Is Nascar Dying ?

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I rarely watch Nascar but I just flipped over to the race at Bristol and the crowd is small... I remember when Bristol was a hard place to get a ticket... What happened to the sport?
 
I grew up being a die-hard fan,until it seemed they kept changing the rules.
Along with fining the teams & drivers over the stupidest stuff.
I very rarely watch any of it on TV anymore,once in a while I'll catch the highlights on You Tube.
 
I grew up being a die-hard fan,until it seemed they kept changing the rules.
Along with fining the teams & drivers over the stupidest stuff.
I very rarely watch any of it on TV anymore,once in a while I'll catch the highlights on You Tube.

Nope, NASCAR is not dying, they've already killed it with their so called rules and drama as SC mentioned.
Just like wrestling, they can put any driver in the winners circle they choose.
I too, was a diehard, grew up with all the heros, the bakers, Pettys, Jr Johnson, Holman Moody crowd, I was at the first 600 at Charl. in 1960.
The first Daytona on the big track in 59.
If a race was in driving distance, we were there.
Allowing the Rice Burners didn't help matters, all for money, no loyalty for fans.
I have a friend that's over security for the two Charlotte races, he said they sent 27000 seats
to Kentucky when that track was built because Charl. could not fill them.
I haven't watched a race in 4 years, don't miss it any more than NFL.

BTW, I hear Chicago removed the sirens from their police cars, they play the national anthem and wait for
them to take a knee.
 
Well then I just got my NASCAR fix by watching the Bristol highlight you tube.
Which I'll share for anyone interested,also if any of you are into straight line racing.
The video that follows after Bristol is really interesting.

 
I think some of it was weather but it sure was a surprise to see all those empty seats,at Bristol of all places.That was once a very hot ticket to get your hands on..
 
Hmm I thought that drag race video would play right after the Bristol Highlights.
But I see on review it didn't so I was able to find it.

 
I used to go to MIS for both races when my son was a paramedic/emt and worked the races haven't gone for a couple of years now. I can catch some good old ARCA races at 2 different tracks in my area about 20 miles apart plus go down to Smoke's track and catch the world of outlaws sprint cars. Drag raced for a number of years until Uncle Sam called and cost go out of hand. Still go to the Mopar nationals and night under fire races in my area. Bring back the good old days knock off the stupid fines etc and let the drivers handle the problems like they used to
 
I used to go to MIS for both races when my son was a paramedic/emt and worked the races haven't gone for a couple of years now. I can catch some good old ARCA races at 2 different tracks in my area about 20 miles apart plus go down to Smoke's track and catch the world of outlaws sprint cars. Drag raced for a number of years until Uncle Sam called and cost go out of hand. Still go to the Mopar nationals and night under fire races in my area. Bring back the good old days knock off the stupid fines etc and let the drivers handle the problems like they used to

00, sounds like you and I quit drag racing for the same reason.
My dad turned over my 339 in blown Chevy powered 40 Ford coupe while I was in boot camp.
Uncle Sam's pay was a little under RTL's, hard to rebuild on $78 mo.
NASCAR got so far away from racing, I think it's finished.
 
It seems alot of big money sponsors and advertisers are having doubts about the value of their investment and are leaving, and they've made changes that have hurt rather than helped, I thought they were gonna take steps to reign in the big money mega teams and their numbers of cars to open it abit more for smaller teams, a guy I used to work with would take his son to one race every year then they made it so you had to buy tickets to all three of the weekends races, he quit going. Rain or not the footage of the stands in Bristol spoke volumes.
 
I drag raced at a local 1/8 mile track one season,way back in 1964.
Back in the days you could put together a fairly good car without spending an arm & leg.
I raced C-street gas class which was one 4 barrel carb,I had a super full race cam & my motor was balanced.
I won my class all summer,then swapped that 78'Ford sedan,for a 30'Ford chopped & channeled minus a motor.

I worked on that coup for a little over 2 &1/2 years of elbow grease & money to make it street worthy.
Ah the good old days,to bad I didn't know how much my Hot Rods would be worth now days,I'd have never sold any of them.
 
They have alienated the older fans with plastic cars and sissy drivers. Alienated the middle aged fans with pointless rule changes that remove any sense of competition from the event. And the kids today won't follow it. Not green enough or pc enough. There aren't any transgender ass grabbers to root for. And the sponsors are leaving. Well they have been for quite a while. Which, they were the only thing keeping the mess going. A parade of advertisements going in circles.

Here in Columbus there is still plenty of small track racing. We don't need your frakking NASCAR.
 
Smaller fuel tanks,driver jumpsuit billboard advertisers,drama queen drivers

I will go back to what the founders said...race what you bring or I want no part of it
 
Isn't NASCAR going ALL ELECTRIC by 2020?
Environmentally Friendly (Zero Emissions) yet they'll have to use Green (Earth Friendly) Tires too yes?
 
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