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PawPaw_n_Gram wrote:
Personally I've always loved folks like Wendell Scott (before the good Richard Pryor movie) and J.D. McDuffie - hard working guys who ran a one car team because is was a decent way to make a living. (Those days are long gone.)
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Re: 'Decline of NASCAR based on Daytona 500'
Frankly I enjoyed the 500 even though my driver lost his chance to win.
But if you want to look at something that shows NASCAR is in trouble - look at the entry list for the Atlanta race this Sunday - only 36 cars.
Personally I've always loved folks like Wendell Scott (before the good Richard Pryor movie) and J.D. McDuffie - hard working guys who ran a one car team because is was a decent way to make a living. (Those days are long gone.)
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Re: 'Decline of NASCAR based on Daytona 500'
Frankly I enjoyed the 500 even though my driver lost his chance to win.
But if you want to look at something that shows NASCAR is in trouble - look at the entry list for the Atlanta race this Sunday - only 36 cars.
That begs to question; do we really need 43 cars? I suppose for NASCARs sake they might but from a fans perspective, NO...
Unless you think the decline will eventually lead to NASCAR becoming extinct... ? I suppose that is possible but i do think we are far from that. I think if they continue to put a good product on the track true racing fans will continue to support it...
thomasmnile wrote:
Nothing to do with Bubba's driving ability, but he may be what NASCAR'S aching for, a driver with a pulse and personality. I enjoyed listening to him every time he was in front of a camera.
Nothing to do with Bubba's driving ability, but he may be what NASCAR'S aching for, a driver with a pulse and personality. I enjoyed listening to him every time he was in front of a camera.
Bubba does seem easy to like... if he were to win a few races, i think he might explode in popularity! He seems like the only contender for Chase's headlock on most popular driver...
NASCAR survives on sponsor/TV money. As fan interest declines, so does revenue. The question is if this will result in a snow-ball effect that leaves unable to put on races at some point in the near future?
mco65 wrote:
That begs to question; do we really need 43 cars? I suppose for NASCARs sake they might but from a fans perspective, NO...
That begs to question; do we really need 43 cars? I suppose for NASCARs sake they might but from a fans perspective, NO...
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paulcardoza wrote:
Of course we don't NEED 43 cars every week. However, dwindling fields is a symptom of growing problems within NASCAR. As is the growing number of empty seats in the stands every year. As is the ever-declining TV ratings.
NASCAR survives on sponsor/TV money. As fan interest declines, so does revenue. The question is if this will result in a snow-ball effect that leaves unable to put on races at some point in the near future?
Of course we don't NEED 43 cars every week. However, dwindling fields is a symptom of growing problems within NASCAR. As is the growing number of empty seats in the stands every year. As is the ever-declining TV ratings.
NASCAR survives on sponsor/TV money. As fan interest declines, so does revenue. The question is if this will result in a snow-ball effect that leaves unable to put on races at some point in the near future?
mco65 wrote:
That begs to question; do we really need 43 cars? I suppose for NASCARs sake they might but from a fans perspective, NO...
That begs to question; do we really need 43 cars? I suppose for NASCARs sake they might but from a fans perspective, NO...
Actually, there are no more than 40 cars in a starting field. NASCAR made that change a couple of years ago.
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paulcardoza wrote:
Of course we don't NEED 43 cars every week. However, dwindling fields is a symptom of growing problems within NASCAR. As is the growing number of empty seats in the stands every year. As is the ever-declining TV ratings.
NASCAR survives on sponsor/TV money. As fan interest declines, so does revenue. The question is if this will result in a snow-ball effect that leaves unable to put on races at some point in the near future?
Of course we don't NEED 43 cars every week. However, dwindling fields is a symptom of growing problems within NASCAR. As is the growing number of empty seats in the stands every year. As is the ever-declining TV ratings.
NASCAR survives on sponsor/TV money. As fan interest declines, so does revenue. The question is if this will result in a snow-ball effect that leaves unable to put on races at some point in the near future?
I think that's every company's fear and with the right leadership, not really an issue. Every company has to evolve and change to remain profitable and NASCAR is no different.. I don't think NASCAR will ever reach the popularity boom we saw in the early 2000s but i don't think they necessarily need to either.
I think you will see major changes at the top before we ever get to a point where the race schedule is reduced and that begs to question as well, do we really need 36 races a year..?
This was during the growth/ dominance of multi-car teams. NASCARs response eventually led to (1) a nationwide / season long TV contract (2) after taking away the individual tracks TV contracts, NASCAR paid the tracks from the TV money and expanded the number of teams receiving points money at the end of the year. NASCAR also took a lot of their national sponsor dollars out of their pockets and put it into the weekly purse.
NASCAR also revised qualifying and guaranteed starting spots to top teams. At that time it was possible for the previous season second place in points car to actually miss a race because of problems in qualifying.
There were some issues with the solution. It led to the “Start and Park”’teams being financially viable.
Of course, that issue of car owners spending more money to race / win than they can make is as old as racing. The current problem is that the minimum amount of money necessary to race has climbed above the money the team will make for some races.
I would expect that in 2 or 3 years the field will be cut to 37 cars. Ten years from now about 32 cars, in 20 years the field might be down to 20-22 cars.
NASCARs future is easy to see. Just look at what happened to Indy cars.
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