NASCAR's Christmas List

As I am writing this post, millions of people are either getting their list ready for the most hectic day of shopping for the Christmas season, or sleeping in a tent on a sidewalk outside their favorite retailer.  Each year people ready their buying lists to take care of family and friends to make the Holidays the best time of the year.  But what would be on a list for NASCAR?

Well, here is the top 5 list of what I believe NASCAR needs to pick up at the stores this offseason to make 2012 a more "Jolly" occasion.

5.  Some New Lanscaping-  Probably the most embarrasing thing that happened this season for the sport was the ontrack revenge and later suspension of Kyle Busch.  The driver of the Interstate Batteries/M&M's Toyota sat out a race, finished last in the Chase, and became the driver of the M&M free #18.  Many people were actually thinking that Kyle Busch could have even lost his job, which he may if we don't see some "new" Busch's next year.

"Shrub" was not the only Busch to have problems in 2011.  Older brother, and driver of the #22 Penske Dodge, Kurt Busch had radio tirades throughout the season and even had to appologize for a profanity packed rant at commentator Dr. Jerry Punch for having to wait for the live feed for an interview.  All in all, NASCAR does have history of, and needs a fair amount of coarse personalities to keep the sport edgy, but embarrasment does nobody any good, including NASCAR.

4.  A Big Screen TV-  2011 was a great year for competition and closeness in the points standings.  It was not, however, a great year for viewership.  Yes, the ratings were up for most of the races, but there were plenty of fans in the stands that were apparently dressed up like empty seats.  For the first time in years there were large offerings of available seats for the August Bristol race.  That never happens!  Many of the tracks have figured out that they need to offer some low price/package deals to both help people be able to afford to visit the track and to draw them to some lower series races.

3.  A DVR-  Could we get a replay please?!  The tightness of competition, plentiful storylines, and crazy on-track action in 2011 was amazing.  Could NASCAR forsee that they would have the tightest championship ever when they came out with their new points system in January?  Of course not!  Are they pleased at how it came out?  Please!!  Brian France is in his office right now coming up with a fine for someone who may complain about the point system in the offseason.

2.  A Car Splitter-  Litterally...  Something to split cars...  Two cars actually.  After completing their aero test at Daytona last week and coming up with some promising aero packages for next year's plate tracks, NASCAR needs something to work and break the two car tandems apart.  Do some people like the Two Car Tango?  Yes.  But I fully believe they are limited to the two or three that only like it because they think it hurts Dale Earnhardt Jr.  Just Kidding!

1.  Some Bumper Sticker-  Or better yet, how about they get a few full car wraps!  NASCAR has lost sponsorship money each of the last few seasons.  Of course this is understandable given the national and global economic settings, but NASCAR must keep sponsorship interest in order to keep competing for market share with the NFL and other sports markets.

Now I, of course, have a few NASCAR items on my own wish list, but those will come with another post.  Happy Thanksgiving and may you be blessed with either patience or wisdom on Black Friday...

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