Comments on: What Makes A Good Race? http://bump-drafts.com/2009/10/15/what-makes-a-good-race/ "Just An Opinion, But It's Mine." Thu, 18 Mar 2010 16:16:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 hourly 1 By: Chris Piazza http://bump-drafts.com/2009/10/15/what-makes-a-good-race/comment-page-1/#comment-2692 Chris Piazza Fri, 16 Oct 2009 22:24:08 +0000 http://bump-drafts.com/2009/10/15/what-makes-a-good-race/#comment-2692 ok, so it's a money thing, just a business decision? Do they want to race or they just can't affort too? So they start and park. Thanks for the education! ok, so it’s a money thing, just a business decision? Do they want to race or they just can’t affort too? So they start and park. Thanks for the education!

]]> By: Bill B http://bump-drafts.com/2009/10/15/what-makes-a-good-race/comment-page-1/#comment-2691 Bill B Fri, 16 Oct 2009 18:18:38 +0000 http://bump-drafts.com/2009/10/15/what-makes-a-good-race/#comment-2691 @Chris Piazza, RE: "I still don’t get the start and park teams. why bother to show up at all." Have you done the math? Go see what 40th place pays for this weekend's race and then multiply it by 36. You'll see why they show up. @Chris Piazza,
RE: “I still don’t get the start and park teams. why bother to show up at all.”

Have you done the math? Go see what 40th place pays for this weekend’s race and then multiply it by 36. You’ll see why they show up.

]]> By: Chris Piazza http://bump-drafts.com/2009/10/15/what-makes-a-good-race/comment-page-1/#comment-2690 Chris Piazza Fri, 16 Oct 2009 18:13:33 +0000 http://bump-drafts.com/2009/10/15/what-makes-a-good-race/#comment-2690 I agree on some of the comments of what makes a good race but not all. I'm not an old time Nascar fan, I have only been a fan a few short years. I like side by side racin, and close finishes, I enjoy the road races. I still don't get the start and park teams. why bother to show up at all. But for me, it is the way they play the game. Yea, some of the races are boring, but what matters is winning the game/race. Crashes are exciting but not necessary to make a good race. You have different styles of race track, you have different styles of driving a race car, you have different types of racecar drivers. If you have a driver who goes all out all the time he or she will win some races, if the equipment holds up. If the one who takes care of his equipment and is there at the end to content for a win, who is the smarter driver? I don't know, but how they get to the end is what matters for me. I agree on some of the comments of what makes a good race but not all. I’m not an old time Nascar fan, I have only been a fan a few short years. I like side by side racin, and close finishes, I enjoy the road races. I still don’t get the start and park teams. why bother to show up at all. But for me, it is the way they play the game. Yea, some of the races are boring, but what matters is winning the game/race. Crashes are exciting but not necessary to make a good race. You have different styles of race track, you have different styles of driving a race car, you have different types of racecar drivers. If you have a driver who goes all out all the time he or she will win some races, if the equipment holds up. If the one who takes care of his equipment and is there at the end to content for a win, who is the smarter driver? I don’t know, but how they get to the end is what matters for me.

]]> By: KRB http://bump-drafts.com/2009/10/15/what-makes-a-good-race/comment-page-1/#comment-2689 KRB Fri, 16 Oct 2009 15:44:27 +0000 http://bump-drafts.com/2009/10/15/what-makes-a-good-race/#comment-2689 Totally agree with everything you're saying. Bill B, you hit the nail on the head too. Heading to Martinsville next weekend. I hope it doesn't rain! I know that road courses aren't favorites for a lot of NASCAR fans but I really love watching the two on the schedule. You've got to race hard from the get-go at these tracks too. I think a lot of people don't link the history of the sport to road courses and the bootleggers who started this sport. Those guys were racing on back roads much more similar to the road courses than the ovals. Also, the first NASCAR sanctioned race was on a road course. If they take away races from Darlington, North Wilkesboro, and Rockingham they should at least replace them with road course races. Auto Club races should be replaced with other California road courses. I don't think they'd have the same attendance issues. Same with Michigan and Texas. If you put more road courses in the schedule then there won't be any throw away races. Let the haters start commenting. Totally agree with everything you’re saying. Bill B, you hit the nail on the head too. Heading to Martinsville next weekend. I hope it doesn’t rain!

I know that road courses aren’t favorites for a lot of NASCAR fans but I really love watching the two on the schedule. You’ve got to race hard from the get-go at these tracks too. I think a lot of people don’t link the history of the sport to road courses and the bootleggers who started this sport. Those guys were racing on back roads much more similar to the road courses than the ovals. Also, the first NASCAR sanctioned race was on a road course. If they take away races from Darlington, North Wilkesboro, and Rockingham they should at least replace them with road course races. Auto Club races should be replaced with other California road courses. I don’t think they’d have the same attendance issues. Same with Michigan and Texas. If you put more road courses in the schedule then there won’t be any throw away races.

Let the haters start commenting.

]]> By: Bill B http://bump-drafts.com/2009/10/15/what-makes-a-good-race/comment-page-1/#comment-2687 Bill B Fri, 16 Oct 2009 13:33:09 +0000 http://bump-drafts.com/2009/10/15/what-makes-a-good-race/#comment-2687 Maybe one of the reasons we fans think the racing sucks is a byproduct of having more races on 1.5+ mile tracks. Larger tracks lend themselves to a driver being able to pace themselves. They can wait until the last quarter of the race to push their equipment just making sure they stay on the lead lap. Back when more of the schedule was comprised of shorter tracks drivers were forced to race hard the whole race. Saving your car to race in the last quarter of the race is pointless if you are two laps down. If you don't race hard on a short track you lose a lap pretty quick. Maybe one of the reasons we fans think the racing sucks is a byproduct of having more races on 1.5+ mile tracks. Larger tracks lend themselves to a driver being able to pace themselves. They can wait until the last quarter of the race to push their equipment just making sure they stay on the lead lap.
Back when more of the schedule was comprised of shorter tracks drivers were forced to race hard the whole race. Saving your car to race in the last quarter of the race is pointless if you are two laps down. If you don’t race hard on a short track you lose a lap pretty quick.

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