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Let's put the NASCAR nonsense to bed

select-fireselect-fire Member Posts: 69,518 ✭✭✭✭
edited July 2015 in General Discussion
About going out of business...[:D][:D][:D][:D]


http://www.ask.com/sports-active-lifestyle/sport-highest-revenue-america-2f699e07a30024f7
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  • Ray BRay B Member Posts: 11,822
    edited November -1
    Whether it's in business or not- I don't care.
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  • Smitty500magSmitty500mag Member Posts: 13,623 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    No other sport mentioned in the article is removing seats so the place don't look so empty. Any business that's doing that is not on the way up. It may not be going out of business but it sure as hell isn't expanding.
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  • roswellnativeroswellnative Member Posts: 10,192 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I will sleep better tonite!!
    Although always described as a cowboy, Roswellnative generally acts as a righter of wrongs or bodyguard of some sort, where he excels thanks to his resourcefulness and incredible gun prowesses.
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  • fishkiller41fishkiller41 Member Posts: 50,608
    edited November -1
    I already put the NASCAR crap to bed.
    I'll never buy another ticket,I will never watch another race.No longer worth the effort to even find it on TV.. NASCAR IS DEAD!!![xx(]
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  • select-fireselect-fire Member Posts: 69,518 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Well then, I will continue to post when and where races are just to keep all the haters updated. You did see where they have billions of revenue. [:D]
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  • babunbabun Member Posts: 11,038 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    ""You did see where they have billions of revenue. ""

    I knew of a small store that had $10,000 of revenue each week.
    It cost them $10,001 a week to operate.
    [:D]
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  • select-fireselect-fire Member Posts: 69,518 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    JJ isn't worried about it..

    http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nascar/2015/07/19/jimmie-johnson-hendrick-motorsports-contract-negotiation/30382807/
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  • sxsnufsxsnuf Member Posts: 2,952 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Referring to NASCAR as a "sport" is laughable.
    Don't "sports" typically involve something like athletes??
    Next, we'll be told that golf is a "sport".
    Arrivederci gigi
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  • riflemikeriflemike Member Posts: 10,599 ✭
    edited November -1
    finally agree with you on NASCAR It is "nonsense"

    ,,, a thorn in your side subject, Huh, if they go under you can give the the money or advise them like the museum to keep em going
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  • select-fireselect-fire Member Posts: 69,518 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Ah.. getting old... saying they are going to close. Not happening. [:D][:D] You folks just hate being wrong.
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  • select-fireselect-fire Member Posts: 69,518 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    http://www.sportsbusinessdaily.com/Journal/Issues/2013/12/16/Marketing-and-Sponsorship/NASCAR.aspx
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  • select-fireselect-fire Member Posts: 69,518 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Far Cry from going out of business. Maybe I should sell some of y'all some crying towels.
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  • mogley98mogley98 Member Posts: 18,291 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Did you get one of those "racer" beds?
    Why don't we go to school and work on the weekends and take the week off!
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  • jltrentjltrent Member Posts: 9,343 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Would it be a good investment investing in anything Nascar right now?[:(]
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  • fideaufideau Member Posts: 11,895 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Racing definitely takes athletic ability. It can't be equated to driving 90 MPH on an Interstate like some people imagine.
    I still prefer Formula 1 these days. Much more interesting cars, faster speeds, not just oval tracks.
    I rather watch Indy cars than NASCAR any more.
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  • woodshed87woodshed87 Member Posts: 23,478 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I will Admit
    When I was Racing
    It Was Hot Hot Hot!!!
    Race Suit, Helmet,Race Shoes , Gloves ,,, heat From Engine Heat of the Day/Night
    Went to Hauler Soaking Wet
    that Night In Bed Charlie horses In Calves And Arches Of Feet
    You Could Not Walk Off

    Was it Worth It I thought it Was At the Time..
    Today Not so Much yes I Was A Champion.....
    That Broken Back Still Haunts me 25 years later....[:(]
    Wish I Never Seen A Racecar[:0]
    But I Had A thing to Prove ,,,that I was As Good As My Dad
    He never Seen me Race But My Mom Did, And I Won Every Time She Went[:D]
    Woody
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  • SCOUT5SCOUT5 Member Posts: 16,181 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by Flying Clay Disk
    I dunno, I see the decline of NASCAR as maybe a good thing. I don't think it will go away anytime soon, but I do think the whole program would be better off if it got roped in a little. NASCAR as an entity has gotten a little too big for their britches anyway. Getting knocked down a few pegs might have an overall positive effect.

    Reduced attendance will drive down revenue, which will in turn (eventually) reduce the ridiculous sponsorship requirements to race competitively. Ticket prices will fall, more racers will have access and it will be a win-win for fans and racers alike, IMHO.

    Maybe it might even start getting back to the foundations which made it what it is today, tradin' paint and turnin' left, not billion dollar racing empires and rolling commercialized multi-media spectacles.




    Agree

    While I like to watch a good race the "show" overtook the racing long ago. I would rather watch the kids go-cart races at the local fairgrounds.
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  • select-fireselect-fire Member Posts: 69,518 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by dennisnielsen
    quote:Originally posted by SCOUT5
    quote:Originally posted by Flying Clay Disk
    I dunno, I see the decline of NASCAR as maybe a good thing. I don't think it will go away anytime soon, but I do think the whole program would be better off if it got roped in a little. NASCAR as an entity has gotten a little too big for their britches anyway. Getting knocked down a few pegs might have an overall positive effect.

    Reduced attendance will drive down revenue, which will in turn (eventually) reduce the ridiculous sponsorship requirements to race competitively. Ticket prices will fall, more racers will have access and it will be a win-win for fans and racers alike, IMHO.

    Maybe it might even start getting back to the foundations which made it what it is today, tradin' paint and turnin' left, not billion dollar racing empires and rolling commercialized multi-media spectacles.




    Agree

    While I like to watch a good race the "show" overtook the racing long ago. I would rather watch the kids go-cart races at the local fairgrounds.




    Bet every one of them has the dream of making it to the big show too.[;)]

    I know many old famous racers that came to kids tracks and showed them the line along with other words of wisdom.

    God bless the old guys.


    As a kid I hung out at Indy. Those guys came in the pits wide open. They would let you get right in there and up close while they were working on the cars.
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  • select-fireselect-fire Member Posts: 69,518 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I seen the offy's , lotus, turbine, cosworth, buick's.
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  • OakieOakie Member Posts: 40,565 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I hope they regain some of the fans they lost over the last few years, but some major changes need to be made and some of the stupid drama queen poop needs to stop. I will go see another race, but Nascar has got to find someone good to promote them better and so on. JMHO
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  • pwilliepwillie Member Posts: 20,253 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I grew up with "Stock Car" racing-dirt track! That was fun!...The premadonnas today,well.....[:o)]
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  • fideaufideau Member Posts: 11,895 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Me too. We had one of the first NASCAR tracks in my home town, and the longest banked dirt track. They call it a mile but I think it was really .9 mile. I went to a lot of races there in the early 50s and 60s. Saw all the greats. It shut down in 1968 when they wouldn't let France pave it. So he went to Talladega. What could have been, it was in a perfect location as it turns out, a half mile to where I-85 came thru. Now a National Historical Site.

    I think they need to drop the "stock" since that will never be again. Oh well, some people probably didn't like it when horses and buggies died out.
    Last race I went to was Rockingham the year it closed.
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  • cce1302cce1302 Member Posts: 9,555 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Good night, NASCAR.
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  • 17tobyracing17tobyracing Member Posts: 3,429 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by select-fire
    JJ isn't worried about it..

    http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nascar/2015/07/19/jimmie-johnson-hendrick-motorsports-contract-negotiation/30382807/


    You certainly are a great admirer of Jimmie's Johnson...
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  • select-fireselect-fire Member Posts: 69,518 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by 17tobyracing
    quote:Originally posted by select-fire
    JJ isn't worried about it..

    http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nascar/2015/07/19/jimmie-johnson-hendrick-motorsports-contract-negotiation/30382807/


    You certainly are a great admirer of Jimmie's Johnson...




    6 Cup Championships. He is a real racer not some wannabee
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  • babunbabun Member Posts: 11,038 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    http://www.forbes.com/sites/roberttuchman/2015/02/23/what-has-happened-to-the-once-high-flying-sport-of-nascar/
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  • select-fireselect-fire Member Posts: 69,518 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    HBO will be charging for it someday. Or maybe not. Some folks just love to * about it and don't even watch.
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  • SCOUT5SCOUT5 Member Posts: 16,181 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by select-fire
    HBO will be charging for it someday. Or maybe not. Some folks just love to * about it and don't even watch.


    Who's bitching?

    It's their show they can run it anyway they want. Myself, I just do not care for the show. Like I said I enjoy racing, just not the screen drama show of NASCAR, seems I'm not alone.

    Anyway attendance didn't drop just because of the economy. But if the folks who run NASCAR don't listen any better than you, it probably will go under.
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