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laconic1 · 04-06-2004, 08:49 AM

I have found myself less and less interested in NASCAR since they seem to crave running on these bland, boring 1.5 mile D-shaped ovals, and insist on being as stupid as possible. Did you hear about how they are planning on taking a race from Watkins Glen and running in Mexico City in a year or two? How about giving races to tracks in the U.S. that want races. How about a race at Pikes Peak where you can actually race side by side, and the speeds aren't so ridiculous that you have aero push all day long. It would be a good replacement race for Rockingham.

I'm also tired of NASCAR doing everything they can to destroy the value of a sponsorship. They wonder why they can't get 43 quality teams to show up, and then you have the official everything of NASCAR now. Big Bill France used to believe that you don't do anything to hurt your race teams, such as take sponsors from them, or limit their tv exposure, but Brian France and Mike Helton dont get it. They did a piss poor job negotiating the tv contracts so teams, races and tracks don't get mentions unless their sponsor buys ad time. Remember the 2000 Cracker Barrel 500 that Earnhardt won by 2 feet over Labonte? All race long ABC referred to it as the Cracker Barrel 500. Great exposure. In 2001 Fox referred to the race as "NASCAR racing presented by UPS" Cracker Barrel got no exposure for its 1.5 million dollars and hasn't sponsored the race since.
I have been a NASCAR fan since 1992, and while it is great to see some of the changes that have occurred, some of the other changes have basically driven me from that end of the sport. I'll stick to short track racing from now on.

04-06-2004, 08:49 AM	#4 (permalink)
laconic1 Junkie	I have found myself less and less interested in NASCAR since they seem to crave running on these bland, boring 1.5 mile D-shaped ovals, and insist on being as stupid as possible. Did you hear about how they are planning on taking a race from Watkins Glen and running in Mexico City in a year or two? How about giving races to tracks in the U.S. that want races. How about a race at Pikes Peak where you can actually race side by side, and the speeds aren't so ridiculous that you have aero push all day long. It would be a good replacement race for Rockingham. I'm also tired of NASCAR doing everything they can to destroy the value of a sponsorship. They wonder why they can't get 43 quality teams to show up, and then you have the official everything of NASCAR now. Big Bill France used to believe that you don't do anything to hurt your race teams, such as take sponsors from them, or limit their tv exposure, but Brian France and Mike Helton dont get it. They did a piss poor job negotiating the tv contracts so teams, races and tracks don't get mentions unless their sponsor buys ad time. Remember the 2000 Cracker Barrel 500 that Earnhardt won by 2 feet over Labonte? All race long ABC referred to it as the Cracker Barrel 500. Great exposure. In 2001 Fox referred to the race as "NASCAR racing presented by UPS" Cracker Barrel got no exposure for its 1.5 million dollars and hasn't sponsored the race since. I have been a NASCAR fan since 1992, and while it is great to see some of the changes that have occurred, some of the other changes have basically driven me from that end of the sport. I'll stick to short track racing from now on.