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Drivers can only chase 1 title
Topic Started: Jan 13 2011, 10:57 PM (343 Views)
Ram Jam
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DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP)—NASCAR’s competition applications for 2011 require drivers to select which series they will race for a championship in this season.

The declaration will prevent Sprint Cup drivers from racing for championships in both the Sprint Cup and Nationwide Series, and presumably fill NASCAR’s desire to give its second-tier series its own identity.

NASCAR has declined to discuss the policy change because officials plan to make all their competition announcements over the next few weeks.

The requirement to choose just one series first was reported by NASCAR.com, which spoke to driver Kenny Wallace about the application he filled out last weekend.

Wallace confirmed the requirement in a post on his Twitter page.

Designed to be a feeder series where young talent can develop, the Nationwide Series is instead dominated by NASCAR’s Cup stars. The last five champions were all full-time Cup drivers, and Justin Allgaier was the only non-Cup driver to win one of last season’s 35 Nationwide races.

The change will likely only affect Brad Keselowski and Carl Edwards, the only two drivers who had planned to run the full schedule in both series.

NASCAR likely will not limit the amount of Nationwide and Truck Series races that Cup drivers can enter. Doing so could be a deterrent to many fans, some of whom only get to see NASCAR’s stars race live in those lower-tier series.

http://sports.yahoo.com/nascar/news?slug=ap-nascar-championshipeligibility
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Gordon Owns
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So wait a minute...

You cant win the championship but you still get to race a full season schedule if you want? :rolleyes:

Oh France you silly bitch.
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Ram Jam
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Exactly.
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really curious to see how they award the championship points here lets say the finishing order is.. kyle busch, carl edwards, denny hamlin, aric amirola..... does aric get 1st place points since hes the highest finisher allowed to get points or does he get the 4th place points and 1-3rd points just go to narnia or middle earth
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I think the cup guys will still get the points but the highest non cup driver at the end of the season wins the championship.
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Nate
Jan 14 2011, 12:09 AM
I think the cup guys will still get the points but the highest non cup driver at the end of the season wins the championship.
Matt Kenseth style.

We'll see a NW driver win the championship with an average finished of 10th and no wins win the NW champ.

Matt would be proud. :lol:
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It would make more sence to just limit the amount of starts a cup driver can make in the Nationwide Series.
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Nascarfan977
Jan 14 2011, 01:38 PM
It would make more sence to just limit the amount of starts a cup driver can make in the Nationwide Series.
you already explained why they wouldnt do that lol
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Lord Diddy
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So basically no NW driver is gonna win a race again this season? This solved nothin
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If anything the cup guys will drive like bigger jackasses.
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If anything the Cup field will shrink to 4 guys.

The others will go to the Nationwide series where they have struck a truce with Jimmie so he doesn't follow them and they have an actual shot at a title. The 3 remaining Sprint Cup drivers not named Jimmie Johnson will be branded delusional.
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actually you wouldnt need to strike a truce with jimmie on that.. dude cant drive a nw car.. surprised the rest of the feild isnt lobbying to sawp the cup and nws cars lol
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Steven Wallace will win the NW title with no wins and 1 top 5..such a champion.
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