Texas bill would boost possible bids for All-Star Race, season-ending championship

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AUSTIN, Texas -- State lawmakers have given Texas Motor Speedway a big helping hand if the state's premier stock-car track wants to lobby for NASCAR's All-Star Race and season-ending championship.

The Texas Legislature approved a bill Thursday that makes those two races eligible for the state's Major Events Reimbursement Program, the same fund that is used to help attract big events such as the Super Bowl, the NCAA tournament's Final Four and Formula One's U.S. Grand Prix. The two NASCAR events would fit right in, too.

http://www.espn.com/racing/nascar/c...scar-all-star-race-season-ending-championship
 
It's starting to get to the point that NASCAR wants a superbowl at the end of the year. If that's the case, I could easily see it being moved to a new track every year.
 
StandOnIt said:
Goooo Texas!!



AUSTIN, Texas -- State lawmakers have given Texas Motor Speedway a big helping hand if the state's premier stock-car track wants to lobby for NASCAR's All-Star Race and season-ending championship.

The Texas Legislature approved a bill Thursday that makes those two races eligible for the state's Major Events Reimbursement Program, the same fund that is used to help attract big events such as the Super Bowl, the NCAA tournament's Final Four and Formula One's U.S. Grand Prix. The two NASCAR events would fit right in, too.

http://www.espn.com/racing/nascar/c...scar-all-star-race-season-ending-championship
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It seems it isn't just the stick and ball teams that put the taxpayer on hook eh?
 
LouieLouie said:
It's starting to get to the point that NASCAR wants a superbowl at the end of the year. If that's the case, I could easily see it being moved to a new track every year.
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Have a drawing 10 days before the season ending event to determine the track that the race will take place on
 
Mispeedway15 said:
Daytona is where it should end IMO. Would be a 400 mile war
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Austin Dillon was on Racehub and said he felt like the season should begin and end in Daytona even though he knows he's probably the only driver that feels that way.

I will say if any facility is currently set to host a true championship event, it's Daytona. The place is incredible since the remodel.
 
StandOnIt said:
This is closer to in addition to both races at no limits Texas, racing at the Circuit of the Americas.
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Rotating the Championship race wouldn't be a bad idea but I feel like 1.5 tracks would be the only suitable tracks for such a race. Bristol and Richmond could probably work as well.
 
ReturnTrip said:
I fart in the general direction of 1.5 mile tracks.
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I'm not fond of them either, but they are the most common length on the schedule. If a season-ending championship race is required (and it ain't), it makes sense to me to end it on a 1.5'er.

But what do I know? If I was setting the Chase schedule, I'd pack it as full as possible of tracks that are only visited once a year. Seems to me that would make it more of a challenge. For the 1.5'ers, that means Chicago and Homestead. I'd also rotate the schedule around within the Chase every year. Some drivers are clearly better at some tracks than others; why favor some of them?
 
I'd be fine with Texas getting the finale. Those fans show up in large numbers even still and Eddie Gossage is the best promoter in the sport by a country mile. Dude knows how to generate buzz and get fans excited for one of the most boring races of the year.
 
AndyMarquisLive said:
I'd be fine with Texas getting the finale. Those fans show up in large numbers even still and Eddie Gossage is the best promoter in the sport by a country mile. Dude knows how to generate buzz and get fans excited for one of the most boring races of the year.
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Why would you be fine with the finale being boring? It sounds like you're advocating style over substance. Or am I misreading you? o_O
 
Charlie Spencer said:
Why would you be fine with the finale being boring? It sounds like you're advocating style over substance. Or am I misreading you? o_O
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Because Homestead, Las Vegas or Daytona are much better? :confused:

Texas isn't the greatest track on the schedule, but they know how to build hype. Gossage knows how to create buzz, and I can't even begin to imagine what he could do with the Championship Four race.

As much as I'd love to see it at a short track, most of the schedule consists of mile-and-a-half races so it makes sense that the finale would be held at one. Personally, I'm for having the finale rotate each year. And while I'm at it, hold the pit crew challenge the night before the championship race.
 
AndyMarquisLive said:
Because Homestead, Las Vegas or Daytona are much better? :confused:

Texas isn't the greatest track on the schedule, but they know how to build hype. Gossage knows how to create buzz, and I can't even begin to imagine what he could do with the Championship Four race.

As much as I'd love to see it at a short track, most of the schedule consists of mile-and-a-half races so it makes sense that the finale would be held at one. Personally, I'm for having the finale rotate each year. And while I'm at it, hold the pit crew challenge the night before the championship race.
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Homstead is leapes & bounds better than Texas. Plus its absolutely beautiful in November.
 
ChexOrWrex said:
Homstead is leapes & bounds better than Texas. Plus its absolutely beautiful in November.
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Homestead is a good race, but I wouldn't say it's better by leaps and bounds. I'm curious how people would view that race if you took the championship drama out of it.

From a racing standpoint, I can't stand Texas, but they'd do a good job generating buzz for the finale. And, if the finale is going to be moved, I'd rather see it at Texas than Las Vegas.
 
AndyMarquisLive said:
Because Homestead, Las Vegas or Daytona are much better? :confused:

Texas isn't the greatest track on the schedule, but they know how to build hype. Gossage knows how to create buzz, and I can't even begin to imagine what he could do with the Championship Four race.

As much as I'd love to see it at a short track, most of the schedule consists of mile-and-a-half races so it makes sense that the finale would be held at one. Personally, I'm for having the finale rotate each year. And while I'm at it, hold the pit crew challenge the night before the championship race.
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Nothing is better than Daytona. Indeed, nothing is much, MUCH better than Daytona.

I'm with you now.
 
Charlie Spencer said:
Nothing is better than Daytona.

Nothing is much, MUCH better than Daytona.
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I'd flip **** if they moved the finale to Daytona. Seriously, that'd be the end of it for me. Y'all think it's a lottery now, that'd cement it.

I mean, why don't we just build a Figure-8 track and run the finale on it?
 
AndyMarquisLive said:
I'd flip sh!t if they moved the finale to Daytona. Seriously, that'd be the end of it for me. Y'all think it's a lottery now, that'd cement it.

I mean, why don't we just build a Figure-8 track and run the finale on it?
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The chase is already a random lottery that means next to nothing, doesn't matter where the race takes place.
 
AndyMarquisLive said:
It's really not a random lottery.
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Every driver that that reaches the last race has a 1 in 4 chance of winning. Doesn't matter if they drive around a track for 3 hours, play roulette, throw dice, or flip coins, they all have the same chance of winning. Which make the champion the winner of a game of chance.
 
joe h said:
Every driver that that reaches the last race has a 1 in 4 chance of winning. Doesn't matter if they drive around a track for 3 hours, play roulette, throw dice, or flip coins, they all have the same chance of winning. Which make the champion the winner of a game of chance.
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Using that same logic every race is a game of chance...think about that.
 
joe h said:
Every driver that that reaches the last race has a 1 in 4 chance of winning. Doesn't matter if they drive around a track for 3 hours, play roulette, throw dice, or flip coins, they all have the same chance of winning. Which make the champion the winner of a game of chance.
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Apparently engine output and chassis / aero balance don't matter any more. Setting up a car to be the fastest at the end of a fuel run doesn't matter. A driver's tire and fuel saving skills don't matter. Strategy and teamwork in the pit box are irrelevant.

I recommend a Yahtzee marathon with friends. Winner take all.
 
joe h said:
Every driver that that reaches the last race has a 1 in 4 chance of winning. Doesn't matter if they drive around a track for 3 hours, play roulette, throw dice, or flip coins, they all have the same chance of winning. Which make the champion the winner of a game of chance.
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No, it really doesn't. On paper, they have the same chance of winning. But they still have to go out, make their car as good as it can be, be perfect all race and go for the win. Every element of racing that you see at a majority of the races on the schedule, you see at Homestead. Having the best car, strategy, track position and being better at Homestead then you have been all season.

Daytona's a ****** crapshoot. Anyone can win there. And, while a big wreck could happen to take the championship contenders out anywhere, it's way more likely to happen at Daytona.

It takes a lot of skill and a little bit of luck to win at Homestead. It takes a lot of luck and a little bit of skill to win at Daytona. And because of that, you'd probably just see the championship drivers ride around in the back trying to stay out of trouble like they have always done at Talladega since the inception of the Chase.4

On top of all that, Daytona races have a horrible tendency to finish under caution, unless ****** Mark Martin is ****** leading on the last ****** lap of the ****** race (but I ain't mad). So you also add in the likelihood that the championship will be determined by when a caution is waved.

Everyone will love a Daytona finale until Dale Earnhardt, Jr. (or is it Chase Elliott now?) gets caught up in a 12 car wreck on lap 37 and loses the championship because of it.
 
I'm fine with the finale at a mile-and-a-half track since that's representative of a majority of the schedule.

Running it anywhere other than Homestead, Vegas or Texas would be like taking the Super Bowl and playing it on a basketball court or playing the NCAA Men's Basketball Championship Game at a hockey rink.
 
AndyMarquisLive said:
I'm fine with the finale at a mile-and-a-half track since that's representative of a majority of the schedule.

Running it anywhere other than Homestead, Vegas or Texas would be like taking the Super Bowl and playing it on a basketball court or playing the NCAA Men's Basketball Championship Game at a hockey rink.
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What's wrong with Atlanta? It's put on a couple of great races since NASCAR started reducing the downforce. It won't be any colder than Texas.

Close 'em out at Darlington. If you're going to open the season with a 'crown jewel', close with one too.
 
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