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The race is exciting... but broken.

When this highly dangerous race is decided by not who is the most skillful, but who is luckiest, it’s broken.

Restrictor plate racing is a lot like liberal policy. It results in the exact opposite of the stated intent. By restricting the speed, the cars race in huge dangerous packs.

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I think that Talledega is not at all the reason why viewship is down; instead, coverage for Nascar is terrible. When baseball shows stats, analyzes how batter A does against pitcher B, allowing even the novice viewer to understand how a matchup is important.

I’ve been watching Nascar for 3-4 years and I still don’t understand some of the subtleties. The commentators don’t analyze the situation so much as describe what we’re seeing on the screen. A monkey could do that.

Instead, tell me that why Driver A is better on the high-line and Driver B is slow after 5 laps. Tell me which driver between A and B generally have faster starts. Tell me the crews that have the lowest percentage of dropped lug nuts and the drivers that are the fastest into the pits without invoking a penalty.

Show me graphically how Driver A accelerates out of a turn versus driver B and explain why I should look to turn 2 for Driver B to finally overtake Driver A, or tell me what the commentators expect for Driver A to do in the pits to help his ailing car.

Explain to me once and for all proper fuel strategy and what the crew is hoping to accomplish and what they are risking.

In the final laps, show me next to the drivers’ name the estimated number of laps left in his tank.

I could go on with the almost limitless questions I have for Brad Daugherty and his friends.

I believe that Nascar has far more subtleties than baseball (though baseball is more psychological), but for anybody watching it, it just looks like cars turning left (except for Watkin Glens). Unfortunately, that’s all the commentators seem to understand.
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Thanks for listening.