Daytona 500 this weekend

So the Nascar season starts again this weekend. During the course of the year I probably watch a total of less than 5 hours of NASCAR all year and a good percentage of that will be the first race this weekend.

The premise of starting the season with your top event is a bit confusing to me. I do not, I must confess, consider myself a fan. I still at my age do not understand the rules of pitting and and being the lucky dog at crashes.

When I was young I was a country kid and we went to the car races. I remember enjoying the races. There was this one driver who on the summer we went the most had an X car ( that was his number) and he won consistently I think his name was Pete something so at a time in my life I was attached to the sport.

Now however the idea of sitting in the hot sun cheering on cars to go faster aided by alcohol much of the time. That is perhaps an unfair generalization. I have almost as little desire to watch at home.

It just does not hold an appeal for me. Even if it did the idea of the Points Chase has never really caught on as NASCAR traditionally has not rewarded wins enough with enough of points in comparison with not taking chances and finishing 8th for example.

The new points method from this year promises to be simpler and there will be a part of qualifying for " The Chase" that will take wins into account. This is a good thing and makes sense to even an outsider like me.

However, after this Sunday I do not think you will find me watching.