Has anyone who followed Nascar for more than 10 years seen a more screwed up year? There seems to be no end to the confusion, the drama, the inconsistencies, the attitudes. The France family has loss control and if they're not careful the sport as we know it might just spin out of control and self destruct. Every week seems to bring on another non race related situation that just distracts from what we all have come to enjoy. The days when the drama came out of the garages, or during qualifying are being replaced by the drama of the Nextel trailer, or the boardroom. Drivers leaving teams, numbers being changed, owners throwing money on the table, or under it, These are things that have been going on for years.Now it seems that those are the subjects that dominate the press and video media. As Fans, and consumers we need to let the racing community know that we're tired of it. Want to see changes, have the sponsors step up and make demands on the owners. I have always enjoyed racing, and would have been pissed if I missed a race, but know, it's more like "Oh Well'',read it in the paper. The coverage on T.V. is horrible now, with Rusty and the boys stumbling their way through broadcasts, people in places they don't know what they're talking about. The media and Nascar also needs to realize that we all don't worship the ground that the D.E.I. people walk on and there are other stories we are interested in. I guess all we hope for is that 2007 gets over soon, and maybe we can hold out for a decent 2008 season..
Wait a minute Bob I just reivewed the 2008 schedule and it looks like there will be a couple races but the grand wammy of drama is going to come out of the board rooms much like 2007.
Last edited by photogr on September 5th at 1:29 PM.
Ill second that Bob...Ive said i wish the owner would all just start there own league and leave the France family hanging....Between invisable cautions, Peniltys, New Points system which dont get me started there, But seems so wrong at the end of the 26 race schedule the points leader may be starting 12, lol....And Nascars no touch policy with the COT car. Nascar sorry to say i Think you might have been hit by and invisable hammer posibly.......Really sorry just had to vent.....And who was it that helped with development in this car of tomorrow ??? Bodine, hmmm He raced trucks right, splitter is on a truck, hmmm and the front ends of the COT looks a lot like the truck series,,....Starting to see the light here....But really theres something wrong when of the top divisions this COT is the slowest of them........Great post Bob and sorry for venting...
The boardroom drama is what has sort of turned me off NASCAR this year. NASCAR used to be the one sport that seemed most immune to the pulls of corporate America. Now, it is the most influenced by the corporate culture.
I used to watch every race, but I've seen maybe ten this year. The new NASCAR just isn't all that appealing to the old fans.
Race fan for years, Lives in California..R etired and Loving it...If you can't see through to the humor, you might want to find another blog sometimes.I like to jab, can take a jab too...