Media Overreacting?

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Do you think everyone is overreacting to the crash at the end of Sunday's race? Seems like the media hypes up the big crash in all of its coverage, then when one of the most spectacular crashes in memory happens, they get all up in arms... found a good piece out there with a little bit of a different perspective on HardcoreRaceFans . com called "Overreaction Better Than No Action At All"

What do the rest of you think?
 
KulwickiFan said:
Do you think everyone is overreacting to the crash at the end of Sunday's race? Seems like the media hypes up the big crash in all of its coverage, then when one of the most spectacular crashes in memory happens, they get all up in arms... found a good piece out there with a little bit of a different perspective on HardcoreRaceFans . com called "Overreaction Better Than No Action At All"

What do the rest of you think?
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No reaction, no change.

Elements of the media appeal to the fans. "Spectacular crash". It looks cool on TV, ya' know :rolleyes:

Elements of the media (the elements that promote/carry NFL, NBA, baseball, etc) will use to tell us car racing is bad and evil. If someone dies, even better -- they can run 4 days of coverage about how racing is the devil. :rolleyes:

The racing media -- they want to see change. See, a lot of the racing experts calling for change, they actually talk to the drivers and teams and know the drivers and teams. The fans love this stuff -- the drivers hate it. Any small little wiggle can cost millions of dollars and, possibly, injure someone (if not worse).

People who only watch Daytona and Talladega are likely to have the same thrill watching re-runs of "Wildest Police Chases" over on TNT... and NASCAR shouldn't try to appeal to these people. :rolleyes:
 
What do you think NASCAR should do? Eliminate Talladega? Alter the restrictor plates? Reconfigure the track? Seems to me they put the teams in such a box, this is what you get. As for fans that watch these races simply to see the "Big One", well you cant tell them to stop watching and I'm sure NASCAR doesnt care who tunes in or shows up at the track as long as people are talking about it.
 
KulwickiFan said:
What do you think NASCAR should do? Eliminate Talladega? Alter the restrictor plates? Reconfigure the track? Seems to me they put the teams in such a box, this is what you get. As for fans that watch these races simply to see the "Big One", well you cant tell them to stop watching and I'm sure NASCAR doesnt care who tunes in or shows up at the track as long as people are talking about it.
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"Bad press is better than no press" :(

They'll be talking about it for sure if we kill another driver. :rolleyes:
 
KulwickiFan said:
What do you think NASCAR should do? Eliminate Talladega? Alter the restrictor plates? Reconfigure the track? Seems to me they put the teams in such a box, this is what you get. As for fans that watch these races simply to see the "Big One", well you cant tell them to stop watching and I'm sure NASCAR doesnt care who tunes in or shows up at the track as long as people are talking about it.
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I think they ought to reconfigure the track and/or pull the plates off.

As far as "they'll go too fast," (because I know someone will say it) sometimes slower is faster and the talented drivers will know what is too fast.
 
I say they earo games with a bigger plate. Give em a bigger plate, but they can not run grille tape, must have the wing at a (steep) mandated angle plus a wicker bill, non-flat wing endplates, and let the teams pick their rear shock and spring package (but with limitations).
 
KulwickiFan said:
What do you think NASCAR should do? Eliminate Talladega? Alter the restrictor plates? Reconfigure the track? Seems to me they put the teams in such a box, this is what you get. As for fans that watch these races simply to see the "Big One", well you cant tell them to stop watching and I'm sure NASCAR doesnt care who tunes in or shows up at the track as long as people are talking about it.
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As long as they, Nascar, are making money you mean!!? I've said this probably at least 10 times over the last 5 years in various threads pertaining to this subject: change the engine configuration, get rid of the plates, lower the speeds slightly and there will still be good racing at these 2 tracks.
 
The media always reacts. Just watch tonight's news and see how long they go on about the swine flu.

FYI, NASCAR was the #6 search on the Yahoo top 10 searches. Like Andy said, it's press and people take notice.
 
What gets me about the media is that they reacted the same way about the two "big ones" and about Edwards incident. They were totally different types of incidents. The "big ones" are created when someone bobbles or checks up in a big pack. Edwards was involved with one other car. He tried to block,and came down too late. Remember that it was Newman who actually sent him flying, not Brad K. Sensationalism is the name of the game for the media. They do not bother to bring up the point that these were totally different incidents. One involves racing in a large pack. The other is an aero problem.
 
I watched 6 different news channels here in BAMA while working out Tuesday morning, and they all replayed Sunday's crash by "Leaping Lanny Carl Edwards" atleast 5 times each. Fox, CNN, Headline news and the 3 affiliates from Birmingham all beat the story into the ground. What about Matt's wreck?
I guess it's a different story once the fan get hurt. Kudos to the people who built the fence. After watching replays of Bobby Allison's wreck, the fence then was busted wide open after Bobby tumbled down the track. Yes a few people was injured, but it could of been worse.
 
GREAT AMERICAN RACE FAN said:
I watched 6 different news channels here in BAMA while working out Tuesday morning, and they all replayed Sunday's crash by "Leaping Lanny Carl Edwards" atleast 5 times each. Fox, CNN, Headline news and the 3 affiliates from Birmingham all beat the story into the ground. What about Matt's wreck?
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You're seriously questioning this. I'd think that it be fairly obvious to you. :confused:
 
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