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I am really happy about the Roval at Charlotte as whether it is a boom or a bust I appreciate the idea behind it. Tracks with 2 dates should be strongly encouraged to provide a different track layout for a second date as we no longer need tracks that maximize seating we need tracks that maximize...

The only problem is that you changed horses as Lew was speaking of the building boom of the 90's which has nothing to do with short tracks or what happened in decades prior. Several tracks were either, built, rebuilt or brought up to Nascar specs in order to capitalize on the fleeting popularity...

Pearson is the GOAT anyway so it is all moot.

Hockey has made huge strides in the United States since 1980 but it is a regional sport at the grass roots level. Drive by any school and you will see football and soccer fields along with baseball diamonds and basketball nets but no indoor or outdoor ice surfaces to play on. On a global level...

Kyle is a wheelman extraordinaire and hopefully will be able to drive at a high level for sometime if for no other reason than to piss they old people off. BTW I am an old person but he is good in my book.

The only thing the tracks you mentioned have in common with when they were built to what they are today is proximity. They were part of the building boom of the 90's.

10. It is races like this that remind me of why I came a fan to begin with. It is a shame that more people didn't get to see this race live and from home as it will be top 5 if not top 1 for the year.

You missed the point as way back when unique tracks like Martinsville, Darlington, Rockingham and Wilkesboro were built but during the building boom tracks were made to cram the largest number of fans in. We got Homestead, Kansas, Cali, Kentucky, Joliet, Texas and Vegas which some may like but...

Nascar is a textbook case of expanding to quickly and never understanding why people started showing up to begin with. I think a lot of it had to do with Jeff Gordon and his popularity but when he couldn't win 3 championships every 4 years people bailed out just like they bailed out on Dale Jr...

Interesting comments as Nascar is about as cool as a Gomer Pyle marathon these days so I can't imagine anyone showing up at a race because it is the in thing to do. There was a time when Nascar was all the rage and got to have lunch at the cool kids table but those days left 15-20 years ago and...

I think many people watch cup races with the hope of being entertained and that is the way I started out but over the last 15 years or so that has changed. The reason someone watches something is not important to me as long as they are getting what they feel is some sort of value. I watch Nascar...

I agree that fad fans flocked to Nascar quickly and left quickly and they have been gone for years. I think the recession can be blamed for a decrease in attendance but should have absolutely no bearing on why viewership was down so something else was at work. I agree that there are driver fans...

You have likely thought of this but can you set it up remotely through your phone or record it on a device you have with you?

One thing I don't want to see get lost in all the doom and gloom is how much I am enjoying this race as it is more than making up for the dull Martinsville date of a few weeks ago. I can't remember the last time I have liked a race so well but it has been over a year ago so it is nice to get a...

I just hope they have enough seats available to handle the influx of students.

It was Ricky Stenhouse who uttered the statement but it could have been Brian as he likes cars riding around 2x2 to create the illusion of racing with the potential for game 7 moments.

"we certainly do need to orchestrate some better races at mile-and-a-half tracks" "I think it will come across on TV and in the grandstands a lot better" "we want to do is to make sure the fans enjoy our races and, however that may be" You don't orchestrate good racing as it is a byproduct of...

I agree and have said for years that the optics of Nascar races looking empty is awful. If you are a newbie tuning in the first thing you are going to think is "I wonder what is wrong and why people don't like this." Tracks like Talladega and Daytona have done a good job by ruthlessly...

How about the harder all the series bust their asses to get new fans the more tune out?...........:D