NASCAR to not give Cup drivers points in Nationwide races? In hopes of giving the Nationwide Series its own identity, NASCAR officials are considering one future option that would stop Cup regulars from earning points in the feeder league. Officials also have talked to the teams about making engine and body changes, including the possibility of going to pony cars (Mustangs, Camaros, etc.) in 2009. "All we've done at this point is ask the teams how they would feel about various changes," said NASCAR spokesman Ramsey Poston. "Nothing has been decided. It's all very preliminary." The most interesting idea being discussed is a new rule that would state any driver ranked in the top 35 in Cup points could not earn points competing in the Nationwide race. The plan would go into affect in 2009.(ESPN.com)(10-31-2007)

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I think it's a great idea too,It would be cool to see Camaros and Mustangs out there if they look like the real car.

I don't think they should let cup guys get points in the series and I think it would be cool also if they had Pony Cars. I'd watch the series more if they made these changes.

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Associated Press
Posted: 6 hours ago

With another Nextel Cup regular about to wrap up a Busch Series championship, NASCAR is looking at a number of possible changes for its top development series.
NASCAR officials said Saturday they're considering several adjustments that could give the series, which gets Nationwide as its new sponsor next season, more of its own identity. The possible changes are designed to combat criticism that the second-tier series has become little more than a warmup for Cup drivers.

Since Kevin Harvick won the Busch title in 2001 while also racing full-time as a rookie in Cup, drivers from NASCAR's top series, dubbed Buschwhackers, have dominated the companion races - events run the day before Cup races at the same track.

It has become routine for Cup teams to use the junior series to give their younger drivers extra seat time and some of their veterans a chance to gain more knowledge about the track characteristics and tire wear by running them in Busch.

The problem with that is it leaves fewer seats and opportunities for developing drivers.

Last year, Harvick ran the full Busch series again and ran away with the title.

Buschwhackers have dominated again this season, winning all but three of the 32 Busch races heading into Saturday's race at Texas Motor Speedway. Carl Edwards is on the verge of wrapping up the driver title, while fellow Cup star Jeff Burton and former Cup regular Scott Wimmer have co-driven a Richard Childress Racing entry to the lead in the owner points.

NASCAR chairman Brian France has said it's very unlikely that Cup drivers would be banned from the series. But NASCAR is considering making drivers in the top 35 in the Cup owner standings ineligible for the Nationwide championship.

Those drivers could still compete in the races, but they would not earn championship points.

Harvick said something needs to be done.

"I think we definitely need something for that series to help the guys that don't race in the Cup Series every week and are trying to make a name for themselves in that series," he said. "I am sure NASCAR will toy with it and try to do the right things for the teams and try to get the right mix of what that right number (of Cup drivers) is

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