What Happened to NASCAR?? (Spinoff Thread)

Yep, nobody watches and no one cares. Good call

I've been a fan for 15 years and my interest in it has done nothing but increase

I used to watch pretty religiously, but after JJ kept winning everything, I lost interest. I don't even watch anymore.

It got to be monotonous. No real rivalry to speak of. Jimmie's dominance, the chase format, and increasing ticket prices led to its demise.

My interest in it has never diminished. But little France Jr who is in charge right now is changing it to suit his wants, not the fans.

Awesome Bill from Dawsonville

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JJ kept winning everything

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The real reason for restrictor plates was to make Chevrolet competitive on the super speedway tracks.

They could not compete with the big block Fords and Chryslers. Safety was a good excuse after a couple famous big time wrecks, but not the real reason.

From the time they started slowing the cars down, the sport has gotten worse and worse. The object of racing is to go as fast as you can, not to all run around at the same speed and wait on a big crash to determine the winner. Sad what has happened to the sport. I used to watch every race and attend at least one a year, now I watch Daytona, Indy and the last race of the year to see who wins the championship, which is also a joke under the new rules.

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shortly after Dale Earnhardt died, NASCAR was arguably the second most popular spectator sport behind football in America

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oh for fricks sake

The original Chase was great. This new version with knockouts, I'm still not sure of. My interest in watching has gone down, but that's more a result of where I am in life with young kids and doing more family stuff on sunday afternoons. I'll still sit down and watch part of a race, but not like I used to. It also hurts that they're shown on 93 different channels throughout the season, and without cable, I'm not jumping through hoops if it isn't on a broadcast network.

Constant rule changes. I remember probably 12 years ago they created a rule to not allow drivers to pass on the apron because it was unsafe. Its like they were purposely trying to make it boring. That was the last straw for me. The chase. Then changing the rules for the chase every year to help dale jr. have a chance. The influx of boring, unlikable drivers. Adding cookie cutter 1.5 mile racetracks in places like chicago, kansas city, etc.bwhich just watered down the product even more with boring races. The biggest reason of all though is nascar getting too corporate and doing everything they could to distance themselves from the southern redneck reputation. They said F U to the people who made them so big in the first place.