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Originally Posted by Instrument 41 View Post
NASCAR is a marketing success. Its the smart guys that are hidden behind the scenes that get the money and attention of the those folks that you speak of. If you look beyond the colors and stickers, the engineering behind these cars is quite impressive.
Nascar is going backwards. 45,000 fans showed up today at a track that used to attract over 140,000. Grandstands are being removed, sponsors can't find the door fast enough, the cars all look identical, the drivers are as boring as oatmeal and the racing can only be improved with gimmicks and tricks that would be more at home in the WWE.
Nascar left it's fan base in the 1990's and has found themselves without a footing.
I agree the cars are impressive, but they should be. Penske recently stated that he could run 3 Indycars for the money he's spending on just one of his Nascar teams.
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