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There's no real reason that I can see why NASCAR can't go back to stock bodied cars with todays safety mandates and have a car as safe as todays car. The 2 biggest improvements to safety over the years are the Hans device, and safer barrier walls that all tracks have implemented and that wouldn't and shouldn't change.
Lee...just how much longer do you think FOX and NBC will be able to afford to pay those kind of fees to NASCAR? Major sponsors WILL notice that the stands are more than half empty and also take a good hard look at TV ratings and find that no one is watching any more. Major companies who spend millions in advertising on weekly NASCAR events will find that it's no longer profitable to advertise during a NASCAR event and quit doing it. You know as well as I do the money doesn't come from the TV networks, it comes from sponsorship dollars, and when sponsorship of NASCAR events is no longer profitable, companies will quit doing it. You are right, the writing is on the wall, just not as you describe it bud!
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In conjunction with my post above... keep in mind that the 2020 NASCAR season will be the first season since Winston was the title sponsor for the cup series, that the cup series will not have a single title sponsor. Monster Energy pulled out after only 3 or 4 years and have taken on a much smaller sponsorship role for the 2020 season. Why? Because it's not profitable! 4 individual companies have grouped together and have assumed that role. What does that tell you???
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Actually the TV ratings for 2019 were the same as they were for 2018.
What NASCAR is doing currently is to reduce the cost of running a team. This will pay huge dividends by leveling out the playing field. The 2018 standardization of the Paoli Air Guns are a perfect example. |
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You just don't get it do you? Making the teams and the cars equal is what is killing the sport and the more they try to make things equal,the less interesting the racing actually is and the more viewers they will lose.the more viewers thy lose, the less likely companies will want to advertise their events. It's plain as the nose on your face, just look in the stands each week!
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The next-gen car will enable manufacturers to design bodies that will better represent the production cars they are inspired by and will also allow for more tech transfer between the track and the street thanks to things like larger wheels with lower-profile tires.
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Maybe just go back to running shine.
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They know Randy, that's why they instruct camera operators to keep the shots as tight as possible to avoid grandstands, and why they paint the seats different colors so when they pan at speed it creates the illusion of a packed crowds. All tracks can't be Bristol, maybe in the end they will go back to being a regional sport. The big ad money is looking elsewhere these days. How many decades was R.J. Reynolds the series sponsor? How many title sponsors have they had since? The ratings are at historic lows..They are out of creative bullets,young people just aren't in to cars at the levels necessary to sustain interest like our gen is/was. JMHO
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Just my opinion -- when Bill France let Toyota into NASCAR and Chrysler quit, that was the first nail in that coffin ...
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I have not found anything official Chevy is getting out of Nascar? Can you post a copy where this states Chevy is leaving? Or are you assuming down the road Chevy might exit this racing series?
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