There will doubtless still be stock car racing in some form, but I’ll be surprised if NASCAR is still around in two years.
He’s smart to get out while the gettin’ is good. nascar has both jumped the shark and gone FULL retard.
It’s Funny Car racing.
Nothing Stock about it.
I expect that a new race circuit will emerge that is more populist and permits personality and ethic branding for the drivers and on the race cars. Imagine, for example, races that include cars branded and driven by The Rebel, Black Panther, Old Glory, Korean Tiger and so on. If the race track atmosphere was both tech savvy and family friendly, a strong fan following could develop quickly. NASCAR has lost sight of the traditional American ethic of freely recognizing differences of personality and background but using competition and respect for achievement to foster mutual esteem and good spirit.
The American Automobile Association used to sponsor stock car racing, as they did Indianapolis 500 and various other venues such as the Pan-America Carrera Mexican Road Race, but withdrew when the fatalities grew a great deal of negative publicity. NASCAR was formed when there was still a demand for organized track racing, concentrating on the use of “stock” cars, actually highly modified vehicles that only had the shell of the particular make of automobile over a totally rebuilt interior and running gear.
In 1949 and 1950 AAA permitted only the use of cars straight out of the showroom, and Oldsmobile 88s and later, Hudson Hornets dominated the field.
Dirt tracks exist all over the country. They started years ago in small towns. They don’t need NASCAR . Doubt if much interest exists in the big city for this type of racing.
NASCAR has forgotten its roots.