National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing, NASCAR.... The "Stock" part has gone the way of the DoDo. In the original days of NASCAR a guy went to the local dealer and bought a car, stripped it down and went racing. Obviously safety has played a big role in the changes in the cars but at a certain point the name has to change to National Association for Fabricated Car Auto Racing. There is absolutely no part or design that carries to the production versions of the cars. In the old day if you won a race on Sunday then the manufacturer sold cars on Monday! That was because you could buy the same car. NASCAR wonders why their ratings are down, well nobody wants to watch a bunch of cars that you CAN'T buy drive in circles. Oh boy Chevy got another win with their car YOU CAN'T HAVE!
Enter the modern muscle car wars, the big three all have a car in the new horsepower wars. Now Ford and Dodge have opted to use their muscle cars as the new Nationwide Series stickers. I say stickers because that's all they are. The cars have to be identical so they put stickers on them and call them their own. Chevy has opted not to partake in this offensive lowering of the bar for their muscle car. The Camaro has wide hips and very angular edges which would not work with the "template car".
So I say to NASCAR, and you should LISTEN! Remove the body rule from the Nationwide series and let the big three shoot it out and bring back the ratings. Require the safety standards but allow the skin to be just like production models and the engine to be available to the consumer and BANG! Win on Sunday Sales on Monday! People would watch the Nationwide series just as much as the Sprint Cup and it would generate excitement again.
So who's going to help me start my own racing series? Because you know the Bill France family is too dumb to do this.
Oh and I must add, the Camaro is selling so well that Mustang is cutting production and Challenger is barely hanging on. Camaro outsells the other two combined!
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