Brian France Answers Fans Questions.

dpkimmel2001 said:
I'd bet we are going to start seeing what amount to multiple competition cautions introduced throughout the race similar to television timeouts in the NFL or regular intervals of cautions similar to innings in MLB.
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It's not as silly as it sounds. I'd rather see NASCAR work with the networks on implementing side-by-side or something. NASCAR discouraged ESPN from implementing side-by-side in 2007 so it sounds to me like Brian France has evolved on this in some way.

I've sat here and watched a race on TV with Twitter up on my computer and every single caution, lead change and major race development has happened while the networks are at commercial. FOX is the worst about this because they make it a point to get as many commercials in during green flag racing as possible, even if it means not cutting to commercials under caution.
 
Based on what Brian said about start times, it looks like we'll be going back to races starting at 2:30pm and 3pm. After all, it was NBC that gave us later start times to start with.
 
AndyMarquisLive said:
Based on what Brian said about start times, it looks like we'll be going back to races starting at 2:30pm and 3pm. After all, it was NBC that gave us later start times to start with.
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Looking at the schedule, start times are all over the grid this year. There is nothing consistent about them. I'll state this using the popular term..... Any REAL FAN knows when and where the race is on well ahead of time so it's not an issue for this guy. :cool:
 
dpkimmel2001 said:
Looking at the schedule, start times are all over the grid this year. There is nothing consistent about them. I'll state this using the popular term..... Any REAL FAN knows when and where the race is on well ahead of time so it's not an issue for this guy. :cool:
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Yeah that's never an issue... but waiting until 3pm for the green flag sucks...
 
Nobody asked him about shaving that ridiculous early 90s porn mustache?
 
dpkimmel2001 said:
Looking at the schedule, start times are all over the grid this year. There is nothing consistent about them. I'll state this using the popular term..... Any REAL FAN knows when and where the race is on well ahead of time so it's not an issue for this guy. :cool:
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Agreed. There's a need for different tracks to have different start times. Fans need to deal with it.
 
dpkimmel2001 said:
I wouldn't fight the idea of heat races to set the field. That would be a helluva lot more exciting that the current method. As far as the race goes..... Leave that alone.
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They have already changed the qualifying for road races with the "bunch" qualifying, kinda F-1ish, I thought I heard that they were going to do that on the ovals? or it might have been at Eldora. I might have been off my meds. This article says a bunch of nothing
http://sports.yahoo.com/news/apnewsbreak-nascar-may-overhaul-qualifying-182409483--nascar.html
 
I'm onboard with the heat race idea. Do it like dirt. 50/50/50/300 mile.
 
all this new qualifying talk is just a trick to make it exciting and new. nothing new under the sun the best teams will still be the best teams.
 
dpkimmel2001 said:
Looking at the schedule, start times are all over the grid this year. There is nothing consistent about them. I'll state this using the popular term..... Any REAL FAN knows when and where the race is on well ahead of time so it's not an issue for this guy. :cool:
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Just a few years ago Brian said they wanted consistent start times because that's what the fans wanted, and they did. It was 1:00 starts (eastern time) for Sunday races and 7:30 starts for night races. So what the hell happened to that policy?
I am beginning to think this guy makes his decisions with a dart board.
I personally don't care when they start. As long as I have racing most every weekend.
 
racer8 said:
Just a few years ago Brian said they wanted consistent start times because that's what the fans wanted, and they did. It was 1:00 starts (eastern time) for Sunday races and 7:30 starts for night races. So what the hell happened to that policy?
I am beginning to think this guy makes his decisions with a dart board.
I personally don't care when they start. As long as I have racing most every weekend.
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nascar doesn't know what to do. the fans no longer fill the stands like they once did.so they are trying to reinvent the wheel.
 
I think the format for road courses is good but applying it to ovals might turn into team tactics for the large teams.
 
I think most of the "fans" who left the sport were temporary "fans." The people who have enjoyed racing for many years are still interested. The "fans" that created the illusion NASCAR was here to stay are either no longer interested, are losing interest and do attend races or watch on the telly. That is one reason you see so many empty seats. Of course, the economy has a bit to do with it plus the fact wages are not keeping up with the times, but that is fodder for the Podium. Fans became rabid and began to show interest in droves when Smokey and the Bandit was a big hit. Now, the novelty has worn off, there is some other big "new" trend and Hal Needham has died. RIP, Hal. You unknowingly, had a huge impact on NASCAR.
 
I agree with the Wizzer. Those of us who have been around for a while have seen fans come and go. There is a core group of hard core fans, made up of young and old who will watch no matter what. The rest are fickle, if it is the cool thing to do, then they will be racing fans until the next cool thing comes along and they will put that bumper sticker over the Nascar one. Most of the hard core fans don't particularly like all of the hoop jumping changes that have come about, but the bottom line is "whatever", what time is the race starting.
 
I hope i'm wrong, but i don't think nascar, indy car, or drag racing will ever draw the spectators that it once did even if the economy has a stellar recovery. There are just to many other things in life that attract people these days especially the youngsters. Right now Supercross racing seems to have a pretty good grip on the younger audience and even a few of us old codgers like me. When they can have 6 races within a 300 mile radius within a 2 month span and still pretty much pack the stadiums like they do at Anaheim, San diego, Phoenix,and Las Vegas that is a pretty strong series. But, the next group of youngsters may find something else to interest them in life.
 
StandOnIt said:
I agree with the Wizzer. Those of us who have been around for a while have seen fans come and go. There is a core group of hard core fans, made up of young and old who will watch no matter what. The rest are fickle, if it is the cool thing to do, then they will be racing fans until the next cool thing comes along and they will put that bumper sticker over the Nascar one. Most of the hard core fans don't particularly like all of the hoop jumping changes that have come about, but the bottom line is "whatever", what time is the race starting.
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NASCAR is concerned that the number of "core" fans is shrinking or are part of a demographic that's not appealing to many main stream companies. And I don't think NASCAR has ever or will ever be considered hip or cool. Some people just get bored with NASCAR or are embarrassed by being lumped in with certain types of fans. A great many people still view the average NASCAR fan as an uneducated backwoods trailer dwelling racist who offers nothing to society other than being a profit center for the pharmaceutical industry. NASCAR is trying to change this perception but there are many who make this impossible. So what should NASCAR do? How do you garner mass appeal? Do you just maintain the status quo or do you try to be innovative and broaden your appeal? It's an incredibly complex and difficult situation, NASCAR is dealing with. I can't even imagine what it's like to ride herd over something as massive as NASCAR. Hopefully they make good choices and can continue to be succesful for future generations.
 
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