Discussion on Stages in NASCAR (inspired by DJD)

After listening to The Dale Jr. Download today, they brought up the discussion about what to do with stages, if anything, with the upcoming new playoff format. Dale said that he feels the consensus is most people don’t like them. My gut says I agree with that thought, but figured let’s see what everybody thinks here. For me personally, I do not like them. I have always sided with the notion of what Carl Edwards said at the beginning of the idea of stages. Stage points I have no problem with, but I hate that they throw a caution to stop the race. What do you think is best to do with stages? Leave them alone? Get rid of stage breaks? Or get rid of them all together? I think this is a fair discussion with the upcoming playoff changes, even though I do not have an idea if this is been discussed by the playoff committee or NASCAR. In speaking out loud further, I think this would help a lot at superspeedways with the fuel mileage savings. Dale brings up an excellent point of the excitement of someone flipping the stage and working their way back through the field, at tracks this makes sense at like road courses. submitted by /u/ExaminationNo6010 [link] [comments]