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By: Ikedi Ani-okoye

Once, just once, I would like to see Kyle Petty win a race in NASCAR...or close in the top 5 or the top 10. Heck, 15th place would be something to see. Narrow, Bobby Labonte, Elliot Sadler, Michael Waltrip or anyone outdoor the top 20 in standings have no chance of being so lucky...or the same . Today, in NASCAR, your attractiveness, persuade and looks dictate how well you will perform throughout the season.

I have a theory; if you have 2 of the 3 characteristics, you will have a much better possibleness of getting a ride on one of the top worker teams. Top 20 driver, pretty much guaranteed. The other drivers on the cusp or borderline of these traits get a drive on the part of teams or the Nationwide Broadcast...the others with talent...well, you can tune into the Craftsman Truck Series. A wealthy Run Cup squad and it's sponsors(multi-billion buck corporations) need the better drivers who could interpret there specific variety. It's no coincidence that the Running Cuppers look like Hollywood "A" list celebrities and the Pushcart Broadcast drivers look like...well, everyday, median people.

The squeaky sanitize Run Cup Periodical is in danger of alienating its nucleus fans by giving a product that used to be competing and titillating into certain and dim. The Cart Periodical, which has not been affected as much by big money, has become the predominantly more competing and enthralling broadcast.

This is Run Cup racing at it's peak excitation years, 10-15 years ago. Any one of these drivers has a legal chance of winning and this, more than anything, is why we attend or tune into a race or any fair circumstance in the first place...the outcome is not a pledge or lock. Sprint Cup is in danger of becoming too predictable...the top 12 drivers have an 80% chance of winning a race. To paint a better picture, if you were gambling on NFL games and warranted these ratio, you would be capable to buy your own NASCAR aggroup in a few years.

Formula 1, considered to be the maximal tier of automatic racing, has for decades been the highest worker of desire and overmuchness. The production is alternate. Northeastward American race fans have always put a premium on caliber of product...the NASCAR product is in danger of losing its base fans because the product has become secondhand. Here's what must change or the NASCAR fans interest and forbearance will slowly convey with irregularity attending and television ratings.

(1) Race TRACKS Must Become More COMPETITIVE: Daytona, Talladega and Bristol give the fans the most competitory and stimulating races for your dollar. These six races in a 36 race season allow us to observe close bumper to bumper racing with the potential of a admonish at any instance. These three tracks display one familiar characteristic...deep banking on the turns thus creating tall speed action and close racing...and yes accidents.

The appeal of racing is danger. Not so much risk that someone gets wounded but a sense that one false move or mishap could create an edge for one driver and the end of the day for another. That's drama and that's what fans want. The majority of tracks do not provide such exhilaration. Most of the tracks offer single line racing with the commanding car slowly picking off cars one by one; no three wide racing...just harmless racing usually prevailed by the 12-15 elite teams.

(2) Income SHARING Will Make Maternity: Let's distribution the wealthiness a bit to secure the hereafter of this sport. Video income can be disbursed accordingly to the weaker teams and down to the stronger teams. With more cash, the tiny guy may afford the technology essential in gaining an edge in racing. Hendrick, Roush and the other SuperTeams need some rivalry or fans Will become uninterested with the same drivers winning.

(3) Carefulness FREE RACING=CARS Winning Vast LEADS=BORING Race: The selected teams are so fantabulous today that these cars are establishing big leads early on in the race thusly leaving the bottom worker teams a lap down, in some cases, 25 laps into the race.

This, joined with the drivers "playing it secure" for the first three quarters of the race has made audience impatient with the programme and motility for the remote. I've been to three races in New County and could plight that about forty percent of the fans are out of their chairs and searching for souvenirs or nutrient(or beer) after about 20 laps. Of course, most are back watching for the last 20 laps but I cannot say as much for the telecasting viewer...the race is probably forgotten about at this point.

(4) TOO Numerous COMMERCIALS DURING Video BROADCASTS: Isn't racing one big commercial? Just look at the cars, the driver's and pit crew's uniforms...heck, the roll at the top of your screen has a sponsor changing on screen every 10 minutes. Too many commercials=lack of interest. A better way, if all the commercials are needful for ESPN, ABC, FOX etc. to break still, why not have a division screen with the race programme continuously? In any case, the networks have to bring the race back to the fans and not show themselves as some greedy money machine.

(5) More Focusing ON THE LOWER Worker DRIVERS DURING BROADCASTS: Every driver in racing is principal. Even if the chances of winning are slim for some, every driver WANTS to win and better every week. One driver that has a season under his(or her) belt is a year of experience and growth mentally and technologically for the the driver and squad.

We, as race fans, need to see a part of each racer and there strategies(and pit stops) throughout a race. Watching Jimmie Author and Dale Earnhardt Jr. for the majority of the broadcast does not allow the fan to fully appreciate the drama that is racing. I'd like to recognise how fast Kyle Narrow is going, how numerous laps Bobby Labonte is down, if Mark Martin's car is sprinting well or having problems.

I sense that the networks see a lot of these drivers as scene scenery, to use a pic analogy. By leaving these drivers in the trash and focusing only on drivers with a high Q assessing, the networks are only reinforcing the fact that the NASCAR Sprint Cup circuit is mastered and ran by the elite.

Let's desire that the groups of NASCAR do not turn this amazing sport into Process 1 and alienate a sphere of fans...I need to Love NASCAR again...not just like it!