Then again...if you look to the u.s. Audience......might be getting eaten up, they likely love it
Well I always thought that Nascar was a bit Neanderthal
Of course you do Mikaela. All good intelligent elitists do. After all, Americans are just a bunch of knuckle dragging morons compared to the enlightened classes of old Europe. We owe everything good and creative to you anyway, right? We are the dogs on the chains that you call when you can't get your own selves out of an imperialist threat that's REALLY serious. Otherwise, it's back in the cage, beast!
How many of you anti-fighting PC people watch hockey? It's pretty big in the U.K. right now. For shame. Fighting should be banned. Still can't figure out why they fight in hockey though, because it's English and French Canadian in origin. And we all know those are highly civilized cultures. Hmmm. Head scratcher for sure.
As for my American opinion of NASCAR, having actually been involved in the sport from 1990 and met many of the drivers when they tested at Road Atlanta (who were much more likely to fight back then too), the sport has become a shell of its former self. While I don't mind the fighting, this whole story is a red herring. What has relegated NASCAR to the ranks of being on par with the WWE (not the UFC, since that's real), are the exact opposite of what you are thinking. I respectfully disagree with my American friend Michael, in that NASCAR is as "big corporate", big money, and big sponsorship as F1. All you need to do is look at the balance sheets and salaries, which are mostly hidden, unlike F1. All this equals big fail. Instead of trying to do the right thing by the fans (like IndyCar and F1) even when mistakes are made (since these are team driven series' to some extent) NASCAR is run by those who care about one thing -- fleecing the public and abandoning their base ro make as much money as possible.
1. The "Race For The Chase" WTF?
2. "Competition Caution" Orwellian as it gets. Leads don't matter...restarts do. More crashes, more beer breaks, and less reward for hard racing. Makes saving fuel in F1 look like amatuer hour in meddling 101.
3. Abandonment of traditional Southern tracks with character to corporate snooze-fests because those in control get kickbacks. Just ask the owners of the Kentucky Speedway.
4. Historic exclusion of minorities and women (more culture than money, but still a weakness).
5. 50 car teams (a little exaggeration but you get my point).
6. Media "yes" men that make an F1 press conference look like the ultimate in investigative journalism.
7. The France Family Monopoly.
8. Lucky Dog; Green-White Checkered; Waive-Around. The list is endless for artificial intrusion into the pure racing.
9. Wealthy track owners since about 1990 (essentially 3-4) controlling the sport with the other monopoly (see #7). Daytona had a road course at one time, North Wilkesboro is gone, Rockingham is gone, the unique roval of Riverside, CA is gone, and many others were consolidated in favor of 1.5 mile oval jokes. Ask any old timer what he thinks of this.
This is not to say there is not a lot of good in NASCAR. It's racing, so it cant' be all bad. It still takes twice as much fearlessness to race Daytona than any F1 race. But they just zigged when they should have zagged. Control over NASCAR is quintessentially un-American and artificial. It's been ruined since about the mid to late 1990s.