As long as Riggs stays in the top 35. Dale Jr can drop out and then we will see how rubbish he really is :)
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As long as Riggs stays in the top 35. Dale Jr can drop out and then we will see how rubbish he really is :)
I think Jarrett's team is new and doesn't have any owner points, how many races can you just use the champ's provisional? I don't think he'll have an easy time staying in the top 35, he's been real slow.
I don't like the top 35 rule but my biggest hope is that Jr is outside the top 35 after 5 races. Why? Because NASCAR will be forced into a rule change to prevent the sports most popular driver and marketable driver potentially missing races.
I really fear for teams like the Wood Brothers though. With the 2 Ginn cars of Sterling and Joe looking good to move into the top 35 along with Johnny Sauter and at least one Toyota (DJ or Vickers) some major teams are going to fall outside. Quiet simply the Woods haven't got the funds to compete nowadays.
My solution would be too extend the fields to 45 cars with the back 4 qualifiers sharing 2 pits stalls and then moving to the first available as a car retires. Having two extra cars out there would make no difference to safety but would give the 'independent' teams like the Woods, Furniture Row, Front Row and Morgan-McClure a better shot to make some races.
What do you think the top 35 rule is for?Quote:
Originally Posted by dwboogityfan
What I mean is that if Jr is outside the top 35 then perhaps NASCAR will realise what a stupid rule this is and change it. Jr could be 36th in points and theoretically 9th fastest in qualifying and yet miss the race yet another driver could be 35th in points and last in qualifying yet make the show. It needs a big name driver to fall foul of this rule in order for NASCAR to change it. I have always said that the only drivers that should be excempt for each race are the chase drivers. For the first 5 races it should be based on last years top 10 and then after 5 based on the previous weeks top 12.
I also refer back to 45 car fields. You give the little teams more chance to compete without causing any problems.
When did they have 45 car fields?Quote:
Originally Posted by dwboogityfan
i think it will be so funny if Dale Jr misses a race!
AJ Allmendinger, Jeremy Mayfield, Mike Bliss, Ward Burton, Kenny Wallace and Chad Blount are still yet to make a race this year.
if jooyner fails to qualify for a race, you know Nascar will add more cars to the raceQuote:
Originally Posted by Lee Roy
The top-35 rule was established in 2005 after the 2004 Bass Pro Shops MBNA 500 in Atlanta Motor Speedway ended up with a huge field, and many regulars did not qualify, and many part-time teams were in the field.
NASCAR, after listening to the teams, decided to adopt an "all-exempt" rule similar to golf, tennis, or bowling. The top seven teams in qualifying make the field on Friday, plus the 35 (and one ex-champion if necessary) exempt teams. Exemption rules are in use in golf, tennis, and bowling, where there is a qualifying round where the top contenders in that tournament advance to compete against the exempt stars.