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NASCAR preview 2009: Fans Bill of Rights

Posted to: Auto Racing Sports

We, the fans, do ordain and establish this bill of rights:

1. No track's traffic plan shall leave fans idling in parking lots more than two and one-half hours after the checkered flag falls.

2. Tracks and NASCAR shall petition hotels for redress on the exorbitant mark-ups charged to fans on race weekends.

3. NASCAR shall retain all six short-track races on the Sprint Cup schedule and prohibit those dates from being moved to larger tracks.

4. Free parking within close distance of a race track is an inalienable right.

5. TV networks shall be expressly prohibited from switching a Sprint Cup race to another channel, the exception being the rare case in which a delay extends the event unreasonably.

6. NASCAR shall make no rule abridging the notion that all men are free to go as fast as they can and that only the 43 fastest cars make the starting lineup.

7. The right of fans to witness more than just the top running cars during a broadcast shall not be violated.

8. Late starting times shall be considered cruel and unusual punishment.

9. Except for the harshest of weather conditions, fans never shall be subjected to a race that ends under caution.

10. NASCAR, its sponsors and teams shall make no demands on drivers that infringe upon their life, liberty or pursuit of a personality.

 



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Second the Motion

Awesome job, Dustin! As a civics teacher, I appreciate that someone still reads our Constitution unlike those stimulus-happy idiots in D.C.

EXCELLENT

Dustin Long for NASCAR president.
It's time for a change. We the fans deserve it.

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