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04-27-2007, 08:47 AM
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| Nascar will suffer when these guys leave IMO.
Jeff Gordon
Dale Earnhardt, Jr.
Tony Stewart | 
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04-27-2007, 09:01 AM
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| I agree with you. | |
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04-27-2007, 09:06 AM
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| | Technical Difficulties
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Originally Posted by utfantilidie  Jeff Gordon
Dale Earnhardt, Jr.
Tony Stewart | Not that I even watch NASCAR but I do not notice that it has suffered after the departure of Richard Petty, Cale Yarbrough, Darrell Waltrip, Dale Earnhardt, etc....I think the sport will survive. | 
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04-27-2007, 09:13 AM
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| Considering the ratings on TV drop every year and there are a lot more empty seats at the tracks, I think it will get much worse when Jeffy, Dale Jr., and Stewart retire. | |
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04-27-2007, 09:22 AM
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| | Technical Difficulties
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Originally Posted by JennVols Considering the ratings on TV drop every year and there are a lot more empty seats at the tracks, I think it will get much worse when Jeffy, Dale Jr., and Stewart retire. | I don't think those stats have as much to do with drivers retiring and new drivers emerging. It is more about a sport that surged in popularity plateauing and some of the strategical moves the bosses of the sport have made. | |
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04-27-2007, 09:23 AM
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Originally Posted by allvol123 I don't think those stats have as much to do with drivers retiring and new drivers emerging. It is more about a sport that surged in popularity plateauing and some of the strategical moves the bosses of the sport have made. |
But most of these new drivers that are coming in now are not near as popular as those 3. The only one right now that comes close is Kasey Kahne. | |
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04-27-2007, 10:01 AM
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Originally Posted by JennVols But most of these new drivers that are coming in now are not near as popular as those 3. The only one right now that comes close is Kasey Kahne. | with time i think carl edwards will be one of the top guys, even tho i'm not a fan | |
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04-27-2007, 10:29 AM
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| | Coach Martin Supporter!
| I don't think the fact that ticket sales and ratings have anything to do with who the drivers are, it has to do with awful racing which has become Nascar over the past few seasons. There is hardly any side by side racing and usually the first 300 laps are snooze fests. | |
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04-27-2007, 10:31 AM
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#9 (permalink)
| | Bleating Minion
| Still probably 7-10 years from guys like Stewart and Gordon even thinking about retirement, so there's plenty of time for someone to emerge. | |
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04-27-2007, 10:32 AM
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| | Bleating Minion
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Originally Posted by Rocky Top I don't think the fact that ticket sales and ratings have anything to do with who the drivers are, it has to do with awful racing which has become Nascar over the past few seasons. There is hardly any side by side racing and usually the first 300 laps are snooze fests. | The problem is that all the cars look alike and run alike. All the drivers look alike. And like you said, the races are way too long to hold the interest of the general public. | |
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04-27-2007, 10:48 AM
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| Not even the 3 was bigger than the sport! Nascar will kill Nascar! | |
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04-27-2007, 11:41 AM
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| | Coach Martin Supporter!
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Originally Posted by crimedawg12 Not even the 3 was bigger than the sport! Nascar will kill Nascar! | Gotta agree with ya, the fact that Toyota has come in has turned away ALOT of fans! Give a local dirt track on a Saturday nite compared to ANY Cup race! | |
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04-27-2007, 11:58 AM
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| | Bleating Minion
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Originally Posted by Rocky Top the fact that Toyota has come in has turned away ALOT of fans! | Thing #342 I don't understand about NASCAR fans. | |
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04-27-2007, 12:01 PM
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| | Matthew 6:2
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Originally Posted by Rocky Top Gotta agree with ya, the fact that Toyota has come in has turned away ALOT of fans! Give a local dirt track on a Saturday nite compared to ANY Cup race! | no it hasn't. | |
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04-27-2007, 12:17 PM
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| The young France(s) are NASCAR's worst problem. Bill Sr. and Bill Jr. were ok but the kids are .... | |
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