re: 2022 NASCAR Season Thread - 2022-23 Offseason

I heard on siriusxm Nascar radio today that Custer's penalty was the first time Nascar has used the race manipulation penalty since MWR "spingate." I found that surprising and interesting.

Twatter is cancer.

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The details on the fixes to car:

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Unless it says "scrap the piece of shite," it's worthless.

Go back to old days:

Here's what the car HAS TO have, and here's what it CANNOT have. The rest is up to the teams.

I'm low-key hoping it happens. It's happened in both the Xfinity and Truck Series.

Kenseth won either the 2nd or 3rd race in 2003.

I've been a NASCAR fan since the 80's and watching the decline of the sport hasn't been fun. From where they were to where they are all boils down to ONE thing. They simply can't get out of their own fricking way.

From slapping sport icons like Dale and Smoke and KB on the wrist for calling them out on their bullshite, to stupid unnecessary cautions that impact the outcome of the race, to blatant and obvious favoritism towards teams and manufacturers, to elimination of fan favorite tracks in favor of cookie cutter borefest tracks, to non fan friendly start times, unrealistic profit sharing with teams, and the list goes on and on and on.

Just plug and play any era for the above mentioned and the results are the same. They people sitting in the velvet chair calling the shots are so out of touch with what the drivers and teams need and what the fans want they keep stepping on their own dicks every chance they get.

It's been frustrating as hell to watch. I've gone from going to multiple races a year to only even listening to or watching 4 races a year. I'll watch Daytona and 'Dega on may listen to a few others if I'm outside working on something. It's all become so predictable.

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Kenseth won either the 2nd or 3rd race in 2003.

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Damn, for some reason I thought he didn’t win a race that year.

Tyler Reddick will be going to 23XI racing next year to drive the 45, not in 2024.

I say increase races to 40. Add a few DH so that no more weeks get added to calendar. Data shows that when the season was near 30 races the title was closer. Nascar isn’t going back to 30 races. Have 4 DH a year and rotate them around.

NASCAR sucks because:
It’s turned in to daddy ball on wheels. No more drivers that came up fabricating their car and figuring g out how to race. It’s rich daddy boys.

Cautions at stage breaks. This is bush league.

Spec racing that requires less skill to drive. Too much downforce. To little horsepower. (I’m not saying they aren’t good drivers, it’s just easier to drive the tracks with this downforce/horsepower combo.)

They are slow and cumbersome looking on most road courses that are designed for open wheel racing. Watkins Glen is great for stock cars, Indy, COTA are not.

There is too much emphasis on “side by side” racing instead of letting skill and setup decide races. The screwed up Bristol and Dover. They used to be Treacherous tracks that separated the drivers from the riders. Now they are “ side by side” snoozefests.

There are other reasons but these are the biggest for me.