Start and Parks

First of all, not all of them "start and park". It might be a matter of them not having money for tires. The big teams have corporate sponsors backing them. There are very little corporate sponsors that can come in to NASCAR now because NASCAR is competing with the teams for sponsorship, and with exclusivity contracts, they're blocking potential sponsors from coming in the sport. A lot of cars hope that, after they qualify, they'll land some kind of sponsorship to allow them to run the race. If they can't, they can't buy the damn tires to run the race.
 
Personally , I can see Phil's point about sponsors , tv networks ,and the public in general guaging the health of a sport by the loss of participants .We've seen other sports prop up ailing franchises until new owners could be found for that very reason.If teams start to drop out of a sport , it is seen as the beginning of the end .If the league props them up until things improve , noone seems to mind.
 
Smoke14 said:
Thanks pal... Neither of those two Mythbusters have any hair.
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I bet the Cope twins don't either
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From jayski.

Finch says start-and-park teams make too much: Team owner James Finch hopes his #51-Phoenix Racing car remains on the track in 2013, but he'd like a little help from NASCAR to do it. Finch, who is losing driver Kurt Busch to Furniture Row Racing, wants to race for more money, and he isn't asking NASCAR and the tracks to spend more-just pay less to teams that start a race and park early. With typically five to seven Sprint Cup teams parking their cars early each week, Finch believes teams that finish in the top 35 should earn significantly more money than those that park early and finish in the back of pack. "I'm trying to get NASCAR to move some of the money up that the start-and-park guys are getting so we can race (for it) from 35th to 25th," Finch said Friday at Talladega Superspeedway. "I'm getting (as little as) $2,000 more to run 500 miles than they do to play. Move it up and if they want it, let them race or it. & That's not racing." Finch, whose team is 27th in the owner standings, so far doesn't have sponsorship for 2013. Because NASCAR is switching to a new body style for 2013, Finch said he will finish out 2012 to best use his inventory of cars. "What am I going to do with these cars?" Finch said. "When I get through (this year), I throw them away."
 
dpkimmel2001 said:
From jayski.

Finch says start-and-park teams make too much: Team owner James Finch hopes his #51-Phoenix Racing car remains on the track in 2013, but he'd like a little help from NASCAR to do it. Finch, who is losing driver Kurt Busch to Furniture Row Racing, wants to race for more money, and he isn't asking NASCAR and the tracks to spend more-just pay less to teams that start a race and park early. With typically five to seven Sprint Cup teams parking their cars early each week, Finch believes teams that finish in the top 35 should earn significantly more money than those that park early and finish in the back of pack. "I'm trying to get NASCAR to move some of the money up that the start-and-park guys are getting so we can race (for it) from 35th to 25th," Finch said Friday at Talladega Superspeedway. "I'm getting (as little as) $2,000 more to run 500 miles than they do to play. Move it up and if they want it, let them race or it. & That's not racing." Finch, whose team is 27th in the owner standings, so far doesn't have sponsorship for 2013. Because NASCAR is switching to a new body style for 2013, Finch said he will finish out 2012 to best use his inventory of cars. "What am I going to do with these cars?" Finch said. "When I get through (this year), I throw them away."
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That's a great idea , but it would impose an extra hard penalty on those cars that legitimately fall out of the race early due to breakdowns or accidents .Not only do they have to repair or replace their racecar but they receive an extra paycut because of it.
 
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