Nascar intends to break the NCAA

[m1al]

If true, it will be another dumbass move in a long list of dumbass moves by NASCAR. I guess they are finally trying to put "two in the head" of the sport.

I used to be a big NASCAR fan. Went to 3 or 4 races a year. They lost me 10-15 years ago. You couldn't pay me to go to a race now or watch one on TV for that matter. I'd rather watch an NBA game than a NASCAR race...

 

[OB VOL]

Bring back the Winston Cup, Busch Series, IROC races. Enough of the stupid sponsorship race names. Go back to the old school point system. No restrictior plates.

 

[TnVol!]

N ass car.

 

[volKano]

 

[golfballs]

NASCAR needs to move to a dirt track and make the objective of the sport to be the last car left.

 

[wmcovol]

NASCAR died when Dale Earnhardt died. Sad but true. I was never a NASCAR fan but I followed it because I had a business involved to a small degree with it. Trust me, interest in the sport died immediately when he passed. Again, I’ve never been a race guy but he was a great competitor and NASCAR lost it when he left. Todays racers make their money before they start their engines like todays golfers make theirs before they tee off. Racers today should thank Earnhardt & golfers should thank Tiger.

 

[FiremedicVOL127]

I've never been a big NASCAR fan, but my brother was until about 10 years ago.

In your opinion, what happened to NASCAR?

1.) The death of Earnhardt
2.) Penalties for aggressive racing…..i.e. the original nascar way! “Rubbins racing”
3.) attempt to be politically correct and dropping long time sponsor Winston!

 

[Zues1]

LOL. Good luck with that. The Daytona 500, the closest thing to NASCAR's Super Bowl draws about the same audience as a regular Saturday CBS SEC football game. And that's with basically no competition that weekend.

I too use to watch Nascar. Honestly I never understood why they had their Superbowl at the beginning of the season?
Stop allowing certain drivers to win races. That obviously didn't work.

 

[GrayWaterCanine]

I've never been a big NASCAR fan, but my brother was until about 10 years ago.

In your opinion, what happened to NASCAR?

They alienated their core audience to chase a national audience they were never going to attract.

 

[brainvol]

Nascar has woke CEO that is coordinating with big sponsors to change the sport. It is destroying the sport and ignoring the base. Fan base is politically incorrect and must go.

 

[codybain13]

NASCAR died with Dale. I grew up in a home enshrined with Earnhardt memorabilia and Sunday afternoon was cut out to watch the race. As a kid, me and my dad watched the whole thing. When he died (Earnhardt), we haven’t watched more than 10 minutes of a race since. Restrictor plates, personalities (the lack of), and politics have ruined NASCAR. They will never match the 20-25 year span they had when those guys were trying to beat each other.

NCAAF wins this contest easily.

 

[Boca Vol]

They lost me with the "Lucky Dog."

 

[Kinglberry]

Had a camper, headsets, the whole 9. Watched every race my schedule would allow on TV and tried to attend 2 races a year if possible. Quit watching over a decade ago, sold everything I could and trashed the rest in time. Haven't watched more than 2 minutes of a broadcast since. Honestly, I can't believe they haven't imploded yet. Terrible product, whiny drivers, boys pretending to be men, ceremonies instead of racing. Bleh

 

[m1al]

NASCAR died when Dale Earnhardt died. Sad but true. I was never a NASCAR fan but I followed it because I had a business involved to a small degree with it. Trust me, interest in the sport died immediately when he passed. Again, I’ve never been a race guy but he was a great competitor and NASCAR lost it when he left. Todays racers make their money before they start their engines like todays golfers make theirs before they tee off. Racers today should thank Earnhardt & golfers should thank Tiger.

True about Dale, but another big thing is they don't let them "race" anymore. It's all to clean cut, even the drivers. Most of them look like boys that haven't even shaved yet. Need the 'old school' racing back... Like Dick Trickle sucking on a stoggie during a caution....

 

[Johnnyreb#VFL]

 

[Johnnyreb#VFL]

My uncle used to love Dale senior, my other uncle loved the wonder boy who came on the SCENE like cole trickell in days of thunder pretty bad a. My brother loved Tony Stewart, I loved Dale jr, buddy liked Kevin Harvick. Everybody had THEIR guy and would fight over it. We weren’t die hard but we liked our guys. Today is just too tame and boring

 

[SpookyAction]

Never
watched
a
race.

EDIT + I DID watch Talladega Nights. Loved that. Summed the sport and die hard fans up nicely in a caricature.

 

[GoVols15]

I’ll confess I was never a NASCAR fan. But, there was a time when I did know who the drivers were and the numbers on their car.

I used to watch the Daytona 500 and I knew who won the Winston Cup.

I don’t have a clue who the drivers are currently and can’t tell you the last time I watched a race

I get it! Same with the woke NFL. Have not watched a game in years and am glad I have time to do other things. I am getting close with college football, just not quite there yet.

 

[wmcovol]

I get it! Same with the woke NFL. Have not watched a game in years and am glad I have time to do other things. I am getting close with college football, just not quite there yet.

I left the NFL when Walker, Titans TE told us we”didn’t have to watch them play”. I gave up my PSLs and have told the Titans “no thanks” each year they come calling back.

I kept my tickets thru the rebuilding years even thou Bud Adams pocketed $25mil+ in salary cap savings but being told they didn’t need me ended it. I never go to titans games, don’t watch the NFL.

 

[DeerPark12]

They want to race on Saturdays instead of competing with the NFL.

Reggie Bush and Eric Dickerson were the celebrities for Nascar's opening event of 2022.

One had their heisman trophy repo'd and the other got a university the death penalty.

Should be interesting to see how it plays out.

Not sure where you heard that, but tracks that just re-signed their 3-year sanctioning agreements for Playoff races have all but one of those dates (Bristol for the traditional Saturday night race) on Sundays. They have no intention of moving to primarily Saturday events.

 

[wmcovol]

NASCAR depends totally on the south. If they think they can compete with SEC football, they’re dumber than I think they are.

 

[driscokid]

They want to race on Saturdays instead of competing with the NFL.

Reggie Bush and Eric Dickerson were the celebrities for Nascar's opening event of 2022.

One had their heisman trophy repo'd and the other got a university the death penalty.

Should be interesting to see how it plays out.

I watch plenty of football and sports in general. I never really watch NASCAR. I think football will be ok.

 

[Jravol78]

It's tough to pin-point it exactly. More like a series of things:

(1) The "Car of Tomorrow" (i.e. cookie-cutter cars),
(2) Dumb playoff gimmicks,
(3) Boring drivers,
(4) Over-corporatization

Hate to say it because he's a class act, but I'll always think the Jimmie Johnson era was the beginning of the decline. He was so dominant, but had no personality. He was just a corporate robot. It was so boring watching him win. And unlike Earnhardt or someone like that, where most people either loved him or hated him, most people were just indifferent to Jimmie Johnson.

After Tony Stewart faded from the limelight, it's difficult to think of too many major NASCAR contenders who weren't corporate robots. Stewart was basically the last vestige of the "old NASCAR" of people who were a bit off their rocker and were fun to watch. Most of the current class of drivers are rich kids who were groomed for a life of NASCAR racing since they were kids.

It's just not what it used to be back in the 80s or 90s.

WINNER!

 

[GiveHim6InSC]

I've never been a big NASCAR fan, but my brother was until about 10 years ago.

In your opinion, what happened to NASCAR?

Rule changes, taking the focus off the actual racing and the dynamics of the sport.
The fact that a black driver accused somebody of putting a noose in his garage and the subsequent knee-jerk reaction from nascar and the other teams, despite the complete debunking of his claim, certainly did not help things.
Instead of maintaining the actual sport that has been a pleasant source of entertainment for decades, they have decided to go the way of the NFL and NBA. That’s why the popularity is in the tank and people are flocking to the hometown tracks, where they can see actual racing instead of a bunch of nonsense.

 

[kcvols1]

Peaked with Talladega Nights, IMHO.