[DeTomaso] Is this as bad as it sounds (NASCAR)

[asajay at asajay.com]

I'm not a big fan, but I'll say this much. . .

I think the sport needs to be opened up again.  Let the mechanics and  
engineers try to make more power with less gas.  I figure half the  
innovation we could have had in the last 20 years has been stagnated  
by the idea of restrictor plates and such.  Where is the fun in that?   
It shouldn't just be one driver against another, it should be one TEAM  
against another: Pit crew, engineers, designers, builders, mechanics  
and drivers.  May the best team win.

If one team seems to walk away with it all the time, then the other  
guys need to figure out why, is it engine, suspension, transmission,  
driving skill?  This is what creates -creativity-, thinking outside  
the box, coming up with new ideas.  I think that's why NASCAR is so  
boring anymore.

Asa Jay

Quoting Gray Gregory <rgg at gregorycook.com>:

> Yeah, the other thing you can do is alter the way you apply the   
> rules and conduct tech inspections. Then there's the whole   
> restrictor plate thing...
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: detomaso-bounces at realbig.com   
> [mailto:detomaso-bounces at realbig.com] On Behalf Of michael frazier
> Sent: Wednesday, August 08, 2007 1:46 PM
> To: detomaso at realbig.com
> Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Is this as bad as it sounds (NASCAR)
>
>
>   I had an opportunity to listen to Jack Roush talk about NASCAR being
> controlled and scripted "just like wrestling".  I wasn't sure how you could
> do something like that.  He mentioned that when the cars get too spread out
> and things are going too smoothly, you can count on a yellow flag being
> thrown for debris on the track to get them bunched up again.  I don't know
> how deep it goes and he shut up after that, though you could tell there was
> a lot more to the story.  I really liked NASCAR in the 60's and 70's when
> they used "real" cars.  I can't get interested anymore.
> Michael
>
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