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This should keep the big show big.(NASCAR)
That's entertainment!
Once upon a time, NASCAR was all about racing. Those days are over. When the boys in Daytona Beach started using the words "drama" and "excitement" to pitch their new points plan, it sounded more like a TNT promo for a new television series than a description of America's No. 2 sport in television popularity.
But when you're No. 2, there's always the desire to move up. And when television ratings and attendance figures fell off during the final third of last season, something had to change.
With last week's announcement of the new Chase for the Championship, NASCAR plans to inject made-for-TV suspense into the portion of ...
- Los Angeles Times to Publish Aug. 30 NASCAR 'Chase for the Cup' Special Sports...
- Press release article from: PR Newswire August 29, 2006 700+ words
...in deciding which NASCAR drivers will make "the chase" for the Nextel...witness. Has the "Chase for the Cup" actually...intensified a part of NASCAR that has always been...California Speedway. * Chase for the Nextel Cup -- As NASCAR's top-tier series...
- NASCAR CHASE FOR THE CUP PREVIEW; Who will it be in 2007?(Competition)
- Magazine article from: AutoWeek Pearce, Al September 17, 2007 700+ words
...viewers-Nextel and NASCAR devised the "Chase for the Cup...missed the second Chase and Stewart missed last year's, NASCAR and Nextel expanded...Earnhardt Jr.: NASCAR's worst nightmare...second-consecutive Chase because of seven...
- NASCAR playoffs try to rev up new racing fans; The Chase for the cup begins...
- Newspaper article from: The Christian Science Monitor September 16, 2005 700+ words
...seems to be working. NASCAR introduced its postseason, known as the Chase for the Cup, last...Greg Biffle - in the Chase, accounting for...championship field. NASCAR Chairman Brian France...Who's in the NASCAR Chase The 10-race Chase...
- NASCAR Chase in whittling mode.
- Newspaper article from: The Orlando Sentinel (Orlando, Fla.) (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune News Service) October 5, 2005 700+ words
...Fla. _ Twice now, NASCAR has insisted on inserting...insanity into the "Chase for the Championship...plate race in the Chase." Real NASCAR racing, on unrestricted...response, off the Chase schedule. "The...owners can't and NASCAR's not going to...
- nascar chase capsules
- Newspaper article from: Telegraph - Herald (Dubuque) WILL GRAVES October 29, 2009 700+ words
...glance at the 12 drivers competing in NASCAR's Chase for the Sprint Cup championship heading...order of points):Jimmie Johnson CHASE POINTS: first, 6,098 CAR: No...track during the spring. Mark Martin CHASE POINTS: second, -118 CAR: No...
- NASCAR Chase battle tight
- Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe Paul Newberry September 6, 2009 700+ words
...Boys Auto 500, when NASCAR holds its first scheduled...Richmond, where the Chase field will be finalized...races and still be in the Chase. The next two weeks...become the first driver in NASCAR history to win four straight...good about starting the Chase in the past," Johnson...
- Kyle Busch climbs NASCAR Chase standings
- Newspaper article from: Deseret News (Salt Lake City) Associated Press August 23, 2009 700+ words
...Fighting hard for a berth in the Chase for the championship, Busch drove...race at one of the toughest tracks in NASCAR to climb off the ropes and keep his...just isn't a fluke to get in the Chase," he said in Victory Lane. "We...
- Red Cross Racing Members Cheer on Biffle in NASCAR Chase for the Sprint Cup.
- Newspaper article from: Science Letter October 21, 2008 700+ words
...driver Greg Biffle this weekend during round five of the NASCAR Chase for the Sprint Cup at Lowe's Motor Speedway in Concord...Cross Racing during the April Talladega race to educate NASCAR fans about the importance of giving blood. So far, nearly...
