Comments on: What Doesn’t Kill Us Makes Us Stronger

By: Chet Waters

Chet Waters — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 19:22:44 +0000

There is no doubt that NASCAR is going to have to go through a transition phase to adjust to the current economy. Just like Formula One Racing, NASCAR will have to bite the bullet, get mean and lean and ultimately survive. Both the fans and the teams will be better off in the long run.

By: SearsPointer

SearsPointer — Sat, 01 Nov 2008 19:24:55 +0000

“The people who authorize the big numbers for NA$CAR sponsorships, like to look smart.”

What about you? Your post doesn’t look smart, it just lashes out at…everything, using the current economic downturn as an excuse to rant, rather than to examine what is and isn’t working. The actual post above has a pretty good opinion on NASCAR’s unsustainable growth over the last few years, and what the NASCAR community needs to do to address problems (for example guarantee that the COT actually does save the teams money, and take a hard look at team compensation in a time of decline).

Very much like the stock market, which couldn’t keep climbing forever, NASCAR has hit a glass ceiling for the time being. But just like the stock market, which fundamentally works (people “just” abused it), now isn’t the time to doubt everything about NASCAR and start another ill-informed rant about how much the Chase sucks. Now is the time to position the sport so that it can survive the hard economic times, and prepare it for another surge when consumer spending picks up again.

If we didn’t have the Chase, more people would come to the tracks right now and switch on the TVs? BS. (And yes, the racing could be better. But it could always be better. There have been some great finishes this season, and some boring ones.)

By: dawg

dawg — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 16:52:34 +0000

The people who authorize the big numbers for NA$CAR sponsorships, like to look smart.
How smart would it look to be jumping into a sport with declining numbers, both live, & the all important TV ratings. On top of that in a sport, run by a legacy, who seems to continue showing a disconnect with reality.

Hello Brian, your racing stinks. 450 miles of boredom, 50 miles of actual racing. Your so called chase stinks, & you seem to still have your head in the sand, ….or somewhere else.

By: Neon

Neon — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 12:54:48 +0000

Oh, the ebb and tide of the racing cycle. Just for kicks, let’s pretend NASCAR manadated a claim rule (like a dirt track enduro series might have) where, for a price, the winner’s car can be bought by any team finishing in the top 10 (keeping a start-n-park team from entering junk only for the rights to buy good stuff). How much would teams spend on a car they may lose (oh God, sounds like Pinks-arrrgh!)? Now….I hate spec series, but isn’t the Car of Tomorrow (today?) intended to cut cost and level the playing field. Heck let’s even say crew members go “with” the car. By the end of the season, everyone gets to know everyone else!