There are no claims that Nascar,themselves,are getting involved.Only that Nascar affiliated teams are getting more involved with open wheel racing.We all know the good parts of this.Now,the bad part is,as mentioned in earlier response,it drives the cost up a considerable amount.It makes it tougher for the racers,that may never move up the ranks,to continue to support their local tracks.It's kind of like the issues society and business faces.The more big business "buys"up the businesses,the less "competitors"tbere will be.Small tracks do well on special event nights when the "stars"are present,but they struggle horribly otherwise.What happens as we lose more and more local tracks?