Possible Shakeup in 2004

There are some of the tracks such as Darlington and Atlanta that can't sell out all the time. I think nascar is trying to get fans into the race facilities. I attend texas every year, and I can tell you........Texas knows how to fill a race track.

If tracks want to keep the dates they have, they need to bring in the fans..............it is a sport to the fans, but big business to the owners and sponsors. They need to fill the seats, that is the reality.

:D My two cents.thanks
 
Now this is some real news. Going to have to stay on top of this one as it unfolds.
 
I have been to Texas 3 times and it has got to be in the top 3 most boring tracks on the schedule. IT has great facilities and is very fan friendly but the races always seem boring. If some of the people that only attend Texas would try Talladega, Bristol or Atlanta they would understand. Not bashing just my .02
 
Here's the latest from what I read this morning. Bruton Smith is really pizzed at France for suggesting that he switch his dates to get another one at Texas. The talk from Bill France was unscheduled and took many NASCAR officials by surprise. France was seated in the audience and began talking trying to explain what was going on. As such, it was an impromptu speach and as I said, caught a lot of people off guard. It's his image of what can happen in the future. He didn't say that the switching of races was mandatory and that if a track didn't want to switch, it didn't have to. However, remember, he (France) is in control of both Darlington and Rockingham so those tracks wouldn't have any problems switching/losing a date. Anyway, back to Bruton, he has some ideas that he thinks would help not only himself, but NASCAR as well. He'd love to have the season end at Las Vegas because the Homestead track is so boring and is the pits, in his words. He also thinks that switching the July Daytona race to the end of the season would be a good plan, though he says the owners would surely hate that...ending the season on a plate race. One thing Smitty agrees on is letting the networks in on the deal. He feels that his markets are much better than many of the ISC markets and would get a better deal from the networks. Four tracks Bruton thinks are not worthy of more dates are Chicago, Kansas City, Darlington and Rockingham. He has nothing to do with any of those tracks, but said that if they wanted to sell any of them, he'd be right there!
 
Bowtie...when the IRL hits TMS it's a phenomenal show. Great racing, one of their best on the schedule.
 
Originally posted by paul
Bowtie...when the IRL hits TMS it's a phenomenal show.  Great racing, one of their best on the schedule.
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best side by side anywhere, paul! It is truly amazing how fast they can go around that track! Have my tickets again this year!
 
Really, I could care less about Kansas or Chicagoland...cookie cutters.

BUT DARLINGTON AND THE ROCK, HELL NO..they are keepers in my book!
 
I agree Paul, I have seen the IRL racing in Texas, some of the best racing I have seen. We are talking about Nascar, boring.
Texas has more than one IRL race and thats good, but they need to do something about the Nascar races. If the races stay as boring as they are can they sell 320,000 tickets a year? If the people in Texas went to see better races at other tracks they may not be able to.
 
bowtie, I didn't think last years race at Texas was all that boring. It has steadily gotten better since they have repaired the "seepage" problem on the track. I hope the race this year is even better! BTW, when the race was rained out last year and was rescheduled for Monday, that race had the LARGEST attendance of ANY rained out/rescheduled race in the history of Nascar. You don't think that Texas could sell out for two races per year???? I think so!:)
 
With out a doubt Texas would sell out even 3 races if it had it, they are hungry for Nascar in Texas. IRL has a great show there, i think Nascar will get better as the track wears in some more. I go to Vegas every year and yes i am going this year...heheheh, and the racing has gotten better each year as the track gets older. I don't think much of Smith, if he had his way he would own every track!:D
 
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