NASCAR official confirms changes in point system

if NASCAR dont care bet NEXTEL would,need to find out what their web site is and flood it with email regarding their NEW prize racing series
 
List of sponsors needed

We need to make a list of sponsors so that we can call and e-mail them our thought on this NASCAR crap. This is a total joke and I also will be one (actually 4 counting my family) less fans. I know we can get a general list of sponsors but let's see if we actually can get some real names and contacts for these sponsors that deal with the NASCAR market.

Here's a few of the big ones that I think will really have an influance with NASCAR.

Nextel www.nextel.com
Pfiser www.pfiser.com
UPS www.ups.com
DUPont www.dupont.com
Budweiser www.budweiser.com
Lowes www.lowes.com
HomeDepot www.homedepot.com
 
I couldnt agree more with anybody else. i really dont have a problem with NOT watching it anymore since i have a job, tons of crap to do all the time, I mean i'll down and watch the big races(like the Daytona races, Talladega, and Bristol Night race) But i cant bring myself to sit and watch the race week in and week out. I just lost a lot of interest in it since Dale died (my dad 's the same way.
 
Anheuser-Busch info

here is some contact information for Anheuser-Busch. You can call 1-800-dial-bud (1-800-342-5283) or go to contactus.anheuser-busch.com and click on the Question and Answers page and you can e-mail from there. I told them that I do not like the way NASCAR has handled this new point system and I will no longer support them as long as they have the system. The lady said have anyone call and they will resopond to all the calls. Let's flood there phones!! Still working on some more sponsors info.
 
Contact Nextel

Here is Nextel's corporate number 703-433-4000 and after reading that article let's see if we can get a hold of that Mike Mooney who is the spokeperson and let him now our feelings.
 
after reading what brian france said he doesn't what to do now. he knows the fans are upset. we are making a difference.
 
NASCAR'S Points Plan:

Posted on Tue, Jan. 20, 2004
'Chase for the Championship'
By DAVID POOLE
The Charlotte Observer

The structure of the new points plan for the Nextel Cup Series, announced Tuesday during the Lowe's Motor Speedway Media Tour:
CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES: There will a 10-race "Chase for the Championship" at the end of the season to determine the champion.

WHO'S ELIGIBLE: The top 10 drivers in the standings after the first 26 races, along with any other driver within 400 points of the leader at that juncture, qualifies for the 10-race "Chase for the Championship." Everyone in the top 10 at the end of the season will get at least $1 million from the points fund, with the champion getting at least $5 million.

A HEAD START: The driver in first place in the standings after the 26 races will begin the final 10-race "Chase for the Championship" with 5,050 points.

The second-place driver will start with 5,045, third with 5,040 and so on in five-point increments for all drivers who qualify.

WINNING COUNTS A LITTLE MORE: Under the system in place last year, if the driver finishing second in a race led the most laps that day, both he and the winner would get 180 points for that event. This year, a victory will be worth 180 points, plus five for leading a lap. Second is still worth 170 points, and a runner-up who leads the most lap would still get 180 points - counting five-point bonuses for leading a lap and for leading the most laps.

But the winner would get 185. A winner leading the most laps would get 190 points that day.
 
Funny quote

A quote from Humphry about people not trying to win "Never in our wildest dreams did we think we would see a day when a driver didn't want to go out and win the race if he could."

Now what I don't understand is how this 26/10 system will help that. I thinnk it will make it worse. First why kill you team if you are sitting 5th at race 20 when you are 100 points behind the leader? My idea would be just coast along for 6 more races then when the "race for the championship" comes about you are automaticly only 20 points behind now. Same thing if you are sitting second and 50 points behind. Why would you want to try and win then? In a few races they are going to reset your points and then POOF you are only 5 points behind the leader. I believe to make them race for a win is put up more points for the winner. Like they always say "reward the good and not punish the bad"

What a joke ha ha ha
 
What a bunch of CRAP!

When Nascar had first started talking about the point system changes, I thought - ok, what will they change? Now in the last couple of months I just can't justify it. When you have a fan base covering 40+/- drivers, where exactly do you think they will be through 10 races if their driver isn't there? Above and beyond all else is the fact that all of these guys go out there to win, even if they don't do so very often. The opportunity lies to be capable of winning at any time. The amount of money it takes to run the cars can only be compensated now through 26 races if you haven't been running the top 10 ?!? That is ridiculous!
 
NASCAR's points race drama will rev up the intrigue

Jan. 28, 2004
By Jeff Owens
SportsLine.com Sports Writer

It is understandable why top drivers like Matt Kenseth, Dale Earnhardt Jr., Ryan Newman and others have reservations about NASCAR's new Chase for the Championship.

Any of those drivers, along with guys like Jeff Gordon, Jimmie Johnson, Kevin Harvick or Tony Stewart, are capable of building a big point lead, only to have it totally wiped out after 26 races.

To them, that is the great flaw in NASCAR's 10-race championship shootout. A driver can be dominant for two-thirds of the season, like Kenseth was last season, only to lose the title when their lead is erased for the final 10 races.

But for more than a dozen other drivers, they have to be ecstatic. Why?

Because they now have something they didn't have before: Hope.

Hope they can somehow sneak into the top 10 and have a shot at the title -- one they wouldn't otherwise have. And hope they can somehow put together a 10-race streak that could win them the championship, or at least earn them a much higher finish than they could have under the old system.

That is the beauty of NASCAR's new points system. More drivers now have a shot at the championship. All they have to do is find a way into the top 10.

When you look at the list of this year's championship contenders, there are eight or nine who are almost certain to be in the hunt.

Kenseth, Johnson, Gordon, Earnhardt Jr. and Newman are practically guaranteed to be there if they race anything like they did last year.

Stewart and Harvick are likely to be there, as is Bobby Labonte, the 2000 champ.

The ninth and 10th spots, though, seem to be up for grabs. Bill Elliott was ninth last year, but he is now semi-retired. Terry Labonte wound up 10th after a consistent, but unspectacular season. At 47, does he have enough to be a contender again? Good question.

Kurt Busch finished 11th last year despite a terrible finish to the season. If he returns to form, which he almost certainly will, he figures to be in the top 10.

That leaves one spot open and more than a dozen drivers with the potential for earning that final spot. All of them now have something to race for, something more than just race victories and exposure for their sponsors.

They now have an outside shot at the championship. They are NASCAR's versions of a wild card.

The odds-on favorite by most is second-year driver Jamie McMurray, who came on strong in the second half of last year. If McMurray maintains that momentum, he could find himself racing for the championship.

The rest of the list features both drivers on an upswing and veterans looking to hang on for one more run.

Jeff Burton, who finished 12th last year, is not only racing to resurrect his career, but he is racing for a sponsor. If his Roush Racing team can attract enough money to make it through 26 races, Burton would suddenly be a hot commodity among sponsors for the final 10-race shootout.

Rusty Wallace has been a championship contender for most of his career, but slipped to 14th last year and hasn't won a race in 98 starts. No one will be racing harder to get into the top 10.

Then there's Michael Waltrip. He has proven to be one of NASCAR's very best at Daytona and Talladega, where he has four victories in the past three years. But he has yet to prove he can win on an unrestricted track. Waltrip was solidly in the points race last year until fading badly in the second half of the season. He will be desperately trying to redeem himself.

Mark Martin and Sterling Marlin were both championship contenders just two years ago, only to slip to 17th and 18th respectively last year.

Martin has been a contender most of his career. It wouldn't take much for him to return.

Marlin had terrible luck last year, just one year after he led the points race for 25 consecutive weeks.

Jeremy Mayfield was one of the hottest drivers down the stretch last year, nearly winning two races and finishing second twice. Now he is the top gun at Evernham Motorsports, replacing Elliott.

Greg Biffle has won championships in both the Busch and Truck series and has the talent and the team to be a contender in Cup.

Then there's veterans like Ricky Rudd and Dale Jarrett, both former contenders who also slipped badly last year.

Rudd and his Wood Brothers Racing team will have to make remarkable improvement to make it, but Jarrett, the 1999 champion, could easily find his way back into contention.

Despite slipping to 26th last year, Jarrett still has a formidable team if it can solve its internal problems. It would not be far-fetched for him to climb from 26th back into the top 10.

Each of those drivers and their teams have a shot at the championship if they can just improve their performance enough to climb to 10th in points. Each has been there before and can do it again.

Most of them expect to be there, adding to the suspense the new points system creates.

"I feel like we are expected to be in the top 10 anyway, whether the points system changes or not," said Mayfield, who finished 19th last year. "That was our goal. I'm not looking at it any different. Our sights are set and we have to be in the top 10 no matter what."

The fight to get there, to earn an outside shot at the championship, is what will make this season more dramatic and suspenseful than any other.

As the 26th race approaches, drivers will do almost anything to crack the top 10. And for the top 10, the final 10 races will be a free-for-all.

"If you are 11th and you're not in the top 10, there will be a lot of stuff going on," Mayfield predicts. "The guys who are 11th and on back are probably going to be pissed off because they are not in the top 10. And the guys in the top 10 are going to race like there's no tomorrow, too.

"If you look at the three or four races before they make the change, it's going to be pretty wild," McMurray, 13th last year, said. "I think guys will start looking at who they need to beat or where they need to be. You will know who you need to race and you might make it tougher on him. I'm sure somebody will wreck someone, no doubt about it."

Says Mayfield: "It should be an interesting show anyway."

The more drivers in the hunt, the more interesting it will be.
 
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