NASCAR Corridor of Famer Mark Martin has develop into more and more outspoken about NASCAR since retiring from racing in 2013.
The Arkansas native and 40-time Cup Collection race winner made his opinion of the present state of the game identified on the newest episode of ‘The Kenny Dialog’ with fellow former driver Kenny Wallace.
Whereas Martin stays an avid fan in retirement, he made it clear that he thinks gimmicks have develop into too plentiful in trendy NASCAR.
“The integrity of our sport is essential to me,” Martin said. “I really feel like what I achieved in my profession is being diminished by gimmicks.”
A kind of perceived gimmicks is NASCAR’s present playoff format, particularly the only championship race that determines the title among the many Championship 4 drivers.
“Joey [Logano] being Twentieth-place within the factors and profitable the championship final 12 months, that ought to’ve been the nail within the coffin for that playoff system,” Martin mentioned. “There’s debate whether or not the [final round] needs to be three races, or if it needs to be 5 — nonetheless, a lot of the followers need 36 (a full season championship). I would not bash NASCAR in the event that they went again to 10. I believe 5 is simply too little. I do not assume it is a big sufficient pattern.”
