Nascar needs some house cleaning

Oh that sweet sound of a wreck into the Talladega walls while thousands of fans clamor over the fate of the driver who slammed so quickly. This is what Nascar has spun down to and it's a crying shame to watch as ratings plummet with the sport. I used to love the races and I would sit for the four hours or so watching drivers continually make that left turn. You can say what you want, but the skill level is pretty intense. Probably comparable to a showing of the Air Force Thunderbirds aviation show. The problem is this: Nascar has lost it's zing and may never get it back. The voice of the sport, the feel good image died on a Sunday afternoon in early 2001. His name was Dale Earnhardt and he was stock car racing's image. When he did, so too did a part of Nascar. For a couple of years, his son unsuccessfully held the reigns as the image of Nascar. Jr., as they call him, never lived up to the hype his father's death dealt him. He never won a championship and only made the chase for the cup a handful of times. To be precise, I think I can count the number with my left thumb. Today, Nascar is another sport waiting to die out because of a fan base that stays in one area: the southeast. Every decent track that can produce high speeds and loads of wrecks are found somewhere near Florida.
So what are we to do about a sport that so many, or should I say, so few care about? Well, the truth is hard to hear, but we must let it die. Like the XFL, Nascar has found a hole that is almost unmanagable to get out of. Three major labels in seven years has cost the sport quite a bit. Wait, is it the telephone cup of America yet? Just checking, it's still the Sprint Cup....for now. What needs to happen is a resurgence of the sport on another level. I highly doubt that Talladega or Daytona will ever leave our minds, but to erase some pitfalls like Darlington and Louden would really help the sport. Someone needs to get this sport back to the basics and allow real competition to come in. Remember when Dick Trickle was a driver? I do, and I also remember when this sport had compassion for it's fans. Who cares if one of the drivers takes steroids? It will just be that much harder to fit their large arms into the one size window frame. Although I don't offer much of a proposal to fix Nascar's problem, I do offer the proposal that someone undermine their operation by sticking money into venue's like ARCA or similar events. Giving local racetracks face time will really do this sport a favor. Not to mention, I'll get to see a race again.