Whats Wrong With Nasscar?

Thursday, July 19, 2007, 8:59 PM

Not much, as far as I can tell.  Oh, sure, the boys from south of the Mason-Dixon line need to tweak the rules, i.e.; the number of cars that receive qualifying exemption, wins counting for more points and cheating.  But really, are these truly the problems NASCAR will face in ten or twenty years?

Now, more than ever, NASCAR requires the vision to see farther down the road than at anytime since "Big" Bill France started NASCAR in 1949. 

NASCAR needs to start a feeder series using cars that the young men and women of today are driving and racing - smaller cars with high revving, small bore motors.  In twenty years, these will be the cars that 30-40 year old fans wax nostalgic on, not V-8 American Muscle.  Make no mistake about it; NASCAR needs to make a move like this to secure the option of running this type of car as their top tier series at sometime in the future.

Finally, NASCAR needs to ask itself - "How much money is enough?"  With the series now signed through 2014, NASCAR should realize that money, at the expense of its tradition, heritage and fan base, is not enough.  Due to selling every inch of itself, NASCAR has sold its soul, dignity and spontaneity, right down to holding the winning driver in his car in victory lane, until the commercial is done.

If NASCAR isn't careful, they might be done as well.