The Big Boys are worried....

[TheYellaBrick]

http://sports.yahoo.com/nascar/news?slug=ap-nascar-france-economy&prov=ap&type=lgns

[FullTimeRacing]

nascar will cause there own damise they don't need help.I stop watching it 6 years ago.wast of my time.i'd rather watch wrestling. jmo.

[bjuice]

nascar will cause there own damise they don't need help.I stop watching it 6 years ago.wast of my time.i'd rather watch wrestling. jmo.


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[nghollis]

:cry: :cry: :cry: Ditto.I stopped after Dale Sr. passed away.

[TheYellaBrick]

Same here, BORRRING... I haven't been enthused for years. Too many whiners making too much money in cookie cutter cars.

I posted this article to show that no matter how big the business is in our sport ( Motorsports) They are having to make adjustments to stay alive. NHRA will have to do some adjusting as well, I'm sure. Butts in the bleachers is what keeps the gates open. Loosing sponsorship monies in all facets, from the racer who only has a driveway for a shop to the pro's with gagillions in overhead. Hang on !! To make it work we're gonna have to keep helping each other if we can as an example; trading work for parts, etc. Course a lot of that happens anyway.

[kwkracing]

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[FullTimeRacing]

I'd rather be doing it then watching .Im a full time racer with a part time job.

big money brings to many(I want my car in the spotlight)so make it happen nascar

[TheYellaBrick]

LOLOL YEAH !!
I'm a full time wanna be racing part time when my full time job makes me enough money for me to run once in a while, which isn't NEAR often enough ! I get REAL cranky when I'm not behind the wheel. Been real cranky a lot this past summer ! :x :evil: :roll: :cry: I sure HOPE Barry sends ME an envelope with some CHANGE in it ! :roll: :roll: :roll: :roll: :roll:

[hollowayshotrods]

They took a blue collar, working mans sport and turned it into a white collar, cheese and wine sport or (whine) if you prefer. Try getting out and fighting now, fines, suspensions etc. Completely ruined by the politically correct. Of course, as usual, just my humble opinion. :roll:

[olds48]

They took a blue collar, working mans sport and turned it into a white collar, cheese and wine sport or (whine) if you prefer. Try getting out and fighting now, fines, suspensions etc. Completely ruined by the politically correct. Of course, as usual, just my humble opinion. :roll: That's what you call hitting the nail on the head! Roundy-round is too much like watching someone mow their lawn anyways...

[hollowayshotrods]

Breaking news (at least for me anyway) Dale Earnhardt Inc, is now known as Earnhardt/Ganassi Racing! Yep, the bigboys are teaming up, my guess is they have lived waaaaaay toooooo large and will soon be paying the piper! :oops:

[hollowayshotrods]

NASCAR has suspended all testing at its sanctioned tracks next season in a cost-cutting measure that should help teams save several million dollars in their 2009 budgets. :shock: :shock:

Imagine that!! :roll:

[AL5324]

I remember the day when I would sit on the edge of my concrete grandstand and watch real men in real cars RACE for a victory. Those days are indeed gone.
NASCAR can revitalize their sport. It just takes a little imagination; Start half the field in one direction, the other half in the opposite direction. Or, how about The Timken 250? Ball bearings blown onto the track in the middle of turn 4 at a given lap, chosen by a lottery winning viewer at home. Or, Boiler plate wall at the start finish line just hydraulically popping up on say, lap 112?
This would curb the cry baby factor down, and most of the fans would be back in the empty seats. :idea:

[slowmotion]

I remember the day when I would sit on the edge of my concrete grandstand and watch real men in real cars RACE for a victory. Those days are indeed gone.
NASCAR can revitalize their sport. It just takes a little imagination; Start half the field in one direction, the other half in the opposite direction. Or, how about The Timken 250? Ball bearings blown onto the track in the middle of turn 4 at a given lap, chosen by a lottery winning viewer at home. Or, Boiler plate wall at the start finish line just hydraulically popping up on say, lap 112?
This would curb the cry baby factor down, and most of the fans would be back in the empty seats. :idea:

I had a guy say the same thing about drag racing. He said to put 2 concrete walls at the finish line with a hole big enough for one car. Then let's see who gets there first. :D

[poncholvr]

"boogity boogity bogity" lol
i stoped watchin as well it gets old 4 hours of a circle,and no in depth stuff
i would like to see it touch back on ground , it is so high dollar for nothing these days

i would like to see more weekend warrior racing televised
and rock crawling,and atv/motocross enduro's
i like nascar but it gets old after a hour

[TheYellaBrick]

Another one bites the dust......

MKM Racing Promotions have been putting on 3 Open Road Racing events in Nevada for many years. They recently announced a suspension of events for the near future, due to economic issues that are affecting them and racers. They were known for The Pony Express 130, Bonneville 100, Gamblers Run Twin 50, all very fun, well organized and safe events.

I'm sitting on a virgin race car that I was going to run in all 3 of these events cuz they are close by. So, I'll take her to the Salt in August instead and get as many runs in as I can to get my speed fix. I've also my dedicated pavement hill climb car for the interim. Getting our speed fixes are gonna be few and far between :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: