[Stoney]

Is NASCAR rigged? Has the integrity of the sport been compromised?

YES: Look at how the caution flags fly for phantom debris when a driver breaks away from the pack.

YES: Look at who gets penalized and how much when others in the garage are teflon.

YES: There is no way that the same teams can consistently finish up front all the time without inside help from the officials in the garage and on the track. The sport has too much money flowing into it for certain drivers and sponsors not to get certain advantages.

YES: Look at the NASCAR Rulebook it fails miserably to lay out specifics and is truly fluid. Nothing is set in stone except that NASCAR can change the rules as they see fit anytime they want.

YES: The sport has become as crooked as organized crime as greed has overcome what used to be an endearing sport that the little guy could participate in. But not anymore NASCAR has peaked and will begin a serious decline. They left thier roots...[Rockingham, North Wilkesboro, Hickory, and many other tracks] and when they did that they left us the core fans.

[wingkey1]

How ironic. The 64 Million Dollar question was found to be rigged as well.

I vote Yes.

Ever since that Riggs guy showed up we were suspicious.

[NASCAR Gnome]

It's rigged so badly (and blatantly) that arguably the MOST POPULAR North Carolina driver in Sprint Cup failed to win one race last year and make the Chase! Oh, and it's so rigged that after NASCAR expanded to 12 the number of drivers who make the Chase in order to "facilitate" this driver making the field, he missed it by one spot! I guess it wasn't rigged enough...

And how could I forget this one? It's rigged so badly that for the first time in a long time (or ever) a North Carolina driver failed to win one race last season! You'd think that with 36 races and all the "rigging" involved, a NC driver would have at least won 5 or more races?

Hold on... I believe I just heard some "Black Helicopters" flying around the top of my house!!!

[LSC9901]

Stoney I'm very confident that with minimal research I could make the same assumption about any professional sport. When you talk about the money that flows into NASCAR how does that differ with the outrageous sums of money paid to baseball players for an example. Curt Schilling of the Boston red Sox will be paid $8 million this year and may never make it to the mound. He's 41 years old. Rigged ????? Look at the amount of PED's in major league sports today. Rigged ???

NASCAR is not the sport it was 40 years ago and it will again change over the next few years and probably more after that. The series is owned by one family who will make a profit for years to come. I may agree with you that the sport is not the same but rigged .... NOT in this posters opinion. There are far to many variables for that to happen and why would the rigged system pick someone like Rick Hendricks to be its main man.

I'll respect your post as an opinion that you hold dearly but I just don't see any bread under your butter.

[PenelopePitStop]

Originally Posted by Stoney

YES: There is no way that the same teams can consistently finish up front all the time without inside help from the officials in the garage and on the track. The sport has too much money flowing into it for certain drivers and sponsors not to get certain advantages.

Heard it all before ... and that's all I have to say about that!




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[NascarRacer56]

Is NASCAR rigged?

NO.

[bears9]

If NASCAR was rigged, then Jr. would've been in the Chase and won a few races last year.

[Phils20]

Nope, not at all rigged. It is run these days by folks who are out of touch with the fan base, and make some STUPID decisions, but not at all rigged!

Vince McMahon could make up better plot lines than the bumbling crew from Daytona.

[Quality88]

Originally Posted by Phils20

Vince McMahon could make up better plot lines than the bumbling crew from Daytona.

Whoa... that's bold.

[LSC9901]

Originally Posted by Phils20

Vince McMahon could make up better plot lines than the bumbling crew from Daytona.

Originally Posted by Quality88

Whoa... that's bold.

Vince McMahon, Mike Helton

Mike Helton, Vince McMahon .....

Dumb & Dumber ... which is which ??? Now there is a good question.

[simple simon]

Originally Posted by bears9

If NASCAR was rigged, then Jr. would've been in the Chase and won a few races last year.

my thoughts exactly ... if they are rigging it they are doing a lousy job of it .... plenty of fans are pissed at how it is going

[Phils20]

Originally Posted by LSC9901

Vince McMahon, Mike Helton

Mike Helton, Vince McMahon .....

Dumb & Dumber ... which is which ??? Now there is a good question.

Mike is dumber. Vince built a Billion dollar business, Mike Helton is tearing one down!

[Quality88]

Originally Posted by Phils20

Mike is dumber. Vince built a Billion dollar business, Mike Helton is tearing one down!

I was waitin for someone to say somethin along those lines.

[simple simon]

Originally Posted by Phils20

Mike is dumber. Vince built a Billion dollar business, Mike Helton is tearing one down!

... touche ...

[Phils20]

Originally Posted by simple simon

... touche ...

I'm good for one once in a while!

It's far from too late for NASCAR to get it right. There are still tons of loyal fans out here. But they do need to start soon!

The fact that there are more and more cuaual fans that get the impression things aren't on the up and up means that they have some work to do.