Charlotte removing 41,000 seats, Atlanta removing 17,000 seats, Dover 17,000 and Daytona backstreach seats of 46,500 Looks like the napcar is in downsize mode..
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Charlotte removing 41,000 seats, Atlanta removing 17,000 seats, Dover 17,000 and Daytona backstreach seats of 46,500 Looks like the napcar is in downsize mode..
Thank you obama
I bet this has nothing to with "The Chase"! Fans don't want a story book WWE ending, they want racing to decide the Champ!!! LolQuote:
Originally Posted by drano
The only way you'll ever get laid is if you crawl up a chicken's ass and wait
A little off subject but I rode by Rockingham Wednesday and it's growing weeds and broomstraw in the shrubbery and upkeep is going down hill fast after being padlocked. It's a (not a nice word)(not a nice word)(not a nice word)(not a nice word) shame!!!!!!!!
Doesn't Andy Hillenburg own that place now? At least I'm thinking he does anyway... As for the downsizing of the other tracks Drano its a shame that they are removing that many seats from those tracks but then again it may be a good thing as well... I know that this new chase format made for some excitement this yr but I think Nascar just needs to go back to the basics and let them all race for the championship instead of this breaking it down into a group of 16 driver's and have the elimination rounds.. But thats just my opinion which doesn't mean much lol....Quote:
Originally Posted by jog49
Hillenburg owned Rockingham, along with some other investors but a short time ago there was foreclosure proceedings initiated by the bank who holds the loan and there are back taxes due, as well.
Here's the article on a local TV station's website that is dated October 20th of this year:
ROCKINGHAM, N.C. – If you have a couple million dollars and want to own a piece of NASCAR history, wait a few months.
The Rockingham Speedway, formerly the North Carolina Speedway, is going to be sold for the second time in less than a decade because its current owners have run into financial trouble.
Back in 2012, Andy Hillenburg did what a lot of people thought was impossible and brought NASCAR racing back to a track that it left. The NASCAR truck series came back in 2013, but didn't get a race date this year. NASCAR also cancelled a minor league event there as well.
Now we know the track has hit hard times. Court documents now show Hillenburg and his co-owners owe more than $4 million in loans and taxes, and the bank threatened to foreclose. To avoid that, Hillenburg agreed last week to sell or auction off the track.
NBC Charlotte was unable to contact the owners on Monday, but court documents say there has to be a sale or auction in place by the first of the year, and a new owner in place by March 15, 2015.
Hillenburg paid a little more than $4 million to buy the track at auction in 2007.
The track itself opened in 1965 and for years, there were two NASCAR Sprint Cup races there every season. But in 2003, it lost one race to California, and in 2004, owner Bruton Smith moved the other races to Texas. After that, it sat mostly empty until Hillenburg bought it-- and it looks like that'll be the case until another new owner comes a
What in the blue hell are you even talking about, Trippy McSidewalk? - The JOKER!!Quote:
Originally Posted by LITE-INN
Trippy mcsidewalk??????
OMFG, that is a riot.
They did race, Harvick won...you probably should have watched it, it was pretty good...Quote:
Originally Posted by blackford
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Originally Posted by CIRF
Thanks for the share and the update CIRF.... Sad to say thhe least because there were alot of good times had at the rock.
Okay! Okay! I finally have to ask. What website are you copying and pasting these cute come backers from?? :)Quote:
Originally Posted by LITE-INN
Trippy McSidewalk has just entered the building!!!Quote:
Originally Posted by Barbecueboy
Nope just having strong coffeeQuote:
Originally Posted by Clayton_Wetter
You said my name 3 times and released me. You may come to regret that!
Helle there Trippy McSidewalk!
welcome aboard Trippy!!!!Quote:
Originally Posted by Trippy McSidewalk
We've created a monster! - The JOKER!!Quote:
Originally Posted by Trippy McSidewalk
LOL........Welcome
i have no intentions of getting mud on my rod.
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Originally Posted by buster83
Truer words were never spoken..... LOL
Here is a quote from another forum i frequent. Kinda says it all.
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I'm going on sixty years as a race fan, but after 2014, NASCAR is now dead to me. The 2014 rules were a lame attempt to inject interest in a dying franchise, but fake/finale/fiasco in Homestead was just nauseating.
Bottom line - I doubt I'll even watch this year on TV, but I know I'll never travel to a race or buy a ticket again.
Truer words were never spoken..... LOLQuote:
Originally Posted by stockcar5
Like i said in one of my earlier post yes this new chase format made for some ecxitement this yr but im with Blackie they need to let them race for the championship rather than have this stupid break down each week with the elimination of drivers... Nascar doesnt need no dang playoff series after 26 races they need staright up racing for the whole yr with the best man winning because under the old format jeff gordon would of won the championship this yr i do believe someone correct me if im wrong plz and thanks in advance..
but then today i read over 1000 workers trying to get daytonas west end of the billion dollar expansion finished for rolex and speedweeks .Quote:
Originally Posted by drano
LOL all your NASCAR haters pack your stuff and bury your heads, Cause there ain't much in the line of changes for the up coming year...And I'm glad for that cause I enjoyed it!!!! If you didn't, who cares? Not NASCAR cause they didn't change it.....Still sour grapes, me thinks.....better luck next time...maybe your guy will get in too!!!
my guys either retired or no longer with us
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Originally Posted by LITE-INN
Gonna make it even harder for them to get in..... :)
Hey mud bud! Ya ever wonder why there's such a decline in fan attendance in your joke of a so called has been racing venue... nascar? Well ole prissy pants, it is because... it is hated! Yeah numb nuts... close your uneducated pie hole long enough to open your eyes and look around you. Nascar lost it's mojo long ago, and is now losing it's ability to write a story line to keep the simple of mind intrested!! Lol, they still have you tho... which is clearly understandable......... :)Quote:
Originally Posted by mudslinger47
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Originally Posted by blackford
Bloomer is hated too, so what? Stay tuned, I'll keep you informed about how great NASCAR is as the new year commences !!!! Lucky you!!!
I think the fad is just over. I remember when WWF wresting was huge. And roller derby... Everything has it's time. Political correctness, lack of passing, sponsor plug interviews... Lots killed it. I'm glad it's dying... Seems like dirt racing is picking up. When they put the cars noses on the ground and made them so aero dependent, seems like the racing got worse. But I think a lot of it is just boring 5 hour races. I'd much rather watch a 30 minute 50 lap side by side dirt race than a 500 mile race where more passes happen from pit stops than on track.
I don't watch much Nascar. I was a die hard fan as a kid I always made time for me to watch it. I'd sit down with dad and my grandpa and not move til it was over. Now I just turn it on to take a nap. I do watch the short tracks Richmond, Martinsville, and of course Bristol. Jr even mentioned last year after one of these races he didn't understand why there hasn't been another short track built. Instead they want to build these boring 1 1/2 mile cookie cutter tracks. There is only what? 4 or 5 true ovals they run? 2 of them are short tracks. I don't know about Richmond...Bristol and Martinsville are most generally slammed with fans. You think that would open someone's eyes.
Comes down to disposable income and money. It cost way to much to attend nascar events. Good tickets cost to much. Hotels jacking up prices on race weekend. Concession stand prices. Stick and ball sports are the heading the same way. Except for baseball, then again concession a pro baseball game are way to high as well.
Lets remember the colossal size of tracks and seating. 90 thousand fans in a track that seats 140 thousand looks bare. 90 thousand fans still beats most stick and ball sports stadiums. They just got to big to began with.