Uh-OH what will NHRA do now? (1 Viewer)

[PJ]

Mike Helton says NASCAR not interested in mandatory cautions - ESPN

Burton Smith wants Nascar to have mandatory cautions every so often to make the races more exciting.

He already got 4 wide out of us, (I wonder if he was behind the cdown) how will he twist this for drag racing. Drivers must stop at the 800, do a chinese fire drill around the car and take off again

ok, I'm a little bored this morning lol

 

[twostep]

That idea is dumber than a red brick, and will go nowhere. Rarely does a NASCAR race complete without one or more cautions, anyway.

 

[Jim]

Bruton Smith is WRONG on this one.

The countdown (in NASCAR and NHRA) is already a "redistribution of wealth" (which works well for its' purpose of keeping fan interest and I like it) but bogus or planned caution flags are a contrivance that take away from the race DURING the race and, frankly, might drive fans away.

 

[Mike]

From Jayski:

A call for mandatory caution periods has refueled an ongoing debate in NASCAR: How much manipulation is too much?
"I'd rather have that than some mysterious debris caution," four-time champion #24-Jeff Gordon said. "The integrity of racing is about letting the race play out, and sometimes that's the most exciting finish, sometimes it's not. Trying to get in the middle of that can be challenging. If you're going to do it, it's got to be something planned in advance, and you take a break. I'm not totally against it."
"Auto racing is auto racing," #99-Carl Edwards said. "That's what it is. It's not going to be a Game 7 moment in every race. That's what makes some races great. If you start affecting the competition like that, it's analogous to stopping a basketball game if the score gets too far apart and putting the score back at even. That, to me, is not what auto racing is about. NASCAR said it had no plans to implement mandatory breaks, but pre-determined caution periods are not new to the sport. NASCAR occasionally calls "competition yellows" if officials deem a stoppage necessary to evaluate the cars, tires, track or other circumstances. "Our product on the track is exciting, and sports is a true reality show in how it unfolds as an event," NASCAR President Mike Helton said Thursday. "You have to be careful when you think about artificially creating the outcome of that."
"I would not be against it if the races continue to run green the whole way with one or two cautions," #16-Greg Biffle said. "I think Over time that could lose the fans' interest sitting in the stands and watching on TV. That's not what we want.

 

[Butch]

You want excitement? I'll give you excitement. How's this?
Just run a race in this order. Green, White, then Checker.
Wont take all day. You can get the race in under an hour. Less fuel tires used. I'm just joking but it's just as dumb as Mr. Smiths idea.

 

[clwill]

You want excitement? I'll give you excitement. How's this?
Just run a race in this order. Green, White, then Checker.
Wont take all day. You can get the race in under an hour. Less fuel tires used. I'm just joking but it's just as dumb as Mr. Smiths idea.

'Bout the same as 1/8th mile drag racing

 

[Dave]

They have them already, they currently call them debris on the track that cannot be found half the time.

 

[Speed1288]

Shorten the races. F1 has the perfect length for their races. They rarely take longer then 2 hours and are just as exciting

 

[Jim]

Shorten the races. F1 has the perfect length for their races. They rarely take longer then 2 hours and are just as exciting

NASCAR fans would then be sitting in the parking lot trying to leave longer then the race they just saw

 

[The Swegian]

Shorten the races. F1 has the perfect length for their races. They rarely take longer then 2 hours and are just as exciting

Unless it's changed, I think F1 races do have a 2 hour time limit. An F1 race is a predetermined number of laps OR 2 hours, whichever comes first.

 

[vegasnitro]

Unless it's changed, I think F1 races do have a 2 hour time limit. An F1 race is a predetermined number of laps OR 2 hours, whichever comes first.

It is 2 hours or 300 kilometers, whichever comes first. That is how they set the number of laps at a given track, they divide 300 by the length of the track, and then subtract 1 lap. That is why there are 80 laps at Monaco and only 48 at Spa. The goal for Uncle Bernie is to average 150km/hr so the race finishes on time, since the rule was implemented VERY rarely does a race come close to 2 hours. In fact races at Silverstone and Monza rarely last an hour and twenty minutes these days as they are averaging well over 200km/hr at those tracks. There was some hope those races would be lengthened, but when refuelling got banned that was that. The "shortest" race ever was the last race on the Nordschleife at the 'Ring (1976?), it only took 14 laps to make 300km.

EDIT: the shortest race ever was the 1970 race at the Nordschleife, it was complete after 12 laps due to inclement weather. Jackie Stewart had a 4 minute lead after the first lap and went on to win with great ease, or as easily as one could win in a torrential downpour on the most dangerous circuit in the world. I doubt JYS would say it was "easy".

 

[rckymtn3]

to keep in the F1 theme....

Frank Williams was once asked on camera what he thought of American NASCAR racing....he grinned that cheshire grin of his and said "it's not racing, it's entertainment"

 

[NYNitro86]

to keep in the F1 theme....

Frank Williams was once asked on camera what he thought of American NASCAR racing....he grinned that cheshire grin of his and said "it's not racing, it's entertainment"

That's like Vince McMahon's famous line "We're not Rasslin We're Entertainment"

But do we need NASCAR to make the Coca Cola Commercials a Reality?

Coca-Cola Tease - YouTube

 

[jackass]

Brutons got an over stock of hotdogs.. thats all.. he knows during cautions people go to the bathroom and buy hot dogs.. thats all....

 

[sdwarf36]

Brutons next trick will be greasing down one lane of the 4 wide. Because his studies show that fans dont like multiple racing lines.

 

[mike]

naw...Burton'll take out the center line(s) 'cause rubbin's racin' son......