If the TV rating for the last race isn't significantly higher than the average race, what's the point of making a joke of the points system with a single final 4 event? Cut the playoff field back to 12 and make the last round 4 races.
Bummer man...NASCAR really needs to take seasonal weather patterns into more consideration when making the early season schedule next season. Atlanta in mid-March? Bristol in early April? No bueno.
^The cars are too easy to drive. I like the new car except for the wider tires and, dare I say, single lug nut. The engine is a different issue entirely.
Bristol deserves to be accommodated if the weather's consistently a problem. Late April/early May seems about right for a mid-afternoon race in northeast Tennessee. Talladega can be moved up to late March/early April.
I'd support a dirt race in the Cup series as long as it doesn't take away from two Bristol concrete races. Easter is probably a good time for the season's first off-weekend as well.