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March
12, 2007
Easy
Fix for Busch Whacking
By Dennis Michelsen
 NASCAR
officials better be concerned about only having forty-four
cars show up to qualify for the Sam's Town 300 at Las
Vegas Motor Speedway. Whatever happened to the days when
the west coast guys were eager to make a NASCAR show to
impress team owners? Perhaps the deck is stacked against
these guys so much that it isn't even worth the bother!
But NASCAR can cure the Busch Whacking problem in a very
simple way. Entice more teams to run the Busch series
by getting sponsor dollars involved! Imagine if the Busch
regulars had a prize fund all to themselves to compete
for every week. This same concept has made running for
Rookie of the Year a great financial success. Perhaps
a whole marketing campaign tied to development drivers
would work great to get more teams to run non-Cup drivers
in the Busch series. The Cup guys would still show up
to get their practice time so the fields would have more
competitive cars than they do now. In any business turning
a weakness into a strength can go a long way to making
your business model even better! In the weeks and months
ahead we will see short fields for certain Busch events
unless NASCAR gets involved now to make a difference.
NASCAR caused this Busch Whacking mess by allowing Cup
drivers to have provisional starting positions, something
the Busch series did not allow for many years! Now they
can turn their marketing machine loose to solve the problem
with a separate points fund for the non-Cup drivers.
Bye
Bye Busch Whackers Standings
Sam's
Town 300 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway
1. Shane Huffman (Finished 9th)
2. Marcos Ambrose (10th)
3. Jon Wood (11th)
4. Mike Wallace (11th)
5. Bobby Hamilton Jr (14th)
6. Steve Wallace (17th)
7. Stephen Leicht (18th)
8. Jay Sauter (21st)
9. Justin Dierks (22nd)
10. Eric McClure (26th)
Bye
Bye Busch Whackers Standings After Race 4
| Pos |
Driver |
Actual
|
Point
|
Pts
Behind
|
Wins
|
Top
5s
|
Top
10s
|
| 1 |
Marcos
Ambrose |
5
|
484
|
Leader
|
0
|
3
|
4
|
| 2 |
Jon
Wood |
6
|
452
|
32
|
0
|
2
|
3
|
| 3 |
Mike
Wallace |
9
|
430
|
54
|
0
|
1
|
3
|
| 4 |
Bobby
Hamilton, Jr |
11
|
400
|
84
|
0
|
1
|
2
|
| 5 |
Shane
Huffman |
13
|
393
|
91
|
1
|
2
|
2
|
| 6 |
Steve
Wallace |
14
|
391
|
93
|
0
|
1
|
2
|
| 7 |
Regan
Smith |
16
|
377
|
107
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
| 8 |
Stephen
Leicht |
18
|
363
|
121
|
0
|
1
|
2
|
| 9 |
Brent
Sherman |
19
|
361
|
123
|
0
|
0
|
3
|
| 10 |
Jason
Leffler |
21
|
353
|
131
|
0
|
1
|
2
|
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