Smoke takes the All Star Race.....

[JimT]

Go Tony....

[OJR]

I am glad he pulled it out!

Very nice wreck also! LOL!!!

[Chrud]

That was the best 1 1/2 mile racing I've seen in a long, long time. The reason, of course, was the short races. I've been saying it for a couple years now...multiple races that are shorter will lead to more exciting and competitive racing. Plus, it would help the team budgets a bit too.

[Guest Finn]

That's great. Nice to see him at #2 in the standings too.

[VABuckSlayer]

That was the best 1 1/2 mile racing I've seen in a long, long time. The reason, of course, was the short races. I've been saying it for a couple years now...multiple races that are shorter will lead to more exciting and competitive racing. Plus, it would help the team budgets a bit too.

It's a shame that the rest of the year is "points racing". If every week could be like the All Star race it would be so much more exiciting to watch. Guess it's back to good ol boring racing from here on. Especially with this next race. 600 mile snoozer for sure. I think I'll go fishing and maybe catch the last 100 miles or so!

[The_Kat]

I think Tony is a big fat baby, but I too was glad to see him take the win in his own car. Thats pretty cool, and it was nice to see Ryan Newman up front til he cut a tire too.

[Chrud]

It's a shame that the rest of the year is "points racing". If every week could be like the All Star race it would be so much more exiciting to watch. Guess it's back to good ol boring racing from here on. Especially with this next race. 600 mile snoozer for sure. I think I'll go fishing and maybe catch the last 100 miles or so!

They should adopt the same points system IMCA uses. The winner gets x amount of points (say 100 for simplicity), 2nd gets 99, 3rd gets 98 and so on. Get rid of the "leading a lap" bonus and give the driver who leads the most laps 5 additional points (although there are no bonus points in IMCA). It would be much more difficult to points race with that format. It would keep the points closer too (ie more excitement).

They NEED to have double-file restarts also. Stop with the separate pit sequence for lap-down cars. Let them all pit together and let them line up where the come off pit road. That will eliminate the lucky dog rule. If you get a couple laps down, with the double file restarts you can make up those laps in no time if you've got a fast car.

[ddddyyyy]

I agree with JimT

[VermontHunter]

I agree with JimT

Yeah right , see ya .. :D

[Chrud]

They NEED to have double-file restarts also.

It's about time...

- Copied from Jayski.com

NASCAR Announces “Double-File Restarts – Shootout Style”: NASCAR announced a change to its race format with the addition of “Double-File Restarts – Shootout Style” throughout each race. Beginning with this weekend at Pocono Raceway, the first- and second-place drivers will line up side-by-side as the green flag flies for each restart. “We’ve heard the fans loud and clear: ‘double-file restarts – shootout style’ are coming to the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series,” said NASCAR Chairman and CEO Brian France. “This addition to the race format is good for competition and good for the fans.”

NASCAR recently used the “double-file” format for its non-points NASCAR Sprint All-Star Race, which produced an unpredictable finish. The format will be adapted for the NASCAR Nationwide Series and NASCAR Camping World Truck Series in the near future. Under the previous format, cars on the lead lap would restart in a single-file line while cars that had been lapped would start in a line next to them. Under the new format, the race leader will have the option to restart on the inside or outside lane. The second-place driver would then restart next to the leader. Regardless of where the leader starts, drivers in odd number positions (3rd, 5th, 7th places, etc.) will restart on the inside lane, while drivers in even number positions (4th, 6th, 8th places, etc.) will restart on the outside. All restarts will use the same format regardless of the number of laps remaining in the race.

The first-place driver will continue to control the timing of restarts in a designated zone on the track. Likewise, cars are to stay in line until they reach the start/finish line. The first eligible car a lap or more down will continue to earn one lap back following a caution, which is known as the “free pass.” However, a new element beginning this week will be that the “free pass” will remain in effect the entire race [before it was all race until 10 or less laps to go, then none was awarded]. Lapped cars choosing to remain on the track will be “waved around” the caution car and will restart the race in respective track position, thus picking up a lap to the leader provided the leader also pits. This will also remove lapped cars from behind the pace car, allowing the leaders to take the green without interference [so the leader will not restart in the middle of the pack].(NASCAR)(6-4-2009)