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Thursday, November 19, 2009

By Natalie Anthony

 

 

Ford 400

November 22, 2009 (Sunday) 3:30 pm – ABC

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 The last chapter of NASCAR has yet to be written, but the plot is very similar to the last three editions of the Sprint Cup volumes.  Jimmie Johnson continues to be the main character while the rest of the Cup chasers play incidental roles.  Did we need forty-three other personalities to make the NASCAR book readable?  There were thirty-five different chapters before we reach the end and each led to the climatic finish of the chase.  Without key players in every race, the chase for the Sprint Cup would have been a bottom shelf seller.  Phoenix International Raceway left NASCAR editors with the challenge to finish the novel with an episode that would entice NASCAR readers to read the next edition to be published in 2010.  Should they change the format of the manuscript to alter next year’s edition and leave readers wanting more?  If writers leave the layout the way it has been then NASCAR buyers are going to skip over that edition and read something else.  Drop in sales of the last thirty-five sections is a clear indicator that the movement of the story has proven to be mind-numbing.  There is nothing worse than being able to predict the ending of a story and that is what NASCAR publishers are dealing with.  Personally I will buy stock in the next installment, but I cannot guarantee that I will follow and read it whole-heartedly and that is severe since considering that I love this particular genre.  NASCAR’s epilogue to NASCAR Nation should be a promise of an exhaustive attempt to provide a goal that guarantees a revision of every race’s stage.  This improvement is critical in garnering future growth in the sport, and that is the NASCAR’s manifesto. 

            The chase for the 2009 NASCAR Cup Champion may have already been written, but the race at Homestead-Miami is still a rough draft.  Carl Edwards showcased his abilities last season to take the win, but shared the spot-light with the three-time champion Jimmie Johnson.  The only thing that will save this chase from yet another anticlimactic ending is to have a driver other than the #48 car finish first for the race even though the Lowes Chevrolet will ultimately win the chase.

              

 

Happy Thanksgiving!

 

 

 

Track Stats

 

 

 

 

                                                                        

Ford 400

(November 16, 2008) 

Top 10 Results  

1.  Carl Edwards

2.  Kevin Harvick

3.  Jamie McMurray

4.  Jeff Gordon

5.  Clint Bowyer

6.  Kasey Kahne

7.  Travis Kvapil

8.  Casey Mears

9.  Tony Stewart

10.Martin Truex Jr.

 

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