“Hot Rod” Fuller has many reasons to dislike the new
Countdown to the Championship format. In fact, he’s got 174 of them.
That’s how many points
Fuller surrendered when the points were readjusted for the second phase of the
championship.
Timing is everything for
Fuller and earlier this week, the current point leader announced a marketing
partnership for 2008 with CAT. In a sport where marketing value ensures
survival of a team, Fuller sees a greater value under the former system.
“You look at a guy like me
that has been the No. 1 car all year long and the top car should get the top
exposure,” Fuller said. “I didn’t get a lot of exposure because they were
concentrating on the six through twelve cars. Now that we are down to eight,
the focus is on the Countdown itself.
“There’s a lot of things I
like about the Countdown and a lot of things I don’t. They could at least
spread it out a bit and talk about the points leader and the guys who are
winning races. I’ll be waiting to see how all of this pans out and to see what
kind of exposure we get. To see how this second cut-off deal is. I’m not a big
fan of this second cut-off deal. I don’t think a championship should be decided
on two races.”