution manages to manufacture. The assumption is that if cars aren't banging of one another the race is dull, as an endurance racing fan I love seeing how it all shakes out after a long run, the different strategies etc. wish we saw more of it in NASCAR.

 

[Spider-Dan]

1.) I would go as far as to say no race should be over 300 miles. But then you will have 4 enduro races a year; the Daytona 500, Coca-Cola 600, Brickyard 400, and let's just say the Southern 500 for traditional purposes.

2.) No Nationwide races over 200 miles, no Truck races over 150 miles.

3.) Every track gets one race a year. I would say Daytona and Charlotte are the exception to this, but I don't really have a valid reason as to why.

4.) More road courses. FOR THE LOVE OF GOD, MORE ROAD COURSES!

5.) Allow for greater manufacture involvement by loosening the requirements on engine design. Want to run a twin turbo V6? Have at it if it can outrun a naturally aspirated V8. Would allow the makers to develop engine technology and mirror today's trend of down-sizing while creating more efficient engines. Personally, I would love to see these things being direct-injected V8s running on E85, and making upwards of 1,000HP.

6.) Love what is going on with the 2013 bodies. Cup should stay sedans. But take the 2013 concept to Nationwide and either run pony cars or compacts. The Trucks need a refresh (1990's bricks anybody?)

 

[Ryan597]

Have a night time road course race.