| After watching the NASCAR All-Star Race at Lowes | | | | Gordon of old. A bad start put him behind Kyle Busch |
| Motor Speedway, I must admit that there is | | | | in the last segment and even Darrell Waltrip thought |
| something wrong in the way NASCAR handles race | | | | it was over. The original "kid" was having none of it. |
| results. More often than not, NASCAR races are a bit | | | | For the first time in a while, we saw a drive come |
| boring as teams and drivers try to rack up points. | | | | back on Busch and push him around the track. The |
| The amazing racing at Lowes shows it doesn't have | | | | final three way crash with Busch and Newman was |
| to be this way. | | | | just classic NASCAR driving with three drivers not |
| The current points approach in NASCAR favors | | | | giving an inch. If you weren't on your feet for that |
| consistency over winning. There, I said it. Consistency | | | | one, you should go to the morgue because your |
| is another word for being conservative. Conservative | | | | dead. |
| racing is boring racing. Ah, but what about the Chase? | | | | All of this begs the question of how to make the |
| Well, most drivers know they can't afford one bad | | | | rest of NASCAR as exciting. Formula One has the |
| finish so the racing in the chase really isn't that | | | | same problem. They've decided to go very |
| aggressive. All and all, this makes for a season that | | | | aggressive next year. In 2010, only the winner will |
| has the occasional wild race, but is mostly a bit on | | | | get the spoils in F1. The driver with the most wins |
| the blah side. | | | | over the year will win the championship. Now that is |
| The All-Star Race shows us what NASCAR could be. | | | | going to make for some aggressive driving. Why not |
| The drivers in the Sprint Cup are criticized for being | | | | due the same thing in NASCAR? |
| boring and corporate. Where's the fire? That's what | | | | Okay, I'll take a reality check. NASCAR will never do |
| so many fans ask. Well, we saw the fire in the | | | | it. There are too many uncompetitive cars that need |
| All-Star race. With points out the windows, it was a | | | | a "good run" into the top 20 to keep their |
| bare knuckle brawl to win the race. The clone, drab | | | | sponsorship. I get it. Still, the current set up is a |
| drivers disappeared. The men that love to drive and | | | | disaster. Why not do away with the abomination |
| are highly competitive came out. The drove on the | | | | known as the Chase. We all get it that Jimmie |
| edge and it was some of the best racing I've seen in | | | | Johnson has those tracks down pat. Instead, let's |
| years. | | | | create a situation where the winner of the race gains |
| Two drivers showed some of the biggest gumption | | | | 25 points or more. You know, make a win actually |
| out there. The hated one - Kyle Busch - is also clearly | | | | worth something more than a trophy. |
| the talented one. Has any driver made a former | | | | The racing we saw at the All-Star event is the racing |
| champion look more like a lamb? That's exactly what | | | | we should see every weekend. Get rid of the |
| Busch did not on one, but on two consecutive starts | | | | Fontana tracks that produce races that are the |
| in the last segment. The pass around the outside | | | | equivalent of watching grass grow. Let's stick with |
| was impressive, but the dive job up the middle | | | | tracks with exciting races and make the win really |
| between Jeff Gordon and Kenseth was something to | | | | worth going after. Do that and the talk of the |
| see. | | | | demise of NASCAR will be an ancient memory |
| And then there was Jeff Gordon. He looked like the | | | | before you know it. |