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Topic: Nascar Follies

Posted By: downtheroad on 06/20/17 09:41am

8.1 Van wrote:

Maybe they will put 19-year-old William Byron in the 88 car.

Or maybe Carl Edwards??


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Posted By: thomasmnile on 06/20/17 09:49am

The Jayski Guide To NASCAR Monster Cup Silly Season

Late congrats to 'Kid Larson'. I was all wrapped up in golf, didn't see the race.


Posted By: bobsallyh on 06/20/17 02:36pm

I know one thing, Mike Joy's 2/3 full and my 2/3 full at Michigan are two different things. And the 3 o'clock start?


Posted By: Cloud Dancer on 06/20/17 06:51pm

From where I sit, the NASCAR races' front gate sales plus the rear gate sales are always high enough to make it work. It's the new norm, and will be the same for a long time. More power to them.
What do you think, 5 more years,......12 maybe?


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Posted By: thomasmnile on 06/20/17 07:55pm

Cloud Dancer wrote:


What do you think, 5 more years,......12 maybe?


Who knows the 'expiration date' on the NASCAR brand. I do believe a lot hinges on the broadcast networks. Low ratings equal diminished return on investment via ad buys and rates charged for ads. Will Fox and NBC press to renegotiate their contracts? TV contracts are the mother's milk of NASCAR.


Posted By: thomasmnile on 06/21/17 09:35am

Holler All You Want But These Things Ain't Ever Gonna Happen Again

Hey Cloud Dancer, did you ghost write this piece? [emoticon]


Posted By: PawPaw_n_Gram on 06/21/17 12:52pm

I love how he ended the article

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Because the reality is that there is plenty of fun to be had in today's NASCAR world. You just aren't ever going to see it if the only place you ever look is in the rearview mirror.



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Posted By: Cloud Dancer on 06/21/17 01:44pm

thomasmnile wrote:

Holler All You Want But These Things Ain't Ever Gonna Happen Again

Hey Cloud Dancer, did you ghost write this piece? [emoticon]


The last time I wrote and posted a long dissertation on "the truth according to me", it took the moderator ONE click on the mouse to delete it. It kinda woke me up, and I've posted much shorter messages since. So, thank you for the link. I'll just take it as a compliment...[emoticon]


Posted By: thomasmnile on 06/21/17 07:56pm

Cloud Dancer wrote:

I'll just take it as a compliment...[emoticon]


That was my intention. Ryan McGee's column echos some of the observations you have made in this thread regarding the future of NASCAR.


Posted By: bucky on 06/22/17 05:30am

Nice article, thanks.
If I hit the lottery I will build a mansion in the infield of N Wilkesboro Speedway and arrive at my summer home by helicopter. I will leave the grandstands in place and let the old guy stay as long as he lives (if he is still alive).
As I understand it the track was making a comeback for local stuff but promised supplemental local gov funding was reneged on so the lights went out again.
We lived there before Merlefest was born, other than the lottery that would be the only reason for us to go back.
We did drive Thunder Road one night when we really shouldn't have, that is in the top 5 of the dumbest things I've ever done. It's probably safer now but at the time no lights, no guardrails, no safer barriers, no nuthin.
It was cool to see Junior Johnson in town acting just like a normal person.

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