Everyone is trying to find an answer to Nascar’s declining television ratings. Some point to a dull Chase format, some to boring races and some to bad television production of Nascar races. One idea that I like has actually been suggested by Fox Sports Chairman David Hill. (Here’s the story) His idea? Shorten all Sprint [...]
What will 2011 bring?
Unfortunately I do not have a crystal ball nor can I read the future. If I could, I’d be on a beach sipping those umbrella drinks after hitting the lottery. I do have some questions though as the 2011 racing season is about to get underway. The top question, as it has been now for [...]
Ringing out the old year
2010 was definitely an interesting year in auto racing. Jimmie Johnson comes from behind to win Nascar Sprint Cup title #5 in a row. Dario Franchitti not only wins the Indianapolis 500 but he comes from behind to claim the IndyCar title. Chip Ganassi won the Indianapolis 500 as a team owner with Franchitti plus [...]
Time to end Driver of the Year in Nascar & IndyCar
Congrats to five-time Nascar Sprint Cup Champion Jimmie Johnson for winning the “Driver of the Year” award for the fourth time in his career. However, he should never have gotten the award. Here’s my thinking on this. Could Johnson have done anything he did on the race track without his team? How many times during [...]
Can Nascar be “fixed?”
A giant topic of discussion for the last several months has been the declining attendance and television audience for Nascar. Attendance could be a direct correlation to the economy but the television ratings is the mystery. Some point to the struggles of live television taking an event that has no time outs such as other [...]
Nascar it’s time to give Pocono Speedway an ultimatum!
Twice this year fate has been tempted at Pocono Speedway because of a lack of safety improvements. In June, Kasey Kahne almost went out of the track when turned at high speed. This past Sunday, Elliott Sadler went head first into a wall in front of a dirt embankment that tore the [...]
ARCA-The “little” series that can!
I make no apologies. I am bullish on the ARCA Racing Series presented by Re/Max and Menards. Part of it is that I’ve gotten to know many of the officials and drivers in the Michigan headquartered series but a big reason is that the racing is exciting with a ton of great young drivers. This [...]
Anyone seen Danica lately?
We may have to put out an Amber Alert on Danica Patrick soon. Somehow she has disappeared from the media horde that was following her every movement when she ran three Nascar Nationwide races at the beginning of the year. Since that time, Danica has been involved in her “fulltime” job of racing in the [...]
Is Nascar trying to eliminate the “little guy?”
Nascar does things at times just because they can. No rhyme or reason. They just do it because they can and always use “Actions detrimental to the sport of stock car racing” as its justification. On Sunday at Auto Club Speedway, Nascar confiscated the #66 car driven by Dave Blaney from Prism Motorsports after he [...]
Can’t sleep? No problem! Watch Nascar at Indy!
The 15th Brickyard 400 was run Sunday at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway and just like almost all of the 14 preceding races, Nascar put race fans to sleep. Sure there was some faux excitement as Jimmy Johnson held off Mark Martin at the end, but that was about it. Lap after lap it was the [...]
