Bruton Smith says lack of cautions 'damaging to our sport'

AndyMarquisLive said:
This is all that needs to be said about damaging to the sport:

Closing North Wilkesboro to bring us Texas.
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Check out lodging around North Wilkesboro. That track had some great racing but the location couldn't support todays NASCAR.
 
North Wilkesboro has been off the schedule for 16 years. It may be time let it go and get over it.
 
Interesting comment on the radio today . ..With all of the changes Nascar has made in the past five years , just how many new fans have they gained? Are the changes working or not working ?
 
Bruton's still got everyone talking. The guy sure knows how to keep his name in the topic of discussion. We'll be @ Loudon the week after Daytona for another Bruton announcement of some kind. Any predictions on what he'll spew forth that week? We're getting to close to Bristol and those ticket sales are down. I think it will have to be something to try to promote that track in some manner.
 
More drivers quotes...thought some of this hit it right on.

UPDATE: A call for mandatory caution periods has refueled an ongoing debate in NASCAR: How much manipulation is too much?
"I'd rather have that than some mysterious debris caution," four-time champion #24-Jeff Gordon said. "The integrity of racing is about letting the race play out, and sometimes that's the most exciting finish, sometimes it's not. Trying to get in the middle of that can be challenging. If you're going to do it, it's got to be something planned in advance, and you take a break. I'm not totally against it."
"Auto racing is auto racing," #99-Carl Edwards said. "That's what it is. It's not going to be a Game 7 moment in every race. That's what makes some races great. If you start affecting the competition like that, it's analogous to stopping a basketball game if the score gets too far apart and putting the score back at even. That, to me, is not what auto racing is about. NASCAR said it had no plans to implement mandatory breaks, but pre-determined caution periods are not new to the sport. NASCAR occasionally calls "competition yellows" if officials deem a stoppage necessary to evaluate the cars, tires, track or other circumstances. "Our product on the track is exciting, and sports is a true reality show in how it unfolds as an event," NASCAR President Mike Helton said Thursday. "You have to be careful when you think about artificially creating the outcome of that."
"I would not be against it if the races continue to run green the whole way with one or two cautions," #16-Greg Biffle said. "I think Over time that could lose the fans' interest sitting in the stands and watching on TV. That's not what we want.
 
JimmieGordon2448 said:
More drivers quotes...thought some of this hit it right on.

UPDATE: A call for mandatory caution periods has refueled an ongoing debate in NASCAR: How much manipulation is too much?
"I'd rather have that than some mysterious debris caution," four-time champion #24-Jeff Gordon said. "The integrity of racing is about letting the race play out, and sometimes that's the most exciting finish, sometimes it's not. Trying to get in the middle of that can be challenging. If you're going to do it, it's got to be something planned in advance, and you take a break. I'm not totally against it."
"Auto racing is auto racing," #99-Carl Edwards said. "That's what it is. It's not going to be a Game 7 moment in every race. That's what makes some races great. If you start affecting the competition like that, it's analogous to stopping a basketball game if the score gets too far apart and putting the score back at even. That, to me, is not what auto racing is about. NASCAR said it had no plans to implement mandatory breaks, but pre-determined caution periods are not new to the sport. NASCAR occasionally calls "competition yellows" if officials deem a stoppage necessary to evaluate the cars, tires, track or other circumstances. "Our product on the track is exciting, and sports is a true reality show in how it unfolds as an event," NASCAR President Mike Helton said Thursday. "You have to be careful when you think about artificially creating the outcome of that."
"I would not be against it if the races continue to run green the whole way with one or two cautions," #16-Greg Biffle said. "I think Over time that could lose the fans' interest sitting in the stands and watching on TV. That's not what we want.
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I agree with Carl. Its funny Im the biggest Jeff Gordon fan till he starts talking. This is just the most rediculous arguement I think I've heard. What are they gonna do to make cars crash, cause the next bi••h will be there's not enough wrecked cars and so on and so on. This isn't a video game.
 
Bruton just likes to stir it up so he will be the topic of discussion, I dont think he believes that it will ever happen.
 
Many years ago, before this forum, there was a bunch of us NASCAR fans who got together on Prodigy and then Genie. We called ourselves the NASCAR Gang and we still keep in contact today. We began a small little newsletter and sent it hard copy to all our members. We had many different types of stories, mostly about ourselves and what we did for fun. But we also had a nice little section that dealt with NASCAR and one of those columns was written by myself and another BIG Earnhardt fan entitled Point/Counterpoint. One subject we debated was just this sort of topic, what do fans want to see on the track, racing or wrecking. My position was racing while Top Gun argued for wrecking. One thing it did was to bring out a lot of views from our friends, and it was pretty much split. I've been a fan of racing most of my life and from the mid 80's, it's been mostly NASCAR. The reason, I was able to watch more and more of it up to the point we have today, every race is live on TV. BTW, the growth of the sport really stepped up in the mid 80's when ESPN began to broadcast more and more races. TV created more fans than any promotion any track had. Hey, they used to give away tickets to the "Winston" in Charlotte and many other races around this area. But today, you have to pay out your butt for tickets anymore unless you get some of the seats where you can't see much of the race. So, has reached the biggest audience in the US they can get and now they need to find ways to gain new fans. I'm sure many of you would agree that NASCAR really doesn't care about older fans, just as long as they can keep them interested. It's the new fans that NASCAR is trying to get and they keep trying different things to achieve this goal. There are many of us who loved the "country" mode NASCAR used to have. Heck, even old Earnhardt got involved in a music video (loved it BTW), but now days, it's not the "good old boys" anymore. One thing for sure, you're damned if you do and damned if you don't.
 
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