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It like all sports is having attendence issues, all of them -- fordham 02/11/2019 4:15PM COT and NASCAR's ineptitude -- HokieJay 02/11/2019 12:44PM So would you say the buffer that masked the sport from dying -- jcvt11 02/11/2019 1:37PM To a certain extent, yes. -- HokieJay 02/11/2019 8:28PM My fault. I sold CC tickets to RIR. Been downhill ever since. ** -- 48zip 02/11/2019 12:01PM Feb 18, 2001. Downhill from there. ** -- King Jaffe Joffer 02/11/2019 11:44AM This x1,000... -- Diehard Hokie 02/11/2019 1:51PM Yep. Imagine if Tiger died around that same time, what would -- King Jaffe Joffer 02/11/2019 2:15PM Not enough plastic items printed with drivers faces available ** -- bigbadbird 02/11/2019 09:51AM Here's a longer answer from me...a long time race fan -- HokieJamie 02/11/2019 12:48AM Long time racing fan... -- TopGunHokie 02/11/2019 11:56AM
02/11/2019 11:37AM Living in Blacksburg now, I'm not too terribly far from Martinsville. -- jcvt11 02/11/2019 10:09AM AKA: "The Paperclip" -- EDGEMAN 02/11/2019 12:33PM Apart from Cassell or Lane, its my favorite place to watch an event. -- jcvt11 02/11/2019 1:42PM I wondered how much the switch from smaller, regional tracks -- Tafkam Hokie 02/11/2019 10:15AM They've definitely gone away from their roots. -- jcvt11 02/11/2019 10:32AM What's amazing to me is, none of that is about the "sport" -- WestyHokie 02/11/2019 09:47AM Ticket prices ** -- hokiewasp 02/10/2019 11:43PM Seems like a huge waste of gas & boatloads of tires. ** -- Hoakie82 02/10/2019 11:35PM Hmm, just heard on tv tonight it was the second most popular sport behind -- AZHokie59 02/10/2019 11:13PM It’s a sign of the automobile age reaching maturity. -- HokieSignGuy 02/10/2019 9:58PM Thanks, kinda what I was reaching for ... -- `lag 02/11/2019 09:24AM Good point with the cell phone comparison. -- HokieSignGuy 02/11/2019 10:32AM Got some deeper philosophical points on that...that is reality vs VR... -- `lag 02/11/2019 2:15PM Strong post ** -- CPRVHokie 02/11/2019 07:50AM Kinda wondering how many "car guys" are still around... -- `lag 02/10/2019 9:54PM Now that I think about it, you don't see many cars as main "characters" in -- Tafkam Hokie 02/11/2019 10:27AM Yeah, it's a hard thing to quantify I suppose but that would be one way to -- `lag 02/11/2019 3:05PM Speaking of that, you should buy a "modern" English sports car as a 2nd... -- EDGEMAN 02/11/2019 08:41AM I've tried. I would need to be about 4 inches shorter. As it is... -- `lag 02/11/2019 10:01AM Guess I need to visit my local Mazda dealer -- EDGEMAN 02/11/2019 12:28PM I dunno, I certainly don't fit and I *think* there's a consensus if you're -- `lag 02/11/2019 2:20PM Appears Miata sales are still very strong, and the FRS/86/BRZ was... -- EDGEMAN 02/11/2019 08:39AM The car scene is stronger now than it ever was in the past IMO -- typed by ben 02/11/2019 08:13AM Gotta disagree a little. For "Car Fanatics" you are probably right. -- MilwaukeeHokie 02/11/2019 1:21PM So what do you say to the people who say -- YardBird 02/11/2019 09:36AM Probably true to an extent -- typed by ben 02/11/2019 10:01AM Yeah, there’s a video of a guy in his Tesla smoking most of his -- YardBird 02/11/2019 10:17AM After driving 81 to NOVA and back so many times, I welcome the -- HokieSignGuy 02/11/2019 10:37AM No, you're right, I'm just going down memory lane... -- `lag 02/11/2019 08:51AM Ppl still "tune carbs", now it's fuel injection and it's done with a laptop -- typed by ben 02/11/2019 09:08AM I still have a "carb tuning" device I purchased from the UK -- EDGEMAN 02/11/2019 12:30PM Grate. I need to borrow an SRS scanner. ** -- 48zip 02/11/2019 08:27AM Got you covered homie. Can also do MB-STAR (M-B) and EDIABAS (BMW) ** -- typed by ben 02/11/2019 09:02AM Double post** -- typed by ben 02/11/2019 08:10AM Oh, it's got cachet, baby It's got cachet up the ying yang!!! -- TexasGobbler 02/10/2019 11:03PM Name 5 current drivers. -- hoosnowahokie 02/10/2019 9:16PM Dick Trickle. Is he still racing? ** -- SDHokie 02/11/2019 2:00PM Probably 4 or 5 times a night ** -- Newt 02/11/2019 5:03PM The grate Jim Massey -- `lag 02/10/2019 10:34PM Dale Sr., Dale Jr., Richard Petty... -- EDGEMAN 02/10/2019 9:45PM The sponsors want cookie cutter drivers -- capitals1 02/10/2019 9:24PM I never understood why it was ever popular -- WestyHokie 02/10/2019 8:56PM Your last point is part of the issue now -- Vienna_Hokie 02/10/2019 9:21PM Just like tennis. The equipment killed the sport. The cars got -- Femoyer Hokie 02/10/2019 8:46PM I’m was a fan and it’s been ruined. -- two91hokies 02/11/2019 08:38AM As a tennis player I agree, sports reach vanishing point the more the... -- `lag 02/10/2019 10:01PM The great recession, 4K television and high ticket prices ** -- RoanokeHoo 02/10/2019 8:34PM Drivers too corporate, no real competition, too many other options -- Vienna_Hokie 02/10/2019 8:10PM Didn’t Stewart kill a guy? ** -- CPRVHokie 02/10/2019 8:13PM Yes ** -- 81_Hokie 02/11/2019 07:15AM No, a dipwad stepped in front of Stewart's car trying to be a tough guy -- Vienna_Hokie 02/10/2019 9:18PM Was Stewart driving the car that hit the dead guy? And did Stewart take no -- CPRVHokie 02/10/2019 9:46PM So if you hit a pedestrian it is your fault, when they step out in front of -- fordham 02/11/2019 4:13PM Doesn’t make you a murderer but it makes you a killer. -- CPRVHokie 02/11/2019 4:30PM I beg to differ. That was essentially a suicide. -- HokieJay 02/11/2019 12:50PM Technically, he didn't hit a dead guy. ** -- 48zip 02/11/2019 08:08AM No replacements for dale jr, jeff gordon or Tony stewart ** -- HokieJamie 02/10/2019 7:16PM Decline happened with them at their prime. ** -- CPRVHokie 02/10/2019 7:22PM ...Ricky Rudd retired ** -- chumley 02/10/2019 7:15PM They priced their core base out of the -- capitals1 02/10/2019 6:58PM Sacrificed profitable, fancentric smaller markets for corporate, what they -- 133743Hokie 02/10/2019 8:34PM I think that's it, although i'm NO NASCAR expert. They also spread out -> -- HOKIERIT 02/10/2019 7:57PM Ultimately that will be good for the sport. Get back to the roots and focus -- CPRVHokie 02/10/2019 7:23PM Yep .. it will be the 1st major sport to have a total reboot. -- capitals1 02/10/2019 7:54PM If they go back to their base, those track WILL remain...the BIG tracks-> -- HOKIERIT 02/10/2019 7:59PM It's Boring: too many races, too long, cars are the same except -- Josey Wales 02/10/2019 6:49PM Agree about boring, but there are people to whom those are FIGHTING words ** -- HOKIERIT 02/10/2019 8:00PM They moved away from their core customer base ** -- ValveHokie 02/10/2019 6:45PM On the other hand what sport is thriving? ** -- UTPr0sim 02/10/2019 6:23PM NFL bounces back this year. NBA is doing well. ** -- RoswellGAHokie 02/10/2019 7:48PM NBA? There were more viewers for the AAF than NBA Saturday night. ** -- 48zip 02/11/2019 08:09AM Need to view NBA as global sport. ** -- HWA 02/11/2019 10:22AM No way game 1 of a new football league should beat an NBA prime time game ** -- 48zip 02/11/2019 10:43AM Soccer -- CPRVHokie 02/10/2019 6:52PM Not THE reason but a contributor: TV coverage got almost good enough -- Rinoki21 02/10/2019 6:17PM It was always a niche sport. ** -- CPRVHokie 02/10/2019 5:46PM Soccer?.......sorry man. 2 soccer slams in 1 day constitutes trolling. :>O ** -- HOKIERIT 02/10/2019 8:02PM Well, the SC stands for "stock car"... -- ShortFatHokie 02/10/2019 5:15PM Thats why I like sports car racing. Those cars are built from production -- EDGEMAN 02/10/2019 6:18PM Did you go to the Rolex 24 at Daytona in Jan.? If you haven't been -- GO!! ** -- Josey Wales 02/11/2019 4:23PM Here's a Cadillac -- 48zip 02/11/2019 08:13AM Here's a Mercedes -- EDGEMAN 02/11/2019 08:48AM Here's a Corvette -- EDGEMAN 02/11/2019 08:49AM Here's a Porsche -- EDGEMAN 02/11/2019 08:50AM Here are a couple of BMWs from Radford, VA -- EDGEMAN 02/11/2019 08:53AM A Honda Civic -- EDGEMAN 02/11/2019 08:55AM A Mazda MX-5 -- EDGEMAN 02/11/2019 08:57AM A Mini Cooper -- EDGEMAN 02/11/2019 08:58AM Best of all......it's a Cadillac! -- 48zip 02/11/2019 09:29AM They're working that back in. -- jcvt11 02/10/2019 5:19PMTech Sideline is Presented By:
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