Before you jump to conclusions, you have to understand the reason behind this move: removing practice time and qualifying from the remainder of the races still scheduled for NASCAR’s 2020 season isn’t for the reason we all were hoping for. This is more of a response to the pandemic and safeguards that NASCAR is implementing in order to keep race teams and personnel safe. But there is a touch of smug satisfaction in the thought of a roster of drivers heading out more or less blind, isn’t there? Not knowing how the track is gripping, not knowing how the car is behaving, teams not fresh on pit procedures…For all of the digs that can be made with the current state of NASCAR racing, a touch of uncertainty for the drivers isn’t a bad thing, is it?
“Following discussions with our race teams and the broader industry, NASCAR will continue to conduct its race weekends without practice and qualifying for the remainder of the 2020 season in all three national series,” said Scott Miller, NASCAR Senior Vice President of Competition. “The current format has worked well in addressing several challenges during our return to racing. Most importantly, we have seen competitive racing week-to-week. NASCAR will adjust the starting lineup draw procedure for the Playoff races, and will announce the new process at a later date.”
There is one question: how will the starting lineups be formed with no qualifications? Since NASCAR resumed racing back in May, they’ve used two different methods: they have done random draws within groups based on team owner standings, or in the case of a doubleheader at the same track, the top 20 finishers from the first event were inverted for the second. Maybe they can take a cue from some racing we’re more familiar with: put names on cards, shuffle the deck, and start drawing for order.
Go Bubba!
NASCAR,like the NHRA,is circling the drain.
Great news. This means less tv time and not taking up air time with qualifying races like normal. Would rather watch a live stream of the donkey show in Tijuana than a millisecond of CRAPCAR.
The “siren song” of an accident broke last Sunday’s “red neck” social distancing. The announcing corp. of “twiddle dumb, dee and stupid” said not a thing….wear masks and keep 4 , 20 piece KFC buckets between your fat asses. With sides!!
I guess they wanted to give all 4 viewers the wreck-fest they have been craving. This could double their ratings to 8.