Humpy Wheeler: Too many drivers are points racing

[Gilbert Sam, Jr.]

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Friday, July 31, 2009

Humpy Wheeler: Too many drivers are points racing: Wheeler advises
NASCAR to look beyond the battered economy as a major reason for the
decline in attendance. "When a sport creates a lot of new fans, the
most difficult thing to do is keep them," he said. "What happens on
the race track has more to do with it than anything. If you have dull
baseball games, sooner or later people will lose interest. "Too many
guys are racing for points. I've never seen a fan buy a ticket to a
points race. You need a points race, but you need to gear it to
leading and winning. "Double-file restarts will help, but when races
run 3 hours you need excitement the whole time. If movies weren't
exciting or entertaining from start to finish theaters would
die." (Philadelphia Daily News)
http://www.gnextinc.com/nascar/index.html

Pocono Raceway plans to create solar eneryproject: Pocono Raceway,
which hosts two Nascar Sprint Cup races each year, plans to construct
the world's largest solar energy project at a sports facility. Track
officials said they would announce the project with a groundbreaking
ceremony on Friday, two days before the Sunoco Red Cross Pennsylvania
500 at the track in Long Pond, Pa. (New York Times)
http://www.gnextinc.com/nascar/news/pocono.html

Johnson surpised by his own consistency:
http://www.gnextinc.com/nascar/drivers/news/jimmie_johnson.html

Hornish looking to stay in stock car racing:
http://www.gnextinc.com/nascar/drivers/news/sam_hornish.html

Lowe's to end sponsorship of speedway:
http://www.gnextinc.com/nascar/news/lowes.html

Patrick taking time to decide future:
http://www.gnextinc.com/nascar/news/misc.html

DLP on the No. 96 at Pocono:
http://www.gnextinc.com/nascar/drivers/news/bobby_labonte.html

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