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Wednesday, November 21, 2007
Saturday, September 15, 2007
Points to Regular Season Leader?
NASCAR is considering creating a reward for the winner of the "regular season" in response to the huge points lead Jeff Gordon built before the Chase for the championship.
(Here we go again.. more adjustments.. Hello? We already had that and you added the Chase for the Cup!)
NASCAR chairman Brian France said earlier this week he is willing to explore the idea of rewarding the driver who is leading the points at the end of the 26th race of the season. Gordon built a lead of more than 300 points, but lost all of it when the field was reset this week for the Chase for the championship.
NASCAR spokesman Jim Hunter said Friday that the sanctioning body will discuss the issue during the offseason. Among the ideas being kicked around are awarding additional bonus points to be used in the seeding, more prize money or a trophy different from the Nextel Cup.
(Is it me, or are they starting to go back to the old system for the first 26 weeks.. if they're not careful, it'll become a 16 week season with the Chase to the Chase to the cup!! When the chase started, the leaders were seeded as they were postitioned. Then this year they added the victory bonus to the chase. TAKE THE VICTORY BONUS AWAY FROM THE LAST 10 races and just give them MORE points for winning in the first 26 races, like everyone's been suggesting since the inception of this beast. That will reward winning, and then seed them as they used to be seeded. 'Nuff said.)
See the whold article at NASCAR
(Here we go again.. more adjustments.. Hello? We already had that and you added the Chase for the Cup!)
NASCAR chairman Brian France said earlier this week he is willing to explore the idea of rewarding the driver who is leading the points at the end of the 26th race of the season. Gordon built a lead of more than 300 points, but lost all of it when the field was reset this week for the Chase for the championship.
NASCAR spokesman Jim Hunter said Friday that the sanctioning body will discuss the issue during the offseason. Among the ideas being kicked around are awarding additional bonus points to be used in the seeding, more prize money or a trophy different from the Nextel Cup.
(Is it me, or are they starting to go back to the old system for the first 26 weeks.. if they're not careful, it'll become a 16 week season with the Chase to the Chase to the cup!! When the chase started, the leaders were seeded as they were postitioned. Then this year they added the victory bonus to the chase. TAKE THE VICTORY BONUS AWAY FROM THE LAST 10 races and just give them MORE points for winning in the first 26 races, like everyone's been suggesting since the inception of this beast. That will reward winning, and then seed them as they used to be seeded. 'Nuff said.)
See the whold article at NASCAR
Wednesday, June 20, 2007
NASCAR Cup Title Sponsor Change Rumors
Over on ESPN.com, Marty Smith writes the following:
"Beginning with the 2008 season, Sprint will replace Nextel as title sponsor of NASCAR's premiere racing series, multiple high-ranking industry sources told ESPN.com on condition of anonymity.
The series will be known as the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, sources said.
NASCAR declined comment. "
This folllows up media commentary over the last year or so after the $36 BILLION merger between Sprint and Nextel wireless provider companies.
Over on USAtoday.com, they note that:
Changing the name would require substantial lead time and expense on the part of Sprint/Nextel, given the amount of signage and participating sponsorships involved.
Nextel officials were flying to California Wednesday afternoon, in preparation for Sunday's Toyota/Save Mart 350 at Infineon Raceway, and not available for comment. However, USA TODAY learned that the topic of changing the NASCAR series name did not come up at Wednesday's corporate communications meeting.
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Obviously, if this were to come to be, they need to deny any rumors or info leaks until any official announcement that needs to be made via proper channels.
Bruce Simmons, the Fan Reporter
"Beginning with the 2008 season, Sprint will replace Nextel as title sponsor of NASCAR's premiere racing series, multiple high-ranking industry sources told ESPN.com on condition of anonymity.
The series will be known as the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, sources said.
NASCAR declined comment. "
This folllows up media commentary over the last year or so after the $36 BILLION merger between Sprint and Nextel wireless provider companies.
Over on USAtoday.com, they note that:
Changing the name would require substantial lead time and expense on the part of Sprint/Nextel, given the amount of signage and participating sponsorships involved.
Nextel officials were flying to California Wednesday afternoon, in preparation for Sunday's Toyota/Save Mart 350 at Infineon Raceway, and not available for comment. However, USA TODAY learned that the topic of changing the NASCAR series name did not come up at Wednesday's corporate communications meeting.
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Obviously, if this were to come to be, they need to deny any rumors or info leaks until any official announcement that needs to be made via proper channels.
Bruce Simmons, the Fan Reporter
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