Fan vote for NASCAR Sprint Unlimited race format

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NASCAR is allowing fans to decide several aspects of the format of its non-championship Sprint Unlimited season-opener.

Formerly known as the Shootout, the event takes place at Daytona a week prior to the track's 500-mile race, round one of the Sprint Cup calendar.


The 75-lap race will be broken down into three segments, with fans choosing between four options for how the laps should be divided up.


The vote will also decide whether teams can make a pitstop after segment one, and if so whether it is for two or four tyres, and how many drivers are eliminated after the second segment.


Voting takes place via NASCAR's website and its mobile app. The pitstop and elimination votes only close once the race is underway, meaning teams will not know the exact format of the event as they take the green flag.

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Source: autosport.com

You can vote here: http://www.nascar.com/sprintunlimited

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My votes:

Race format: 40/20/15
Pit stop: No pit stop
Elimination: none

And the most important question :
Which fire suit: Design 1

[Matt]

You've got to be kidding me.

[fieldodreams79]

Why don't they invert the field anymore and where's body paint fire suit choice?

[Jacques Rabbit]

I hate the idea of segments, but I guess it's no different from a normal NASCAR race where there's a late-race caution and we get a "shootout." There's no point in watching anything but whatever the final segment is, so I voted for the one with a 20-lap final since it was the longest.

Pit stop? No opinion. It makes no difference on the repaved Daytona.

Eliminations? I voted to get six cars out of there. Fewer cars mean fewer wrecks, and if they can run the entire final segment green, it will be more exciting for me. I hate crashes and I hate cautions.

Uniform? Meh.

[fieldodreams79]

Oh brother, I thought this was for the all star race! Shows how much I pay attention.

Yeah, I never saw anything wrong with running a straight up race for the Busch Clash/Bud Shootout, but NASCAR's MO has always been if it ain't broke, we'll fix it anyways.

Sprint unlimited? Even the name is lame, but its the first race of the season and under the lights on the high banks. I'll be watching.

[JHamilton]

One race. 20 laps.

[Matt]

Originally Posted by JHamilton

One race. 20 laps.

Yep.

[Paradise City]

Originally Posted by fieldodreams79

Oh brother, I thought this was for the all star race! Shows how much I pay attention.

Yeah, I never saw anything wrong with running a straight up race for the Busch Clash/Bud Shootout, but NASCAR's MO has always been if it ain't broke, we'll fix it anyways.

Sprint unlimited? Even the name is lame, but its the first race of the season and under the lights on the high banks. I'll be watching.

Agreed. Do what you like with the All Star race but leave the Shoot-Out alone.

This is the problem with the off-season. These guys have time to think. And when they think; that means trouble.

[Cynic]

Lets just have a forty-lapper and call it the Contractual Obligation 100, since this is obviously a Sprint induced gimmick.

As far as the All-Star goes, I bet NASCAR are secretly pretty p****d that Joonyer finally got a win under his belt. They'll actually have to run a proper 'fans pick' now.