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Sport-NASCAR calls shrinking grandstands 'right-sizing'
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| 3/4/15
| Steve Keating - Reuters
Posted on 03/04/2015 6:16:54 PM PST by NormsRevenge
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To: tcrlaf
Those are all in the infield at MIS.
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posted on
03/04/2015 6:31:37 PM PST
by
cripplecreek
("For by wise guidance you can wage your war")
To: who_would_fardels_bear
My friend has a Prius and we joke that someday there will be Prius 500. Mark my words.
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posted on
03/04/2015 6:32:19 PM PST
by
Psycho_Runner
(I never voted for change, I prefer folding money.)
To: NormsRevenge
Lots of problems and causes, but as with Tony George’s ruination of the Indy 500 the youngest France generation let the marketing tail wag the racing dog.
A cup only holds so much water. When the sun going behind a cloud or a flock of birds taking off merits a sponsor mention, you are in Overkill Land.
I just happened to watch some extended race footage from 1996-97 and it was amazing to see the focus on the competition i.e. the racing. Minimal graphics for the running order, sparse commercial interruptions, no fake yellow flags, no celebrity nonsense, no charity appeals, etc.
A new balance must be struck. But will the same people who abandoned Rockingham and sought out Sparta bleeding Kentucky listen to reason?
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posted on
03/04/2015 6:33:54 PM PST
by
relictele
(Principiis obsta & Finem respice - Resist The Beginnings & Consider The Ends)
To: Veggie Todd
"When Dale Sr. died, the sport started to die also."
I think that's part of it. Today's drivers don't seem to have much personality. Richard Petty's smile could light up a room, and Earnhardt's menace could be felt a mile away. But who gets excited about Jimmie Johnson?
To: Psycho_Runner
My friend has a Prius and we joke that someday there will be Prius 500. Mark my words.They'd have to schedule it for Speed Week.
To: Steve_Seattle
It has a lot to do with the economy. Its expensive to go to a race these days.
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posted on
03/04/2015 6:35:21 PM PST
by
cripplecreek
("For by wise guidance you can wage your war")
To: NormsRevenge
Most boring car racing on the planet. It looks like 2 or 3 groups of ants going around in a circle. That’s what they wanted.
To: Ouderkirk
Restrictor plates was the kiss of death.
To: Psycho_Runner
“My friend has a Prius and we joke that someday there will be Prius 500.”
“And here comes Wilson in the Whole Foods Prius, he’s back on the track after an incredible 45 minute pit charge!”
To: cripplecreek
"It has a lot to do with the economy. Its expensive to go to a race these days."
That may be part of it, but I think it runs deeper than that. Car racing represents the old manly virtues, and now half the country seems to have gone gay.
Young people don't seem to be attracted to racing nearly as much as in the old days, and I think it's partly because racing seems out-of-step with all the environmental stuff they've been raised on, and the dickless "niceness" that's been foisted off on this generation.
To: Steve_Seattle
One big problem for Indianapolis is that the Simons and Irsays got the former Democrat mayor to give them $1.3 billion in taxpayer money for sports palaces. Two of the best in the country, BLF and LOS.
Fans go to the Speedway and walk into the crapper and think they’re back in the 70s.
The H-G family finally tapped the state last year for a mere 100 mil over 10 years but probably too little too late.
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posted on
03/04/2015 6:47:57 PM PST
by
nascarnation
(Impeach, convict, deport)
To: relictele
The spousal unit (wife) isn’t into nascar as much but will have it on and when it isn’t practical to go hang out elsewhere, I try my best to ignore it.
However, what little I pick up on is an endless drivel about all kinds of meaningless details and overloaded effects on screen.
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posted on
03/04/2015 6:49:38 PM PST
by
wally_bert
(There are no winners in a game of losers. I'm Tommy Joyce, welcome to the Oriental Lounge.)
To: NormsRevenge
A figure 8 track configuration would probably boost attendance considerably. Ovals have become so passe.
To: relictele
“as with Tony Georges ruination of the Indy 500”
Don’t forget that Roger Penske played a HUGE part in that clash of egos.
As an Indiana resident, it pains me to remember what the Indy 500 used to be.
The demise of USAC began with two events, Tony Hulman’s death, and the 1979 USAC plane crash that took out the top USAC leadership. That plane was piloted by my first flight-instructor, Don Mullendore.
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posted on
03/04/2015 6:50:55 PM PST
by
tcrlaf
(They told me it could never happen in America. And then it did....)
To: NormsRevenge
I didn’t see any empty seats at Watkins Glen last August. Maybe they just need more right turns here and there.
To: freedom6178
Political correctness in NASCAR? huh?
To: Veggie Todd
When Dale Sr. died, the sport started to die also.
The sport over-reacted to Dale Srs. death with Driver Safety becoming the overriding factor.
It's not that I want to see drivers injured, but half the reason to watch is to marvel at the humans who take this machinery up to the limits at the edge of catastrophe and put their own asses on the line. Now, the cars are ultra-padded bumper cars and our emotional involvement is decreasing as if the drivers are operating the cars by remote control; like death-dealing drones in Yemen, the operators are in no danger.
The main attribute today's drivers need for success today is to be bland and innocuous and not say anything that would offend anybody. They're no longer high-wire artists working without a net. Those kind of people, you had to put up with their individual quirks because they were a rare breed.
Also, these days it's not enough to win the race, you have to make sure your valve lifters are not 0.1 millimeter out of specification when they disassemble the winner's engine after the race.
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posted on
03/04/2015 7:01:04 PM PST
by
Colinsky
To: Veggie Todd
It was dying before that, but 3’s death sped up the process.
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posted on
03/04/2015 7:01:10 PM PST
by
al_c
(Obama's standing in the world has fallen so much that Kenya now claims he was born in America.)
To: NormsRevenge
Smokey Yunik is spinning in his grave!
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posted on
03/04/2015 7:01:22 PM PST
by
wjcsux
("In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act." - George Orwell)
To: Colinsky
the operators are in no danger. That's got to be reassuring to Kyle Busch.
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posted on
03/04/2015 7:02:34 PM PST
by
nascarnation
(Impeach, convict, deport)
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