The End of the NASCAR Season
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Comments(1) And so ends the 2007 NASCAR season. The 2007 Chase for the Nextel Cup was a dud, in my opinion. By the last 7 races there was not one spark of excitement. What NASCAR had hoped would be a comeback season turned out to be more lackluster than blockbuster.There were more stories about next year than this year for NASCAR. Who Dale Earnhardt Jr would sign with or if Joe Gibbs Racing would switch to Toyota dominated more headlines than Toyota’s racing program growing stronger or Ricky Rudd’s retirement or how all NASCAR events drove with unleaded fuel for the first time ever.
There will be many, like me, that are glad this season is over and begin looking forward to next year and Daytona. With so many changes to the Cup and Busch series one would need Cliff Notes just to keep track of it all. Here is a short rundown:
Nextel Cup changes it’s name to the Sprint Cup
Busch GrandNational Series becomes Nationwide Series
The Car of Tomorrow becomes the full time car for the entire season.
There may be a possible change to way teams qualify for Sprint events.
Dale Jr will leave DEI and drive for HMS switching the 8 for the 88 and the current 88 team becomes the 28.
Kyle Busch leaves HMS to drive the #18 for JGR sponsored by M&M’s.
JJ Yeley leaves the #18 team to drive for the #96 HOF team.
Head spinning yet?
Stay Tuned. There will be more craziness to come over the winter months.
Congrats to Jimmie Johnson, Chad Kanaus and the Hendrick Organization.
