yeah, I get the feeling there are several young drivers with growing fan bases. Elliot drives for Hendricks, so he is positioned very well. I think I understand why it is difficult to spread out the fan support enough to where when 1 or 2 drivers are not on the track the tv ratings take a nose dive how the sport often did every time Dale Jr. wrecked early in a race. Modern sports are built on the stars of the sport, but unlike other sports, there is no "home team" to help guide fans to different stars. It becomes too easy for too many fans to get behind 1 or 2 drivers. Even when someone like Jordan was huge and had a huge fan base across the country, fans in Utah still supported Malone and fans in Houston still supported Hakeem. In Nascar, many fans had one driver, most of them supported Earnhardt or Gordon, and they did not have a secondary or hometown driver to get their loyalty. The sport should seek to ensure a single driver never exceeds 10% of the fan bases support....or at least make sure it does not ever get to where 45% of the flags have a 3 on them and 35% of the flags have a 24 on them again.