They have been around for over 50 years……..and? They didn’t have Brian France running the show then. He has made more bad decisions in 3 years then his father and grandfather did in 45 years.

They may have 50 fully sponsored teams but teams now need more then one main sponsor to exist with the escalating costs. How do you tell a sponsor they get the hood one week and not the next?

Nascar may be fine, but they want the best. There is a big difference.

I guess fine might be losing tv viewers and attendance.

Nascar will be fine.

it is the most popular motorsport in the USA.

I would be concerned people may be coming over because it is popular. Does that mean when it is no longer the most popular motor sport, everyone will bail?
Believe it or not, people coming for the money is very bad for Nascar or any motor sport. It drives up the cost of operation. Now, teams MUST get top sponsors, but, what if they can’t?

That is one of the things that split open wheel in the first place. $$$$$$$ and control over $$$$$$$$$.

A Nascar split is very possible. It almost happened before and Brian France isn’t exactly making good decisions.

You really can’t blame him or any of the open wheel drivers for wanting to race NASCAR, it is the most popular motorsport in the USA.

Popular is one thing. Driving 3400 lb cars around in circles is another.

Isn’t it odd that Nascar didn’t become popular until the open-wheel and sports car series split up?

The France family has helped that along quite nicely to their benefit. They started the Daytona Prototype series, thereby guaranteeing the split will continue in sports cars.

The IRL-Champ Car split just was dumped into their lap. Of course, having a Nascar race at Indy must help them when they speak to Tony George(the idiot) about the future of Nascar. Maybe they help him financially, it would be in their best interest to do so. Tony personally funds 3 teams in the IRL, maybe they write the check. I do know, they want the splits to continue, it benefits Nascar.

Now,they can talk to sponsors about how much better their dollars would be spent in Nascar. Bigger crowds, more tv time, etc.

But, I wouldn’t get too excited, Nascar is starting to have trouble attracting sponsors. Not only for the teams, but for the Busch series too. Teams are merging and folding. TV ratings are down and attendance is down. I believe things like this are cyclical. I believe Nascar has seen it’s best days.

The problem I see with Nascar is what are they going to do to get the sponsors and fans back? They are set with the COT and the series is somewhat limited as to what you can do. Are they going to race in reverse direction? A oval is an oval.(shortening the races might help)

Some day soon, open wheel will wake up and get back together. Mario is working on that as we speak. Who is respected more in American racing then Mario Andretti? The sponsors will return and so will the crowds.

What will Nascar do? Have a playoff? Spec Cars? Guarantee starting spots for the sponsors?

They have done all that and things are slowly falling. So, seriously, how will they get the fans and sponsors back? I know how open-wheel can do it…..re-unite.

There is NO Nacsar event as fun and exciting as the Long Beach Grand Prix. There just isn’t.