On NASCAR

I've watched stock car racing since as early as I can remember, but of late, it's on the wane.

I hear that Nascar is doing better than ever, but , well, I think the high point is near. Here's the problems:

1. The way rough driving is currently handled removes excitement. Now there is a time when official sanction should be applied, but we've come to a place where an overly aggressive move which doesn't work out results in official punishment. In the old days, there was less official sanction, and more unofficial sanction, which, to say the least, was exciting.
   
2. Yellow flags. Way too many of them, and they last too long. Yellow flag laps are boring. We hardly see any green flag pitstops any more.
   
3. No racing back to the yellow. They've lost the point of car racing. Picking one's way through a big wreck should be rewarded. Even worse, we find the car which caused the yellow avoiding the natural penalty.
   
4. A point system which does not reward actually racing for the lead of the race at all times. Leading the current lap should always result in points.
   
5. The 200 MPH speed limit. Fix the tracks and the cars to keep cars out of the stands, don't slow down the cars.
6. Overly similar modern tracks. Nascar is quite proud of the multiple-lane nature of the modern tracks, but you know, they just don't compare, excitement wise, with Talladega or Bristol or even Darlington.
7. The inner line. WTF? Can't pass on the grass? Some of the most exciting moments in stock car racing came from the aggressive inside move.