Nextel All Star Challenge

[shoeman530]

What the hell is this?

[Lsufan]

Dash For Cash - $1 Million To he Winner

The NASCAR NEXTEL All-Star Challenge is a race open to race winners (either as a driver or a car owner) from the previous season as well as the current season, plus the past ten event winners and past decade's Cup Series champions. Drivers are also eligible if they are one of the top two finishers in the NEXTEL Open qualifying race (a 40-lap race in two 20-lap segments for drivers not qualified for the main event) or remain on the lead lap in the NEXTEL Open and get the most votes.

Due to the nature of the race (only winning counts, and no points are rewarded regardless of finishing position), drivers often make crazy and reckless moves not seen in other races, and crashes are frequent - it is not uncommon to see less than half the starting grid finishing at the end.

The race has a unique format, which changes frequently. The new format for 2007 will be made up of 80 laps, broken down into four 20 lap segments (or "quarters"; caution laps do not count in the fourth quarter).

The main race has been shortened to eighty laps with four twenty-lap segments (or "quarters" like in football or basketball; only green flag laps will count in the final quarter). After the first segment, a five-lap caution period will start and there will be an opportunity for drivers to take an optional pit stop. After the second segment, there will be the ten minute "halftime" break so pit crews can make adjustments. Unlike past events though, there will be no inversion of the field. Finally, after the third segment, there will be a five lap caution period so team can make a required pit stop (for work on their cars or a "stop and go" akin to a speeding penalty on pit row) for all teams which will determine the running order before the Dash for Cash, namely the $1 million (US) grand prize.

First quarter: 20 laps / optional pit stop during five-lap caution period.
Second quarter: 20 laps / ten minute "halftime" break to make adjustments; no inversion of the field.
Third quarter: 20 laps / mandatory pit stop (or "stop and go") during five-lap caution period.
Fourth quarter: 20 green flag laps

[10DimeBry]

its stupid is what it is

[kbsooner21]

i'm stupid. I couldn't tell you what it is

don't be so hard on yourself bud