NASCAR Modifies Qualifying Procedures

As you all know, NASCAR instituted their new group qualifying process for their National race series.

As they've watched the process over the last few races, they've decided to make some changes to the process, one of those is eiminating cool down laps to get cars out of the way in a more timely fashion.

They are, as follows:

· One cool down unit connected through either the left side or right side hood flap/cowl flap is allowed to cool the engine

· The hood must continue to remain closed

· Plugging in the generator will not be allowed

· Two crew members will be allowed over the wall to support the car and driver

· No cool down laps will be permitted

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NASCAR says that the new format for qualifying "has been well-received by fans, competitors, race tracks and other key stakeholders."

I'm extremely curious who "key stakeholders" are from that list of critics.

NASCAR believes that these new modifications will "improve what has demonstrated to be an exciting form of qualifying for our fans, competitors and others involved with the sport."

Again, that "and others involved with the sport."

My guess, "key stakeholders" and "others involved" include NASCAR's network masters who pull the purse strings with the sport for creating better ratings to make a profit on their investment in the sport.  And that makes perfect sense, considering how much they're paying for the rights to telecast the sport.  All they want to do is help make it a better television product.  If it's a better television product, it attracts advertisers that aren't Viagra!  Considering advertisers drop TEN BILLION dollars per season on ads with basic networks, they want a piece of that action.

But that's just a guess on my part.

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