Comcast, NBC and NASCAR

[HoneyBadger]

I know there's another thread about it but it's jumped the shark anyways. I'm curious, if Comcast sponsors what is now the Nationwide Series, what it will mean for the schedule. I mean, we all already know NBC's going to have a very large voice in dictating what the 2015 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series schedule looks like.

Hopefully, a new title sponsor, whether it's Comcast or Auto Zone or someone else, really forces NASCAR to rethink that entire series.

 

[ztevans]

I really wish both the second-tier series, whatever it will be called, and the NCWTS would go back to more short tracks. It would make for more interesting racing, and while it wouldn't completely eliminate the "dreaded" Cup guys in those series, it would make it much harder for them to run those races if they're having to globe-trot to do so.

Look at the 1995 SuperTruck schedule. 15 short tracks, 2 road courses, 3 mile-long ovals. Pretty solid balance between east and west coast. Almost every race wrapped up in less than 90 minutes. Long enough to require a halftime break for tires/fuel/adjustments, but short enough that you couldn't just ride around until the end.

http://racing-reference.info/raceyear/1995/C

 

[toledo47]

Thats pretty much what the K&N Pro Series is now. Road courses and tracks less that 1 mile long. Mostly half mile or less ovals. 150 lap races. Some of the same tracks that the trucks used to go to like Evergreen and Colorado National Speedway.

 

[Greg]

I really wish both the second-tier series, whatever it will be called, and the NCWTS would go back to more short tracks. It would make for more interesting racing, and while it wouldn't completely eliminate the "dreaded" Cup guys in those series, it would make it much harder for them to run those races if they're having to globe-trot to do so.

Look at the 1995 SuperTruck schedule. 15 short tracks, 2 road courses, 3 mile-long ovals. Pretty solid balance between east and west coast. Almost every race wrapped up in less than 90 minutes. Long enough to require a halftime break for tires/fuel/adjustments, but short enough that you couldn't just ride around until the end.

http://racing-reference.info/raceyear/1995/C

Imo the best Nationwide races was the Busch races in the 80s. They had some legendary old LMS guys like Ingram and Ard and they ran at tracks like Hickory.

But I dont think anything like that will happen again.

 

[HoneyBadger]

Going to be hard to sell NASCAR on the idea that we need more short tracks when there are tens of thousands of empty seats at Richmond, Bristol and Martinsville. Granted, Martinsville has the two worst dates on the Cup schedule and Bristol's spring date sucks - but there's no excuse for the stands at Martinsville to not be full IMO. Cheapest ticket in NASCAR, affordable concession prices and real racing.

It makes my blood boil every time I see empty seats there.