Scotty, like all your conspiracy theories you ignore the reality. I have stated it before, NASCAR cannot dictate to a team that they have to compete. You sign up, your pay our entry, you make the race, and you race. OR not. If you want the poor teams who would lose money actually racing without sponsors to actually run the distance, you better up the purse, or have them not show up. If they don't show up, when Jack Roush or Richard Childress decide to shrug this mortal coil or retire (hopefully retire), you have no new teams. You have no institutional successors. Start and Park is a symptom of the poor economy. If the poor team has a sponsor they race.Quote:
Originally Posted by Scotty G.
Listen, NASCAR can do what they like, they are their own organziation, but anyone who has listened to people from Larry Mac, to Dave Moody on Sirius Speedway talk about this all say the same mantra. The teams have NO choice but do this start and park thing, and all large team owners now were faced with similar pressures starting up. Richard Childress basically start and parked when he was still driving more than once. It is how poor or new teams on limited budgets survive until better budgets allow more sponsors, or the right people come along.
The best example of this growth is TRG. Last year they were start and park at times in the spring. Mid summer, they get some sponsors, and Bobby Labonte became available to help them out. He attracts sponsors and boom, they are now a legit team. You run guys like that off, and then soon you are looking at not making 35 cars a race....and THAT isn't something NASCAR wants.
