Current 36 race schedule has been used since 2001 though we lost a few great tracks just so other lame tracks could have an extra date, 1999-2000 was 34 races before then it varied 29-32 races a year. I'm glad Jeff Gordon won @ Martinsville but what Matt Kenseth did was just stupid, glad Nascar parked him for 2 races. This is the first year in a long time where I didn't care to watch all the races, the Chase is such a joke as of late and with Nascar changing the rules every week it feels like watching "Pro" wrestling. Look what they did @ Talladega Greg Biffle was leading and Nascar dragged the caution out till he ran out of fuel then all of the sudden "we're going green this lap" The finish of that race felt like WWE's Royal Rumble match.