[jra]

NASCAR is dying because the cookie-cutter cars are boring and the predictable late-race crashes/cautions are getting tiresome.

And I’m not even a huge fan...

[Tallguy]

You invest the time to watch a 400 or 500 mile race only to be treated to a Green/White/Checker finish with a bunched-up field. Zzzzzzz!

[trailhkr1]

NASCAR is dying because the cookie-cutter cars are boring and the predictable late-race crashes/cautions are getting tiresome

Also, ticket prices and cost of attending are way past what the average people can afford even in a good economy.

[I cannot think of a name]

“NASCAR is dying because the cookie-cutter cars are boring”

Don’t forget:

cookie-cutter drivers

cookie-cutter race tracks

cookie-cutter races

My favorite line used to be (to my open wheel and F1 friends) “it’s the last, honest, unscripted, real racing on the planet.”

Obviously I haven’t said that in a while.

[relictele]

I won’t bore you with paragraphs of what ails NASCAR but suffice it to say that when the marketing tail began wagging the racing dog it all went downhill very quickly.

[alstewartfan]

There is no question that Obama has hurt everything except the bill collector business. Sports are no exception. BUT, what drives ticket sales is charismatic characters who are either loved or hated. Jeff Gordon was a lightning rod a decade ago, but he doesn’t win enough to arouse such passion anymore. BTW, I am not a NASCAR fan, but I no longer hear the back and forth jibes that once dominated fans’ conversations.
Some of the women may hate me for saying this, but when Annika Sorenstam dominated women’s golf, she did everything possible to make her lovely countenance less appealing. Cropped, sometimes buzzed hair, no make-up, bland attire. I guarantee that had Annika understood what it is that puts bodies in the gallery, talent PLUS sex appeal, the women’s tour would have drowned in cash. Oh well. Bob

[Buckeye McFrog]

NASCAR is dying because the cookie-cutter cars are boring and the predictable late-race crashes/cautions are getting tiresome.

Not to mention the Danica Patrick PMS bumps after the checkered flag has already fallen.

[Montanabound]

I’m a casual fan. I am tired of hearing about ethanol. Moochelle at Homestead was a travesty, and then Carl Edwards went to be a part of the idiotic “Let’s Move” gathering of thousands - how much did that cost us?