1. We're coming up on a very tough Dover track and our first 1 miler since week 4 at Phoenix, how confident are you in this track?
I really enjoy Dover, but never have had top speed there, I always seem to hover around 4th/5th in all league races I've done there (I know, shocker!!!) As of this moment, my confidence is meh. As the week goes on, I'll gain confidence and time and will be ready to race.
2. By the end of season 2, the next installment of NASCAR Heat should be right around the corner. Besides network, what's the most important change you feel needs to be addressed?
Everyone has heard my rant by now about the next installment: I don't care about Trucks or Xfinity, get the Cup cars racing properly more than anything else!! Physics, handling, a real tire model, you know the thing that would make "Simulation Mode" a simulation. I would love an online damage model as well.
3. The race for the team championship has been a 2 team race all season. With that being said, what are your feelings on a draft style selection process being incorporated next season?
I like the idea and I don't. When we made the move to the 4 car teams, it brought forth tons of animosity and separation throughout the league that we did not see in Season 1, nor expected to see. The goal of the 4 car teams was hoping to build bigger team bases and that, in turn, would help drivers working together on set ups. Due to high turnover (Especially for poor Meatty) and the Top 8 point finishers being on 2 of the 6 teams, that backfired as well. Going into Season 3, I would like to see us go back down to 3 car teams, but instead of a draft (that in itself can also cause animosity and for people to team with others they might not want to), having it where like the Top 5 or 8 (whatever number gets decided on) cannot be teammates; or maybe 2 of the Top 10 can be teammates, but then the 3rd has to be someone outside of the Top 10. The discussion between leadership started on this topic a while ago when we first started seeing issues. This will definitely get ironed out before the start of Season 3.