re: 2024 NASCAR Season Thread

quote:

---

I don't mins it, kind of looks like it will be similar to the Xfinity dash for cash. Non-points bearing, but a $1MM check for the winner. Will use the 3 Amazon races for seeding drivers 1-32 and then have an 'elimination' style tournament over 5 weeks where the drivers will have head-to-head matchups culminating with the winner taking home $1MM. I like it.

---

I like it also. I think it gives some juice for the middle part of the season. For example:

It widens the door for gambling. Just like March Madness, it will add the opportunity to not only bet on the overall race but on head to head matchups. Other than baseball and maybe golf, there isn’t much to bet on during the summer months.

Don’t know what 5 tracks they are going to pick but let’s face it, a lot of tracks during the summer months are boring tracks. This could give a little more juice to some of these tracks.

Finally, it has the possibility to create drama and spark some rivalries. You could have 2 drivers battling each other late in the race and a late caution comes out. A final pit stop could happen and it comes down to who wins the battle off of pit road. You could have a scenario like the 5 and 17 at Kansas or what we saw at Darlington this past weekend.