Hatin Since 87
Bacon Hater
True. Sadly, in the early 2000s Nascar was getting almost 20 million viewers for the Daytona 500. Then, like you said, they started the chase, then went to the car of tomorrow, then gen 6 cars… changed a bunch of track configurations, tightened up rules, and drivers retired. Now theyre excited and act like 9 million viewers is proof that theyre the bees knees in the sporting industry.Yeah everyone wants what the Superbowl has! $$$$
I love racing. I dont want Nascar to fail. I want it to struggle and them to open their eyes and return it to RACING. Not stage racing. Not overbearing rulebooks. Not playoffs and all these other gimmicks. Drop the green and run 500 miles. Whoever averages the best over 36 races deserves to be champion. Fans now say they didnt like knowing who the champion was 3 weeks before the season ended. If thats the case, that driver deserved it, because he dominated all year long. Thats racing.
My favorite tony stewart interview is “thats racing. If you want passing we will go to 465 and ill let you watch passing all day. What we do is race”