Will NASCAR Keep "Boys Have At It" on the Menu?

Richard Childress and Kyle Busch have joined the fun in giving Brian France’s “Have at it Boys” policy a workout. Search Bing.com if you don’t know what I mean.

NASCAR execs and marketing are likely loving this stuff, they are getting just what their boss wanted.

But will the policy go too far, too fast?

There is a certain excitement that goes with this type of racing, fighting. But sooner or later some of the sponsors in this sport are going to want more than sunflower spitting, cussing and fistacuffs.

“Have at it boys” is good in theory and “Have at it boys” works at the local short track. It works because there are limits. Leaving a car unoccupied on pit road, smashing into a car on pit road, deliberately wrecking another on the track, fighting in the pits…in short track racing you know there will be a consequence. A team will normally expect and accept the punishment.

The problem with the NASCAR “Boys Have At It” Series is that no one seems to know just where the limit is or when a consequence may be applied.

Some of the local short track promoters are masters at cooking up excitement, stirring things up just right and keeping the pot from boiling over...could their balanced mix of racing and entertainment be just the recipe needed to keep “Have at it boys” a favorite on NASCAR’s big three menu?