I said I thought some drivers just did it for the quick cash grab.
Edited by me missunderstanding who paid the 1000.00 Then I went on to express my opinion why do they need fillers.
Do filler make the race better?? No they go for 2 laps and say something is wrong with the car when it is not. If everyone knows there are fillers why make up a problem with the car when they park after 2 or so laps? Makes no sense to me and many people have no clue about fillers and if everyone did there would be no need for them.
I'm not forcing my opinion on anyone. I'm trying to ask what is the big deal of having them are they needed and what for? As I stated before who does this benefit? The fans? No, They come to see all cars racing for a win.
The fillers yes they get cash for this and I have no beefs with that as if someone told me to be a filler and all I had to do was qualify and run to laps for a lot of money I would do it and you would be out of your mind to say no.
Now why does NASCAR do this? I know they want 43 cars to start and they have been doing this for a long time but why is it a huge deal? 39 cars can put on a great show?
I think I summed it up. I'm not attacking peoples opinion or drivers. I'm just curious to what the big deal is of having 5 or 7 less cars on the track and that is all.
I have No beefs with NASCAR and it they can do what they want just asking a simple question.
in the 50's they had over 43+ cars showing up to race and Darlinton and Daytona. Then later on it became 40 for for large tracks and 32 for small/short tracks mid 70 and 80's. Then Nascar made it 43 cars because of the championship provisional and this was for large and small/short tracks. This doesn't explain why fillers are needed and used?
Also read this on the net (I'm not the only on that questions why fillers are needed)
NASCAR Nationwide Series director Joe Balash said he has not been privy to discussions about shortening the fields in 2009.
NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Field Fillers Are A Disgrace
Drivers that don't have the basic resources shouldn't be on the track
By Steve McCormick, About.com
Feb 23 2004
Last weekend in Rockingham NASCAR had to work the phones and raise the minimum purse in order to ensure that there were 43 cars on the track. This lead to a few drivers who had no business being on the track taking the green flag along side of drivers who do.
As of the middle of last week there were only 38 drivers listed on the official entry list for the race. According to a persistent rumor, the TV contract stipulates that the race include a full field of 43 cars or there are financial penalties for NASCAR. This forced NASCAR to dig up a few drivers who just didn't have the resources to compete.
The most glaring example of this is 60 year-old grandfather of six Joe Ruttman. Joe hadn't entered a cup race in over ten years and his qualifying speed was over 11 mph slower than Ryan Newman's pole sitting pace. Ruttman apparently skipped both practice sessions on Saturday so as to avoid running up a tire bill.
In the race Joe Ruttman ran one lap and was parked by NASCAR because he failed to produce a pit crew! That's right, he showed up to the race, ran qualifying, skipped practice and ran one lap of the race completely without a crew. For his trouble Joe took home the 43rd place check for $54,196.
So did Fox get their money's worth out of him? Was he part of their show? His only contribution that I saw was that his name scrolled by on the top of the screen about 600 times: 43 Ruttman (Out).
I understand that NASCAR is in trouble but is it really worth it to drag out these embarrassments just to have 43 drivers take the green flag?
I'd much rather see the best 36 drivers racing than to bring in people who clearly don't belong. Fun Facts:
Most cars to start was 60 in 1973 winston 500
least amount of cars was the 1975 Richmond 500 22 cars
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