[vincesanity82]

In his first four years as NASCAR chairman, Brian France gave the Nextel Cup series a new way to crown its champion, its drivers a new car and its fans new TV options. What he'll do next could be as important for a sport that has seen TV ratings dip, attendance drop at some tracks and an investor analyst label the series as mature. While there's nothing wrong with being mature -- ask any parent if they'd like their teenager to reach that stage -- it doesn't convey the buzz the sport had earlier this decade. Instead, fans seem angry. Fans, like drivers, complain about the Car of Tomorrow and ridiculed the racing at two of the sport's most popular tracks -- Bristol and Talladega. They want more action. France faces other challenges as well. An influx of new owners could reshape the sport's finances and affect the racing. So could NASCAR's growth internationally. How the 45-year-old France handles those issues remains to be seen but he's done a lot so far. -- News-Record

"Is NASCAR's future on the right track?" : News-Record.com : Greensboro, North Carolina

[Quality88]

Originally Posted by vincesanity82

but he's done a lot so far.

Alot of nothin.

[LSC9901]

Originally Posted by Quality88

Alot of nothin.

I cannot agree with you this time "Q". It looks more like just plain old nothin' to me, not a lot of it !!!

[Quality88]

Originally Posted by LSC9901

I cannot agree with you this time "Q". It looks more like just plain old nothin' to me, not a lot of it !!!

I'll concede to wisdom

[Bob Tanner]

Originally Posted by LSC9901

I cannot agree with you this time "Q". It looks more like just plain old nothin' to me, not a lot of it !!!

Re: Quality88
"Alot of nothin."

I'm going to have to humbly disagree with both of you, Steve and Dustin, and agree with the article, insofar as saying Brian has done "a lot."

Our boy Brian has done a whole lot to the current edition of NA$CAR. He's brought us a playoff system, the Lucky Dawg Rule, which [I feel} bogusly gives a lap back, plus a brand new race car, NOT to be confused with a stock car, or even a stock-appearing car.

He authorized the creation of a new race car a forcing teams to effectively have two complete teams for each entry in a single season is hardly a cost-cutting measure, IMNSVHO).
He has upheld the horrible decisions of his father by not reducing the number of maximum team per owner to less than four.
He allowed NASCAR to cave into "exclusivity pressure" from NEXTEL, Sprint, or what-the-Hell-ever it's called these days, and Cingular/AT&T's days are numbers. Ditto GEICO in the Cup LIte Series. This is sure to hurt teams, in their search for sponsorship dollars.
Speaking of the Cup Lite Series, just for the sake of Cup driver and team pressure, he's encouraged Cup drivers and teams to invade the former BGN Series, thus ensuring that, without some sort of major changes, that historical series will soon be a thing of the past, If it isn't already.
He's maintained the silly and blatantly unfair Chosen 35 Rule, another odious rule his late father instituted. . This is done even in the face of massive and often quite open criticism from drivers, team owners, sponsors, not to mention a vast majority of the fans.

Nope, my friends, I think Brian's responsible for a lot being done to NASCAR, very little of it good.

[LSC9901]

I really believe we all said the same thing ... we just came from different directions with the thought process.

Q and I took the lazy way out and merely complained that he's done nothing. "Nothing" meaning nothing good for us as fans. Bob, you just added the meat to the meal.

[Bob Tanner]

Originally Posted by LSC9901

I really believe we all said the same thing ... we just came from different directions with the thought process.

Q and I took the lazy way out and merely complained that he's done nothing. "Nothing" meaning nothing good for us as fans. Bob, you just added the meat to the meal.

I disagreed tongue-in-cheek, Steve.

Unfortunately I have the habit of living up to the old adage; Never say in ten words what you can say in one hundred.

[Quality88]

Originally Posted by Bob Tanner

Unfortunately I have the habit of living up to the old adage; Never say in ten words what you can say in one hundred.

There's times I can do that, but mostly, I tend to go with; Less is more. That's me though. You do the other quite nicely. I belive you could tell someone to go to hell in such a manner that they would look forward to the trip.

[simple simon]

i suppose it depends on which track you are referring to as to whether or not NASCAR is on the right one

are they trying to alienate longtime fans ....... if so they are on the right track

are they trying to appeal to the "in" crowd ..... if so they are on the right track (though they will find that this "in" crowd has a short attention span and will abandon them soon enough for the next new thing)

are they trying to bring in new young stable fans ...... if so they are not on the right track

are they trying to stay brand loyal ...... if so, that train fell off the tracks

[LSC9901]

Originally Posted by Bob Tanner

I disagreed tongue-in-cheek, Steve.

Unfortunately I have the habit of living up to the old adage; Never say in ten words what you can say in one hundred.

Spoken as a true representative of the government.

[Bob Tanner]

Originally Posted by LSC9901

Spoken as a true representative of the government.

Twenty-two years, eight days and six hours. (Ask me who was having fun there at the last!)

[LSC9901]

Originally Posted by Bob Tanner

Twenty-two years, eight days and six hours. (Ask me who was having fun there at the last!)

3 years, 364 days ... and suppose some hours. As for my case ... I was the one having fun at the end ... I suspect you were also.

[Bob Tanner]

Originally Posted by LSC9901

3 years, 364 days ... and suppose some hours. As for my case ... I was the one having fun at the end ... I suspect you were also.

I'll end this with the thought that the Navy I retired from after twenty-two year was certainly not the same Navy I originally enlisted in and shipped over the first time in.
"Whenever a thing changes and quits its proper limits, this change is at once the death of that which was before." - LUCRETIUS, 1ST c. B.C.

[wingkey1]

Originally Posted by Bob Tanner

I'll end this with the thought that the Navy I retired from after twenty-two year was certainly not the same Navy I originally enlisted in and shipped over the first time in.
"Whenever a thing changes and quits its proper limits, this change is at once the death of that which was before." - LUCRETIUS, 1ST c. B.C.

Thank the good Lord. Pretty sure we ran out of enough canvas to maintain the speeds required to compete in the world today.

I know. I deserve EVERY possible blast available. Broadside would not be enough.

But it is Friday, and we are enjoying it.