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Tight in Turn Two: I Suspect Cold Tires

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by Charlie Turner

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November 28, 2008 12:19 pm CST 2 Comments

Some people are just never happy. Especially so when it comes to NASCAR fans. If one driver dominates their favorite series - assuming that driver isn’t the one whose Fathead they have hanging in their dining room - they complain about inequities in the rules. Or that NASCAR is boring. Or it just isn’t like the old days. Or maybe that they just can’t stand that Jimmy Johnson - Jeff Gordon - Kurt Busch-Matt Kenseth - any Eanhardt…. whatever.

This will be the last Tight in Turn Two post for a while. Bruce’s NASCAR Bits and Pieces and Bench Racing with Steve and Charlie are going to put this one on the shelf until maybe February. One last go around though before we do. Here goes…

With Jimmy Johnson winning the last three Cup championships and three drivers winning three quarters of the cup races, is NASCAR competitive enough for you?

Charlie: Three different drivers, driving for different owners with one each in a Ford, a Chevy and a Toyota. They each dominated a different portion of the season, making it seem a bit less of a fight than it was. But I’d much rather have three really good driver/team combos battling it out for wins than, say ten different guys with a couple or three wins each.

We know that, at least until the last race, nobody could be accused of points racing. I’m hoping for more of the same in 2009.

Bruce: I’m with ya on this one Charlie. I’ve encountered some net denizens that want to see every driver in the field lead a lap and get their won wins. If they don’t see that kind of disjointed parity, they go off on their tizzy. I think they reach down deep and figure out how to be mad at NASCAR, no matter how “off” their perspective is.

I didn’t see any points racing this year… sometimes we saw some smart racing, but no one seemed to be really pacing the field and holding back.

Yes… we saw a few teams compete for the title, and though they seemed to have their own time frame of when they’re “on”. I’ve noticed that. Some teams seem to have a better grasp of the tracks at different times of year. I think is was a good season for the level of competition and it can only get better as the different teams improve in their understanding of the new car.

That’s what we think. What do you think?

Bruce has another rant going and this time it’s about NASCAR’s annual awards banquet. If you have an opinion on that deal - and who doesn’t - head on over and put your two cents in on this one…

The annual awards banquet brings us the high points of the year and presents awards to the top drivers in each of their categories as well as some other features. It’s treated as the gala event of the year for the sport. But….For me, it is the longest 10 hours of my life.

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2 Responses to “Tight in Turn Two: I Suspect Cold Tires”

  1. Charles on November 28th, 2008 10:27 pm

    The question should really be if Sprint Cup is competitive enough. The Nationwide and Trucks are great to watch week in and week out. I’m 19 now and ever since the day I was born I was watching racing, and never have I walked away or decided I could skip a Sunday race. The car of tomorrow makes the drivers safe from wrecking, not safe from impact. I haven’t ever watched races where the entire field can get sideways and all of them save it, nor have I went an entire season without seeing a flip in actual competition. And the cars being all the same specs makes manufactures pointless. I can buy a Camry and put Mustang logos all over it, but I’ve still got a Camry. NASCAR has let it’s top series go and it’s about time some changes are made with the heads of the company. We, the fans control NASCAR and we the fans should tune out until we get the respect we deserve and changes made.

  2. User Avatar Charlie Turner on November 29th, 2008 1:41 pm

    Hey Charles, thanks for commenting.

    As I see it, here is the dilemma that NASCAR has in trying to make their fans happy with the Cup Series.

    You say that the Truck Series is great to watch. But can you tell the difference between a Chevy Truck and a Tundra on the track?

    You seem to be unhappy with the fact that the Cup drivers are able to save their cars once they get out of shape on the track. But that side-force that allows the CoT to be saved was a trait copied from the trucks in the Truck Series.

    Can you see how hard it is to make race fans happy? The best thing that NASCAR has going for it is all the passionate fans that it has - fans like you - who will force it to continually look for better ways to do things. Keep the pressure on, but don’t stop watching the races.

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