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Well, if you watched the Talladega race on TV Sun. 11/1,
you heard it mentioned that before the race the drivers
were told "No bump-drafting in the turns". Uh, that's
Basic Racing 101. It's like saying in football you
can't tackle in the red zone, or in baseball you can't
slide into 2nd.
It was bad enough before, as NASCAR has done its best
to drive out personality and individuality from both
drivers and cars; heck, now they even tell you what
springs and gears you can run (and no more shifting
at Pocono; apparently that's too difficult a concept
for a left-turn only driver!).
And due to NASCAR's rules constantly favoring Chevrolet,
Jimmy Johnson will become champ again. The dullest
guy in motorsports will once more be its most-visible
generic face.
Bring back characters like Bobby Isaac who talked to
God, and Lee Roy Yarbrough who was just plain nuts,
and Curtis Turner who once drove a rental car into
a motel swimming pool. And cars that you could actually
identify the make and model of from a 1/4-mile away.
They're killing the sport...one fan at a time.