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Posted By: beezr2002 on July 03 2025 at 02:17:23 PM
As usual I'll disagree with you also. I get that things evolve, is it always for the better? I've seen the corporate thing turn racing into the "have and have nots". The corporate deal takes away from grass roots racing by jacking up the cost to compete so that the napcar wannabees can have their very own rich kid play ground. Remember when napcar had individual teams? Now think of how many sprint car teams can't afford it anymore and have to merge with another team that has been priced out. More corporate is more money, but a sprint car engine will go from 80,000+ to 90-100,000 plus.
Now tell me there are no untalented little rich Jonnys with their families sponsoring their hobbies in the upper levels of sprint cars either, you freakin know that's BS. How many car owners today hire drivers that aren't in the family or come from a family with large resources, how many owners have enough money today to hire on talent alone?
Corporate money will bring more of those very casual fans that you whine about that don't know the restart rules and should read the blinging rule book if they are to sit near you. You'll have to become tolerant of new corporate racing fan and try not to ruin their experience with your vast knowledge of how the sport is supposed to be.
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I cannot disagree with most of what you said. However, I was merely pointing out that what was literally the most popular period in Nascar history, and what was arguably the best racing Nascar had, was during the period in which corporate America was most involved. There is no proof that this was nothing but a coincidence, but it did happen.
As far as the untalented and rich little Johnnys in sprint car racing----absolutely. But they didn't dumb the cars down for them, and those kids only in the seat because of daddy's money, aren't winning shit..............................
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