NASCAR, not like the good old days?

[Adam43]

There will probably be a lot of F1 fans checking out NASCAR for the first time. Can any established NASCAR fans be nice to them, they are harmless. Welcome them in and take the opportunity to fill them in on the intricacies of NASCAR.

However I thought I'd start a thread to make the F1 guys feel at home - A thread moaning about the lack of overtaking! Not NASCAR v F1 (clearly an easy discussion and one that will be pointless), but NASCAR 2006 v NASCAR good old days!

Can you help the newbies understand a little more about NASCAR, can they feel at home by whinging about the same things

Is NASCAR racing not what it used to be? Was it better in the old days, or is that a myth?

Is it just at the restrictor races were the overtaking has been reduced? What is the issue here? Is it the lack of throttle response makes it harder to punish another's mistake? Are there less mistakes because the cars are pegged back? What is it?

Is there more overtaking in Busch or Craftsman than in Nextel?

And most importantly, is rubbin' racin'?

BTW most F1 fans won't know the ways to overtake in NASCAR, because the only demonstration they have seen was played out on Nicole Kidman's leg. Their minds were elsewhere.