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    NASCAR Has Lost its Goddamn Mind

    http://blackflag.jalopnik.com/nascar...nto-1791524142


    NASCAR likes to pretend it’s a ball sport, having gone to the playoff-style “Chase” system to attract more attention to the end of the season. Tonight’s announcement revealed NASCAR will be interrupted after periods of time, like quarters in a football game. Stranger yet, championship points will be awarded after each segment during the race instead of only at the race end in order to encourage on-track action to heat up earlier.

    NASCAR races in all three of its national series—the Monster Energy Cup, Xfinity Series and Camping World Truck Series—will now be divided into three segments at certain intervals with 10-minute breaks in between each segment. The length of the segments will be based on each individual track’s length, which will reportedly be specified later this month. Championship points will be awarded based on the running order at the end of each segment.

    Pit road will be closed for five laps, and at then end of the each stage the top 10 drivers will be awarded from 10 points to one point. At the end of the race, the winner will win 40 points, and second-through-35th place will be awarded on a scale of two-to-35 points. All lower positions get one point each.

    The winner of each individual stage will be awarded one playoff point. The overall race winner will win five additional playoff points and a spot in the playoffs. Regular season playoffs will determine which drivers make it, and then all points reset, but the regular season points leader, who carries 15 points into playoffs.

    One possible scenario, in other words: "Driver X spends the 1st half of the race outside the top 10, but comes on late to win the Daytona 500. That driver will receive 40 championship points for the win and 5 Chase points. Driver Y starts out strong and “wins” segments 1 & 2, but fades late to finish 16th. Driver Y would earn 21 points for finishing 16th, plus 20 bonus points for winning segment 1 & 2 for a total of 41 points. Oh and Driver Y would have 2 Chase points. Anyone see the problem here?"


    V8 Supercars looks better and better every day. So glad I stopped watching this shit cold turkey. What a disaster.

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    True story.

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    This is what happens when you drink too much Monster Energy.
    Get that weak shit off my track

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    "The MEN Cup!"

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    This all seems like it was designed around sports betting, or something.

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    What. The. Fuck.

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    Why do they have to stop the race to determine the "winners" of segments? Just track the drivers place/performance during a regular race and derive a score from that.

    You don't need to stop the race to get the tension of winning if the segment is coming to an end on a certain lap to declare a winner unless each heat is also going to have its own mini-coronation and media interview.

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    Quote Originally Posted by CudaMan View Post
    This all seems like it was designed around sports betting, or something.
    I told Keith that it has a real video game feel to it. Points for segments and other oddities, and the breaks in between to help those with short attention spans. Combine that with the MONSTER ENERGY branding and it looks like they're trying to grab the younger demographic.

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    Quote Originally Posted by novicius View Post
    You don't need to stop the race to get the tension of winning if the segment is coming to an end on a certain lap to declare a winner unless each heat is also going to have its own mini-coronation and media interview.
    But it's a great excuse to bring the field back together, have mid-race interviews with drivers, fit in sponsored segments, etc.
    Get that weak shit off my track

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    Did you just quote my reasons and then restate them back at me?

    In one way, ideas like this is part of NASCAR's history: brainstorming crazy ideas for advertisers. It's how they got night races formed for RJR Reynolds.

    Just more NASCAR scrambling to increase viewership for advertisers, 'nuff said. If it works the way they want, they'll keep it. If it doesn't, they'll drop it.

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