Head2Head: Is it OK to tell non-Chasers to back off?

#130.....As long as they put 43 cars on the track, ALL 43 cars should be allowed to race for all they're worth.
What part of "racing" is so hard for you to comprehend?
If they want the "chasers" to have a free and clear field, let them race by themselves. Oh, wait....they already tried that, it was called IROC, and you see where IROC is. Then again, NASCAR IS making the cars alike.....maybe IROC is what Brian, Helton, et al are striving for.......and they'll reap the same reward.

Hey folks, it's called a race and the object of any race is for the competitors to get to the finish line FIRST. How about in the Olympic 100 meter race if Olympic officials told runners from Bolivia and Greenland to back off and let the powerhouse runners race for the win??? That's total and complete CRAP. NASCAR... it's a RACE... you set the rules and monitor from start to finish, but NEVER ask or tell anyone not to RACE for the win. Every year NASCAR pushs me further and further away and it's CRAP like this that makes me and many others wonder how many RACES have been "fixed" by NASCAR??? Things that make you go hummmmmmmmmm...

I can't understand the sentiment that everybody is entitled to race ... yes they are before the Chase field is set. How on earth can anyone feel the non-Chasers have some sort of right to affect the outcome of the Chase? Are you people all out of your rabbit-assed minds? If the losers must race ... and I'm sure they're all paupers, right ... How many paychecks of $80,000 plus has Front Row Joe taken home for driving three laps and parking his jalopy ... please ... NASCAR can always do a "losers-bracket" race for the other 31 drivers if they have to. They could call it ... the Nationwide Series ... oh, wait a minute, that's taken ... but when you stop and think about it, it's basically the same field of drivers. Make the Chase, get to Race ... lose and go home and quit whining about it. I know, all you JR lovers wouldn't get to see your in-bred, incestuous off-spring, non-driving cry baby attempt to get around the track ... my heart bleeds for you.
Rock on Mark Martin!!!

Nascar telling any car to back off and not race hard is something that will crush Nascar. If the chase drivers had there own points system that was seperate from the rest of the field, it wouldn't matter if one of the chase drivers got wrecked. The point lose wouldn't hurt them as bad. I don't see why Nascar can't see that. But I do think it is disgusting that they told a car to back off.

NASCAR -- The WWE of racing! I'll watch something different this week. Maybe Fantasy Island. At least the show title admits that it's a fantasy.

Gentlemen, Start your engines.....and may the right car win!!!!

Telling the 25 car to back off the chase cars was just about the last straw. The anouncers don't hardly talk about any cars that are not in the chase. I watch a race to see 43 race cars, not just 12. I think that Nascar shoud drop the 2nd race from every track to make it 22 races, then add Kentuky, Nashville, Iowa. Start with Daytona. That takes it to 25 races. Then throw all the the tracks in a hat and pick 10 tracks for the chase. That way you have different tracks in the chase every year.

Nascar telling a driver how to drive is lowering the greatness of the sport. I' m next in line to watch something such as the local news.....THUMBS DOWN ON NASCAR...........

I've been a race fan for 60 years, and what NASCAR has done to it
in the past few is a shame... ruined a great sport all for $$.
the chase stinks!! you race for the win!!

here is an idea let the season be shortened to 30 races and then a six race playoff for just top 12. all the other teams would get some time off to work on next year and see their family.

This is exactly why I no longer watch Nascar racing.. it's not racing if they are told to "back off I'm running for a win".. what happened to the old racing? Bring that back and lower the prices so the fans can afford to go.. then I'll think about watching again.. for now you've lost me and my family (and a few friends) as fans..

good luck with that..

The only justification for that is at the end when a driver is say 2 laps down and the chase drivers are competing for the win. Till that point, they should all run the wheels off and drive like they stoled it.. All the other drivers have sponsors and need to compete for a check as well. Maker

if they are going to go that far ,they might as well send all drivers home and leave just chase drivers on the track,i'll tell you what i have watched racing for years but the past 2 yrs im really thinking about not watching anymore ,thay have took what racing was out of it, nascar is starting took look rigged and put on more and more every year,it used to be you go for the win fasted car wins,you do what it takes .

just let them race

Keselowski? I question the need for a warning; however, If anyone needed a warning, it would probably be that nut bag, as well as his psychotic twin, Kyle Busch.

I quit watching because Nascar asked the drivers to quit bumping into each other. Now they want other drivers to stay out of the chase drivers way. Another reason to not watch Nascar anymore. Boy am I glad football season started.

one good thing about the chase is that college football has started. i love nascar more than football . the last few yaers nascar has did some great things to make the racing better . but making a driver slow down because he is not a chaser is crazy. so, i have to agreed with what most of u are saying .put the 12 drivers out there by there self. r let them RACE like they did back in day. ALL OUT ---- to the wall racing. and keep the rules simple.WAR EAGLE/GO99!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

just want to see a race in which everyone tries to win! Don't give a good goddamm who the best tire changer in the world is. Points racing isn't racing ( kinda like the Blue Angels going fast in formation). Add the fuel mileage game and debris cautions, and then tell them if they want to continue making millions not to bump into each other, and you have today's nascar !
Almost forgot , make sure every driver looks like Tom Cruise. Your product is junk !

I agree with Brian....You might as well just have a race for the top 12 and then let the others have a real race!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! You know which one I would watch??
You guessed it...The real race of the 31 drivers!!!!

I can't wait to hear the tales that come from Talladega. They'll hear more from NASCAR's radio than they will from their spotters! lol

@Brian, poster #102- You nailed it, man. Well said!

Well then just have the top 12 race. But over the years nascar thinks they have been making it better raceing in all they are makeing it worst. Tell me where can a family go to wacth a race without going to the bank to take out a loan. Nascar is full of spoiled little babies that Daddy had some money to waste and what did it produce a bunch of whinners. C Lord West Bend Wis

I think that all drivers should be allowed to race as hard as they can for the win as long they don't do anthing to wreck any of the chase drivers. A lot of these drivers are just as good as the chase boys , they just had some bad luck during the start of the season. B. J. D.

That official should be relieved of his duties. Perhaps he could look for debree on the track during the last few laps!!!