It's the money stupid!  Dope!  What was I thinking?  It's always show me the money!

Last year in California last place paid $80,000.  Why?  Should we really pay this for last place?  No wonder some teams were trying to make a living as field fillers then parking a car only fit for qualifying after one lap.  What was the point in that?

Thankfully, with the entry of Toyota this is not happening this year.  But there is still something rotten in Denmark.  Busch fields are short of entries.  Why aren't these extra Cup teams running Busch?

Chorus:

It's the money stupid!  Dope!  What was I thinking?  It's always show me the money!

Busch paid roughly $24,000 to start.

Cost to send trailer from North Carolina to California...$10,000

Cost to send four people with team...$5,000

Tire bill...$3,000

Not exactly priceless.

O.K.  So why not run trucks?

Chorus:

It's the money stupid!  Dope!  What was I thinking?  It's always show me the money!

How much did Mike Skinner win last Friday by winning the truck race?

$60,000.

$20,000 less than it pays just to make the Cup race?

Yep.

Which brings me to this.  What should NASCAR do to rectify this situation?

How about revenue sharing?  Pay less to start in Cup?  Pay less to start in Cup and use money to pay more to start in Busch?  Pay less to start in Cup and use money to pay more to win in trucks?

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