If this rule gets put into effect, it would be for the sole purpose of drumming up interest in the NASCAR Nationwide Series. When the NBA enacted the "one year removed" rule (where recent high school grads couldn't immediately jump to the professional ranks), college basketball grew in product quality and television ratings...two items the former Busch Series would like to see turned around in future years.

18 year-olds would still race Nationwide, Trucks, and low and behold, sprints and midgets.