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Love it! My kart racing buddies got threatened by their HOA because they parked their small trailer in their backyard. Their HOA wouldn't allow a fence, but did allow a shed that was big enough to hide the trailer behind. My buddies covered the street-facing side of the shed with pieces of...

Sorry - brain fart there. "The Harrisons" should have been "Gray Garrison".

I hope that NASCAR taking over managing Bowman Gray Stadium ("The Madhouse") works out. The Harrisons did a pretty good job - before they took over the grandstands were empty. But I'm not keen on the WWE atmosphere they fostered. The track itself is too small, flat and narrow to handle good...

Could need a lot of work before Bowman Gray Stadium can handle a Cup race. Bowman Gray is very narrow. SAFER barriers take up a lot of space when you consider the foam between them and the original wall behind it all. Currently the grandstands are right up against the back of the wall, with...

ITG Brands is still harassing the owners of The Winston Cup Museum - even after it got the museum closed. On Monday, a North Carolina judge denied a motion for contempt placed on the Winston Cup Museum and its owner, Will Spencer. The motion was filed by ITG Brands in January, which stated...

One of the very few driver hats I've owned was Cale's #29 Hardee's team. Not sure where it is anymore... I wore it a lot and might have worn it out. May Cale never run short of horsepower in that great race in the sky.

The Busch Series used a V6 during the mid-1980s through the mid-1990s. A lot of people complained about how it sounded. Since that technology is about 30 years old it could take some effort to apply it to today's V6 engines. Of course, those were naturally aspirated and worked without...

Yes, viewer engagement is important - which has been part of my arguments. For NASCAR, the older demographic has already been engaged (although discouraged by NASCAR's marketing practices these past few decades)... I wouldn't assume that a younger audience (who might be more open to new...

Agreed, although I suspect that NASCAR will also get pressure from race sponsors and race teams because viewership numbers could hurt sponsorship deals. For example, if NASCAR's streaming-only races realize the same trouble that the NFL is having with its streaming-only Thursday night games (a...

Unfortunately my cable company / ISP does not offer me a deal as you describe. If I cancel the TV part of my package they will only discount my monthly service fee by about $20 - which they will overwrite within months since they raise my monthly fee a few dollars every month anyway. They...

Folks, I do not mean to sound like I'm totally against streaming services. If you like them, by all means subscribe to them. I'm just trying to point out that this "broadcasting deal" is going to effect NASCAR's audience, and unless cable and over-the-air services pretty much cease to exist I...

If I was psychic I could foresee where the markets will be now and well into the future... and be rich as a consultant.

This deal does NOT cater to people like me. To use it I have to pony up for service subscriptions and additional hardware so I can still get what I used to get.

"Dying"... well I guess that attitude explains why some younger folks think us older folks are useless and expendable...

Agreed that NASCAR needs to grow its audience, and try to find them where they live. But simultaneously casting aside its existing audience won't help it - which has been shown by decreased live event attendees and lower car counts and more teams with partial or inadequate sponsorship. Just...