all about money and all they care about is them!!!!!!!

 

Living in and around the heart of NASCAR, it is clear that money truly changes everything. What began as an alternative to Indy Car racing (i.e. for teams that didn't have much money) has turned into a money-printing monster.

I knew the end was near when Nascar dropped the Darlington race in favor of some California Speedway (no offense to our Californians). If you've ever been to Darlington, it was like seeing a race in your back yard. Compare a high school football game vs. a game a Pro game at Three Rivers. Sure, the players are better, but there is a special feeling to that high school game -- a purity - that no longer exists in Nascar. That attitude was what made Nascar unique -- not the rules.

While Nascar may be "better," it will never again have that same feeling of reckless abandon and clever psuedo-cheating and just plain good old fashion fun. Drivers are no longer characters -- they are corporate-programmed robots mouthing scripted platitudes to the masses in the hope that they will be able to sell more weiner-enhancing drugs. They are more concerned with their stock portfolios than their stock cars -- and look more at home at the bank than in the garage. I cannot imagine some of these guys even getting dirty.

There are exceptions of course. But they will fade as surely as the soul of the sport has.

Thanks -- but no thanks.

Where did that come from?

 

Well said. Well said.

 

Don't the Petty's still race for Dodge, and have been forever? that is brand loyalty, I also do believe they use Dodges in there training school.

But concerning the new NASCAR, it is a joke. It has been a joke for a long time, these cars look nothing like the original production cars. Also, none of the ones out there are RWD based besides the Charger.. some of the others don't even offer a V8 in the production counterpart.

Letting Toyota in was the first mistake... now no Charger.. and these bodies they are switching to?

IMO, more people should stop watching it so NASCAR gets a clue

This kind of race car is what I like to see...


It is a bit more like the street verion than what NASCAR does....

 

King Richard actually ran Plymouths. At one point, he switched toPontiac for a year or two, but then came back to Dodge.

dave

 

[sm=smiley20.gif]agreed, it couldn't have been said any betterArmageddes.

 

74scamp, you were half correct, Petty ran the Plymouth when he started then in 69 or 70 he began running a Ford for a year, then during the big protest he went Drag racing for a year. When he came back he ran both the Dodge and Plymouth brand in 71 the switched to Dodge from 72 till 78. After that it was a Buick for a year or so then to Pontiac. My years may be slide one year to early or late.

 

Thanks TorRed. I knew he left Plymouth/Dodge for a while. I'll never forget one Daytona 500 when Plymouths finished first through seventh (I think, or maybe it was fifth, something like that). That was the first year of the Hemi . Of course, then NASCAR, in its infinite wisdom banned the Hemi.

dave