1. They all race the same car
2. the car is not stock, nothing on it is stock
3. If a manufacturer wins too often they do what has to be done to slow them down. Other manufacturers don’t have to search for more power they just slow down the fast cars.
4.Restricter plates.
5. Dale Earhart died.
I was never much of a NASCAR fan but I stopped watching for good when they refused to acknowledge the sponsor of the NRA 500.
I have no desire to watch endless left turns, I see enough of that in Republican party.
What was once all American racing and individual and team ingenuity, became progressively totalitarian, like the GuvCo schools, and until NASCAR ultimately demanded absolute uniformity and conformity.
Didn't IROC teach them anything? Apparently not.
While its driver safety is remarkable, the Car Of Tomorrow was a ratings disaster that stayed way too long.
NASCAR(?) or some PTB actually had to be talked into letting the manufacturers have some brand identity beyond different stickers on the same body. That wing? Really??
Whatever made stock car racing fun and entertaining died at the heavy, totalitarian hand of NASCAR, for all of the reasons you mentioned...and then, Dale Earnhardt died.
People I know who literally grew up at Charlotte Motor Speedway stopped watching racing, especially since Dale died. No interest whatsoever. I tell them it's gotten better...still not interested.
You got it right. They don’t race any more, they just ride around and try to “save the car”, or “get some points for the chase”. After the first 2 laps from a green flag it’s just a parade, and wait for the next pit stop and hope you can win with “pit strategy” or fuel mileage.
I’ve supported Charlotte, Martinsville, Darlington, even Rockingham and Wilksboro when they were active, but this is the last year. The cable falling across the track was all the excitement we had for a $400 weekend at charlotte.
Actually that was really fun to see, since it was Kyle Busch’s car that got the worst of it.
Bingo. I agree with all your reasons, maybe not in that order of importance, but with all of them. Vehemently.
When they started running restrictor plates, I quit watching.
The irony of restrictor plates is that they were put in for “safety” reasons. Well, the bunching of the cars now results in spectacular wrecks, and the recent event that sent debris over the net into the grandstands shows that restrictor plates aren’t a clear-cut improvement to safety. So... why bother with them?
6. T. Wayne Robertson died.
1. Bingo
2. Bingo
3. Bingo
4. Bingo
5. Very bad, but maybe not as much the cause as 1 - 4.
Now, NASCAR is just Indy, or Formula 1, or [insert class here] with a different body style and engine specs.