What NASCAR announced on Monday could be seen as desperate, confusing, hilarious or totally necessary to try and keep people engaged for its weekly marathons of pit stops, speeding penalties and commercialsDon't forget it was Dale Earnhardt who once said, "watch the first 10 laps, mow your yard, take a nap and then watch the last 10 laps", and that was followed a few years later by his son saying: "we need to cut a couple of hours out of these races."By breaking up races up into three parts and rewarding "segment" winners, NASCAR has embraced the "everyone deserves a trophy" mentality and the added comic relief of a "regular season...
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