Let's talk Stage Racing

24ever said:
Yeah but I think with the decline of the automobile in American culture, the ADD generation that wants everything in seconds of sound bites not hours of competition the latest retirements will start to add up.

I firmly believe the at track attendance is declining simply because those of us that loved spending half a week in a tent,bus,camper, or RV like having a nice recliner and 70" curved television better now. I think UNless NASCAR cuts their schedule, and shortens races they face severe reductions in the next decade of attendance and ratings.
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For the first time in years, I personally heard from hardcore NASCAR fans at the track doing everything they could not to fall asleep or just leave from pure boredom at certain tracks.

The ontrack product is an issue that NASCAR seems to be turning a blind eye to.

More passing, more cars visibly hard to drive, more frustrated drivers willing to use the bumper, etc... makes it fun to watch.

We need a better ontrack product. Scrapping the gen 6 car and scrapping some of the aeropush cookie cutters and adding more short tracks will help, IMO.

The racing needs to be FUN.
 
ChexOrWrex said:
For the first time in years, I personally heard from hardcore NASCAR fans at the track doing everything they could not to fall asleep or just leave from pure boredom at certain tracks.

The ontrack product is an issue that NASCAR seems to be turning a blind eye to.

More passing, more cars visibly hard to drive, more frustrated drivers willing to use the bumper, etc... makes it fun to watch.

We need a better ontrack product. Scrapping the gen 6 car and scrapping some of the aeropush cookie cutters and adding more short tracks will help, IMO.

The racing needs to be FUN.
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Agreed.
 
ChexOrWrex said:
For the first time in years, I personally heard from hardcore NASCAR fans at the track doing everything they could not to fall asleep or just leave from pure boredom at certain tracks.

The ontrack product is an issue that NASCAR seems to be turning a blind eye to.

More passing, more cars visibly hard to drive, more frustrated drivers willing to use the bumper, etc... makes it fun to watch.

We need a better ontrack product. Scrapping the gen 6 car and scrapping some of the aeropush cookie cutters and adding more short tracks will help, IMO.

The racing needs to be FUN.
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Some great points there, the racing isn't fun, at least not for me. I used to to go on average, 2 to 3 races per year. We attended Vegas, sometimes Bristol, Phoenix, and NHIS. So the last time we went was 2010 and that was a Busch series race at NHIS. It just is kind of sad, I mean Nascar used to be a huge part of my life, now it's just local tracks were the racing is great, but we do miss the big tracks.
 
Stage cautions are not as bad as random "debris" cautions, and there were far fewer "debris" cautions this year.

At least stage breaks in most Cup races were scheduled far enough apart to allow for green flag pit stops in-between.

Stages seem too short in Xfinity and trucks, though. Those races should have only one break.
 
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