I for one would move the festivities to some place a little more tepid weather-wise. Someplace that could have a live audience in a city that actually supported NASCAR. Atlanta and Charlotte come to mind. Someplace closer to the team’s homes would make it more commuter friendly for them and their families. Even 'Vegas would be a better choice than NYC. Imagine the party they’d put on for them.

I’d bet there isn’t one person out there that wouldn’t rather see (insert your driver’s nickname here) in jeans, boots, and a sports coat; no tie. Any thing's better than a monkey suit and a bow tie. These guys give unprepared interviews in fire suits after 500 mile races all year. It’s part of being a driver in racings highest division. The people we see on stage at this thing are not the drivers we know and love, but a cardboard cutout shoved on stage. Remember Rusty; he looked like he was in The Hall of Presidents at Disney World, and most drivers share that look up there.

How’s ‘bout we do the whole thing commercial free and unedited on Pay-per-view. Let the drivers say what they’ve wanted to say all season without apprehension. Let’s face it, if you’re a 3 year old in a house where the race is shown on TV, you’ve heard a few expletives. That’s the (insert name from above) I want to see.

We’ll have it in the Georgia dome. We’ll invite the top 35 teams to sit on the field surface in order of finish, and sell out (hear that Brian France $$$!) the stands to screaming fans. The chase teams will sit at one end next to the stage. It’ll be just like a race. Sponsors and souvenir trailers ($$$), track food and beer ($$$), lines for tickets and parking ($$$), the whole shebang. Color Guard, Benediction, The National Anthem, and even a flyover if the roof is open. We’ll have a green flag at the start, and everyone will pile out when the checkered flag waves. Now that’s NASCAR, and I’d pay to see that.

# posted by theStewartFan @ 2:48 PM