Harvick Has Some Advice For NASCAR

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http://www.scenedaily.com/stories/2006/11/06/scene_daily608.html

Kevin Harvick has made a mockery of the NASCAR Busch Series this season, clinching the championship three weeks ago and posting nine victories, 22 top-five and 30 top-10 finishes. But he's not unsympathetic to the plight of the independent Busch teams. Asked earlier this week about what he would do if he were in charge of the Busch Series, Harvick had some interesting answers.

"I think the first thing that I would change would be the schedule," Harvick said. "I would make it impossible for Cup drivers to make it to at least five of the races."
Currently, there are eight "stand-alone" Busch races, but two are on Nextel Cup off-weekends, and the six others are relatively easy to access. "The second thing I would do would be to put Cup rosters in place so that you couldn't use your pit crews from the Cup series," Harvick said.
That would, in theory, make the battles on pit road more competitive, instead of Nextel Cup teams having a built-in advantage with their pit crews.
"I would also seal the motors, so that you would have to run them twice," Harvick said. "That would cut the motor bill in half and would save $500,000-$700,000 in motor cost."
No such legislation exists.
"Finally, I would cut the number of races back to 30 or so," Harvick said. "This would get the cost to run a good Busch program down to $4-$4.5 million, which I think you could sell." Top Busch sponsorships are currently in the $7-8 million range, though most teams are making do on much less
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I think he's got some good ideas. :beerbang:
 
I like his ideas also. I doubt the cutback of races will ever happen though. Which ones would be cut?
 
NASCAR is all about dollars! NASCAR will do nothing to lower their bottom dollar. It would be a simple thing to limit each cupper to a limit of 3 or 4 races in a particular season.. But the cuppers bring in the money... Nope they will not hazard their bottom dollar.
Betsy ;)
 
I like the ideas...not sure a motor cap would save money (R&D), but everything else sounds good.
 
Betsy said:
NASCAR is all about dollars! NASCAR will do nothing to lower their bottom dollar. It would be a simple thing to limit each cupper to a limit of 3 or 4 races in a particular season.. But the cuppers bring in the money... Nope they will not hazard their bottom dollar.
Betsy ;)
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Sheesh, I agree with Betsy:eek: but still like the idea.
 
There is talk that once the COT is completely phased in, the Busch series will move to pony cars (Camaro, Mustang, Challenger).
 
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