What the Heck? By-Danny Zeeff Check out ALL our sections and features here!! There is plenty to keep you busy on our main page! The Rock is over. Great race, lots of excitement, different leaders, everything we like to see in a Nascar Race. And one glaring thing that we hate to see but which has become the expected rather than the exception. A huge HUH? at the end. I realize everybody with a keyboard in front of them is banging out a diatribe of some kind or another right about now, but I have a personal bitch with Nascar's latest example of ineptitude. How do I tell the people that I've tried so hard to convert to Nascar, in print, in person, and especially in the stick and ball world of AM talk sports radio, that there really are no rules, just some people that make decisions on a whim that dictate the outcome of the race and the income of the racers? It's hard enough when FOX starts off the broadcast with footage of The Rock, not the racetrack but the wrestler, to convince folks of the legitimacy of our favorite sport, but when it comes right down to making a serious decision, the officials seem to be paying full attention to some heckler in the audience so as not to be bothered by what's happening in the ring. The thing that I find hard to describe, simply because I find it hard to fathom, is what the heck is the rule? It can't be that hard. Can a race end under yellow or not? Does Nascar wave red to stop a race so they can finish under green or not? I really don't care one way or the other, since I've watched yellow flag finishes for years and become accustomed to this method, but to leave something as important as the finish of a race involving millions of dollars up to officials that throw out the rule book to write a best seller only invites further criticism and outrage at a governing body that can ill afford either. The time to stop this nonsense is NOW. Before the next race declare in clear and indisputable terms the rules of finishing Nascar Winston Cup Races. Then, popular or not, simply enforce them as written. Anything less will only further the degradation of Nascar in the eyes of the seasoned fan and the prospective fan alike. Danny Zeeff DannyZ@insidethepitbox.com Check out ALL our sections and features here!! There is plenty to keep you busy on our main page! (Editors Note:The views and opinions of our writers are just that, theirs. If you have comments, write to them. We take no responsibility for their articles... Do you blame us?) Article archives Return to the Main Page