While watching the final Nationwide race at Homestead in November and hearing Bobby Hamilton, Jr. actually mentioned by TV, a thought occurred to me. Imagine what a season the fans would have had if there had been no Cup drivers running in the Nationwide races every week Call me a curmudgeon or what you will, but I’ve been a fan of the secondtier of NASCAR since about 1990. You know back when it was called the Busch Series and most of the races were not companion events to the Cup Series. The series had it’s own identity, racing primarily on short tracks at places like Orange County Speedway, South Boston, Myrtle Beach and Lanier, Georgia. I learned to admire drivers like Bobby Labonte, Kenny Wallace, Johnny Benson, David Green, Randy Lajoie, and Jason Keller who were actually able to use the Busch Series as the “developmental series” before making the leap to the Winston Cup Series.

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