NASCAR’s 2011 Rule Changes a Mixed Bag for Drivers and Fans

Everybody's a critic, or so the old adage goes. Maybe it's because part of the human condition is to complain about trite inconveniences. Maybe it's because the people who are higher up on the food chain than us are actually making the wrong decisions. Maybe it's a combination of both. Either way, the rule changes that Brian France announced for NASCAR's 2011 season have spurned plenty of criticism. Count me among the more vocal critics of the direction in which the sport is headed—as I have been for quite a while now. A little background: during my formative years, NASCAR was experiencing a growth boom that many major-league sports have never seen, expanding to accommodate more teams, markets and marketing dollars. It was an idyllic ...

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