NASCAR NATION- What do you think of the top 35 rule?

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It is absolutely necessary to fill the field at every track.. They owe it to the fans, and they owe it to the race tracks that have a hard time filling the stands.. How many underfunded teams would truck out to the west coast, or up north to Loudon, or Watkins Glen without it?? Dale Earnhardt didn't start any road races during two Championship runs.. Even legendary teams like the Wood Bros, with David Pearson never ran more than the highest paying twenty races, or so to save money..
So NASCAR made a rule.. To keep the field full at tracks that didn't offer much money, they offered points.. Another rule said 43 cars must start every race, or they won't race.. The only way they could make that happen was the top 35 rule, and that made those point more important than money.. Without that there would be no NASCAR today.. And every single one of you should know that, because it didn't happen very long ago in NASCAR history..

I'm old school, they never had it back in the day, and they can dump it anytime they want to. Fastest 43 race no matter who you are. Dump the past champion thing also, if you are a past champion you should know how to qualify. Nascar is just looking out for the big teams, it sux. The top 35 is just a wasted rule, Petty, Yarborough and Pearson didn't have it so why do these drivers need it today.

Go Dale Jr & Hms

It's NASCAR's way of kissing their golden boys butts, nothing more, nothing less.

Heaven forbid Jeff, Jimmie, Jr. Tony or whoever doesn't make it into the show..

I'm OK with the rule. I might argue 35 is too many but I think you have to protect against the top names and teams missing the race because of something silly that might happen on Friday. If you changed to a fastest 43 race period, I think you'd have to change the qualifying format. You could run for an hour and go by fastest time sort of like MotoGP does. But do we want to send a Jr or Tony Stewart home because a minor part failed two days before the race started. Also, if you didn't guarantee these teams a spot, they would have to spend more resources and money on qualifying. The same old guys would make the show and the same old folks would go home. So why put the teams through that. Don't think for a second that qualifying times and order wouldn't be the same if every team had to qualify. For example, if you see Boris Said beat Jimmie Johnson on Friday now, you wouldn't see that under the other scenario. There's a reason why this occasionally happens on Friday but almost never on Sunday.

I do not like it. Let the 43 fastest race.

drop it to teh top 25 thjen the next 15 fastest then a new twist a 25 lap shoot out for the last 3 spots

i think that if a go or go homer has a faster time than a driver in the top 35 he should race.
fast times race,slow times go to THE HOUSE!
just my opinion

I have never liked the rule. Prior to its inception, NASCAR had said they wanted to help the smaller, one car teams become more successful, but then they put that rule in place, and started sending those same one car teams home every weekend. How did they help those guys? I think NASCAR should go back to the way it was before that rule. Every car qualifies on speed, with a champion's provisional. The guys in the top 35 easily make the field anyways, so why should they get a break? All they have to do on qualifying day is run a few laps to figure out where their pit stall will be.

It served it's purpose when there was the rash of start and drop teams but it needs to be tweaked or go away. It is sicking when a go or go home team qualifies good and does not make the show. Like that farce when a go or go home qualified 11th and didn't make the show.

I've never liked it. Top 10 should be guaranteed and that's it. Everyone else qualifies on speed. Past champion provisional is fine. If you are slow, you don't belong out there. Load up and try again next week.

keep it or let it go, change it to top 30? whats your opinion

I like it just fine the way it is. We don't need any more rule changes.sex software