Humpy Wheeler: NASCAR has become too corporate

[GA Russell]

Here is a video of Humpy Wheeler discussing what he feels has gone wrong with NASCAR. I particularly agree with his view that people want to watch a race, not a points race.

http://www.foxcarolina.com/story/23127646/humpy-wheeler-on-nascar-weve-messed-it-up-got-too-fancy

NASCAR's TV ratings have fallen 32% since 2005.

http://www.bizjournals.com/charlotte/print-edition/2013/08/09/nascar-adapts-to-the-new-normal.html?page=all

[Scott Dolan]

One of the biggest reasons for the downfall was the slow and incredibly boring Car of the Future.

But, he does make some very good points.

It's too much like watching a video game, too.

[alankin]

A bunch of fast cars all in a row. Around and around and around they go.

[alocispepraluger102]

from the telly, it looks like live attendance has fallen worse than 32%.

cnbc now has the rights to much of nascar for 2014. i'm guessing espn made a halfhearted effort to keep......

[danasgoodstuff]

Hudson Hornets driven by moonshiners, that's stock car racin' to mee, evrything since - not so much.

[Scott Dolan]

from the telly, it looks like live attendance has fallen worse than 32%.

cnbc now has the rights to much of nascar for 2014. i'm guessing espn made a halfhearted effort to keep......

Yeah, the stands have looked nearly half empty at some venues.

Bristol is pretty much the heart and soul of the sport, and there have been large swaths of the stands there completely empty.

[Blue Train]

from the telly, it looks like live attendance has fallen worse than 32%.

cnbc now has the rights to much of nascar for 2014. i'm guessing espn made a halfhearted effort to keep......

First off....great to see you're back to posting....and keep posting the way you did.

Fox is now trying to compete with ESPN...they threw obscene money @ NASCAR. As in, $8.2 billion over 10 years & an 46% increase over the last deal NASCAR had.

Edited August 15, 2013 by Blue Train

[Shawn]

A bunch of fast cars all in a row. Around and around and around they go.

"500 miles in a fucking circle? CHILDREN COULD DO THAT!" - George Carlin

[Scott Dolan]

Um, yeah.

At 200mph?

[.:.impossible]

Oh please! It is a privilege to drive an oval at 200 mph. Do you not think you have that skill set?

[Scott Dolan]

Inches away from 42 other cars?

No, very few people do.

You go right ahead and make believe you've got the skills, or even the balls to be able to do this. I could use a good laugh today.

[Scott Dolan]

Hell, most people don't possess the stamina to do that at 200mph for 3+ hours. I know I sure as hell don't, and I'm in excellent physical condition.

Nor have they ever even gone 200mph to begin with.

But I love how easily they dismiss doing so!

Edited August 16, 2013 by Scott Dolan

[king ubu]

nothing against a good hump ... but no cars needed for that

[GA Russell]

Here is yesterday's Sporting News article about NASCAR's new television contract. I note that it says that the TV ratings have declined 42%.

http://www.sportingnews.com/nascar/story/2013-08-15/nascar-tv-coverage-network-contract-fox-sports-1-nbc-deal-ratings

[Scott Dolan]

Actually, it said 47% in that article.