Comments on: Bring Excitement Back To The Nationwide Series

By: Ari Yoder

Ari Yoder — Sun, 22 May 2011 18:12:46 +0000

I agree too. I love NASCAR but get sick of watching Kyle Busch (whom I can’t stand) win over and over.

By: Brooks

Brooks — Tue, 10 May 2011 14:45:58 +0000

Chris, fewer people do come to a lot of nationwide races already. Did you see the Nashville race? Kyle Busch, Carl Edwards were racing that weekend and yet couldn’t draw a big crowd. So that logic of cup drivers bringing in big crowds is outdated. Plus I suppose you haven’t seen any of the races at Iowa Speedway. They pack that place for each race, and maybe one or two cup drivers show up at best. But that doesn’t keep those folks from showing up.

By: Julie

Julie — Tue, 10 May 2011 04:19:32 +0000

Speak for yourself Chris, I watch Nationwide to see Justin Allgaeir, Ricky, Reed, and many others. These guys are great Nationwide drivers, but are being bullied by cup drivers. (Not all cup drivers) but think about the nonsense with Brad and Denny, and Kyle. They acted like Brad should just roll over and play dead when they wanted to pass him. When he held his line and stood his ground, he was accused of being “agressive”. What the heck!
These Nationwide drivers have a right to to race the cup drivers, but most of the cup drivers think they should give them the track.
I sure as heck to not go to see that!
This series could make plenty of money and the regular Nationwide teams survive if the cup regulars were not taking all the top purse money.
But the problem now is that the cup drivers are not racing for points in the Nationwide series, so they have nothing to lose and go out and are careless and don’t care who they wreck.
That needs to be addressed too!

By: Russ Edwards

Russ Edwards — Mon, 09 May 2011 22:31:38 +0000

get over it. As long as the there is money in it, the Cup teams will run in Nationwide.
And this question is a universal one throughout the world of motorsports. How do you lessen the impact of cubic money? Nobody has found a answer yet.

By: Shannon Baxter

Shannon Baxter — Mon, 09 May 2011 21:30:58 +0000

I agree with you Jesse, but sometimes the Cup drivers who own Nationwide teams need to drive their own cars. So I think they should get to drive in atleast a few races, rather than eliminating them completely.

Chris, I see how some people think that. But I feel like if people could only focus on the Nationwide drivers, then they would make their own fan base. People would eventually only watch the race for their favorite Nationwide drivers.

By: Chris

Chris — Mon, 09 May 2011 20:19:11 +0000

I can understand your reasoning, but people watch Nationwide Series races specifically to see Cup regulars. There aren’t many fans of such drivers as Reed Sorenson, Jason Leffler, Ricky Stenhouse, Jr., etc. Take the Sprint Cup drivers out of the Nationwide Series, and it would be bad for the tracks financially because fewer people would come to Nationwide Series races. My suggestion as far as the Nationwide-only drivers is concerned is to award the three-point bonus normally awarded to race winners to the highest-finishing Nationwide-only driver to give those drivers more stakes at high finishes.

By: Jesse

Jesse — Mon, 09 May 2011 18:28:33 +0000

I couldn’t agree more. I would just make it so you can only race one series. No starts at all in the other two series for cup guys, and maybe only 3-5 races for drivers trying to go up to the next series.