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Originally Posted by PrettyBoy

LOL. I do too. That and Pocono are so boring to watch. I don't like Chicagoland either. The intermediate tracks I like are Texas and Atlanta.

O.K. NASCAR fans how political do you think NASCAR has gotten?
I see a lot of things that are unfair that benefit top teams. I think they changed the Chase format from 10 to 12 cars so that Jeff, Little E, Tony and the other top teams can get in the Chase at the same time. Personally I hate the Chase format. I liked the points system when it was sponsored by Winston. Jeff would have won his 5th championship in 2004 if the old rules had been in place then.

I do not like the direction NASCAR is going in at all. I like it to be about the race itself, not the hype and money surrounding it. I liked the Winston Cup better than the Nextel Cup. NASCAR should enforce their rules fairly with all the teams competing. It was pure bs taking points and money away from the 5 teams who were punished at Daytona this year but last year for similar infractions they only took money. I know that I have a bit of a bias but I like Kasey Kahne (I have since he was a rookie) and I like Dodge/ Evernham Motorsports.
What angers me the most is how NASCAR need to grown some manly parts is the best way to say it. I understand that sponsor pay a bunch of money to be the "official" whatever they are of NASCAR but really! I'm not a Harvick fan by an stretch of the imagination (please don't get me started on the last lap at Daytona) but Shell is his sponsor and has every right to advertise their products how they want. Sunoco is just be a little kid complaining about the prominence of the Shell logo and color on his uniform and car and the fact that NASCAR "asks" Harvick's team to change the decals and uniforms to make Sunoco happy is pure silliness.

I guess I do need to add that I've been going to/ watching NASCAR since I was about 13 years old. I love the older drivers like Mark and DJ. It was inevitable that I would like it because I grew up in the hometown of the Alabama gang so I've heard stories and met some of them. I remember the night that Davey had his crash at Talladega and Neil had his at Daytona. Some of my favorite memories are of my aunts taking my sister and I to the fall races at Talladega and getting burnt to a lovely shade of lobster by Sunday evening.