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DUN24

DUN24

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I hope it comes down to Larson and KyBu at the end and L stuffs him. Revenge is sweet.

Didn't see a thread so yeah.. Here.
 
11.7 sec pit stop for the #20. The cup crews don't often pull off that one.
 
Gotta love the NASCAR cup drivers nationwide series.
 
LOL! treatmyclot.com 300
 
So, reckon the top 4 will be the only ones on the lead lap by race end?
 
I hate to complain about a Nationwide guy getting an advantage for a change. However, Chase should've started at the back when he got the free pass. No?
 
Stewart Fan said:
I hate to complain about a Nationwide guy getting an advantage for a change. However, Chase should've started at the back when he got the free pass. No?
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I'm not sure. I always thought you got the correct place in line whether it's a free pass or a waive around.. unless there was a penalty.

I'm also behind by like 20 minutes. so I could have no clue what you're talking about.

Edit: caught up, yeah I have no clue. No one does haha
 
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I know there's a lot of people who defend the cuppers in nw. I know there's some good arguments for keeping them but damn.... Nobody can watch nationwide these days and not realize something is wrong.

I've been thinking, take all the cuppers out. Yes, the field would be smaller. Yes the money would be gone. But, what about starting over and rebuilding this series from the ground up.

Do whatever it takes to get it popular and exciting....or.... let it die if it can't make it.

That may not be the smartest thing to say but damn, a body gets jaded watching it the way it is sometimes.
 
See? That's why you don't bring back the 3 and let rookies get behind the wheel. It's borderline blasphemy to allow the 3 to get lapped at Bristol.
I expect to see the same thing tomorrow (or whenever the weather gets better.) ;)
 
blanston said:
I know there's a lot of people who defend the cuppers in nw. I know there's some good arguments for keeping them but damn.... Nobody can watch nationwide these days and not realize something is wrong.

I've been thinking, take all the cuppers out. Yes, the field would be smaller. Yes the money would be gone. But, what about starting over and rebuilding this series from the ground up.

Do whatever it takes to get it popular and exciting....or.... let it die if it can't make it.

That may not be the smartest thing to say but damn, a body gets jaded watching it the way it is sometimes.
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Take the cuppers out of Nationwide and I'll do my lawn on Saturdays :)
Nice to watch Larson, Blaney and Elliott, though.
 
So ... Bristol looks empty on TV. Is this normal attendance for Nationwide or is this less than usual?

Why don't they force everybody to sit together? Looks like crap on TV to see so many empty seats.
Empty seats for a sporting event on TV screams "This is not important, don't bother watching!"

It's pretty standard tactic -- if you have lots of empty seats, then tarp em off and force people to pack together -- it looks 10x better on TV. Just don't point the camera at the empty seats.
 
BobbyFord said:
See? That's why you don't bring back the 3 and let rookies get behind the wheel. It's borderline blasphemy to allow the 3 to get lapped at Bristol.
I expect to see the same thing tomorrow (or whenever the weather gets better.) ;)
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Even Earnhardt Sr. had to run inferior numbers before graduating to the 3! :D
 
StoneTown said:
So ... Bristol looks empty on TV. Is this normal attendance for Nationwide or is this less than usual?

Why don't they force everybody to sit together? Looks like crap on TV to see so many empty seats.
Empty seats for a sporting event on TV screams "This is not important, don't bother watching!"

It's pretty standard tactic -- if you have lots of empty seats, then tarp em off and force people to pack together -- it looks 10x better on TV. Just don't point the camera at the empty seats.
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There's 160k seats... Not really much you can do other than painting the bleachers.

I personally don't care how much money Bruton is losing.
 
DUN24 said:
There's 160k seats... Not really much you can do other than painting the bleachers.
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Well, you can force people to fill up the bottom 20-40 rows that you constantly see on TV.

Nascar is always accused of being WWE -- in this case they should. WWE is a master at making every arena look like a sellout. So is UFC (who copied WWE's presentation tactics). WWE can do a show in an arena that is 2/3rds empty -- and make it look like a sell-out on TV.

It's not that hard to rope off the upper rows and force people to sit closer together.
 
BobbyFord said:
Take the cuppers out of Nationwide and I'll do my lawn on Saturdays :)
Nice to watch Larson, Blaney and Elliott, though.
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Well, that's what I'm talking about. If it can't survive without em, shut it down and/or revamp it. Force it to be a separate entity. Make it unique and special. It might take a few years and it may not even survive but it's not working out too well currently, seems to me.

Give these guys as much camera time as the cuppers and let their personalities (if they have em) shine. The rest will take care of itself....or it won't.
 
More importantly, I'm just wondering if this is normal for Nationwide at Bristol races.
Does this attendance look normal or below normal for Nationwide Bristol races?
 
Seems like Gaughan has had a decent race....?
Just from watching the live leaderboard at Nascar.com
 
StoneTown said:
More importantly, I'm just wondering if this is normal for Nationwide at Bristol races.
Does this attendance look normal or below normal for Nationwide Bristol races?
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I feel like it seems about average, I dunno. Like I said 160k seats.. There could be 70k people there.. Not a bad crowd for a N'wide race. I hear you on the presentation tactics though.

Tarp off the bottom 20 rows or so.
 
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blanston said:
Well, that's what I'm talking about. If it can't survive without em, shut it down and/or revamp it. Force it to be a separate entity. Make it unique and special. It might take a few years and it may not even survive but it's not working out too well currently, seems to me.

Give these guys as much camera time as the cuppers and let their personalities (if they have em) shine. The rest will take care of itself....or it won't.
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Somehow, watching phenom Larson pass Gaughan on the outside doesn't seem as sparkly as watching him pass Harvick on the outside.
 
BobbyFord said:
Somehow, watching phenom Larson pass Gaughan on the outside doesn't seem as sparkly as watching him pass Harvick on the outside.
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You're right. But there's no reason, given time, why it couldn't be.
 
If buying a ticket meant watching Larson chasing down Dickbag McGee for the win. I'd buy a ticket.
 
DUN24 said:
I feel like it seems about average, I dunno. Like I said 160k seats.. There could be 70k people there.. Not a bad crowd for a N'wide race. I hear you on the presentation tactics though.
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Yeah, most Nationwide races would kill for 70k, right? I just don't have a feel for whether this is good, normal, or bad attendance-wide.

I have the same presentation tactics complaint with MLB. A game might by 70% full, but looks empty because the seats you on every play -- the 5 rows right behind home plate -- are often empty. Cause they are super expensive season tickets bought buy your uber-rich fans who buy them and then only go to 1 out of 3 games.

For years I've said teams should give those seats to local Little League teams. It'd be great on TV. Young kids and families going crazy, loving every moment.

Instead you mainly see empty seats or bored, rich old dudes.

95% of seats at an MLB game are almost never on TV except for foul balls. But those 5-10 rows behind home plate on show on every pitch. Put butts in those seats! Ideally young, excited people. MLB has a problem with an aging audience. Half-empty rows of sleeping 60 year olds behind home plate on TV doesn't help.
 
54 wins 5 of last 7 nns at bristol .
maybe that's why no butts in seats ?
 
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