Was NASCAR's All-Star race over hyped? YES. Was it boring? YES. Other than Juan Pablo taking out 5 other cars in the prelim and Kurt and Kyle running into one another (regardless of fault), it was a pretty lackluster race. Unless you are head of General Motors, have stock options or only root for cars that start with the letter "C", this race sucked. Yeah, Kevin Harvick took his RCR Chevy to victory and Jeff Burton got to slap some AT&T logos on his very orange Chevy. So Richard Childress had fun--nobody else did.
Give us your thoughts on these while anxiously awaiting the Coca-Cola 600.
The Buzz ON PIT ROW is:
Will the Dale Earnhardt Inc.-Richard Childress Racing engines shop merger help or hinder Dale Jr.'s negotiations?
The Fast Lap wants to know:
1) Should NASCAR change the "qualifications" to be in the All-Star race?
2) Do you prefer the All-Star race with or without the fan voted inversions?
3) What race do you like better; The Bud Shootout or the All-Star Race?
4) Should NASCAR change or eliminate the past champions provisional?
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1. No, why bother? For the most part all the major stars are in the All Star race as it is, I see no valid reason to tinker with it.
2. No strong opinion either way except to say it DOES give the fan a voice that isn't asked for if at all by NASCAR.
3. Again, no opinion. Whether one is better than the other depends on results. Every year is different. Brian Vickers "spinning to win" his way into the Challenge is an example.
4. YES, limit it to the current champion. Granted it would hardly ever be used, I can't remember when the last time it would have been in play, but that's really the point.
Run what you brung, or go home.
That years Open garnered more press and more exposure than the Challenge did.
Despite NASCAR's protestations to the contrary, the bottomline is having the most glaring headline on the next days sports pages.
Posted by: marc | May 21, 2007 at 08:26 PM