NASCAR Fights Back To Gain What They Should Have Never Lost, It's Fans

NASCAR president Mike Helton made an announcement saying that the sport neeeded to return to its "If your not rubbing, your not racing" scheme of things in what I call an act desperation to gain back the fans they should have never lost.

Throughout the past few years the sport which at one time was more popular than the NFL, saw its attendance and television ratings drop considerably. We sometimes saw half empty race tracks at some of the seasons premiere races. I deem that all of the rules chances made which pretty much sucked the fun out of watching racing gone and if broken, given costly penalties.

Even the drivers themselves would publicly criticize the new rules saying "just let us race." With the rules to attempt to rid of any type of conflict in the sport the fans began to lose interest, which meant in the economical times the country has been placed in, nobody wants to spend a few hundred dollars to watch forty-three men drive around in a circle.

Other rules included featured such items like no bump drafting at Daytona and Talladega and changes to the spoilers. Now I for one could care less about the spoiler rule but the no bump drafting one really set me off. That took all the fun out of watching the super speedways. And yes I am one of those crazy people who watch for wrecks. But now Helton is lifting the bump drafting rule which means we get to more of...well...you know.



Now many people say that NASCAR should have never changed things around and those of you who think that are dead on. I really don't get why you would change a good product. Well NASCAR you have seen the effects of your bad judgment and will now fight to get back what you lost.

But there is one more problem NASCAR. Your still too expensive to attend. Keep in mind the trend right now is to stay home and watch the sporting event from home. But with NASCAR, if you so choose to stay home and watch, you'll most likely end up missing half of the race due to commercial breaks.

Good luck in your fight to gain back your fans NASCAR because in the times we're in right now, you're going to need all the help you can get.

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