What the casual fan thinks of Nascar

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I stumbled across this thread on how to fix Nascar on a non racing related forum. I found it to be a rare opportunity to witness a Nascar discussion by people who aren't die hard racing fans. This is a busy forum with a lot of users so even though it is not a racing forum the thread has quite a few responses.

There is a fair amount of ignorance in the posts but a few legitimate things kept coming up. I get the feeling most of them have no idea about the new rules package or possibly even how a champion is crowned. Wanting stock cars back that are harder to drive was one common opinion. Unfortunately for me, I don't think anyone mentions dumping the play offs which is my #1. I'm not sure how prolific any of the ideas mentioned would be but it's interesting to see the perspective from people who do not spend there days on a racing related website.

https://talk.newagtalk.com/forums/thread-view.asp?tid=836487&posts=31&start=1

 

[Charlie Spencer]

Interesting. As you noted, there's a lot of ignorance and outdated 'back in the day' comments. A couple of them do have valid points.

 

[Simple Fan]

It amazes me how so many hate the 1.5s. Those are my favorite races but I'm not sure about this new package for them.

 

[Truex_rox]

It amazes me how so many hate the 1.5s. Those are my favorite races but I'm not sure about this new package for them.

Yeah, I can't say I really hate the "cookie-cutter" mile-and-a-halfers either.

 

[Charlie Spencer]

I don't hate the cookie cutters as much as I think there are too many of them. The drivers tell us they're not really alike much and I believe them, but that's not how they look from the recliner.

 

[LouieLouie]

"Other than Michigan you are pretty much stuck with 1.5 mile tri ovals that produce clone yawners."

"Clone Yawners" This made me laugh. I'm stealing that one!