I assume you believe that NASCAR is scripted like the WWF. If that is the case, how could it be done?
You believe that Carl Edwards, two weeks ago in Talledega, leading the race on the last lap, at speeds in excess of 200+mph, flipped his car end-over-end, into the catch fence, and totally destroyed his race car to follow a script so another driver could win?
You believe that Mark Martin won the race last night because the other 42 drivers were following a script, and they kept the secret? And you believe this is the case week after week?
You believe Dale Earnhardt killed himself in Daytona on the last lap of the Daytona 500 in 2001 to fulfill the NASCAR mandated script?
If you believe this, then I have no argument for you.
The only team orders in NASCAR are try not to crash your teammate and don’t cause him to lose to anyone but yourself. Even those don’t always hold.
Last night I heard Carl Edwards sarcastically state “It sure is nice to be crashed by my teammate” after a bump from Biffle that sent him into the wall.
NASCAR isn’t scripted, per se, but they have plenty of questionable cautions to close up the field, green-white-checkered to ensure a racing finish, red flags when dozens of laps would be used up in yellows, the “free pass” to help get cars back on the lead lap.
They don’t care about getting any particular driver the win, they do mess around with the rules to bunch up the field and make all the races as close as possible. It actually hurts dominant drivers who would run away with the race without meddling from NASCAR. How many times has a driver lead 300 of 400 laps and lost the race?
It will be interesting to see what Mayfield was taking. If it was a steroid or similar, who cares, but if he was taking a recreational drug he should get a lifetime ban. There is no excuse for driving while impaired on the street or on the track.