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NASCAR continues its downfall

So, the Coca Cola 600–one of the premier races of the year, is not going to be televised.

It’s going to be streamed on Prime Video. I punted Prime a while back because I rarely order from Amazon anymore and, even when I did, shipping became lax and the famous two day gratification would stretch out to sometimes a week.

One of my complaints about NASCAR (other than the woke Bubba Smollet stuff), is that I could never find the races. Switching from cable, to different over the air channels, and now to streaming just made it not worth it to try to find them.

I used to be able to have a whole day of racing: F1-Monaco, the Indy 500, and then the 600 with NASCAR.

I am NOT going to get a Prime subscription or a free 30 day trial for this race.

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28 responses to “NASCAR continues its downfall”

  1. crazyeighter Avatar
    crazyeighter

    I gave up on NASCAR, even before Bubba Smollett, when I figured out it was three hours of advertising interrupted with car crashes.

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    1. Midwest Chick Avatar
      Midwest Chick

      crazyeighter–the Car of Tomorrow was the beginning of the end

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  2. boneman1959 Avatar
    boneman1959

    Hell with it. I wanna see the upcoming WEINERMOBILE race in Indianapolis.

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    1. Midwest Chick Avatar
      Midwest Chick

      boneman–I’m REALLY looking forward to that one.

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  3. Peaowed Avatar
    Peaowed

    I gave up on it before “noosegate.” The race would start, run a lap or two then crash. Yellow, yellow, yellow…..on and on until finally green. Run a lap or two then crash. Yellow, yellow, yellow…on and on… Repeat, repeat… Screw that.

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    1. Midwest Chick Avatar
      Midwest Chick

      Peaowed–And the crashes were.. oddly timed.

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  4. apolcridecoeur Avatar
    apolcridecoeur

    noosegate?
    Snarkey …

    NASCAR like congress, is promoted,bought and paid for by sponsors with an agenda – stop buying the product(s), vote for the outsider and change happens – Prime Video, Gate receipts, merchandise, etc. Choke off the funding. QED

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    1. Midwest Chick Avatar
      Midwest Chick

      acryfromtheheart–Yeah, that was ridiculous. And agree. I have watched maybe one race in the past two years.

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  5. T Roy Avatar
    T Roy

    I always thought NASCAR was for the folks who couldn’t understand professional wrestling.

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    1. Midwest Chick Avatar
      Midwest Chick

      T Roy–The Venn diagram has some overlap.

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      1. T Roy Avatar
        T Roy

        Very astute observation.

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        1. Midwest Chick Avatar
          Midwest Chick

          T Roy–It’s the flip side. Good to be there, but viewing is limited. Not there so don’t get the vibe.

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  6. Patrick Avatar
    Patrick

    They lost me when they banned the rebel flag, but I digress…

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    1. Midwest Chick Avatar
      Midwest Chick

      Patrick–Good point.

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  7. T Roy Avatar
    T Roy

    Seriously, though- racing has to be the worst sport to watch televised. You get almost none of the experience that you do in person. Something about the smell of racing fuel or nitromethane and being in the crowd of spectators that makes the experience what it is.

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    1. Midwest Chick Avatar
      Midwest Chick

      T Roy–I like F1–it’s nice to have a bird’s eye view.

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  8. Mark@Bismarck Avatar
    Mark@Bismarck

    Watching a NASCAR race is like a 200 mph parking lot! No one is allowed to innovate or modify anything so all the cars have the same performance. To the contrary, if you do change anything you get fined or kicked out or both. With so many cars running so tight you’re bound to get more accidents.
    For the last 30 years it just been a bunch of corporate
    bill boards flying around the track. Bring back the old days
    of NASCAR when the cars were actually based on the
    manufacturers models and engines.

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    1. Midwest Chick Avatar
      Midwest Chick

      Mark–Exactly. Once the cars were standardized (beyond required safety measures) then it ceased to be a race.

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  9. Bustednuckles Avatar
    Bustednuckles

    For me, NASCAR shit the bed when they forced ’em to run restrictor plates, turned it into a 200 mph parade.
    Then they started pandering to the Woke crowd and it just got worse and worse. Now they can kiss my ass. I used to watch the Indy 500 every year but then Tony George fucked that all up so now about the only thing I will watch is an occasional F1 race or a bike race.

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    1. Midwest Chick Avatar
      Midwest Chick

      Bustednuckles–Yeah, restrictor plates are an abomination. I do watch the 500 and try to catch most of the F1 races.

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  10. avraham Avatar
    avraham

    even if you brush right away, I think cola is too corrosive

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  11. avraham Avatar
    avraham

    I think any is just too corrosive to be worth it, even if you brush right away

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    1. Midwest Chick Avatar
      Midwest Chick

      avraham–Okay?!?

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  12. goingdownhilllike Avatar
    goingdownhilllike

    So tell me Billy-Joe what’s your strategy for this race? Well Earl, I’m going to go fast and turn left. Then, I’m going to go fast and turn left. Next, I’m going to go fast and turn left. I’m going to try to do that for 600 miles, ’cause if you turn right, you’ll end up like Dale, the greatest left-turner ever.
    If you want to see how men race, tune in to the Isle of Man Tourist Trophy races which begin this week and continue for the fortnite (2 weeks). The worlds oldest motor race, two years older than the Indy 500. IOMTT.com

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    1. Midwest Chick Avatar
      Midwest Chick

      going–Yeah, it’s pretty limited. That’s why I like F1.

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  13. goingdownhilllike Avatar
    goingdownhilllike

    The oldest and best motor race in the world, ttplus.iomttraces.com/videos/2025-solo-tt-preview starts next week.

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    1. Midwest Chick Avatar
      Midwest Chick

      going–I always forget about the Isle of Man races. I’ll need to tune in.

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  14. WDS Avatar
    WDS

    NASCAR is boring as hell. Night-time drag races with the jet rails are pretty cool though. The last time NASCAR was amusing was this epic tweet from my former Governorette.

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