[mitchntx]

After watching a some of the coverage of the Daytona 500 this weekend and hearing a lot of discussion about the costs associated with feilding a competitive team and hearing the gnashing of teeth surrounding the dwindling sponsorships and hearing the concerns about enough cars to field a full grid and seeing Waltrip's wild tumble and seeing that tumble re-played on network after network after network ....

I began to wonder ....

Because it's all about the number of minutes a specific sponsor get's it's name on TV, when will a driver, who is an "also ran", purposely wreck his car, just get gleen a few extra minutes of sponsor coverage?

Is it cost effective to spend a $100,000 race car in order to keep a $10 million sponsor?

NAPA received tons of exposure from networks to local TV stations replaying his wreck. I would hate to see that happen on purpose, but ... it has to be there in someone's mind ...

[ESPCamaro]

Randy, I'm not trying to argue with you. Just seeing if you could see things from a Nascar fans perspective.

Like Chris said, plate races are VERY few compared to other races.
Personally I don't care for plate races. But since I'm a fan of Jr and Mikey, I gotta watch em' since they do so well.

Also like Chris said, what may help to change your view, is to stay home one Saturday night for a Bristol or Charlotte race. These are truely fun races to watch. Better yet would be to watch the Winston at Charlotte. Or whatever it may be called now!?

Admittedly I would like to see about 2 more road races on the schedule. But too many of the teams and drivers would complain.
Another point that was already made, but worth bringing up again, road racers have tried their luck in Nascar. They struggle about as bad or worse than Nascar guys who try to road race. Cars/drivers/teams are so competitive, and therefore specialized at what they do, that this is the only thing anyone could expect.