NASCAR Considers Single 21,500 Mile Race For 2011 Season

CHARLOTTE, NC—Citing the need to cut travel and promotional costs while
still providing a top-notch racing experience for fans, NASCAR president
Mike Helton will announce Thursday that the schedule for 2011 may consist
of a single 21,500-mile event. "Holding 36 separate races as we do now
is just complicated, and our fans have to learn a lot of different kinds
of ovals from week to week," said Helton, who also confirmed that the
three-week race would consist of either 8,600 laps of Daytona's
superspeedway or 43,000 laps of the half-mile "bullring" in Bristol, TN.
"We're also blessed with a fanbase who, by and large, could watch the
whole thing without having to miss any work or school." The announcement
was met with only moderate enthusiasm by motorsports insiders, who
pointed to the NHRA's disastrous 2003 attempt to condense its season
into a single 36-mile drag race.

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You have to admit that WJM is damn good . Most everyone saw the humor in it , some didn't , but that's their loss IMO .
TV coverage???
Fox/DW for 10,000 laps,
ESPN/ABC/TNT for the next 10,000
"Freds pretty good Cable channel" for the last 1/3rd???
I give, guess I'll watch Rally America...

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