FED up with NASCAR

scott121476 · Moderator

FED up with NASCAR

WhelenModifiedTour · WMT Moderator

I share alot of the same feelings Scott. NASCAR has begged and pleaded with the networks for Prime-Time Television and BIG MONEY has been paid to these networks. I can understand that Fox had a bunch of new CARTOONS to show, but come on.

As for NASCAR, It's all about money and not about the racing or the fans anymore. The "powers that be" got their pockets filled, what do they care about the fans who saved all year to take a winter vacation to the Daytona 500 or Daytona 100 and something they saw today.

This is supposed to be 'The Crown Jewel" event of the season. If this race was any indidcation of what the 2009 season will be, I think I might start watching Dog Shows.

openwheelracer · Admin/Mod/Eyewitness

The whole thing in my opinion anyway, sure stinks of Na$car bowing down to the big wigs at Fox TV to get things over in time for their primetime Sunday night lineup.

If that was the reasoning, why not switch the broadcast over to FX or Speed it has been done in the past, and this was the Daytona 500 not a snorefest from say Chicagoland Speedway.

So you would think if they were ever going to go the extra mile to get a race in this would be the one for sure.

An as everyone has eluded to, in this economy I don't think if I was Nascar I would be making decisions that might make people think twice about spending their money on their product.

openwheelracer · Admin/Mod/Eyewitness

From Jayski.com:

NASCAR comments on quick Daytona 500 call: Here's Robin Pemberton, NASCAR VP of Competition on the issue of if the Daytona 500 should be run to completion: "That's fine if we didn't have other obligations further on down the road. Teams had to start traveling out here Monday evening or Tuesday at some time. It is a great race. There's a lot of prestige that goes along with it but it is just one of our many, many races that we conduct during the season and all of our races basically have the same guidelines whether its rain-shortened and what we try to do for the fans and out of respect for the people who are sitting in the stands.(Roanoke Times)(2-21-2009)