Sprint cup drivers in the nationwide series should it be. In addition, there are biographies, point standings, wins, and. This category is to list all the drivers who have made at least one career start in the sprint cup series. The nascar cup series is the top racing series of the national association for stock car auto racing nascar. Marcos ambrose, who has raced against villeneuve in both sprint cup and nationwide, says he has few problems with the former openwheel star, but he knows that plenty of drivers have. The nascar nationwide series is the junior varsity to the sprint cup series varsity. It doesnt matter if its the camping world truck series, the nationwide series or the sprint cup series. First, the idea would radically improve the overall racing product of the nationwide series.
It left young racers with few avenues to reach the nascar sprint cup series. His best effort, in fact, was a th at north wilkesboro in 1980. It is promoted as nascars minor league circuit, and is considered a proving ground for drivers who wish to step up to the organizations top level circuit, the nascar cup series. Driver eligibility for the most popular driver award is limited to those candidates that have declared for the nascar sprint cup series championship and have entered all pointspaying nascar sprint cup series events contested between jan. Do nationwide regulars want cup drivers participation. Dates set for nascar sprint cup series, nationwide and. Nationwide is too close to cup, and too good of an opportunity for cup drivers to get track time and make a few bucks.
Nascar cup series latest news, highlights, live race coverage, race results, standings, schedules, photo galleries, and driver stats. Watkins glen sprint cup drivers are poised to steal the thunder from a tight points battle in nascars nationwide series at the watkins glen international road course. Cup drivers dominate zippo practice elmira stargazette. The nationwide series should be where the up and comers sharpen their skills like the minor leagues in baseball.
April 10 today in jayskis nascar history page 6 of 24. Nascar sprint cup series drivers facts to know fox sports. Seeing the series from both angles is why keselowski may have the best suggestion of all. That is integral to the growth of a sport as a whole. Why are sprint cup drivers allowed to race in the nationwide series. The result was a string of forgettable sprint cup rookies of. The nascar xfinity series nxs is a stock car racing series organized by nascar. Bios, statistics, race results videos, news, photo galleries, car, team, shop gear, date of birth, rookie year nascar cup series drivers official site of nascar. He struggled throughout his cup career, finishing just a best of 31st in points and failing to finish in the topten in a single race. Several other nonrookie sprint cup series drivers, including greg biffle, carl edwards, j. Nascars new rule prevents sprint cup drivers from winning.
Nascar sprint cup series drivers first xfinity series win. This might be the long sought after solution to cup drivers competing on saturdays. Danica patrick, other drivers not happy to see jacques. Illness and sponsorship woes have kept bayne from contending fulltime in any nascar series since his 2011 daytona 500 shocker. In 1971, when the series began leasing its naming rights to the r. Is it good for the sprint cup drivers to race in the. The nationwide series is a nascar stock car racing series. In 20, patrick became the first woman in sprint cup history to race fulltime in the series. Nascar loves to see as many cup regulars in the nationwide starting lineup as possible each week, and i cant blame them. Two nascar sprint cup series drivers have posted consecutive wins at texas motor speedway. Questions pertaining to nascar drivers, teams and sponsors in the top 3 divisions.
How to solve the problem of sprint cup drivers racing in. Now, it is nothing more than a leadin to the sprint cup series event featuring the same drivers. They use the old format which was previously used in the sprint cup series as far as their points are concerned which is, simply the driver with the most points at seasons end is the champion. I think it is an unfair advantage to be able to race in both races. The series began in 1949 as the strictly stock division, and from 1950 to 1970 it was known as the grand national division. Nascar may restrict the number of nationwide and truck series races sprint cup drivers compete in. Nascar cup series latest news news and results from nascar. The cup drivers help put fans in the stands and improve television ratings. Nascar sprint cup drivers live very public lives, with facts and information about their past and present constantly in view.
Its time to get nascar cup drivers out of nationwide. Nascar sprint cup series 2012 media guide 102 nascar sprint cup series drivers no. How should nascar go about limiting cup drivers in nationwide. Nascar burning questions as the sprint cup series turns. Its available anytime youre in the mood for burning rubber, expert drivers and rowdy fans. Recently, ive had a few discussions with race fans via twitter regarding the amount of nascar sprint cup series nscs drivers racing in the nascar nationwide series nns. It is considered nascars minor league series and is used as a way for drivers to get experience as well as being a way for drivers to. Nascar race results, schedule, standings, news, drivers. International speedway back in late february, theres been talk of nascar considering ways of limited the number of sprint cup series regulars competing in nationwide series and camping world truck series events. In the last five seasons, nonsprint cup drivers won only 29 of 168 races, a win percentage of just 17 percent for the nationwide series regulars. Junior miller april 26, 1951 is a former nascar driver from winstonsalem, nc. Reynolds tobacco company, it was referred to as the nascar winston cup series 19712003. He competed in twentyseven sprint cup series events in his career, spanning from 1976 to 1981. All nascar driver david starr cares about is getting behind the wheel and doing what.
Should sprint cup drivers be banned from nationwide racing. Then it could lead someone to believe the idea that sprint cup drivers need to be in the xfinity and trucks series so. Thats kind of what i feel like im watching when i witness nascar sprint cup drivers dominate another nascar nationwide series race on a saturday afternoon in las vegas. Since the 2014 nascar season kicked off at daytona fla. In the first five nationwide races this season, four have been won by sprint cup drivers, the lone race won by a fulltime nns driver was regan smiths win in the season. Nascar announced today that the nascar sprint cup series awards the annual culmination of champions week will be held on friday, dec. Do you think that the full time sprint drivers should be banned from the nationwide seriesi mean we all no one of them will win every week and it gives the regulars in that series on chance to win or get better sponsers. List of 2011 nascar drivers and each of their series teams. That year, patrick became the first woman to win the nascar most popular nationwide driver award. This is an alphabetical list of every driver running in each of the three nascar series the sprint cup, nationwide andor camping world truck series. The nationwide series was once a place to see nascars next generation. However, patrick would finish the race at 38th place after figuring in a crash. In my opinion, if this series is meant to be a platform to propel upandcoming drivers to the toptier of nascar racing sprint cup, contingent upon their desire to advance to the next level in the future, then this is who should be competing a majority of the time. Cup series most popular driver award jayskis nascar.
While there are many drivers who compete in one series full time and dabble in the other throughout the year. Nascar sprint cup series drivers first win in the xfinity. Nxs events are frequently held as a support race on the day prior to a cup series event scheduled for that weekend. A conversation with sprint cup driver austin dillon.
Nascar requires drivers to pick one series to earn championship points, meaning sprint cup drivers do not earn points in either the nationwide or truck series. Carl edwards 2008 sweep and denny hamlin 2010 sweep. Why are sprint cup drivers allowed to compete in the. Yeley, denny hamlin, and reed sorenson, began running the entire nationwide schedule while also competing in a full season of sprint cup, even though on some weekends the two series competed at venues hundreds of miles apart. Nascar live race coverage, latest news, race results, standings, schedules, and driver stats for cup, xfinity, gander outdoors nascar official home race results, schedule, standings, news. Nascar sprint cup drivers competing in the nationwide. But they also bring their expertise to teach the drivers that will someday be carrying the fate of the sport on their backs.
Nationwide series drivers who deserve sprint cup rides. Nascars nationwide series needs transformation new, 5 comments the sight of a sprint cup driver winning a nationwide series race has become all too common and its time for something to be done. It isnt uncommon to see nascar sprint cup drivers in the nationwide series too, but should it be allowed if you look from a purists perspective. Nascar live race coverage, latest news, race results, standings, schedules, and driver stats for cup, xfinity, gander outdoors. When you look at high school and college sports, like football and volleyball, they have a junior varsity and varsity team. Let the cup drivers race in nationwide as much as they want, but deny them the opportunity to do so for a. When the sprint cup stars race in the nationwide series, they bring attention, money and sponsors to the division. You have to prove you are worthy of playing varsity by competing at the junior varsity level first. Another thing to take into consideration when discussing the merits of cup drivers dominating the nationwide series is the importance of a victory to a. Yes, sometimes sprint cup drivers do compete in nationwide series races as there no restrictions on them doing so. Nascar cup series drivers, nascar drivers, auto racing.
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