NASCAR: Five Ways To Make The Coca-Cola 600 Better

May 29, 2016; Concord, NC, USA; Sprint Cup Series driver Martin Truex Jr. (78) leads during the Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte Motor Speedway. Mandatory Credit: Jim Dedmon-USA TODAY Sports
May 29, 2016; Concord, NC, USA; Sprint Cup Series driver Martin Truex Jr. (78) leads during the Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte Motor Speedway. Mandatory Credit: Jim Dedmon-USA TODAY Sports /
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Feb 21, 2016; Daytona Beach, FL, USA; NASCAR Sprint Cup Series driver Denny Hamlin (11) beats NASCAR Sprint Cup Series driver Martin Truex Jr. (78) to win the Daytona 500 at Daytona International Speedway. Mandatory Credit: Jasen Vinlove-USA TODAY Sports
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Give It Championship Implications

Lastly, the race needs to mean something throughout the entire season.. This is where NASCAR can add more excitement by giving the driver who wins the race a first round bye in the Chase. NASCAR should do the same for races like the Daytona 500 and the Brickyard 400. If a driver wins  all three, then NASCAR should reward them with 15 points to start the second round or a bye or something along those lines.

This would be a great way for NASCAR to take another step integrating their sport into the mainstream and making the sport more appealing to a wider audience. It also gives drivers a little extra incentive to win the bigger races on the schedule, which can only do great things for the ratings and intensity of each blockbuster race.

Will it all work? Who the heck knows, but with the inferior racing that fans have been treated to in the past few weeks and NASCAR’s almost desperate need to shake things up from time to time, it only make sense that NASCAR would start to work to make races like The Coca Cola 600 mean more to the sport.