{"id":6416,"date":"2013-02-26T20:01:34","date_gmt":"2013-02-27T01:01:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/?p=6416"},"modified":"2013-02-26T20:01:34","modified_gmt":"2013-02-27T01:01:34","slug":"new-format-for-nascar-all-star-race-at-charlotte","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/2013\/02\/26\/new-format-for-nascar-all-star-race-at-charlotte\/","title":{"rendered":"New format for NASCAR All Star race at Charlotte"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Last year featured the worst Sprint All-Star race in recent memory – Jimmie Johnson won the first segment and rode around in back until being bumped to first for the final restart – fans made it clear a change needed to be made.<\/p>\n

NASCAR is doing just that.<\/p>\n

On Tuesday NASCAR announced that they have changed the format of the race placing an emphasis on finishing well in each segment.<\/p>\n

The race will feature four segments of 20 laps. After which the cars will be reordered based on average finish before a mandatory four-tire pit stop. How cars exit the pits will then determine the lineup for the fifth and final segment which is set for a 10-lap shootout. The winner earns $1 million.<\/p>\n

\u201cHaving the average finish through the race\u2019s first four segments determine how the cars come down pit road for the last mandatory four-tire pit stop takes the competition to an even higher level,\u201d said Robin Pemberton, NASCAR Vice President of Competition. \u201cThe NASCAR Sprint All-Star Race is truly a showcase event for our sport and this format should bring out the best in our drivers and our teams.\u201d<\/p>\n

The sport\u2019s annual classic is set for Saturday, May 18 at 7:30 p.m. ET (live on SPEED) at Charlotte Motor Speedway.<\/p>\n

The eligibility criteria for the NASCAR Sprint All-Star Race remain the same:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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  • Drivers who have won NASCAR Sprint Cup races in the current and preceding year. If a driver leaves a team with which he has won a race, he or she remains eligible (through the last race before the all-star race), however, the team does not<\/li>\n
  • Drivers who are past NASCAR Sprint All-Star Race winners in the past 10 years<\/li>\n
  • Drivers who are past NASCAR Sprint Cup Series champions in the last 10 years<\/li>\n
  • The top two finishers in the Sprint Showdown, the 40-lap race that precedes the NASCAR Sprint All-Star Race<\/li>\n
  • The top Sprint Fan Vote driver who finishes on the lead lap of the Showdown and whose car is in \u201craceable\u201d condition as determined by the series director.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Last year featured the worst Sprint All-Star race in recent memory – Jimmie Johnson won the first segment and rode around in back until being bumped to first for the final restart – fans made it clear a change needed to be made. NASCAR is doing just that. On Tuesday NASCAR announced that they have […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6417,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[],"coauthors":[675],"class_list":{"0":"post-6416","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-cup-series"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6416","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6416"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6416\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6417"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6416"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6416"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6416"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=6416"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}