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Because the figures from last year were a 2.1 rating with 3.8 million viewers. That is pretty concerning to me that about ONE MILLION people who watched last year decided not to tune in this year.

I'd have to go back and watch that race to be sure why it's not remembered as a terrible race but for those trying to defend the product on Sunday by pulling ONE unmemorable race out of the pile seems fishy to me. Even in NASCAR's heyday there were duds - there is in every sport. That's part...

People may have made the same mistake as me and read the rating of 1.1 thinking that was the viewership. i just double checked my source and it was a little over 2M so that's my bad. Still really low though and a sharp ratings decline.

LOL. That's the problem though Stan. I am not "moaning" or "crying." Just pointing some stuff out. I also don't think my "nonsense" is going anywhere. LMAO. Do you think I am trying to be an influencer or something? I'm not close to being that delusional but in this case the majority...

A few closing thoughts on this one for me guys since the conversation continues to be about some thinking the race was not that bad and "2200" passes keeps getting thrown out there and comparisons made to other Bristol races that had fewer. You just CAN'T use passes of lapped cars as a metric...

In total fairness though, Bristol was fantastic when they first reconfigured it. I remember an Xfinity race there where there was a 3-wide finish for the win. It has not aged well. The best news I could hear is that they are tearing it up and putting it back the way it was prior. I know some...

Any theories on why though? What was so different? Small enough that aero was not a factor at all? That's my best guess.

To each their own but the majority says otherwise.

I am not sure I follow you 100% but I am not trying to tie anything back to Larson's fans other than to say it seems to me that most people who found anything to enjoy about the race are people who outright state they root for Larson or have shown him support and get excited when he does well...

Well the difference with me is that I'd be saying the same thing regardless of who won and believe me when I say I don't want to feel the way I do. It's clear to me that the majority (not all of course) of those defending this race are Larson fans or strong supporters of his even if they claim...

Yeah I hear you. My feelings are more about perspective over the long haul and what it once was compared to what it is now. I was siting there at Bristol looking at the stands imagining what it was like in the good old days when the place was packed and feeling like it's dying. You are...

It sucks seeing the sport you love basically dying. It's hard for me to relate to people who can't see past what they want.

I'm old school and I miss the longer races but in fairness it was just a different sport back then and the longer races were fitting. Back then you had tire fall off which led to more pit stops and strategy and usually a lot of cars fell out of contention because of mechanical failures...

You're entitled to your point of view in this perceived defense of the race. While you are laying out some facts above, the point I am making is the race was bad. You can disagree as we are all entitled to that opinion and mine is no more "right" or "wrong" than yours. Just understand you are...

A lot of it could be solved with tire wear and we saw that last spring. Now was last spring a little TOO much? Yes. But there is an area there that NASCAR should live in where there is more fall off than what we had Sunday without the extreme of Spring 2024 and that would make things more...

OK. It took me some time to get here obviously because I was at the race and did not get home until 6:30pm last night. This will be a novel too so feel free to skip Stan - especially since I know you will not agree with anything LOL. The word I can use to describe it? Sad is the only one. I...

NO...He won Richmond in 1992 also.

Well said and I just don't understand how biased people can be. When it happened live I was sitting there thinking "what went down there" but made no opinion about it until I saw the onboard for both and heard the radio. Let's be real - if Bubba did anything wrong Larson would have something...

I am pretty sure it was fairly common back then for the leader to win by multiple laps and it had little (if anything) to do with aero and more to do with lack of reliability on parts and tires and the fact that there were only a few really good cars capable of winning and they had everyone...

I know - I just never remember clean air meaning as much as it did in this race at Darlington because usually the tires off set it.