"Demon-Xanth knows how to operate a street." (demon-xanth)
11/10/2014 at 09:59 • Filed to: None
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"Demon-Xanth knows how to operate a street." (demon-xanth)
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I've been watching NASCAR for more than some people on this site have been alive. I've been to six races at four tracks. I've seen great action...
...but I'm done. They saw two problems. Races ending under caution. And nobody cared about homestead. Their "superbowl" was at the start, not the end of the season. And Matt Kenseth won a cup while barely winning a race just irked them.
The first thing they tried to address was the caution issue. They came out with Green-White-Checker. I was okay with that until the third time, at which point it was clear that it was green-WRECK-checker. It didn't reward the guy who worked on making a fast car all race long. Instead the driver who gave the least fucks about everyone else got ahead while the long run guys got fucked. NASCAR has always been a sport of endurance. This was exactly opposite of that.
Then they started the chase format. I wasn't a fan from the beginning, but was okay with the 10 race run-off. This year's format? Artificial drama. Hated it from the beginning. But you know what? It gave NASCAR what they wanted. Drama. You got drivers fighting in the pits. And they're okay with that. It's a BS formula that isn't conducive to a long season.
Talladega and Daytona have been jokes ever since the restrictor plates came in. NASCAR's been fiddling there. Not to make it safer, but more entertaining. Coming up with a new package of rules every year.
Half way through last night's race, I just sat there and said. "I don't care about next week, I don't care about next year." Sorry, Mike Helton, you can keep your soap opera. I grew up watching a professional motorsport. I'll find another to follow.
BKosher84
> Demon-Xanth knows how to operate a street.
11/10/2014 at 11:50 |
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Sorry, Mike Helton Brian France, you can keep your soap opera.
FTFY, Brian France is the brains to all this nonsense change.. Mike Helton is just his puppet...
And yes, the artificial drama is stupid, but it's gotten the sport in the news again, which it hasn't done in forever, so in a sense it's good (even though I personally hate it).
I also hope Ryan Newman wins it all this weekend.. Having a driver that hasn't won shit all year and win the Championship on consistency will hopefully give Brian France an aneurysm considering the entire reason for the new Chase Format was to highlight winning.