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Originally posted by gov135
Why NASCAR is not a sport:
1. There are no set rules. Noone, including the participants, no if and when a race will end. This is because NASCAR is reluctant to end races under caution conditions. Sometimes they may just decide to through a red flag and stop the cars. Although unpopular, the rules should allow for the race to end under caution conditions - like any other sport, uniform rules.
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the race ends when a car crosses the start-finish line on the final lap. they also end when rain comes in (but nascar warns at least 2 laps in advance of rain caused finishes). red flags are thrown when there is too much wreckage on the track for safe driving.
before the race, nascar tells the drivers the last lap where they would put the red flag down in case of a caution. after this lap expires, race will finish under yellow.
so, if the caution comes out after the preset lap #, the race
WILL under caution.
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2. There are no set rules. There are no set penalties for dealing with cheaters, and people seem to cheat every week. Usually, if you read every inch of the sports page, you will find that on Wednesday, NASCAR docks a team several points for this or that. It is not uniform, but arbitrary. Sports have rules, and enforce them. People seem very willing to cheat in NASCAR, and NASCAR is not willing to put a stop to it.
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it's pure judgemental, just like a baseball umpire calls a strike. can you pull up the same arguement for that?
also, look at where the umpire spots the ball in the NFL. it's judgemental and not always on the right spot. what about the fouls committed in nba? also a judgement call and some violations will be missed.
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3. There are no set rules. Because racin' back to the start/finish line allows some competitors to get back on the lead lap, and is generally more excitin', NASCAR is reluctant to ban the practice. Again, noone really knows what the rules are.
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It's the lead car that determines whether or not to let another car get back on the lead lap. the leader usually ONLY allows cars that dont pose a challenge or are a member of the same team to pass when racing back to the caution.
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NASCAR is running a show, just like WWE is running a show. This is why they are reluctant to have actual rules - because you would need to enforce them. If Earnhardt Jr. runs an illegal set-up, you'd need to enforce it by taking away his race points and banning him from the next stop. But this would ruin the next show.
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yes, dale jr has been docked points and his crew chief fined for some minor violations. i dont think nascar has ever grounded a driver for minor violations on the car.