2014 NASCAR Thread

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Wonder how NASCAR will deal with any "manipulation" like Richmond. More elimination races = more incentives.
 
not a fan of the new chase format AT ALL...i imagine a scenario where Dale Jr wins 35 consecutive races to start the season and then DNF's the final race of the season due to no fault of his own and doesnt win a championship...

the fans would lynch the NASCAR execs on the spot...
 
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GTPorsche
I don't think they thought that over at all. :lol:
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Now the consequences of deliberately wrecking someone will be even bigger. Before it could ruin your championship and leave you with work to do. Now you will be ruined. Oh wait, NASCAR probably want more Bowyer vs Gordon style fights...
 
GTPorsche
I don't think they thought that over at all. :lol:
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Of course they didn't hence why teams still get one overs on NASCAR until caught and the series does nothing to fix it. They make new format/rules and don't even think about the one prevailing issue that stuck out with their prior chase rules and was exposed last year via race fixing.
 
Don't worry, if/when it happens, NASCAR will come up with a solution that both solves the problem and makes a new one at the same time.
 
Justin
Don't worry, if/when it happens, NASCAR will come up with a solution that both solves the problem and makes a new one at the same time.
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36 annual championships, and once you win one, you can't win another that year.

That way everyone wins, and we all lose. :sly:
 
Okay, here's my view on the new points system. (Not that NASCAR cares.) They're supposedly trying to put more emphasis on winning, but Dale Joonyer would have won the championship last year without a single win and Matt Kenseth would have been eliminated despite having the most wins of the year. Hmm. Seems legit. (Not) I like the expansion of the chase, but not the eliminations. They are pointless and down right stupid. Meanwhile ARCA is keeping true to the same format it has had for a while. It's a shame it isn't shown on TV like NASCAR is.
 
Ganon83
Hearing Battle at the Beach won't be televised this year, thanks FOX.
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After all that action last year, they aren't airing the races? Good going fox, yet another wise decision :rolleyes:
 
They could always make the eliminations by race wins then by points if they want to emphasize wins.
 
They could always make it a pure championship format again and tweak the racing back to how it was before the aerowars began.

Two concepts that modern NASCAR execs have no idea on how to do.
 
Ganon83
Hearing Battle at the Beach won't be televised this year, thanks FOX.
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Isn't that the Whelen Modified Tour race? Or am I thinking of something else?

If FOX's coverage of the Rolex 24h is any indication with its absurd amount of commercials, and screwing me out of what would've been my first Rolex 24h (I only have FOX and FS1), this is going to be an atrocious year for their motorsports coverage.
 
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Johnny1996
Isn't that the Whelen Modified Tour race? Or am I thinking of something else?

If FOX's coverage of the Rolex 24h is any indication with its absurd amount of commercials, and screwing me out of what would've been my first Rolex 24h (I only have FOX and FS1), this is going to be an abominable year for their motorsports coverage. I'm not sure what abominable means, but it sure sounds bad.
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I think "Atrocious" is the word you are going for.
 
Speaking of ads, they wont get away with flooding them on us forever.

Youtube, streaming, on demand etc are seriously reducing the attention spans of the modern audience, myself included. We have so much at our fingertips. Now NASCAR continues to increase the amount of ads, upsetting people even more. The American audience can stomach it somewhat with football etc because you dont actually miss anything. Of course thats not the case in NASCAR.

They need to investigate TNT's 'full throttle' coverage or even what Indycar is doing. Just have a title sponsor somewhere on the screen and eliminate commercials outside of cautions.

If the new points system is modernizing the sport, then they need to modernize the coverage too. Last year's Daytona 500 was so bad, it was 5 laps, commercial, 5 laps, commercial, 5 laps commercial and so on. People wont deal with that forever.
 
Earth
Speaking of ads, they wont get away with flooding them on us forever.

Youtube, streaming, on demand etc are seriously reducing the attention spans of the modern audience, myself included. We have so much at our fingertips. Now NASCAR continues to increase the amount of ads, upsetting people even more. The American audience can stomach it somewhat with football etc because you dont actually miss anything. Of course thats not the case in NASCAR.

They need to investigate TNT's 'full throttle' coverage or even what Indycar is doing. Just have a title sponsor somewhere on the screen and eliminate commercials outside of cautions.

If the new points system is modernizing the sport, then they need to modernize the coverage too. Last year's Daytona 500 was so bad, it was 5 laps, commercial, 5 laps, commercial, 5 laps commercial and so on. People wont deal with that forever.
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EDIT: Oh yeah, you nailed it. :)
 
NASCAR to make announcement Tuesday: late Tuesday morning, February 4, NASCAR Executive Vice President of Racing Operations, Steve O'Donnell and NASCAR Vice President of Competition and Racing Development Robin Pemberton are scheduled to make an announcement outlining updates to NASCARs penalty and appeal processes.(2-4-2014)
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:nervous::nervous::nervous:
 
There's not a doubt in the world that Jimmie Johnson and Chad Knaus are the 800 pound gorilla of NASCAR stock car racing. A few weeks ago, he was the (deservedly) overwhelming best bet to win a 7th championship in 2014. Now, NASCAR, in its near-infinite commercial wisdom, has reduced the odds of the #48 gorilla repeating, and done a favor for itself and all fans.
 
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Can we not just have "Here's an appeal, let's make the punishment fit the crime?" Or does NASCAR deliberately want to make things as complicated as possible!!!
 
If I was in charge, I'd do three race suspension and 150 points dock as the lowest penalty. Then, maximum penalty would be 10 races (that can carry over to the next season if necessary) and 250 points dock. Why so stiff? Bottom line will be not to do anything that would result in a penalty.

And one appeal per season.
 
So yeah, that whole "worst" thing...
 
Furinkazen
Can we not just have "Here's an appeal, let's make the punishment fit the crime?" Or does NASCAR deliberately want to make things as complicated as possible!!!
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You haven't watched NASCAR very long, have you? :P
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