I felt this Tweet fit many of the conversations we have been having over the last 48 hours. Change NASCAR Twitter to RacingForums.com.
This is just me, people are free to disagree with me or not.
1) Stop tinkering with it all the damn time. The constant changing of the rules, packages, adding in stages, etc. It's annoying and it's aggravating. Just, let things simmer for a couple of season or five.
2) Bring back straight up racing. This means getting rid of the stage racing, it adds nothing to the series and it's obviously there to make the TV companies happy. TV companies now have side-by-side, so the point of stages is diminished.
3) Put more into the driver's hand. This means less downforce, more horsepower and no traction compound. Give the drivers more tools to work with instead of taking away tools to the point where it's basically follow the leader for 500 miles because they can't pass one another.
4) Simplify the points format. Now there was a time when NASCAR had a simple points format, I think it was like 50 or 40 for the winner and then 39 for 2nd place, 38 for 3rd, etc. That's simple, that's easy to follow, you don't need a math degree from Harvard to figure it out.
5) More short tracks and more road courses. The problem isn't the car, this car actually puts on a good show when it's on the right track. The problem is that 1.5 tri-ovals are not the right track. These were built at the NASCAR boom and they were trying to build a facility for both NASCAR and IndyCar. However, the tracks really only work for IndyCar in terms of racing product. Stock cars are too bulky and brick-like to ever put on a good show at an aero dependent track. Everything we've seen. The stage racing, the traction compound, Championship format. It's all been a band-aid to hide the fact that NASCAR on 1.5 tri-ovals are just...boring.
6) Honestly, get rid of The Chase format for the last 10 races. Bring it back to letting them battle it out for an entire season from Daytona to Phoenix. I know, sometimes a championship battle is wrapped up before they even get to the season finale. That's going to happen, and that's okay. Like my dad said, it is what it is. Not every season is going to have a points battle that isn't decided til after the season finale at Phoenix. Just like not every race is going to end in side by side action for the win, and that's okay. Sometimes a team will really hit on something and run away with the race. All the other teams can do is work harder for next week race and see if they hit on something.