Posted on 07/24/2014 6:28:49 AM PDT by driftdiver
Things are going well for NASCAR's top team, Hendrick Motorsports, which includes some of the sport's top drivers, including Jeff Gordon, Kasey Kahne, Jimmie Johnson, and Dale Earnhardt Jr. But a closer look at the value and profit of the other top teams reveals a sport that is trending in the wrong direction.
According to Forbes.com and its valuations of NASCAR's top nine teams, the current value of Hendrick Motorsports ($348 million) is relatively unchanged since 2010 ($350 million). However, the average team has seen a 31.1% drop in profit since 2010 which has translated into an average team value of $139.7 million, down 16.4% during the same span.
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It is no longer stock car racing. Without the connection to the cars Americans drive every day the magic is gone.
Gee, maybe NASCAR needs to get a gay driver and hype him up, like the NFL is with Michael Sam. /s
I saw more rubbing in the last F1 race in Germany than I've seen in some recent NASCAR races. Open wheels and connecting with the guy next to you can certainly increase the old pucker factor. Massa's seat probably came out of the car when he did, and had to be pried loose, after his roll-over. I also liked F1's decision on that crash, his fault, no further action necessary.
NASCAR itself has gotten to big for their heads. It’s all money driven nowadays. Watching a local short track is just as much fun for me.
Apples and oranges. NASCAR has two guys per wheel, and 5 lugs each and refule. F1 has three guys on each wheel and one nut per wheel and no fueling.
NASCAR is pretty damned fast when you actually compare what they have to do.
Hendrix, Gibbs, Trickle, Sabatas, have all had their problems with political targeting.
refule. sheesh. Refuel.
“The 3 liters were great, but they were almost hitting 1000hp and had a ton of downforce. I was skeptical of the 2.4L V8’s, but man they screamed.”
Sounds like you’re thinking of the 3L V10 engines of the late ‘90s and early ‘00s. And those were indeed awesome. I was actually talking about the mid-’60s through the early ‘80s. In those days you had V8 engines, V12’s, flat-12’s, and even a 16-cylinder BRM engine for a couple of years!
It was also during this time that F1 cars began using wings, and just about anyone with enough money could build their own car around a Cosworth DFV and a Hewland transaxle.
Well, there HAVE been rumors circulating about Jeff Gordon for quite a few years.... ;)
The 429 had to be homologated for NASCAR in a production vehicle (which is how we got the Mustang Boss 429), but you are correct in stating that the technology developed on track could be purchased at your local dealership.
I’ve yet to find a Fusion with a V8 engine, much less one that is rear-drive.
Basically NASCAR’s tire changers work out to two per axle, since they only change tires on one side at a time. And the fact that they have to slide a floor jack under the car, change tires, let it off the jack, then run around the car and repeat the process makes their pit stop times look pretty amazing.
Coming from yahoo Sports, you have to take it with a grain of salt.
I doubt they would do this sort of story with any ball sport.
Nascar’s decline in team value is all related to advertisers. And that is related to the general economy.
This season certainly has been. The battle between Hamilton and Rossberg has been a blast to watch. Races have all been good too, with Canada really standing out.
Maybe they should go back to racing stock cars.
Or a Camry with a pushrod V-8. What would a 5.7 Liter Tundra 4 cam 32 valve engine built like a NASCAR engine do to pushrod engines used now? Or a Lexus V-8 if it must come from a car. Or the Ford Boss 302 in the Shelby?
Saaaaaaaaay ... I think you are on to something. Make that part of Speedweeks, maybe at one of the shorter tracks in the area. No, not Bithlo :) New Smyrna or one of the Disney tracks for TV coverage?
Knowing that a 5.0L Coyote makes over 400 hp in production trim, I get positively giddy thinking about what a full-race Coyote would make. At the very least it could probably match the 800-850 hp NASCAR teams are currently getting with their pushrod lumps.
When they changed it from the Winston Cup to the Massengill Cup the writing was on the wall. lol
Yup. I have one of those easy-up jacks, and it takes me more than 8 seconds just to get it in the right spot before jacking. Then there's the dumping of the lug nuts into the snow, and the f-dash-dash-dash, and my wife washing my mouth out with soap...
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