absolutely. ARCA does tend to put on the better show lately.
----- Original Message -----
From: Greg Lumpkin
To: NASCAR-Group@
Sent: Monday, November 02, 2009 10:39 AM
Subject: Re: [NASCAR-Group] Typical Talladega - lousy
Maybe ARCA needs to step up their broadcasting efforts. I'd much
rather watch that. I've seen some of the best racing lately in that
series.
G
On 11/1/09, racerick75 <Racerick75@aol.
> It's gotten to the point that I just hate for the series to come to
> Talladega and Daytona. This isn't racing, because NASCAR has taken all the
> ability of the teams to compete out of the equation. They dictate which
> shocks you can run, what wing angle to run, what rear gear to run, where you
> can run on the track, and how you drive in the corners.
>
> The result? A lot of broken cars and a winner who is always determined by
> naked random chance.
>
> I've been very critical about Brian France, Mike Helton, and John Darby for
> some time now. The Chase only gives us a ten-race champion, and is
> tailor-made for the 48 team. The COT is a piece of junk I wouldn't drive to
> the grocery store for a six-pack (and I drove racing cars for 28 years). I'm
> not certain why I still watch, except that I've come to like a lot of the
> drivers.
>
> I was talking to another fan a few days ago, and I told him that we need to
> back up about ten years, put the cars back into the hands of the teams,
> allow open practice to dial the cars in, allow unlimited shock and spring
> choices, allow racing back to the flag, fix the tracks at 'Dega and Daytona
> so we can turn the cars loose, and if we're going to make the cars run wings
> allow unlimited wing angles. Oh, and get rid of the phoney-baloney chase and
> crown a real 36 race champion each year.
>
> He said that if we did that then only the teams with a lot of money would
> win. My response? "What, you mean the series might be dominated by Hendrick,
> Gibbs, Ganassi, and Roush?"
>
> Ooops.
>
> All of NASCAR's efforts to level the playing field only seem to have
> resulted in the same three or four teams dominating the sport. Since all of
> NASCAR's meddling has done nothing to provide parity, but has basically
> ruined the competition and made the races boring, it's time to go back to
> basics.
>
> Oh, and there's no point in running the last three races. With a 186 point
> lead, Johnson has already won the 10-race championship. Boring, boring,
> boring.
>
> I'm about to give up and focus on NHRA and IndyCar.
>
>
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