LewTheShoe
Seeking Skill-based Meritocracy... More HP Less DF
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On his SiriusXM show Tuesday evening, Kevin Harvick expressed his confusion and disappointment that our most popular driver wasn't our most successful racer. He was blunt in his remarks, IMO. This final year before Dale's retirement, we haven't seen the expected surge in attendance and merch sales, he said. He attributes that to poor on-track performance. He is confused that Nascar fans have not embraced our greatest winner, Jimmie Johnson, while Dale's lackluster performance over the years has failed to energize and advance the sport.
In other sports, the greatest winners are the most popular figures. LeBron James, Steph Curry, Peyton Manning. Their fan-following and their competitive accomplishments combine together to move the needle. In Nascar, we haven't had that because our most popular driver has just 9 wins in a decade and has never won a championship.
Do you think Harvick had armed body guards with him as he left the studio? Are these remarks futile and tasteless? Is there anything good that can come out of this?
(Full disclosure: I'm not a hardcore Junior fan but I admire and like him. I'm not a Harvick fan, who I regard as a dirty driver and a hypocrite.)
In other sports, the greatest winners are the most popular figures. LeBron James, Steph Curry, Peyton Manning. Their fan-following and their competitive accomplishments combine together to move the needle. In Nascar, we haven't had that because our most popular driver has just 9 wins in a decade and has never won a championship.
Do you think Harvick had armed body guards with him as he left the studio? Are these remarks futile and tasteless? Is there anything good that can come out of this?
(Full disclosure: I'm not a hardcore Junior fan but I admire and like him. I'm not a Harvick fan, who I regard as a dirty driver and a hypocrite.)