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The Future of racing: Has it come to this?
From Autoextremist.com
Racing. Fox Sports chairman David Hill recently told the Sports Business Journal that “the biggest problem facing NASCAR is that young males have left the sport.” Fox reports that ratings among men 18-34 have declined 29%. This isn't just NASCAR's problem, folks, this is racing's problem. If new life isn't injected into the sport in terms of technology and overall interest - and soon - before you know it there will be nothing left but vintage racing all across the country. For that Hill gets our AE Quote of the Week, Part II.
We have known this, and accepted it, for some time. Now the outside world is catching on as well.
How long can it last?
The Future of racing: Has it come to this?
From Autoextremist.com
Racing. Fox Sports chairman David Hill recently told the Sports Business Journal that “the biggest problem facing NASCAR is that young males have left the sport.” Fox reports that ratings among men 18-34 have declined 29%. This isn't just NASCAR's problem, folks, this is racing's problem. If new life isn't injected into the sport in terms of technology and overall interest - and soon - before you know it there will be nothing left but vintage racing all across the country. For that Hill gets our AE Quote of the Week, Part II.
We have known this, and accepted it, for some time. Now the outside world is catching on as well.
How long can it last?
Sounds like this sport.
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Imagine in baseball if they reset the score in the 7th inning.
In golf after the 12th hole, everyone becomes equal. Football, 4th quarter, the score goes to zero.
That freaking sport may as well be like kids soccer where the hippy parents don't keep score. I mean what's the point...
Just have races every weekend like a traveling circus and don't have a championship.
Ticket prices went through the roof and then the musical chairs of TV coverage became confusing....what channel is the race on this week? NBC? FOX? TNT? ESPN? Univision? MTV? It has become hard to even find the races on TV
and the primary reason NASCAR is losing viewership and fanbase?
1.5 mile cookie cutters like California, Las Vegas, Chicago, Michigan and more. Too many tracks no longer have personality.
NASCAR needs more Bristol's, Rockingham's, Darlington, Dover, Lowes, Texas and more superspeedways like Daytona and 'Dega
Kill the cookie cutters or they'll kill the sport
What made it so great then?
During the Earnhart/Bodine feud in the eighties, Dale Earnhart was chasing down Geoff Bodine in Junior Johnson's Budwieser car, when Junior was asked if he thought Dale would catch Geoff, Junior replies " yeah no doubt, should be a helluva a wreck when he tries to pass him".
I never was an Earnhart fan but when the sport lost him, it lost it last true stock car driver.
Baseball, Basketball, Football, Hockey and even Golf now has a playoff format to choose a winner.
now once the playoffs start then yeah you are reset to even per se'. however, depending on your standings before the playoffs started determines who you play.
but i'm sure you knew that already
Or texting their weed dealer.
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Pit Row
Even NeckCar fans aren't stupid enough to think that those fugly taxicabs bear any resemblance to a Fusion or Camry or whatever.
While other drivers are out there they aren't in the championship.
Lets keep all the barges clustered together for hours on end so when a noob hits some marbles we take out half the field.
The first 26 points events of the 36-race season determine the drivers eligible for the Chase and, ultimately, the series title. After race No. 26 the top 12 drivers will qualify for the Chase.
Chase drivers' point totals are adjusted prior to the season's final 10 races -- the Chase. The adjusted totals distinguish the Chase field in the final season standings.
Each of the 12 Chase drivers begin with 5,000 points; each then receive a 10-point bonus for each victory during the first 26 events. Chase drivers are "seeded" to start the Chase based on the number of wins amassed in the first 26 events.
However, Chase participants compete with all other drivers during the final 10 races. Each week, all 43 drivers battle for victories and prize money and continue their seasons under the standard point system.
The driver who tops the Chase standings at the end of the final 10 races will be crowned the Cup Series champion.
Per Nascar's Site, anyone else got a bitch with the way they do it? Guess Nascar isn't as dumb as we thought.
http://www.nascar.com/news/features/chase.format/index.html
1) Do away with qualifying and run qualifying races every week like they do at countless local tracks across the country.
2) Do away with the stupid points system. Championships are rewarded with consistency. I know the aim was to put more of an emphasis on winning, but all it does is give teams in the top 5 who get locked in early a chance to test during the season. Don't believe me? The 48 car might have everyone wondering why he wasn't dominating the latter half of the season..trust me when I say they knew what they were doing.
3) Like was mentioned before, get rid of the terrible look alike tracks on the schedule. We only need so many 1.5 mile tracks, not more than half the schedule.
I always wonder if MX could go through the same thing later on down the road. Jeff Gordon ruined it for NASCAR in a way; everyone started pushing their children to race at a young age, make sure they are well spoken, hoping their kid would be the next JG. Kinda sounds like what we have going on in MX right now...people pushing their kids at a very young age to emulate a great champion (RC), leading to very vanilla personalities. Not trying to be negative or anything, just trying to "Add to the debate"
What killed it for me was the race for the chase format and the car of tomorrow. Nascar kept working to minimize any advantage a team could develop (templates, constant changing spoiler angles, restricter plate adjustments, etc...).
The sport ended up too much like the dull IROC format for my taste and so now I watch no Nascar races and certainly would not pay to attend one. I now spend my $ and time on MX races.
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