[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 ...

[Zimm]

IROC is a joke.....lets see the NASCAR boys run on a road course in the competition to make it fair....hell make 'em run a event or two on dirt while your at it....and a drag race or two to be fair! 

Say, Randy I think you're on to something. A new vision for IROC. One race at each of the following: a dirt short track, a paved short track, a super speedway, a proper road course, a street track, a rally stage (with water crossing), a drag strip, and maybe even an autocross or ice-race.

To keep costs down, they could use the same cars for each race - 4th gen f-bodies, of course (although the rally stage might be a bit of a struggle!). (IMG:http://www.frrax.com/rrforum/style_emoticons/default/tongue.gif)

Then we'd see who the real racers are.