While doing a little Twitter searching last night I read an interesting post by Darrell Waltrip. He was talking about the differences between the old cars and the new car of today. He was limited by the letter count restrictions and had to break it up into several post, but here are a few of his comments.
The new cars of today will hurt you; the old cars would kill you. I had my wife kiss me before I climbed into the car because you didnt know if you would be coming back. Its safer today. And Not long ago a race team was in the drivers hands, set up and all. Now its in the hands of the Engineers, more people have an influence on the results.
NASCAR has shown the ability to make dramatic change when they wanted to; the COT is proof of that. It would make sense, seeing the decline of the sponsors and fans, that it is time to take a big swing at the issues facing the sport. Here are my picks.
1) The Haves and the Have Nots. It has always been a part of the sport but the distance between the two has grown much wider.
2) Too few teams, too many teammates. The risk of eliminating the small teams and the possibility of team orders is too great.
3) The impact of money and Engineers. Has it helped or hurt the growth and
stability of the sport.
4) The COT, Common Templates. I like the safer car, but do all the panels have to match. Can brand identity be increased.
There are others questions but these are the ones I continually mull over. As Ive heard some of you say before, NASCAR is turning into Indy racing. Everything is custom built and specialized and studied by engineers today. Is there a way to limit what can be done on the cars without giving total control and specs over to NASCAR and have them issue equipment to the teams? Is there no grey area left? I would like to see a more rustic NASCAR myself. How about you.
updated by @bumpertag: 12/05/16 04:02:07PM
