Hmmm, non-NASCAR fans? Didn't think that you cared much about those opinions. Also, seems that many here, who claim to be NASCAR fans also took a nap or wished that they had.
Just to note: I, as an avid NASCAR fan of over 40 years couldn't give a rat's butt what non-NASCAR fans think. For that matter, I've listen to faux-NASCAR fans pan the sport for the last 10 years and I couldn't care less what they think. If the sport I love goes south, so be it. I would actually love it more if there were less fans and those who only want to complain it took a hike.
Money has been the problem that has changed many people's mind about the sport and I do understand that, but if enough of those people took a hike, the sport would lose enough fan base that big money would also go south and it would once again be a sport of those owners who are racers, not in it for the money. But that would start the whole idea all over again and the same gripes would begin again.