By @GucciardoJoey | June 16th, 2015
NASCAR has a problem on their hands, at least I think so.
Last year, in the 2014 Coke Zero 400 at Daytona International Speedway, Aric Almirola got his first ever career NASCAR Sprint Cup Series victory.
NASCAR has a problem on their hands, at least I think so.
Here's the question: "Is calling races the right thing to do?"
When you call a race, that means that you end a race early, and whatever the running positions was, then those become the finishing positions.
This past Sunday, the Quicken Loans 400 at Michigan International Speedway was called, which gave Kurt Busch the victory in the race.
Last year, in the 2014 Coke Zero 400 at Daytona International Speedway, Aric Almirola got his first ever career NASCAR Sprint Cup Series victory.
But is this really right?
Let me clarify that a race must be past halfway through (or exactly halfway through) for the race to be called.
If the race is not halfway, then NASCAR has two options (assuming that rain is thr problem):
-NASCAR can try dry the track, and can continue racing.
-NASCAR can postpone the race to the following day, or to a day where the weather is good (the race must be resumed from the point that it was originally stopped).
But calling a race can have some bad consequences, at least some people think so.
Calling a race means that you are ending the race early, and not giving the fans what they came for. The fans want some full racing action at a NASCAR race, not a rain-shortened event. If NASCAR postpones the race to the following day, for example, then maybe most fans won't be able to go to the race, maybe because they have a day or night job. Maybe something comes up in the fan's family, or something goes wrong and they can't make the rescheduling of the event.
So ending a race could mean that the fans WILL see the end of the race, but they are not getting their money's worth. But rescheduling a race means that most fans may not be able to make it.
Still, fans will be upset with a race ending early, because they may not have gotten what they wanted.
NASCAR needs to think of a way to get the races in, yet still make the fans happy if we ever have another rain incident like we did this past Sunday.
If the race is not halfway, then NASCAR has two options (assuming that rain is thr problem):
-NASCAR can try dry the track, and can continue racing.
-NASCAR can postpone the race to the following day, or to a day where the weather is good (the race must be resumed from the point that it was originally stopped).
But calling a race can have some bad consequences, at least some people think so.
Calling a race means that you are ending the race early, and not giving the fans what they came for. The fans want some full racing action at a NASCAR race, not a rain-shortened event. If NASCAR postpones the race to the following day, for example, then maybe most fans won't be able to go to the race, maybe because they have a day or night job. Maybe something comes up in the fan's family, or something goes wrong and they can't make the rescheduling of the event.
So ending a race could mean that the fans WILL see the end of the race, but they are not getting their money's worth. But rescheduling a race means that most fans may not be able to make it.
Still, fans will be upset with a race ending early, because they may not have gotten what they wanted.
NASCAR needs to think of a way to get the races in, yet still make the fans happy if we ever have another rain incident like we did this past Sunday.
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