by slothead » Mon Feb 19, 2018 11:55 am
I look forward to the Daytona 500 every year as the start of the racing season after having been wrapped up in football since September. Used to follow NASCAR a lot more years ago like most of us. I never had a single favorite driver but rooted for Bill Elliot, Harry Gant, Geoff Bodine, Tim Richmond, etc. While I don't know if it's true or not it seems to me the networks are leaning on NASCAR to constantly change the rules to make it more exciting, keep everyone glued to they're TV to see the last lap pass for the win. Yes, that is fun to watch but sports are meant to be unpredictable, a great team and hot driver might just be better than everyone else on a given day and for a few races or even a season. You can't script a true sporting event so you get a story book ending every time out, or even most of the time. I also get the sense network people who want rules their way probably aren't real race fans, and don't appreciate racing which is about cars racing more than crashing and not needing fights between drivers or teams to add to the hype.
I don't get the sense people who love racing are making the decisions anymore.
Slothead