CUP: Major Changes Being Mulled At NASCAR

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CUP: Major Changes Being Mulled At NASCAR

NASCAR is looking at a host of changes to improve racing at making it more fan-friendly...

Tom Jensen | Posted January 09, 2010 Nashville, TN

NASCAR Sprint Cup Series driver/owner Michael Waltrip hugs the yellow line in 2009 at Daytona International Speedway. (Photo: LAT Photographic)

A thornier topic is the possible elimination of the “no-passing zones” below the double-yellow lines at Talladega and Daytona.

“Here is what people don't understand. If the yellow line wasn't there, then the yellow line would simply become the grass,” said two-time Daytona 500 winner Michael Waltrip. “You're going to go somewhere, if you can. So go to the yellow line and quit there so that everybody can have a place to position themselves. We've proven we're perfectly capable of wiping each other out with the yellow line. Taking it away, what are we trying to accomplish?”

Still, it appears whatever the final outcome, there will be some interesting twists to the start of the 2010 season — and perhaps renewed fan interest as well.

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Tom Jensen is the Editor-In-Chief for SPEED.com, the former Executive Editor of NASCAR Scene and a contributing Editor for TruckSeries.com. He is the author of “Cheating: The Bad Things Good NASCAR Nextel Cup Racers Do In Pursuit of SPEED,” and has appeared on numerous television and radio shows to discuss NASCAR racing.

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