Socialism destroyed NASCAR, now the corporation is marketing racism for a new audience. Here is how and why from a simple observer perspective.
Auto racing is exciting. Auto racing racing is also dangerous; and became very expensive. Years of NASCAR success put them into the spotlight of big business; then another thing happened… A decision was made to make the racing “more competitive” through a series of rules and regulations that essentially made every car different but equal. NASCAR followed the socialist corporate model.
NASCAR intentionally tried -and succeeded- to slow the cars down.
‘It’s too dangerous‘ the corporation said. So restrictor plates, and rules, and regulations, and more rules, and even more regulations, until every minute detail of the car was governed. If all cars are equal, the emphasis will be on driver skill the corporation said.
Race teams focused on an increasingly diminishing set of variables that could make a difference. Pit crews were one example of emphasis…. until after a few seasons all pit crews essentially became equal. And so it went, and so it went…
Throughout the process of extra safety, speed-limiting regulation and corporate-driven equality, guess what else happened… yup, NASCAR races became vanilla. All drivers were created equal by corporate decree; audience share started dropping along with speedway attendance. The racetracks saw more and more empty seats because corporate socialism was sucking the vibrancy out of an exciting and competitive sport.
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