Nascar and TV

[Renegade Racing Fuels]

The problem with shortening the races is that fans who already think they're getting raped on ticket prices will really howl at getting even less for their money.

[kendo]

Part of the appeal of the old school racing was seeing tough as nails blue collar drivers grind it out for 4 hours & 500 miles,no cool suits,no power steering,and on bias ply tires....Now half the population views blue collar workers as deplorable.

[luke81]

People would just need to get over that. Races tickets aren't that expensive. I looked up a couple random races and you can get seats at any of them for under $100 bucks each. That is not out of line with what any other major sporting event tickets sell for.

[OldSchool+]

Seems like every NASCAR thread becomes a "fix NASCAR" thread, but what the hay.

Kendo mentions a good point--bias ply tires. Even the big tracks were more exciting when the cars were visibly loose for every foot of the turns.

Ironhaid Sr lost his edge when they switched to radials, and racing in general became more "stuck" (read: crappy) when they switched Goodyear never overcame it.

Short tracks and bias ply tires.

Way behind but still relevant is the other stuff, imo.

They could make them shorter, and they could make it cheaper...or find a "give a way" item, like commemorative t-shirts. Seems like you could get a deal if you bought a ton of them or coffee mugs or etc., and sent the fans home with a "free" souvenir.