Today’s NASCAR race was heated. Kevin Harvick and Juan Pablo Montoya were compared to WWE wrestlers, per ESPN.com, after they collided with 15 laps to go in the race at Watkins Glen, New York. A fan was also escorted off the track when he tried to get racer Matt Kenseth’s autograph during the delay of the race. Tony Stewart also won for the third time in four weeks. NASCAR’s ratings have been on decline and they are hoping that this day of excitement way bring some viewers back. This brings me to wonder if some of this stuff is staged to increase the poor ratings. NASCAR fans are some of the most passionate of fans but they want to see excitement while watching cars go around and around a track for hours upon end. They love the drama between the racers because it can make them hate certain drivers for reasons. Tony Stewart has a solid fan base but he is disliked by many for his “aggressive” driving towards others on the track that can cause others to wreck and be out of that day’s race. His wins leave some ecstatic and others annoyed.
I don’t think the drama should be staged at all but it sure makes things more fun to watch doesn’t it? I can’t sit there and watch cars go in circles for hours without something happening. Today’s race was full of excitement and if NASCAR could have more races like these. It was great seeing Harvick and Montoya argue on the track especially since they both were misunderstanding what led to the crash taking place. I think they confronted each other out on the track to make things more interesting. They could have waited until later to go at each other but they didn’t. They fought in front of the crowd and on national television. Maybe they will start being like hockey soon and take off their helmets and start beating each other up on the track. I know that would be bad but it would make things more fun to watch.
I don’t think the drama should be staged at all but it sure makes things more fun to watch doesn’t it? I can’t sit there and watch cars go in circles for hours without something happening. Today’s race was full of excitement and if NASCAR could have more races like these. It was great seeing Harvick and Montoya argue on the track especially since they both were misunderstanding what led to the crash taking place. I think they confronted each other out on the track to make things more interesting. They could have waited until later to go at each other but they didn’t. They fought in front of the crowd and on national television. Maybe they will start being like hockey soon and take off their helmets and start beating each other up on the track. I know that would be bad but it would make things more fun to watch.
2 comments:
I turned on the Race last Sunday and it just happened to be after Montoya's wreck and right as the two drives started to get into it. This is not entertaining at all. This just seems to be a big joke. I don't care for it at all. I am glad the NFL season is starting so that this wont dominate the Sunday SC as much. Sorry, just had to vent for a second.
Whatever Jon, you know you love fights. I have witness you watch NASCAR on numerous occasions. Are you telling me that if people did not physically fight in NASCAR more you would not watch? I think you would for the fun of watching the drama. You admit you like to watch people fight in hockey. How is this different?
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