March 28, 2024

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  1. I’m not sure NASCAR can be considered to be “moving forward” at this point. Certainly not in a way that is beneficial to it’s long term survival. I think what fans are saying (with your Carl Long example for instance) is that they want someone to root for. Gone are the hometown heroes. Fans used to know the names of the crew chiefs, the engine builder, the jack man, and rooted for them as much as the driver. How do you root for a nameless, faceless team of engineers. They don’t understand how 10/100th of an inch or a few grams here or there can make a difference on the track. And if it does (and I’m sure it does) then the sport has been “moved forward” into being way over-engineered. It’s simply no fun to root for that level of detailed competition where a few grams or hundredths of inches can determine how your day will go. Leave that to Formula 1. NASCAR fans want to relate to a modification that they could make to a car in their own garage (not that many fans work on their own cars anymore which is also part of the problem) and on cars that they can relate to. People used to be passionate (to the point of fighting) over Ford vs. Chevy. Now, who truly cares? There’s a sameness to many of the cars on the road today, so it’s hardly the exclusive fault of NASCAR. But the freewheeling fun, the danger, and the personalities have been steadily eliminated from NASCAR over the years. Hard to consider that “moving forward”. The fans are speaking and NASCAR is not listening. No matter how much they claim otherwise.

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