NASCAR has been chasing a package that is enticing enough to get new people and those that have strayed away the last few years back in the game. Last year's package was an attempt to do that, and as much as SOME of you liked it, it is quite apparent that at least as many did not, and it certainly did not dent the slide in viewership and attendance. Personally, I couldn't get ANYBODY to watch last year's product, I could barely watch it myself. The 2019 package is just another crack at it. It may work, and it may not., but NASCAR obviously feels (as do I) that the status quo is just not going to cut it. I would also expect that NASCAR would like as much real world data as possible before they finalize the specs on the next generation car. They tried going one way, now they are trying to go another. The answer, if there is one, may lay beyond what is being tried, or somewhere in the middle. You mentioned the NFL. As popular as the NFL is, they make changes EVERY YEAR, to the point that I barely recognize the game I grew up with. I grew up in an era of punishing ground games and bone crushing defenses. Now, football is like a video game. I don't proclaim to know how successful (if at all) the 2019 package will be, but I applaud NASCAR for trying SOMETHING, and I know for damn sure you don't learn anything by just talking about it. Maybe when its all said and done, it will prove that 2018 WAS the right answer, as much as I cringe at the thought. It's kind of like the Roval experiment. I was against it from the start, and STILL think it was a hot mess, the road course version of a restrictor plate race, BUT, many of you loved it, and in the end, I guess that is all that matters.
