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Good suggestions! A couple of thoughts...

1) I've been saying this for years. Fastest 43 race, go or go home. No provisionals, no top 35, etc. I can't stand that they prop up noncompetitive teams with the top 35 rule.

2) I wouldn't mind seeing this as well, but it's a heck of a lot easier to sell the Nationwide with "what will that maniac Kyle Busch do this weekend" versus "come watch a bunch of guys you've never heard of" so I can see where NASCAR is coming from with this one. Plus it's not like the cup drivers are hogging all the rides. There's still a lot of development going on in the Nationwide series. Having those big name guys in the cars means more butts in the seats and more eyes on the TVs, which means more money and bigger purses, which helps the lesser teams, so it's not a completely bad thing.

3) I don't have a preference on shorter weekends, other than it would save teams money, and that's not a bad thing. That's more cash for lesser teams to try and play catch-up.

4) This is tough. You're throwing the fuel mileage game out the window by guaranteeing green flag finishes. The race could go 10+ laps beyond the scheduled amount. What are you going to do if they keep wrecking? I think the green-white-checkers system is a good compromise. Give them one shot at it.

5) There's a lot more to NASCAR than just the cup series, but that's what's on network TV, talked about on sports highlights, mentioned on talk radio, etc. Yeah, everyone could do a better job of using the correct terminology, but I don't think saying Sprint Cup Schedule vs NASCAR schedule will really change the viewership or any of the other series.

My additions:
1) PUBLISH THE DAMNED RULEBOOK. Make it available to all the fans right on nascar.com. Let us see what the rules are. I don't know why this has to be classified information. If nothing else, I love technical kinds of stuff like that and it would be a cool way to learn more about the cars, etc.

2) Make qualifying go faster... I like to watch qualifying, but Jesus, it's way too long! A F1 style system would be cool, but I don't know how well it would work in NASCAR, especially at a place like Martinsville. Even if they went out in groups of 5 or something, that would seriously speed up qualifying and make it more interesting at the same time.

3) Never gonna happen, but shorten the season. NASCAR completely loses me when football season starts. If I have the choice between watching my Falcons on Sunday afternoon and watching the race, the Falcons win every time. Most of my friends and family are the same way.