Combine popular drivers such as Jimmy Johnson, Tony Stewart, Kyle and Kurt Busch, Kevin Harvick, Jeff Burton, Carl Edwards, Kasey Kahne, Ryan Newman, Denny Hamlin, Jeff Gordon and Michael Waltrip with the week-to-week competition for the Race for the Chase and instant drama is constantly unfolding during a Sprint Cup race. That makes for the ultimate in reality TV.

Of course, Earnhardt, Jr.’s personal drama of leaving DEI, the team his father, the late Dale Earnhardt, Sr. built, to drive for Rick Hendrick and team with rival Jeff Gordon, helped fuel NASCAR’s notoriety. Yes, NASCAR has changed a lot in 60-years. It has had to change with the times in order to grow into what it is today. And whether fans like what NASCAR has become or not, at the end of the day, they must remember that NASCAR, like football or baseball, is an entertainment business that must show a profit in order to survive. And to show a profit it has to be popular enough to draw fans to the racetracks, but maybe more importantly; it has to draw the fans to their televisions. And, so far this season, it has.

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