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I actually worked for big N for eight years (98-06) in a regional series. You could see mistakes being made back then when every new track and venue just had to be some cookie cutter clone of Charlotte. Who could not see how dumb that was? Texas, Kansas, Joliet, Kentucky...yawn. There was a great one mile track in Colorado at PPIR and NASCAR bought it, just to close it down and send the date to Martinsville and go cannibal on the facility. I get that they were over-saturated in the southeast but they never replaced the racing of Rockingham when they closed Rockingham.
I don't mind seeing some road course racing but they took the race from one of the best venues, Road America to create a street race in Chicago. Chicago has not been a successful venue for NASCAR in eons. They failed with a track in Cicero (slum) and they failed with the track in Joliet. So this street race is going to be the deal? I won't watch it.
I came home from shooting in a pool tournament and remembered the All Star race was on from LA. I tuned in about half way through the first segment. I seen Door Dash logos and banners everywhere and seen the Door Dash car in the lead. I wondered if "the call" was made and the fix was in as that used to happen in the old days. As soon as the half way break happened and the entertainment came on, I switched the channel.
NASCAR used to have, besides the national tours, the west series, the east series - which they still have paired with ARCA but their car counts are terrible at most places. They used to have four regional touring divisions, SE, SW, NW, MW and they ran them into the ground and killed them off. Now there seems to be a resurrection of sorts and a renewed interest in asphalt short track racing with investment coming from people like Dale Jr,, Harvick, Burton and some others. I hope NASCAR stays out of it. Remember the Baby Grands? Long gone. Remember the Busch All Stars? You better hope NASCAR never comes back to dirt. They still haven't figured out how to ruin asphalt modifieds, their oldest division.
The truck series was great at the inception. The early years of the trucks going to places like Evergreen, Bakersfield, Erie, and other short tracks was awesome. They made it extremely expensive when they had to go - to all those dang one/half miles and the big tracks. The monster $$ they created. Now Cup is becoming like some fendered F1 series and they are whittling down car counts and making it where only the uber rich can make it go.
I don't mind seeing some road course racing but they took the race from one of the best venues, Road America to create a street race in Chicago. Chicago has not been a successful venue for NASCAR in eons. They failed with a track in Cicero (slum) and they failed with the track in Joliet. So this street race is going to be the deal? I won't watch it.
I came home from shooting in a pool tournament and remembered the All Star race was on from LA. I tuned in about half way through the first segment. I seen Door Dash logos and banners everywhere and seen the Door Dash car in the lead. I wondered if "the call" was made and the fix was in as that used to happen in the old days. As soon as the half way break happened and the entertainment came on, I switched the channel.
NASCAR used to have, besides the national tours, the west series, the east series - which they still have paired with ARCA but their car counts are terrible at most places. They used to have four regional touring divisions, SE, SW, NW, MW and they ran them into the ground and killed them off. Now there seems to be a resurrection of sorts and a renewed interest in asphalt short track racing with investment coming from people like Dale Jr,, Harvick, Burton and some others. I hope NASCAR stays out of it. Remember the Baby Grands? Long gone. Remember the Busch All Stars? You better hope NASCAR never comes back to dirt. They still haven't figured out how to ruin asphalt modifieds, their oldest division.
The truck series was great at the inception. The early years of the trucks going to places like Evergreen, Bakersfield, Erie, and other short tracks was awesome. They made it extremely expensive when they had to go - to all those dang one/half miles and the big tracks. The monster $$ they created. Now Cup is becoming like some fendered F1 series and they are whittling down car counts and making it where only the uber rich can make it go.
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