Wise move by NASCAR

RickyBobby

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Jul 6, 2008, 6:35:52 AM7/6/08

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This is the "dead zone" in the American sports calendar year so of course
NASCAR would not want to run any races and attract any attention.

But then when college and pro football starts NASCAR would not dream of
having an off week.

Good thinking there. Enjoy your vacation.

Nancy2

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Jul 7, 2008, 11:02:18 AM7/7/08

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The dumbest thing they did was not to lift the "impound" after the
practice was rain-cancelled. I couldn't believe they were sticking
with their stupid impound rules.

N.

RickyBobby

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Jul 7, 2008, 11:28:17 AM7/7/08

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"Nancy2" <nancy-...@uiowa.edu> wrote in message
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N.

I do not disagree with you but the impound rule is rather esoteric and does
not effect teevee ratings quite as much as the presence of football. The
teevee ratings drive the sponsorship and the sponsorship drives the race
cars. Having an off week in July is not exactly the smartest thing I have
ever seen in sports. People do watch teevee and spend money on stuff all 52
weeks of the year.

SimRacer

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Jul 7, 2008, 4:02:23 PM7/7/08

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I am hoping that the impound and "set testing dates and tracks" both
go away after this year. The impound stuff doesn't appear to be
acheiving anything other than assuring that the few small/underfunded
teams left stand no chance at making the race AND THEN being
competitive after getting in since they have to go to the garage after
the first race lap and re-setup their cars for the actual racing
conditions and away from their qualifying setup.

And I think they should go back to the old testing methods. 7 open
test dates "per car" (28 per 4 car team) and give the rookies back
their extra tests and or extra track time at tracks they've never been
to in a Cup car before.

armpit

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Jul 7, 2008, 6:08:30 PM7/7/08

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"SimRacer" <NOsimr...@yahoo.comSPAM> wrote in message
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I generally agree with your points, however, I would like to see some kind
of step-down reduction in tests for multi-car teams.

For example:

1 car team - 7 total tests
2 car team - 12 total tests
3 car team - 16 total tests
4 car team - 19 total tests

Multi-car teams already enjoy a huge advantage due to pooled resources. I'd
like to see changes to reduce that advantage.

John McCoy

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Jul 7, 2008, 6:27:32 PM7/7/08

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SimRacer <NOsimr...@yahoo.comSPAM> wrote in
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> And I think they should go back to the old testing methods. 7 open
> test dates "per car" (28 per 4 car team) and give the rookies back
> their extra tests and or extra track time at tracks they've never been
> to in a Cup car before.

The thing that I find very encouraging is, they've asked the teams
"what do you want to do". Now, of course there's no guarantee
they'll actually listen, but if the majority of the teams say "one
session per track" or "20 per owner" or whatever, and that's what
NASCAR does, it'd be hard to say it wasn't fair.

John

TS02_05champ

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Jul 8, 2008, 3:21:19 AM7/8/08

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WTF are you talking about now, racist?

RickyBobby

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Jul 8, 2008, 3:42:56 AM7/8/08

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"TS02_05champ" <tonystewar...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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There are 31 days in July but only three races.