hotrodsteve said:
Nascar is a great sport. The thing people dont understand about it is its more than just turning left. There are road courses. But there is a science about it. Most people dont even know how nascar started. Some people dont even know that they used to race on sand. The people who watch a race just to see a crash are morons. Those guys are risking their life usually at speeds of 150 to 180 mph or about. And all they want to see is a wreck. Watch for the pit strategy, when to pit or not to pit. There is alot, and i mean alot more to racing than crashes. Those people make me sick. Now personally i think nascar has gone down hill since dale earnhardt sr died. Back then nascar was more worried about the fans. Now all they care about is money money money. They dont want us to see a good race. All these stupid rules. Let them race. There does have to be a point at which you govern the drivers, i know that, but come on. Rubbings racing. Nascar is to worried about making every one a fan. Your not going to get every white collar person watching nascar. Ill be honest, Nascar is a blue collar sport, if you like it or not. That is how it started and that is how it should be. Guys like the King or Dale Sr. Sr dropped out of 9th grade to race at his local track. He didnt even have enough money to paint his first car so he left it bright pink. White collar folk dont care about that. Its the working class that take that to heart. To see their hero out there on the race track every sunday or maybe sat night.
the intent, strategy, and enjoyment of duration racing is spot on. The relevance, purpose, and focus of NASCAR is what's at fault. I personally have no issue with how the sport is performed on the track. What I do have issue with is that the sport offers NOTHING back to society whereas one upon a time R&D work on the big ovals spurred production model R&D. I'm sure you remember the concept of "win on sunday, sell on monday". That's dead. "Stock" cars are dead. Technology on the track is dead (for f's sake, they still use carbs!) Professionalism of the competitors is dead (and happily condoned by NASCAR for the sole sake of ratings).
And let's be honest, the reputation of the average NASCAR fanbase has pretty much degraded to where general consensus is that if you see a three tooth yokel in the supermarket grabbing his sister's hindquarters while glady paying $8 for a jug of Tide, he's probably a NASCAR fan. Whether or not that's true is irrelevant. that's the perception outside the sport.
Want someone to give a flying f about NASCAR then scrap the bogus cars. Give them the option prepping a comerically available hybrid or diesel car, and let them have at it. With that kind of funding and competition, in 10 years, we'd all be driving 300 HP cars that got 100 mpg.
