NASCAR Killing Its Future by Allowing Cup Stars to Dominate Lower Series

Sixteen races...one winner.That is the reality these days in the NASCAR Nationwide Series and the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series. In sixteen races between these two series, only one win has come from a series regular. The other fifteen races were won by NASCAR Cup Series regulars.Since the early 2000s this has become the norm. In the past, drivers like Martin Truex, Carl Edwards, Greg Biffle and Dale Earnhardt Jr. all made names for themselves winning races in these lower series.While a few cup drivers would occasionally dip down in the series, the series regulars won races and had a chance to prove themselves.Young drivers no longer get this chance.NASCAR knows it is a problem. Beginning this season, after years of cup drivers winning t...

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