Help speedvision keep NASCAR coverage off...

[1.2gees]

http://www.petitiononline.com/svsn/petition.html

Also, please let others know about this...
Ahmet

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[kukunaokala]

I work with a couple of good ole opinionated mid-Americans. The Monday topic of the lunch hour is NASCAR. It forever amazes me how can people like going around in circles? NASCAR went to a road course and too much bumping and grinding?

[Dave951M]

It looks like another good set of coverage about to bite NASCAR dust. I grew up here in NC where NASCAR has been practically a religion. In the early days, it was racing, now it's a high speed marketing billboard.

Dave951M

PS I signed too, with comment.

[This message has been edited by Dave951M (edited 07-01-2001).]

[justin]

Hey Ahmet I signed.

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Drive it like you stole it........Justin

[Timm]

I agree...
I signed.



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Timm '88 924S

[Obin Robinson]

i signed the petition too but i DO have this to say:

we would all love NASCAR more if:

1) they had the level of variety, innovation, and grassroots attitudes that were commonplace in the 1950s and 1960s.

2) they had more road-course races

3) they used higher technology components (c'mon guys.. CARBS in the 21st century? why not just use wooden wheels and leaf springs too)

in defense of NASCAR:

they put on a good show. the racing isn't boring and predictable like the ALMS races have become. sorry, i love sportscar but ALMS has to work on the "excitement" factor. racing in which the main waer is on how many laps ahead of 2nd and 3rd place the 1st place car will be really ain't my bag.

NASCAR's focus is on tight racing, and keeping budgets in line. they are the largest sanctioning body in the United States and they own more tracks, and have more professional drivers than any other organization in the world except for the FIA.

we can rip on oval-tracks all day, and i fully admit that they are not nearly as exciting as road course races. NASCAR used to race on a few more road courses, and i'd like to see them return to more of these in the future. the neat thing about an oval track is that the racing it produces is very close. you can have 8 cars on the lead lap constantly swapping positions for the last 40 laps of the race. THAT is what i call excitement! the only road course racing that is that close is Trans-Am, Grand-Am, CART (and other Formula series), SCCA Pro Racing, Touring Cars, and GT car racing. this is the stuff that puts us on the edge of our seats. note the common thread in all of those series is that the racing is done with an aim of keeping costs under control. history has taught us that limitless budgets produce really great racing for short periods of time... then the fun ends because nobody can afford to "play". then the fans don't show up... then the sponsors don't pay.

yeah, NASCAR isn't really my "thing" but i really admire what they are doing for racing in general. they have kept motorsports fresh in America's consciousness. sure the cars are just a bunch of moving billboards but that is GOOD because it means that advertisers are still willing to put money into motorsports (would you rather they didn't?). this helps the little guys just as much as the big guys. also you have to look at the national reaction to Dale Earnhardt's tragic crash. there wasn't the same reaction to ANY other sporting hero.. not baseball, not basketball, not soccer, not tennis, not golf.

so indeed, keep Speedvision from becoming the NASCAR channel... but let NASCAR use up the space that is currently occupied by infomercials, and let them use the late night programming.

obin