NASCAR gets what it wants

NASCAR "continues to get exactly what it wants with a Chase for the Sprint Cup format that fosters an extreme degree of intensity rarely seen this often in the sport's history." But "is that really what stock car racing should be at its highest level?" USA TODAY

Answer: If that is what it takes to get the declining TV ratings, which are in the toilet on NBCSN, up you bet that is what NASCAR is going to do. NBC paid a lot of money for that NASCAR contract and if TV ratings remain in the toilet they are going to bleed a lot of red ink on NASCAR. NASCAR panders to a red-neck fan base who likes the rock-em stock-em way of settling disagreements. AR1.com Staff