Is it Mike Helton, the insurance companies or various religious groups that limit NASCAR?

May be...

You want another guy to go down? Buddy, it's 2008, not 1958. Safety is THAT important.

Insurance companies are doing what?

What religious groups? Mormons? Doing what?

Well with so many rules and regulations yeah it isn't like it used to be. But then do you want to lose another good man??? I certainly don't. I'll take safety over beatin and bangin though I do love a good wreck when it does not involve my guys.

There are still a few drivers out there who still have a pair....

AND...what religious groups??? NASCAR has all my respect in the world that i can muster for keeping the opening prayer before the race!! And except for the invocation prior to the race I don't see anything religious going on.
I've been to many a race and haven't seen the hare krishnas passing out flowers or anything so I don't know what you mean by the religious thing.

It is all three and many more. Sadly we have become a culture ruled by safety first and lawyers. I would like to see the old style of racing but it won't happen.

If ya wanna see death and gore, follow drunk drivers home from bars late nights and witness it first-hand, lol !

Heck yea man. That's the kind of racing I want to see. Maybe when they get through figuring the car out we can see some real racing. It seems like the new car is a lot safer. Maybe next year after some more testing an tweaking on the car they can do it.

Race day and races could be a lot different ya' know - and a lot better! Do we really care about safety THIS much? Wouldn't you rather see a driver with the kind of balls that will let them push it to the edge a beatin' and bangin' on doors all the way down the straight-a-way a crashin' and passin' while the only ones complaining about boo boo dents are the skin men?

it aint gonna happen