NASCAR All-Star race is better than The Indy 500

No points. Just a race. Winner take all! (Paul Gozzo)

Tonight's race is one of my favorite of the season because you have no larger agenda to race for other than a win. To begin, you have to have won in the past year in order to make the field. So, only proven recent winners are in the field. Because of this format, competing for the win are the teams who consistently get their driver to the front at the end of the race where/when he can win it. So, the racers and teams competing, all know how to race with give and take in order to preserve and improve their cars with the changing track conditions in order to have them near the front at the end with a chance to win. It absolutely does not get any better than this.

How many times have you watched your favorite driver race well only to see him preserve a top 5 or 10 finish by being conservative late in the race? If you like Tony Stewart, just watch in the next few weeks. After some bad luck and some terrible finishes, he is on the outside looking in for a Chase birth which is crucial for his young team and their ability to draw sponsorship in order to have the budget to compete. So, Tony Stewart will race conservatively to get the points necessary for his team to make the Chase. Juan Pablo did this all year last year while he ran up front. Instead of taking risk to run for wins, he protected top 10 and top 5 finishes late in the race.

So, that said, watch tonight's race and enjoy the best of the best in terms of organizations, teams, and drivers, compete for the top prize of $1,000,000.

(Paul Gozzo)