Quote Originally Posted by Bob Parmenter View Post
My thought at the time was it was to keep Bill Elliott in the mix back when he was knocking down the "Most Popular Driver" year in and out, even though his competitiveness was tailing off. Probably helps T-shirt sales too.
Maybe you're right!! Those Tee Shirt sales probably feed the family of 4 when at a peak of popularity!

At least Bill was a multiple time winner and Champion in the series... Jr??? - not really what I'd call successful in the series. In any event, NASCAR made a change, and we know how they struggle to shake things up! HAH!