Good Old Fashioned Racing

Last year many people (ok, just Tony Stewart) complained about the Brickyard 400 losing its distinctive name to a corporate sponsor. Not too long ago, almost every race had a simple geographic name to describe it (The Mason-Dixon 500 at Dover, The Southern 500 at Darlington, etc.) Should Nascar bring these old-fashioned names back? Probably not, since the Rebel 400 wouldn't go over too well on the coasts. Here's some more approriate, non-corporate names:

Daytona: Daytona 500 (stays the same, because "Prelude to Bike Week" just doesn't sound right)

Fontana: The $8 Latte 500

Vegas: Mike Smith 400

Atlanta: The Black Crackers Memorial 500

Bristol: $500 Scalped Ticket 500

Martinsville: Western Virginia--No, Not West Virginia--500

Fort Worth: Hot, Spicy, Tejas-style 500

Phoenix: It only rains twice a year, but one of them will be this weekend, 400

Talladega: Elliott Sadler Flight School 500

Richmond: Gateway to Charlottesville 400

Darlington: We can't stop complaining 400

Charlotte: Damnit, Mackler, you'd better call it Lowes! 500

Dover: We're delaying the race, since you're all stuck on route 13, 400

Chicago: Cetera Ruined the Band 400

New Hampshire: Chowdah 300

Pocono: Sleeeeeeep, SLEEEEEEEEP! 500

Indy: Brett Bodine Finished 2nd Here 400 (no, really, he did)

Watkins Glen: go back to the old name of "Bud at the Glen"--I always thought it sounded like a place to have a fight--"Yeah, we'll duke it out. But not here. Meet me tomrorow, at the Bud...AT THE GLEN."

Michigan: 400 at the D

Kansas City: No, not that Kansas City, 400

Homestead: If the championship is already determined, we're screwed, 400