NASCAR Corridor of Famer Mark Martin has turn 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 most recent 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 turn into too plentiful in fashionable NASCAR.
“The integrity of our sport is necessary to me,” Martin said. “I really feel like what I completed in my profession is being diminished by gimmicks.”
A type of perceived gimmicks is NASCAR’s present playoff format, particularly the one 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 stated. “There’s debate whether or not the [final round] must be three races, or if it must be 5 — nonetheless, many 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 just too little. I do not assume it is a big sufficient pattern.”
