Comments for Up Top The Pit Box http://uptopthepitbox.com A 360-degree view of NASCAR Sun, 19 May 2013 20:05:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ Comment on Suffocation, Math, and Johnson: The All-Star Race by Mike Danvers http://uptopthepitbox.com/2013/05/19/suffocation-math-and-johnson-the-all-star-race/#comment-809 Sun, 19 May 2013 20:05:24 +0000 http://uptopthepitbox.com/?p=384#comment-809 Yes, the Danica thing was predictable/ridiculous. The thing every poster before me quotes is that they’re a long time Nascar fan, back even to the 60′s and 70′s. Don’t you middle-aged white guys realize that Nascar doesn’t care about your opinion anymore? They want young people, women and minorities to watch because they know someday soon you’ll start to die and then Nascar is really in trouble. You complain a lot, but you still watch every week. They’ve got you (and me) but it’s like anything on TV today…it’s all about young people and advertiser dollars.

]]> Comment on Suffocation, Math, and Johnson: The All-Star Race by Tim Krantz http://uptopthepitbox.com/2013/05/19/suffocation-math-and-johnson-the-all-star-race/#comment-808 Sun, 19 May 2013 15:52:44 +0000 http://uptopthepitbox.com/?p=384#comment-808 Get the front ends of the cars off the ground,and let the teams bump the rear spoilers up or down a few degrees. This “foot on the floor” all around a mile and a half track is rediculus. There was GREAT racing at Charlotte when ave. speeds were in 160/170MPH

]]> Comment on Suffocation, Math, and Johnson: The All-Star Race by Lynn http://uptopthepitbox.com/2013/05/19/suffocation-math-and-johnson-the-all-star-race/#comment-807 Sun, 19 May 2013 15:25:46 +0000 http://uptopthepitbox.com/?p=384#comment-807 I’m with you on people on this, I haven’t watched a NASCAR race in two years. However I do read about the results, and still have my favorite drivers. But NASCAR is really just Big Time Wrestling in a car. This Danica thing they keep trying to ram down our throats really shows it all. She has the best equipment, and financial support, yet she couldn’t even win a Nationwide race in two seasons. Her finish in the Nationwide last season on the surface wasn’t too bad, until you realize that the 6 drivers in the top ten were Sprint Cup drivers, and not allowed points. That means she finished in the twenties somewhere. The cost of the sport, and the greed that forces them to manipulate the races,like the no penalties against Gibbs, is destroying the sport. It won’t be too many more years that NASCAR will no longer be on TV every week, and NASCAR will have no body but itself to blame for their greed.

]]> Comment on Suffocation, Math, and Johnson: The All-Star Race by GT Mustang http://uptopthepitbox.com/2013/05/19/suffocation-math-and-johnson-the-all-star-race/#comment-806 Sun, 19 May 2013 14:00:34 +0000 http://uptopthepitbox.com/?p=384#comment-806 Ken, I agree. I have been watching since the days of ABC Wide World of Sports in the 60′s! I have been attending since the early 70′s. Used to be exciting and unpredictable, most of the time. There were dominant teams like Petty and the Wood Brothers. But the action was there. Today, it is so vanilla (with my apology to vanilla) that the racing is predictable. Now what is exciting about that? Stands are empty because most of us don’t want to pay the price to be bored. I can be bored at home, but at least I can turn the channel or get some food, etc.

]]> Comment on Suffocation, Math, and Johnson: The All-Star Race by Ken http://uptopthepitbox.com/2013/05/19/suffocation-math-and-johnson-the-all-star-race/#comment-805 Sun, 19 May 2013 13:31:33 +0000 http://uptopthepitbox.com/?p=384#comment-805 NASCAR has finally eclipsed the WWE. The hype was too much, the racing was boring. Danica being voted in was a joke. The vote counters must have been imported from Chicago, if you know what I mean. Followed NASCAR for over 45 years and I’m sorry to say that I’m done with them,. Brian has turned a once pretty good sport into circus with the announcers nothing but shills. He has silenced the drivers. This is not just my opinion, the stands have fewer and fewer fans, TV ratings are flat at best so those not in the stands are not watching on TV.

]]> Comment on Suffocation, Math, and Johnson: The All-Star Race by Josie http://uptopthepitbox.com/2013/05/19/suffocation-math-and-johnson-the-all-star-race/#comment-803 Sun, 19 May 2013 12:02:05 +0000 http://uptopthepitbox.com/?p=384#comment-803 I am not quite sure how JJ got placed 4th on the final stop…my math ( and the Speed crew’s) was alittle different than Nascar’s … Guess that’s why they get the big bucks! The Showdown was fairly boring…the All Star race had its moments…but quite honestly it wasn’t worth all the hype…

]]> Comment on Suffocation, Math, and Johnson: The All-Star Race by Mikey Mike on da Mic aka @loafysezbelch http://uptopthepitbox.com/2013/05/19/suffocation-math-and-johnson-the-all-star-race/#comment-801 Sun, 19 May 2013 08:29:29 +0000 http://uptopthepitbox.com/?p=384#comment-801 Outstanding article! And you hit the nail on the head!

It doesn’t really matter what rule changes are made, what NASCAR does with the segments, or anything else; the cream rises to the top!

]]> Comment on Suffocation, Math, and Johnson: The All-Star Race by The EVP http://uptopthepitbox.com/2013/05/19/suffocation-math-and-johnson-the-all-star-race/#comment-800 Sun, 19 May 2013 05:01:45 +0000 http://uptopthepitbox.com/?p=384#comment-800 Another great article!!!!! Can’t wait to see you working for NASCAR!

]]> Comment on Monday Night Daytona 500 Gives Us Much To Talk About by Omega3 http://uptopthepitbox.com/2012/02/29/monday-night-daytona-500-gives-us-much-to-talk-about/#comment-790 Sat, 11 May 2013 16:01:15 +0000 http://uptopthepitbox.wordpress.com/?p=60#comment-790 Your way of describing the whole thing in this article is actually
nice, all be able to simply know it, Thanks a lot.

]]> Comment on Musings of a Young NASCAR Blogger: Do I Dare? by Rob McCurdy http://uptopthepitbox.com/2013/05/01/musings-of-a-young-nascar-blogger-do-i-dare/#comment-777 Mon, 06 May 2013 20:41:58 +0000 http://uptopthepitbox.com/?p=371#comment-777 Brava, Kristen. It’s easy to get riled by the critics out there, but remember we, too, are critics. If we can dish it out, we have to learn to take it (or at least deal with it) as well. Just know with time, the slings and arrows of criticism don’t dull, but how you cope with them do. Keep writing. You’re doing a wonderful job.

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