Firstly I would NOT change the car in the Cup Series. We need to give the COT another couple of years before panicking.

The changes I would make are the following:-

1) Change the qualifying procedure. I would make the only drivers 'locked in' to the race the top 12 in points and if required the current series champion. The rest must qualify on time. This would end the farce of the Past Champions provisional as well. The scrapping of the top 35 rule would help those teams lower down the order to make more races.

2) On tracks of 1.5 miles or more in length change the field from 43 to 45 cars.

3) Award five bonus points for a pole position. Qualifying is a great skill and deserves to be rewarded.

4) Reduce the length of some races from 500 to 400 miles. For example the 2 Pocono races and Californias races.

5) Rearrange the schedule. The season should end at Daytona (the home of NASCAR), move Homestead to July, put the Southern 500 back at Darlington and give dates to Kentucky and another road course. Take a race away from New Hampshire and Pocono to keep the current 36 race schedule.

6) Run a non-points exhibition event in different countries at the end of the season. Similar to the Motegi races run in the late 90s. Target markets should be Asia, Australia and Europe (in particular the UK of course!).

7) In the Nationwide Series award financial prizes for the top 5 non-Cup drivers in each race.