I love the road courses mainly because they allow different pit strategies to work.
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downtheroad wrote:
Another discussion going here....food for thought.
But, I think that the, "peanut gallery," is exactly who Nascar ownership should be listening to....the peanut gallery are the butts in the seats, at the track and at home.
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If I owned NASCAR I would NOT want it known that I took suggestions from "the peanut gallery".
If I owned NASCAR I would NOT want it known that I took suggestions from "the peanut gallery".
Another discussion going here....food for thought.
But, I think that the, "peanut gallery," is exactly who Nascar ownership should be listening to....the peanut gallery are the butts in the seats, at the track and at home.
It doesn't work, and it can't work. It's a "floodgate" that needs to remain closed. There's too many suggestions, most of which are shot from the hip, without sufficient knowledge of the business side of racing. It should go without saying that if you listen to one, you have to listen to all. Obviously, you have to reject most of them. THEN, what follows is that you end up with a large number of fans with "hurt feelings". Trust me, "hell has no fury, like......".
IMO you can't change human nature. Consequently, there's no need to focus on the underbelly of it. That's why I prefer to just look for the entertainment of the racing (sometimes there is some).
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In the mean time, I'll just keep watching.
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I've worked running a couple short tracks. The three worst groups with ideas how to make racing better are (1) owners and drivers; (2) fans; (3) the racing industry - the folks who sell tires, fuel, parts, engines, etc.
Car owners and drivers always want something that gives them an edge. That don't want competitive racing, they want to start at the front, and not have anyone able to pass them.
Fans want simple to follow exciting racing. On short tracks that means setting the field so that the best drivers start about the middle of the pack and have to pass several cars to get to the front. That's too complicated for them to follow, and of course they have a favorite that they want to have an advantage.
The 'racing industry' simply wants to get more of the driver/ owner money. I've seen too many racers spend so much money on special equipment, that they don't have enough money left to actually race.
Now once in a while, maybe twice a year, we might hear something interesting that was worth further investigation. Didn't always work out, but we did have to be open to new ideas.
My list of ideas recently where things I think might give some of the folks on this thread something of what they seem to want. Not that I expected NASCAR to adopt any of them.
Compare it to the CA gold rush. Did every dirt clod have a nugget in it?
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Kahne could end up at RCR, or he could be on a minor team. I'm expecting Kurt Busch to have to take a pay cut if he can't drum up some sponsorship for himself.
The #77 for Kahne or Kurt Busch is a option depending of the ability to obtain a sponsor.
bucky wrote:
That's always a good business plan to not listen to your customers!
That's always a good business plan to not listen to your customers!
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