No matter how you slice all the parts ups with what happened at the end of the NASCAR Cup Series Xfinity 500 Sunday at Martinsville Speedway, it just looks bad for NASCAR.
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It’s all rigged. No, not the election NASCAR Cup racing.
The series built on the brand loyalty of major manufacturers. Win on Sunday, sell on Monday once the popular expression. Fast forward to now chassis are all built by one company they just put different body panels on them. Transaxles are all the same. As far as engines go the only thing that the manufacturer supplies is the engine block I believe to one of four engine builders.
Chevrolet-ECR owned by Richard Childress Racing and Hendrick Motorsports.
Toyota-Toyota Racing Development the only engine builder with direct ties to the manufacturer.
Ford-Roush-Yates Racing Engines
It’s ludicrous isn’t it? They hype the manufacturers like they mean something but in reality NASCAR Cup are all super expensive, glorified Legends cars.
Tell me if this isn’t some kind of aged out corporate, over thought mess of a way to run a racing series. NASCAR simplifies the cars that are put on the track to the point where they lost almost all of their manufacturer identity in order to cut costs. Turns out the manufacturer involvement is mostly money and marketing more then anything having to do with the cars excepting perhaps the engine blocks. What you see on the track is very much the same yet they make the way they conduct the season so convoluted and their rules so arcane who the heck can truly understand it all.
How’s it make any sense that you buy or rent engines from a team you are competing against? Toyota looks righteous but Chevy’s and Fords who knows what politics is going on between teams, fertile ground for putting your finger on the competitive scale don’t you think? And anointing long time team owners with engine franchises that represent an added revenue stream other teams don’t have how is that fair?
At least Xfinity has different chassis, engines, transmissions with a bit more flexibility as far as engines go. CUP racing is akin to old timey political bosses treating their constituents like fools while dividing up favors amongst their cronies.
The only thing interesting about NASCAR as far as I’m concerned is controversies just like this one that are the result of the mess they created.
I agree with Doug.