By THE PICKER Sports Columnist on Feb 26, 2013, at 4:06 PM Updated on 2/26 at 4:06 PM
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Every year, we try to start fresh with NASCAR, searching for the nuances of the sport.
Each year, it's the same.
The cars are restricted by rule as to how fast they can go. What if football players were restricted as to how fast they could run?
Common sense indicates that qualifying times count for a lot, that you have to be up front when the race starts, or be in the first row that survives the first wreck.
Each year, they blast off at the beginning, trying to get the best position for the parade part of the race. They get too close together and spin out, wrecking and knocking 10 to 15 vehicles out of competition.
Then the single file march starts. It's more like a parade than a race.
Then about 15 laps from the end, there's another spin out wreck.
In car racing, you can make up ground during a time out. This makes no sense. It's like scoring during a basketball time out. With all the technology, cars could easily be placed back on the spots where they were when a wreck happened.
Cars coast around under the caution flag until about five laps remain.
Then they race single file to the last lap, then double file on it, with the one in front winning, the end.
This race is tailor made for recording so you can flip through the boring parts, which are all except the spin-outs and the last few laps.
Here's a suggestion. Race far fewer laps.
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