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They are trying to get butts back in seats. If you remember back before Y2K and how strong the NASCAR brand was. Back at that time if you remember the coca-cola bottle that was next to the drivers "door". That single sticker there was a $1 million dollar per car deal. There was that much money going into NASCAR at the time. Tracks all packed for each and every race, and they slowly started to squeeze out the "non NASCAR" owned tracks and built their "cookie cutter" tracks like KS and TX.
Then this that and the other happened, IMHO a lot of it due to Brian France's personal issues, and the change from (again IMHO) racing to sports entertainment. "Fake" yellows, "lucky dog" rules and countless other things pushed away the race fans. Then the issues with the "car of tomorrow" and people like Tony Stewert speaking his mind about what total shit the car was, again I think it was built that way for a reason, to bunch them up.
Anyhoo all of this slowly took away NASCAR's hard core traditional fan base, and it has just been another rock in the boat year after year, with this "bubba wallace" bullshit and flag issues really sending the people over the edge. But it was sliding down hill long before that, it was just adding weight to make it go faster.
Now they are in the process of tossing anything against the wall to see if it will stick. The issue is the people that like this are the Bud Light drinkers of the world, and they have just walked away from it, and it will be very difficult to get them back. This is why you see the kind of things you linked.
Good friend "was" a die hard NASCAR fan since childhood. His interest began to wan with the CoT. After the Wallace BS, you couldn't pay him to watch.
There are no black guys living in concrete Washington, I can assure you of this……
It was unloadette 'cause da clip was outt.
He is not alone. If one is on TV tune it in for a few minutes. Even with very careful camera positions it is hard not to see the empty stands.
I was as well, you could give me a number and I could tell you the driver, I was that into it, and really all racing. Part of what killed it for me is when I had to stop doing it myself. I just did not want to watch it anymore. The larger part of it was these fake yellows and the lucky dog crap, I turned it off when the well if a yellow is within X laps of the end we will extend it, can't finish under caution.
Click good by.
I am curious to why you had to stop racing? I am taking a break right now as I can't afford that and to save up money for the kids college. However, I plan to go back.
Once NASCAR started in with the woke crap - just like football - I turned if off and never watched again.
The saddest part is they will never admit that the woke crap is what led to their loss of viewership.
I once participated (as provider) in a free medical screening at a NASCAR race. Was amazed how many hard-core fans would buy $200 tickets yet never see a doctor. "They" are now having trouble coming up with the money for a ticket now. Bidenomics.
What kinda bastardized shit is this? Really gonna crap on my sale like that? Ohh, it's on now. Go ahead and post something in the PX and I will link five options for better deals.
Sheeesh man. Don't be blabbing. Delete your post and I'll do you a buy one get one free.
Ruptured disc, It took them about a year to figure out what was wrong. It was all in my left arm, and that is what hurt like hell, so they never went down and looked into my back. By the time they figured out what it was nerve damage had already set in. I have had 5-6 surgeries after that first one, and while each one made it a little better it never got all better. I could not get back out of the car. I tried an SRF, Spec Racer Ford and it took two people to get me out of the car.
I still have my car, and floated around ideas of doing one of the open road races, Sand Hills or Beg Bend, and that is still something I might do. The car has all the safety stuff for the "go fast" class, I raced an Opel GT in F-production, to it had some "good stuff" in it. I spent $4k on the one off crank alone.
When asked about sponsors I always said yea I have sponsors, visa and discover......really, yes MY visa and discover card.
I will look through and find some pics of the car. this is where the name comes from FPGT72, Fprod, Opel GT and my number 72. It was painted up like a gulf car, those same colors. I took it to world of wheels when I was still active and won second place for production race car.
Man, sorry to hear that. Racing is the best. I race a 2013 Mustang Gt with NASA Texas region. I had to take a break to get my house in order. Too much CC debit because of racing and trying to support my FIL in another country. Got that all squared away and now it's time to save for the kids college. I would love to see some picture of the car!
Old pics of the car:
Damn I ran with NASA Tx for 8 or 10 years about 8 or 10 years ago. TWS was my favorite track.. scary fast. I was an instructor for a few years.
Got tired of spending ALL my time and money on it, that and the car was always trying to kill me as I got older and slower hands.
Small world
Turn 1 at TWS was my favorite. With all the down force I have it was just a slight lift and that’s only because I didn’t have the balls to go flat out.
A feel good video...wait for it...
Not sure how to make it play as media on the hide...
Not sure how to make it play as media on the hide...
My sister and I used to do that...hella fun!
A feel good video...wait for it...
Not sure how to make it play as media on the hide...
Apparently, there was something he could do.
Yep, my balls never quite grew into the available downforce.
video from the early days, got into the mid 1;30s later
video from the early days, got into the mid 1;30s later
Justin can play a shovel and make it sound better than most people can play a guitar.
I see what you did there. The HPDE line. The orange square is what they teach everyone to aim and brake. I would go in lower and follow the blend line. By doing that I was going in at 135 mph. I was carrying a shit ton of speed through turn 2. It was a blast. I know Paul Costas would take the higher line off the straight and follow the blend line. I was behind a STU when I learned that could be done without braking.
Interesting and edumacational! Thank you!
I last went in, I think, 2011. It was outstanding. So my experience is 'dated.' And, good point, about it not being the same cars at LeMans.
Thanks for that!
Cheers,
Sirhr
The higher you go into 1 the worse the transition is from banked to flat. just somewhere in the middle.
Imagine if folks of White European descent were hyper aware of their history and culture and defended it like Muslims do…
Was it a good trip
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