tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24366637.post1266853923525459457..comments2024-01-11T19:29:38.859-05:00Comments on Life in the Turn Lane: For sale or not for sale? Point is it should be one or the otherUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24366637.post-22948053138763517612009-02-10T18:44:00.000-05:002009-02-10T18:44:00.000-05:00Petty got screwed on the Top-35 sale-mongering, bu...Petty got screwed on the Top-35 sale-mongering, but I think the #44 will race its way into the Top-35.Monkeesfanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14522953722006761283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24366637.post-34961243052507178142009-02-06T15:11:00.000-05:002009-02-06T15:11:00.000-05:00David: Just when you thought you had all the top 3...David: Just when you thought you had all the top 35 talk quelled on The Morning Drive, this sham reactivates it. <BR/>NASCAR should be ashamed of the manipulation that teams have been able to do to gain a top 35 slot. <BR/>Bobby Ginn?? come on - he sold out and disappeared. I WAS ok with the top 35 rule but now I am on the other side. IT'S A SHAM!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24366637.post-40855282205250518842009-02-06T13:10:00.000-05:002009-02-06T13:10:00.000-05:00As I said in the other post on this topic, the poi...As I said in the other post on this topic, the point of the top 35 rule was to protect the best-performing teams that run the full schedule. Allowing these BS point purchases defeats the purpose of the rule, and the fact that NASCAR still sticks out its chest and screams "we don't allow teams to buy points" is absurd.<BR/><BR/>What better example do you need to prove that NASCAR's proclamation is a bold-faced lie than Bill Davis selling his team to the Triad people months ago and then turning around and "selling his team again" to Roger Penske last week? What exactly did he sell Roger since his physical race team is already owned by someone else after a seperate sale? Oh, that's right, JUST THE POINTS.<BR/><BR/>These point swaps killed the Morgan-McClure team off and it's going to do the same to the Gillett-Petty #44 team this year, in my opinion.<BR/><BR/>The #4 team finished 2005 36th in owner's points. The Penske #77 team folded, and instead of bumping up Morgan McClure to the top 35 to start '06, NASCAR allowed Michael Waltrip to buy the #77's points for his brand new team. The #4 team missed the Daytona 500 as a result, were never able to recover, and ultimately went away because they were DNQ'ing more often than they were racing and no one wanted to invest in sponsoring a team like that. Had they been locked into the first 5 races of '06 as they should have been, maybe they would have stayed there the rest of the year, carried that into '07, and (tax issues aside) stuck around to this very day.<BR/><BR/>Fast forward to this year. The #44 team should be locked in the top 35 and guaranteed to start the first 5 races of '09 based on last year's performance and all these other teams folding. When A.J. got in that car for the last few races of '08 he made up hundreds of points on Sam Hornish to pass the #77 in owner's points. Does he get rewarded for that? Nope, Roger Penske wrote a check to buy Hornish a qualifying exemption. Richard Childress's #33 ran a couple races last year, the #44/10 ran the whole schedule. Does A.J.'s team get rewarded for that either? Nope, RC wrote a check and his new team gets an exemption.<BR/><BR/>A.J.'s team (which only has sponsorship for the first 8 races) will most likely miss the Daytona 500. Not because he's not a capable driver, but because the Dodges will probably be junk in plate qualifying like they were last year. Then with the crapshoot that is the Duels it's more random than anything if he'll finish in the top 2 and race in. And if he's unlucky enough to be in the same Duel as "go-or-go homer" Mr. Past Champion's Provisional (another stupid rule, by the way) Tony Stewart, he can kiss the Daytona 500 goodbye for sure. Mix in a qualifying slip and a second DNQ somewhere in races 2-5 and this team will never see the top 35, never be able to attract a sponsor, and will just go away.<BR/><BR/>Some job "protecting the dedicated full-time participants in the sport" NASCAR, you should be proud.stricklinfan82https://www.blogger.com/profile/01808897974344304657noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24366637.post-86434898434900717582009-02-06T12:01:00.000-05:002009-02-06T12:01:00.000-05:00David, As my email to Sirrus said. Dump the top 35...David, As my email to Sirrus said. Dump the top 35 rule, make it the top 12 for the current year. That will resolve the problem.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24366637.post-27562396316629820752009-02-06T11:59:00.000-05:002009-02-06T11:59:00.000-05:00Not a good start to 2009 for NASCAR. Fans look at ...Not a good start to 2009 for NASCAR. Fans look at this negatively and see NASCAR as a "dog and pony show" as opposed to a major league sport. <BR/>They make up the rules on the fly. <BR/>NASCAR can ill afford negative fan reaction in 2009 or they will see more empty seats and lower TV ratings due to thier actions.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24366637.post-52378571515097649102009-02-06T09:15:00.000-05:002009-02-06T09:15:00.000-05:00Who really cares anymore.Who really cares anymore.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24366637.post-81078757206306815932009-02-06T00:30:00.000-05:002009-02-06T00:30:00.000-05:00David the owner point swapping and selling is out ...David the owner point swapping and selling is out of control. Owners are being listed in name only just to move the owner points around. But, until Nascar gets rid of the top 35 rule, this practice will continue. Owners have found ways to circumvent the rule. Seems those that are to live under the rules are smarter then the people writing themAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24366637.post-43447870805205941182009-02-06T00:20:00.000-05:002009-02-06T00:20:00.000-05:00Gud eye dint hafta du aul dat fan-c ciferin'Gud eye dint hafta du aul dat fan-c ciferin'Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com