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Fire on Fridays: NASCAR Should Be Alarmed by Tony Stewart’s Comments

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The past few weeks have not been good to Stewart-Haas Racing.

First, Kevin Harvick’s No. 4 team was hit with an L2 penalty following the race at Talladega Superspeedway; the penalty resulted in a 100-point deduction in both driver and owner standings, as well as crew chief Rodney Childers incurring a $100,000 fine and four-race suspension.

However, the exact infraction is not known to fans, drivers, or even the team. With Harvick speaking out about the safety of the Next Gen car over the past few weeks, some are taking the penalty as a means of retaliation on Harvick.

Just one week later, Cole Custer’s No. 41 team was docked 50 driver and owner points, while both he and his crew chief, Mike Shiplett, were fined $100,000, with Shiplett suspended indefinitely, for manipulating the end of the Charlotte Motor Speedway ROVAL race. Custer seemingly brake-checked Austin Dillon and Erik Jones in an effort to get teammate Chase Briscoe additional points to advance into the Round of 8.

The move worked, but NASCAR immediately said it would investigate the actions of the No. 41 team. The damning evidence came from the No. 41 radio, when Shiplett told Custer that he needed to check up due to “a flat tire.”

So let’s do some quick math here. Two SHR teams have lost a combined 150 driver and owner points, accumulated $300,000 in fines and have two crew chiefs who will probably not return to the track until Phoenix Raceway at the earliest.

You can only imagine how the bossman feels about this situation.

After initially appealing both penalties, the team dropped the Harvick appeal. That’s when Tony Stewart sounded off to the Associated Press about the situation.

“I’m not going to talk about it,” Stewart said. “I’m so mad at NASCAR, I’m not going to talk about it. Super glad I’m going drag racing this weekend. If it weren’t for the fact that I’ve got a couple appearances that I have to make, I wouldn’t be in another NASCAR race the rest of the year. I wouldn’t waste my time.”

Oh, boy.

If I’m NASCAR, I’m sounding alarm bells at these comments. This is a team owner — a championship-winning team owner, no less, who is also one of the most successful drivers in recent NASCAR history — who is so frustrated with the last few weeks that he wouldn’t even attend the rest of the races if he had the choice.

Stewart’s statement wouldn’t really hold as much weight if it weren’t for the fact that he owns an NHRA team and stated in that same article that he has had a lot more fun in the NHRA atmosphere than NASCAR.

Along with this, Stewart has put out tweets that have mentioned looking for new hobbies that aren’t Southeast-based:

Regardless of whether or not Custer’s penalty was justified, if a team owner is this upset with NASCAR right now, it should cause concern within the higher executives of NASCAR. While it’s highly unlikely that Stewart will straight up shut down his team (co-owner Gene Haas might have something to say about that), there’s still a possibility that the Hall of Famer could sell his share of the team and leave the sport entirely to focus on NHRA.

In fact, both Stewart and Haas have their own projects to focus on — Stewart has the NHRA AND the SRX program, but Haas also could redirect his efforts toward his Formula 1 program. The effects of a team like SHR either shutting down or losing its majority owner could completely change the landscape of the Cup Series.

Stewart has never been a person to shy away from a bold statement, as both a driver and an owner. So if he’s as mad at NASCAR as he says he is, he could be one more wrongdoing away from pulling himself out of the sport entirely — and feeling good about it.

In the midst of everything that NASCAR has had to deal with the last few weeks — the safety of the Next Gen car, the next media deal, outraged drivers/teams and several instances of disrespectful/manipulative driving — an upset owner who has noticeably distanced himself to focus on other projects is the last thing NASCAR needs on its plate right now.

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237 thoughts on “Fire on Fridays: NASCAR Should Be Alarmed by Tony Stewart’s Comments”

      • How come when Hendricks team pulls the same BS nascar has no problem With them manipulating the outcome ? If I was Tony I’d be done with nascar and field another top fuel team or funny car or both .I’ve despised nascar since they threw that phoney caution flag for imaginary debris no one has ever produced that robbed Carl Edward’s of his championship a few years back ,also their next Gen car should be named the next concussion special . They knew before the season started the cars were unsafe but pushed them through anyway.

      • They all cheat. If your not cheating your not winning, period. NASCAR, has their favorite teams. They can do no harm. It’s a rigged business!!!! Love Tony, Nascar sucks From the day Dale Earnhardt passed. I don’t watch NASCAR any more.

        • Seems they can’t innovate anymore and it’s a shame. I was a lifetime fan until the segments and the Champion isn’t really the best driver over all.
          I will say it freed up a lot of weekends for me.

      • The race is altered every dam week by somebody or some teammate every race open your eyes and pay attention with a Super speedway race altered every lap.help set up ahead of time help set up by the spotters race finish altered finishes almost every week certin people pushing certin ones on every restat so don’t tell me it dosent go on every week That’s Racing Blocking has become part of their Areo car racing clean air worth to much car is to Aero dependent My Opinions are my own only

    • Nascar didn’t seem so upset when Hendricks put a ringer on in one championship race so Jeff Gordon could win his first championship. But then that was Hendricks and Gordon. That’s a fact

      • And don’t forget they did nothing to their golden boy Chase Elliot when intentionally wrecked Harvick at Bristol to get Larson the win. Open manipulation that was ignored.

    • Earnhardt Sr. Did a hell of alot worse then that. Nascar has turned into football, can’t do this can’t do that somebody will get a booboo. Let them have at it, do whatever it takes to WIN!!!

      • Can I get an Amen?
        I don’t want drivers hurt, but this over policing is awful for the sport.
        I loved the 80s, and 90s racing!!!

    • If this was Hendricks team nothing would have been said. NASCAR is starting to resemble a government instead of a governing body. LETS GO BRANDON

  3. Nascar had become a joke. The new car is a joke,all the road courses are a joke the Bristol dirt race is a constant fiasco. To many paper champions. The playoff format is a joke.

      • I do not watch anymore, my business spent thousands of dollars a year entertaining employees and customers haven’t in 10 years. Just so disappointed in the way Nascar has gone. SAD

        • And when someone as well known in NASCAR circles as Tony Stewart speaks out about the problems, many more fans will follow suit by finding something more enjoyable to watch.

      • A lot of people can’t watch it. Most races are not on broadcast TV anymore and are on some streaming channel that some people can’t access or afford. Nascar is driving away their grass roots fans!!!

        • I couldn’t have said it better Mary. I cut the cable cord long ago and haven’t been able to watch many races at all. Nascar is loosing fans at alarming rates.

          • They do not care, fans and tickets do not make Nascar profits!! TV rights do! Until NASCAR and it’s sponsors feel the money pinch, nothing will change and BTW, that new car is too stiff and will kill a driver if not softened up. Look at the concussions just this season!!

      • I don’t watch it anymore. NASCAR has become BullS–t racing.
        Ray you and the other handful of fans will have plenty of room in the stands to watch this crap

    • Yes it has. Mr France is rolling in their graves. How much do the people running it know. Nothing, playing at it. I think Jim France is the only honest one left. But then you have Lisa France Kennedy turned it over to her son and it’s been down hill since then.

      • My wife always says why do watch all those old races. I say because that’s when racing was fun. New car is a joke, tires going flat, suspensions breaking. Come on nascar!!!

    • I use to never miss a race. Since all the nonsense changes that have gone on. I could not care less. They have ruined the sport. It has become a joke.

    • NASCAR has ruined the championship system completely. What is called NASCAR now is no longer the creation of Bill France Sr. It wasn’t broke so why did these clowns have to mess with it. The road courses at Charlotte, Daytona and Indianapolis aren’t good for NASCAR. The original road courses were fine. NASCAR isn’t Formula One or Indy Car so why are they trying to make it that way? You want true racing people continue to support your area dirt tracks. That’s real racing instead of what NASCAR is.

  4. NASCAR is not fun to watch any more, it turned into bullshit racing. NASCAR need to go back to it roots. Because they have lost a lot of us that grown up loving this sport. I am one of them. I am passionate and I love this sport, but there is nothing stock about these cars anymore. And most of these drivers today they don’t do it because they have passion for it they only drive the car because of the money they get. Whoever is pulling the strings behind NASCAR is another woke political person

    • I agree 100%. NASCAR has lost a lot of fans and I am heading that way. They just don’t give a damn about the drivers or the fans.

        • Brian France was run out of nascrap because he was a drug addicted and had no clue how to run the organization.

        • Sorry to say NASCAR was starting to go downhill when Brian France had it. Inviting Toyota into the sport was technically the beginning.

      • Same here I’m so tired of it I love it back in the old days before they started closing tracks and acting like the government

    • Too many rules and changes have destroyed the spot we love! NASCAR must have hired a fleet of lawyers to run their series! Too bad to see this happen !

      • It’s never been run what you brung, even back to that first meeting in the motel, they set the rules for the competition to go by, yea every team uh um stretched the rules but it’s never been run what you brung, if that were so they wouldn’t have tech pre n post race even back then!

        • You have to read the book a lifetime going around in circles by Darryl waltrip. In that book it says they never had post race inspections back in his day that’s how they were able to circumvent (cheat :) ) some of the rules was the fact that they didn’t check the cars at the end of the race.

    • Agree 100%. I’ve been saying this for a couple years now. How about the sound of 36 electric race cars coming down the front stretch to start a race at Daytona…. Invigorating thought isn’t it? Talk about woke group ruining something else in our country.

      • Jeez you showing your ignorance, it’s also 2022 not 1988, and this woke bullshit comments, yea I prefer the era of racing I grew up in, also have a street stock n a late model stock but I can also look at the calender and see it’s not 1992 when I built my first Street stock either, will their be an all electric NASCAR division, yea, will it replace NASCAR as we see it no not in our life times at least not mine, hybrid is coming in a cpl years, bit folks as much as I hate to admit the future is here!!!

        • F Joe Biden! F electric cars! F the tree huggers and this new generation of soft,panty waste wanna be’s! They all think they’re gonna save the world..meanwhile all they’re doing is making everything suck..look how much it’s all went down the tube just in the last 2 years..will be lucky to survive 2 more! God forbid 6 more..

    • Have agreed with you for a long time. We finally quit watching 2 years ago. Just hated all the weird rules that were confusing and the stage racing sucked. Seemed to make a long race longer.

  5. Seeing as how much money and backing he gets from Ford in everything he wants to do (sprint cars, NHRA and Eldora ), I don’t think he risk losing it all by pulling his NASCAR team.

  6. If Nascar has such concern with Stewart Haas racing why don’t they look at other organizations like Gib so organization were around Mr Hamlin held back so truex could get into playoffs a few weeks ago what about that kind of crap

  7. I don’t blame Tony at all. His team gets the shaft while the Hendrick drivers get treated like golden boys. I’ve been a NASCAR fan since the 60’s but I’m losing patience with them.

    • The only reason they’re treated that is because they’re good at what they do, Larson wasn’t that good until they put him in a Hendricks car.

  8. With the exception of hiring Rodney Childers and Harvick, what else has SHR done to tangibly improve its Nascar effort since inception? Maybe funding Kurt Busch when no one else would touch him? This team was kicking butt as a satellite of HMS (although paying dearly for that privilege). The move to being a ‘key partner’ Ford team only maintained performance on one team while the others have floundered.
    Both partners appear to be too busy with other projects to direct operations and the people they’ve hired simply aren’t getting the job done on either the personnel or engineering side of the business. Dodge would rather talk with RFK than SHR…what does that say?
    But who is going to walk in with 100 M to buy the 4 charters, let alone the rest of SHR? With a “pile of dung” business model for the teams, who wants to invest in 4 car operation? Apparently, no one. But reducing to a 2 car operation may be a rational alternative.
    It will take and Earnhardt or Andretti sized bank account to pull all or part of this purchase. Both have done the business cases and both are staying away.

    • Great observations and spot on. I’ve been a fan of Stewart and his love / commitment to racing (not always his behavior, but he is who he is). Agree, both he and Haas seem to be focused elsewhere. If Tony is not happy with NASCAR, perhaps he should look closer to home and see if there are any opportunities @ Indycar?

      To be honest, he’s always had a contentious relationship with NASCAR. I was actually surprised he wanted to stay in the series as an owner to begin with. But as you pointed out, getting rid of those charters at a loss will be costly. When Dale Jr – of all people – doesn’t even see the value / ROI in a Cup charter, something is seriously wrong!

  9. I am fed up with NASCAR . They let some team get away (Hedrick) with things and they pick of other for speaking up . Toni should be mad about it . I like Tony,NASCAR can go to h..,, If Tony leave , so I will too . Tony and Harvick is the main reason I have watch NASCAR and they treat them bad for speaking out . They are costing the team money and points for there problem .

    • I’m with you Tony and the old man are the reason I still watch every weekend. I was hopeful Kyle would end up at SHR. O well Seems to me
      Hendrick has all the power. Without him NASCAR would be doomed though.

    • I’ve already left. Would come back for some good old racing. Not the crap form they race now. Too much big brother. Too much trying to make it fair for everyone. Too much driver whining about things they have easier than they did 20 years ago. Too many rich guys with teams. Pushed out the possible up and comers.
      I started going to races with my grandparents when I was about 6. Wish it would have stayed Winston Cup.

  11. I want nascrack to start telling what the hell the infractions are for instead of section 3box 123.98 of actions detrimental to sports

  12. I doubt NASCAR can afford to lose Smoke. The only possibility here is if Stewart-Hass decides to leave NASCAR and then sells out to Dale Jr. for a decent price for their charter.

    • Unless there is a total overhaul of NASCAR, they’ve lost him. He’s just playing out the clock. The teams can’t make any money with this structure. The cars are crap. And the fans are losing interest. I give it one more year until you see at least two major teams fold.

  13. Why did nascar make such a big deal when the 9 car did the same thing to the 4 car? Not a peep from naschevyar.

    • Here is the difference…Elliott did not slow down and block Harvick, he simply didn’t slow down and pull over to let him go by. Harvick was not fast enough to pass him or even get to him and bump him out of the way. And, by the way, he wasn’t fast enough to keep Larson from passing him. Simply…just not good enough.

  14. NASCAR has become a joke anyway since so of the GOATS retired. The best drivers that weren’t from tons of money and didn’t start racing at 5 years old such as Dale Sr, Waltrip, Wallace, B Elliot etc actually had to work on their machines and in many cases fund the operation to an extent made the sport. These kids that are infiltrating NASCAR from the grassroots level to the Cup level don’t have the same respect and tenacity that the NASCAR from the 60s through the 90s had. On top of that, NASCAR is more worried about shedding their Southern Heritage and so called image that they were built on that they’ve started making the sport more like a reality show. Just the new cars for example have a lot of resemblance to an IMSA car which shows what audience they’re looking to attract. I still watch a little, but the grassroots weekly tracks are where you can still see the best racing!

    • It all started when Jimmie Johnson left. He saw the writing on the wall. Now, Harvick, Stewart, and many of the veteran drivers are getting fed up. SO, NASCAR, should take notice. The FANS are getting fed up with the POLITICS, BAD CARS, ETC. WE THE FANS ARE IMPORTANT!! If all the fans leave, what does NASCAR HAVE??

  15. Many drivers have said concerns about the new car and have not been punished. Breaking rules though nascar has always responded. With social media we here about it. Drivers, teams and owners have easy access to be heard. Some boundaries had to be set. The new car has new rules on parts and what the teams can do with them. Changing the outcome of a race with points on the line. Who makes it to the next round of playoffs should be punished. So I’m hoping the boundaries have been set and in the future nascar will stay out of it and let drivers decide the outcome. Everyone clearly knows the rules.

    • With all the frustrating on these cars WHY DONT NASCAR STOCK PARTS FOR THESE CARS AND. THE PARTS QUESTION WOULD BE ON THEM @ALL RACE CARS BE INSPECTED PRE RACE @POST RACE. ????

  16. So the 41 check up to get his teammate got extra points. Didn’t the 9 car intentionally block the 4 car so his teammate could win a race? So why is it ok for the one team to do it and not another? That’s Nascar playing favorites again.

    • Does Anyone Remember that BLOCKING to Help a Team mate is
      What led to the Tragic Death of Dale Earnhardt.
      It’s been around for years,

    • Chase just took his line away. He didn’t block him. Harvick wasn’t good enough to pass him or even get to him and bump him out of the way. And wasn’t good enough to keep Larson from passing him. Just plain and simple, he wasn’t good enough. Facts are facts.

  17. I love Tony and he is right the new car sucks I haven’t watched a race since the one in Los Angeles and stage racing sucks because the last time I attended a race is when they started it and don’t wanna go to another or watch it because I would rather watch SRX.

    • Yes!! SRX and IROC identical cars to show what driver is capable winning. Not this we’re Nascar and these particular teams will win, even if we, Nascar, have to cheat to make it work.

      Can I add as a side note that Ryan Blaney is in the top 8 without a win. I want him to take the championship because Nascar thought this stage racing would be better. Go YRB!

  19. Nascar was the best in 2001. It has gotten worst with every subsequent evolution. It’s not Motocross! It’s not the X Games… and Nascar certainly isn’t going to “steal” anyone else’s fans, but as should be abundantly clear, you drive away your base.

    Also, quit running off veterans for the next (and cheaper) young gun… people relate to drivers in their own peer group.

    That’s the thing that separated NASCAR… having driver / team stability… if you want a sport where the entire team and key players change the NFL and MLB have it covered.

  21. NASCAR has to go back to racing. No stage racing erase you pit anytime you want. Change your tires. Fuel up anytime you want but the race continues this stage. One stage two and final. It’s like three little races. It sucks

  22. This is craps why you can t help yur team succeed people this has been going on for awhile they do it at Daytona and the other big tracks by pushing their team to the lead now its a problem they dnt like tony Stewart because hes not afraid of them especially Kevin harvick they are burning NASCAR up..

  23. Didn’t chase Elliot pull the same blocking last year on Harvick to help Larson? No penalties on that move.

  24. First off, the next Gen car is unsafe! The main base is rigid, not allowing for any collapse during an impact. The whole car is built off of this mainframe, just for aerodynamics? And the “low profile tires”.. what for tire mfq R&D! This is not a driver-friendly car. In last year’s car, you could catch a spin entry without spinning out! With this car….the whole garage of drivers is at risk of hard impacts!

  25. Never was much of a Nascar fan , always an NHRA fan so I think it’s great that Tony Stewart has moved over to NHRA

  26. SRX is way more entertaining anyway. Hasn’t been the same since Tony left. Oh and I’ve been a fan since the 70’s, Petty Man.

  27. He should dump nascar all together. It’s been going down hill ever since all this nexgen crap. Ratings are so low people would rather watch grass grow

  28. Heat the next gen car reminds me of road race cars fruit cuppers hate them using the indie style one lug situation to me they taking the stock out of car love all the safety things for the drivers absolutely NASCAR as a whole has gone way downhill the France family needs to wake up the stand show it the number show it you know it been around racing my whole life I’m 65 years old and I can’t believe that it’s come to this

  29. NASCAR has forgotten where they started from, the smaller tracks, and events that produced profits for the local business where the races being held. Daytona Firecracker 400 many fans from all over the country planned their summer vacations, stay in Daytona enjoy the beach attend Firecracker 400, maybe visit Disney World. A NASCAR fan for the most part is blue collar hard working individual who is loyal to his favorite team/driver and their sponsors. I would say it’s pure greed has ruined the sport for me and many other fans.

    • So glad Nascar has taken the medicine and done the hard work involved in building a new racecar. Those of us who design, engineer, cut, weld, tune etc etc (and even drive) know that you don’t build something this complicated without a certain amount of finessing required.
      Think how hard it is to shape front ends to achieve relative aero parity yet give design differentiation among the 3 brands to keep them happy when a .015 thick piece of tape under the wrap is enough of an advantage to risk penalties. Think how hard it is to make a whole new modular racecar, with a chassis built in sections so it’s cheaper for the owners to repair yet strong enough to handle like a modern sports car and still protect the drivers in super speedway type crashes that tear away the entire front end and engine, then get hit by a 200 mph traffic jam.
      The new car looks more like it’s street version. It now has modern 18″ tires and wheels, independent f&r suspension, rack and pinion steering, rear mounted sequential shift transaxle and a new durable carbon reinforced body.
      So now that data is being collected after real world racing, changes will be made to soften the impacts the drivers feel. That is just how things work.
      Remember the early days with the IRL’s Indy car design and the back injuries before the rear attenuators were developed.
      It’s easy to spread hate and point fingers. It’s hard to face challenges and work through them.
      I, for one, applaud Nascar for a job well done and look forward to seeing how our fellow gear heads improve the product and the racing going forward.

    • Sorry Mary. That wasn’t meant to be a reply to any particular comment. I’m a first time online responder. Rookie mistake.

  30. The plan here….trade in all the fire suites and helmets for spandex, hire Vince McMahon and it will be WWW NASCAR…..perfect.

  32. I would love to see Stewart sell is shares an tell that none athletic sport centered around rednecks to stick it where the sun don’t shine

    • Without NASCAR then us rednecks won’t have nuthin’ to do but go huntin’ and fishin’ and makin’ corn liquor.

  33. 1)They need announcers like Ken Squire . That man made NASCAR more fun to watch.
    2)Stop all the techno strategy talk.Lulls me to sleep every time! Leave the fan to guess a little!
    3)Abolish “Teams”. If Manufacturers team up so be it. Every man for himself period.
    4)One good hit and the h
    car looks like a weeble wobble toy going to the pits(boom! out of the race!)
    Yes Nascar’s desperate attempts to will back fans and happy racers is falling short!
    …Mic drop…..

  36. Typical NASCAR and their ‘grey area’ rule book. If they want to fine you for something they will. Tow the line, be a poster child and you can get away with murder. Tony could always head back home and field some USAC teams again.

  37. The cars that they are driving are junk ! More engineering bull crap and ass kissy nascar is becoming a democratic series!

  39. NASCAR is dirty as it comes to any other sport they want some body from Hendrix team to win it since NASCAR can be better in Vegas in bookies and not going to lose their money it’s all set up now days just like any other sport and you can believe what you want but nothing’s up and up anymore.

  41. Yes I followed NASCAR since 1967 back when it was real racing when we had real mechanics real drivers real hard-working car owners and it didn’t cost tens of millions of dollars to race a season. There’s so many rules in place and having basically an IROC series type car there’s definitely no room for innovation late nights working hard in their shops to try to make their cars fast and they say they do all of these new cars and all of the changes and all of these rules to lower the cost for the owners! These owners say it’s more expensive to purchase one of these new cars and have to buy each and every part from the mandated manufacturer that Nascar has put into place then it was to have real mechanics real fabricators that actually could make a lot of things in their own shops. I don’t even pay attention anymore and I love my Wood Brothers but they were old school and I think these new style cars just doesn’t fit into their scheme of the type of racing that they always have known as a race team. If you notice there’s no more of anyone in NASCAR talking about the new Leonard Wood the new Dale Inman the new suitcase Jake elder the new Smokey Yunick. It’s all engineers that no one in the stands can actually relate to.

  42. Tony has been quite all year. If he likes drag racing better than nascar go for it. A change might be good. Nascar could not care less and take Harvick with him.

  43. After 40 yrs of watching Nascar I have only seen 4 races this yr.. why.. this 3 start stop is a joke go back to the old days where you had to work harder in the pits to have a game plan for fuel and pit stops on green ..and it’s Not stock car racing anymore..
    Dale Earnhardt Sr would roll over and spit at the owners of Nascar

  44. NASCAR JUST PLAIN GOT TOOOO! GREEDY – TOO PC
    Pushing out Sponcers
    Tobacco-Hard Liquor
    Fake Cautions
    Buying the tracks (they use)
    Stealing Team Sponcers
    Sticky stuff on bad tracks
    More Rode courses
    Tooo l o n g of a season
    High Ticket prices
    It’s just. $$$$$$$$
    Fake penalties for punishment
    THERE WAY OUT OF CONTROL

  45. I left NASCAR when they decided to deny their Southern heritage, several years ago. I would rather watch F1 than NASCAR. It has become a laughing stock! They make up the rules as they go, and the new cars are laughable, and a danger to the driver’s health! Not worth my time.

  46. I think Brian France has ruined the sport. If I wanted to watch a boring sport were the participants were not allowed to share their opinion I would watch a tennis match. Congratulations Brian France you have single handedly destroyed your family’s business.

  47. Two thoughts on this. First off, Tony Stewart’s a joke and he proves it every time he opens his mouth. On the other hand I’m thinking if Stewart’s this upset everyone probably should stay in their car

  49. Every year some team pulls a stunt to advance a team mate in the Chase. Dump the play offs.

    The car us junk. Harvick is right. NASCAR gets butt hurt when they get called out. There have wheels fall off, increased injuries, fires and a host of issues with this turd of a car.

  50. It is amazing how so many people who claim to hate NASCAR come to a NASCAR website just to complain. If you do not like the sport anymore than go watch or do something you enjoy otherwise stop whining just to whine.

    • The like and dislike buttons are screwed up. With that said I completely disagree with you. You got a thumbs down from me ONLY. Not the plus two.

  51. If NASCAR keeps trying to please all the woke crowd, it’s going to go bad quickly. Most of them do not even drive. They ride E Bikes and scooters.

    • You’re out of touch. Nobody who cares about Nascar is on an e-bike or scooter anywhere other than in the pits.

    • Number one, nascar has been going down hill for years now. When the Earnhardt’s and Stewart, and some the other drivers left the sport a few years ago it went into decline. Nascar kept changing the rules then went to stage racing and now have the drivers in junk that is unsafe. All to save a few dollars. Has nothing to do with woke.quite politicizing the sport.

      • True race car fans set up in the stands eating bologna sandwiches and drinking beer. Typically a budweiser. The wine crowd sets at home watching the race sipping wine or worse yet setting in a catered sky box not even watching the race and telling nascar what to do.the biggest mistake so far is nascar listening to them.

  52. NASCAR…….. REALLY….. There’s not one ” STOCK ” part on these fabricated cars. A Chevy is a Ford…. A Ford is a Chevy…. A Toyota is a Chevy…. A Ford is a Toyota…… They are all the same except for the decals on them !

  53. To me if you go to a concert to see and hear a great show and a race breaks out, so you watch because it’s convenient, you are not a racing fan. You are not attracting “race fans” you are attracting money! Obviously camera personnel are directed to not show the stands in their shots for a reason. They can only sustain this kind of BS for so long. Then we can all go drag racing, motocross, rallycross etc. Yeah!

  54. I have been done with Nastycar for a few years now. I was big into it, then they have just run it into the ground w/ these BS points change ups and banning this & that to appease the snowflakes. I used to watch Tony all the way up in his career & as you see I still follow him not them. I hope he does tell them to stick it and go DRAG RACING full time.

    • Why is it that you think NASCAR is doing all of this damage to what use to be, the greatest sport, because of snowflakes? How many drivers and crew chefs are from the Southeast US, hell even Tony Stewart is a Midwest boy. No NASCAR isn’t doing any of this for the snowflakes, they’re doing it for the money and because the idiots running NASCAR today know nothing about the real sport.

      • Yeah they are. It’s all about money and the “woke” crowd. Along with the cancel culture is why NASCAR is doing what they’re doing. They couldn’t care less about the sport.

        • They only care about the mighty dollar! Everyone knows go woke go broke because the ones that want to cancel everything don’t spend money on the things they are canceling! NASCAR needs to get back to their grassroots but it’s probably to late for that!

      • Giving bubba Wallace a win is number 1. He was not in a quote straight up race car. When nascar provides the restricter plates or now the fuel map they can pick the car or cars with speed. Wallace averaged a 31st place finish at Kansas but win going away. LOL. That is Woke. Hamlin and Harvick went from around 20 combined wins three years ago to 2 to 3 per year while Chevy drivers Chastaine and Suraze win 3 so far this year BS Hendricks did all the next gen testing and now Chevy has more wins than Toyota and Ford combined. World Wide Wrestling has been releagated to 2nd in putting in the FIX

    • Nascar sucks. Quit them when they said ford needed more spoiler because fucking chevy could not out run the birds. Then came plate racing oh my fucking god shit show from hell.

  56. Tony Stewart has my support on whatever he chooses. He came to a local store in north Texas a few days back. When it was my turn to get my autograph I told him we had met in Miami at the Home Depot and asked him to print his name on a racetrack vest managers wore. He signed it back in Miami. I don’t recall what I said but he smiled, with all that’s going on in NASCAR to his team , he didn’t act like he had a care in the world. Thank you Mr. Stewart for the years of excitement as you raced your way to victory lane. It’s your life brother! Do what makes you happy, life is too short. Blessings on your decision. Hopefully you won’t walk away completely from motor sports.

  58. It is truly incredible what has happened to NASCAR, and it is ONE. HUNDRED. PERCENT. the result of money-driven, unfathomably out of touch, and profoundly misguided leadership. The France grandchildren completely own this current debacle.

    I was watching the 1994 Brickyard 400 a couple of weeks ago, and the first thought that struck my mind when I started watching was, “You know, there wasn’t a damn thing wrong with the racing back then.” It was FINE.

    It was also hugely popular and growing by leaps and bounds. Ratings were through the roof and races sold out everywhere. NASCAR was literally in a position to knock the mighty NFL off of its insanely lofty perch as the most popular sport in the country.

    All the sport’s leadership had to do was LEAVE IT ALONE.

    But in 2004 Brian France took over, and implemented NASCAR’s most idiotic decision in history, over the loud objections of fans…the Chase. Adding an obviously contrived playoff system was the beginning of the downfall for NASCAR…and every decision the sport’s leadership made was, and still is today, geared to driving ratings and revenue and “increasing excitement”. Because apparently, the people who have been running the sport have always thought stock car racing was boring.

    Well, it’s worked out just great for this sport to continually and habitually thumb its nose at its core fan base, trying to appease the “they just go around in circles” and “I want to see more wrecks” crowd. Attendance at races is pathetic, because NASCAR starts races way too late on Sundays. The latest mandated car is an even bigger joke than the Car of Tomorrow was, and boy, that is saying something.

    Companies grow big by focusing on providing a great experience for the customer. Their declines start when it becomes all about what makes money. Where is NASCAR’s focus at this point? I think that’s obvious.

    The current mess that is NASCAR is an absolute case study in how to destroy a successful business. Books could, and should, be written about this.

    • Couldn’t agree with you more. The real NASCAR fans were there for different reasons. Some because they love one car manufacturer and hate the rest. Others were there to watch a certain driver and some because of the sponsorship on the car. Back in the late 80’s early 90’s, more women watch the Daytona 500 than men, that’s why we saw sponsors like Tide get into NASCAR. Then there were the fans that watched NASCAR because of the engineering. Who could squeeze that extra 3 hp out of their engines, or figure out a way to carry an extra half a gallon of fuel, or tweak the body for more speed, and yes, who could out smart the rules.

      • In my opinion you can equate the present day Nascar experience with an OVERtuned engine… As if management trued to squeeze some extra horse power from the sport. The difference between the garage and the committee meeting is the ability to recognize an overtune and reverse course.. Time to hit the reset button.

      • You just gave multiple reasons to tune in every week and pay attention. Nowadays, unless you love multi-car pileups, car fires, and driver injuries, there’s no reason to keep watching.

  59. The TV Networks need to go find a Ken Squire type to do the TV Broadcast in 2023…..Or really just get it over with an let MRN do a Simulcast with both FOX,NBC …Mike Joy,Earnhardt an all the others can jump in the Broadcast etc……….don’t take a pit stop at the end of a stage……pits are always open so driver can do a stop an go an get a lap back, in crease pit road speed etc….bring back the excitement!…..thx

  60. I was at one time a nascar fan! I looked forward to watching the legendary battles between the true tough guys. It started for me in the early 70s. This was when you might get lucky and catch it on wide world of sports. I haven’t watched it a race since I don’t know when. NASCAR looks just like politics, a Big Hot MESS!

    • Same here Brad I tell everyone that those few laps on Wide World of sports had me hooked and when they started showing full races on ESPN I was a full die hard fan a redneck in the North! What’s happened to this sport is a real shame!

  61. Couldn’t blame Tony Stewart a bit to leave NASCAR . It could possibly wake up some of the idiots who are screwing up NASCAR and making the fans leave .

    • The real problem is that NASCAR is too White and the owners, just like in all professional sports, are anti-white commies.

  63. To me, NASCAR thought fans were so loyal, figured they could put a turd on 4 wheels, and the fans would show up. So they started tinkering because their fan base was mostly confederate flag waving rednecks. Is simple as one day, they woke up, and we’re embarrassed about their current fan base. And they thought they could surpass the NFL, and MLB, fan bases. How long before the environmentalists shut them down? To me, NASCAR died with Dale Sr.. I wonder what he would have to say in his, “state of the NASCAR”, address? I’d say Tony was very tame, and respectful.

  64. All it would take would be one race where they took all the decals and stickers and other paraphernalia off the car to show basically every one of the cars were exactly the same and look nowhere near anything resembling an automobile. If you took a fully decorated NASCAR onto the highway, you will be arrested in 5 minutes.

  65. NASCAR goes over board with their fines, and their killing their sport! When it all goes to hell, they can look back onit and realize they are the problem! People want to see hard fought racing and let drivers be drivers! They are destroying the good in this sport!

  66. When Talladega redid the paving on the track in the summer of 2006, only one NASCAR racer was there and he actually got a board some of the construction machines to see if he could operate them. It was Tony Stewart who in a group photo look like he was one of the boys.

  67. It really doesn’t matter I no longer tune in they have taken any innovation fourth floor I had to build a better car that’s all they seem to fine drivers and owners so I really don’t care

  68. It’s a shame how NASCAR has changed in the last 20 years! Nobody wants to race for 500 miles. That used to be the standard! Are they just too weak to do it week after week? They also have way too many road course races. They aren’t for Stock Cars! Bring racing back to what it used to be! Stop changing the cars every few years. Go back to letting teams build their own cars! Build their own engines, instead of one or two teams building engines for every team. What it’s turned into is a High Dollar IROC series with a lot of sponsors! If they want to save money, look at the schedules! For instance, This week you are in Las Vegas, next week in Homestead/Miami, then Martinsville, and then all the way back to Phoenix for the final race of the season, and it’s only 312 miles! Go back 25 years and make NASCAR what it used to be and has to be if it’s gonna survive! I hope someone with some authority and common sense reads this and thinks about it for a long time and remember what racing USED to be versus what it has become.

  69. As much as I have not cared for his tactics, Tony Stewart is not going anywhere. He loves to win in any venue. We can expect to see Stewart/Haas racing for years to come.

  70. Nascar has really bad over last few years and only see it getting worst . First they screw up schudel having teams go west coast east coast west cost and back again and you can take they LA Coluseum and trash that garbage while you are at it take that damn dirt out of Bristol and bury the clown that thought it was a good ideal with it .

    Second what the hell NASCAR this Stock Car Racing not Indy or F1 so take all the road corse tracks and shove them up your sorry ass.

    3rd problem PLEASE PLEASE PICK ONE STATION FOR TV AND EAST COAST RACES START AT 1 PM CARS ON TRACK AT 12:59 DROP FLAG AT 1 PM . WEST COAST 4 PM CARS ON TRACK 3:59 PM DROP FLAG AT 4 PM . Who is running that shit show my 8 yr old grandson can do better they that idiot.

  71. Sat night racing needs to return nascar ruined Richmond it was one of the fans best race now its a joke..also 36 races nascar run 1st 6 on east coast then west coast nascar is killing team and drivers…get ur head out ur ass and listen to what the fans r saying

  72. The new cars are trash and they can’t make up their mind on ONE…ONE YES ONE STATION NASCAR . ITS SAD TO SAY IT BUT NASCAR IS ON LIFE SUPPORT..2 MAYBE 3 YEARS …ITS OVER ..SOMEONE TURN LIGHTS OFF WHEN U DONE

  73. NASCAR listen up..the new car suxs…torn up race cars is what made you..you should go over to the fair and buy all the bumper cars and put them on track ..old car hits wall its out no fire no clock no lets make em all the same and damn near indestructible more bs nascar put the old cars back on track when ford looks like ford chevy is chevy got it. Anyone want to know how can u screw up 60yrs of tradition look no further

  74. Look at what happened with Chip Gnassi.
    He got fed up with Nascar and left. Nascar has a control freak mind. They want total control. Of ALL tracks, cars, drivers, fans, and owners.
    Nascar went communisto. Next year Ill attend some F1 and dirt track races. Rather than sponsor a Nascar cup race.

  75. NASCAR has been a joke for a long time. What was once the greatest…is nothing but propaganda, pointing fingers, in this case… who brake checked who, tattletales and a loop on a garage door rope brings out KKK racist crap. I’ve been done with NASCAR since the late 90’s. Good for you Tony Stewart for telling it the way it is.

  76. Let’s take it back to the way is was 20+ years ago. Race until the season ends. No points reset or playoff. Points leader is the champion…Matt Kenseth won the championship without winning a single race. Let’s keep that in mind

  77. Nascar needs to take a long long look at the safety of this “woke next-gen” car. Leave the politics OUT OF NASCAR! SAFE CARS =DRIVER SAFETY!

  78. Come on Trashcar has been finished since the woke noose incident starring Bubba Smolett 🤦🏼‍♂️, it’s so woke now you keep this boring “go fast turn left” spectator sport! In F1 racing the same thing is happening with that letter woke f Hamilton 🤡 go woke go broke remember neckcar, you went woke and now that’s why your stands are empty now

  79. NASCAR could tear down I’ve one half of fan seats and still would never fill the rest. If it was not for the over 100 million dollars of welfare every year they would not have the money for a hotdog stand.
    I record the races so I can watch them on fast forward until I see a yellow light then I check out the wreckage. A nascar rase only takes me about 15 minutes.

  80. Nascar started the entire teams doing what it takes, blocking others so yeamates could advance etc. By even doing the playoffs and the chase bs.
    If Nascar wants to stop that then they need to go back to real racing and end the playoffs and the chase for good.
    Ever driver should earn there points all year long and be eligible to win the cup at the end of the season on there points regaurdless if they won a single race that year. If they have the highest points from consistent finishes etc the should be the champions and they the driver and there crews and owners should be that seasons champions.
    Nascar i get the changes for safety of drivers crews and fans
    But get back to being the great sport you once where.
    Get rid of the stupid road courses.
    Get rid of the playoffs
    Get rid of the bs that isnt safetey related
    Make every point count for ever driver every year twords the championship and get back to being real racing again and get back to being the great sport you once where, you will again grow fan base and make money have happier teams team owners and drivers.
    Nascar leadership is ruining a great sport!!!…

  81. Has Nascar forget how it got started it wasn’t politically correct so quit trying and go Stewart quit watching when stages started

  82. Tony has made a career of shooting his mouth off….remember when he said he’ll never use Goodyear tires again?

  83. I support Tony 100%. Have known him since sprint cars and as they say…..don’t poke the bear. Tony is passionate and don’t take things laying down. Watch out NASCAR Tony might be the first of many to walk away.

  85. It’s time to clean out the house in the NASCAR hauler get some fresh ideas and bring back the original cars not the next GEN

  86. In every race from someone wil get
    there ruffles shaking. If they choose
    not to watch …well, that’s on them
    because the racing will continue.

  87. @NASCAR needs to get it’s act together. Literally the only sport that hasn’t fully caved to the WOKE BS that’s destroying this country. You’ve already drove away thousands of fans, tickets are overpriced, now the cars are all the same, so WTH am I supposed to pay to see?
    41 didn’t do anything that hasnt been done for years. Guys wreck other guys to propel their teammates all the time.
    Stop being cowards… if you levy a penalty, you should post exactly what the infraction is on the front of the NASCAR web page.

  88. My wife and I stopped watching NASCAR two years ago after noticing the WOKE mist roll from under the NASCAR main offices- then onto the track- then the team garage’s, and finally out from our television screens… Darn shame, too! We 𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙮 grew to like the sport. SMH.

  89. I was watching NASCAR back in the ’70s. What got me interested was when kill Yarborough and Allison Brothers got in a fight on the last lap that made it just like the Saturday night dirt track racing around our area and I was hooked. I understand the rule changes to help smaller teams compete but there’s got to be another way to help that and have the good old racing bumping fighting and being friends the next week. Look at Dale kale dialysis Darryl Walter all them guys were so exciting because they wanted to win so bad. So if they don’t find some kind of medium I believe drag racing would be the best sport to go to

  91. What ever happened to IROC ? All the cars were the same, prepared by the same folks . Most disciplines represented anyone could win at any time . ” Boring ” the cars are junk . They are not racecars their boxed models and you don’t need mechanics to fix them just parts replacers. Nascar has always been political in nature from the very first day and will always be but the socialist woke crowd have wanted to kill nascar because of what it represents , work hard and you too can be successful attitude, they do not like self motivated team players not robots like Formula 1 .

  92. NASCAR HAS BEEN DIEING FOR YEARS NOW. With the evolution of Nex gen cars ridiculous rule changes, cookie cutter cars and tracks and the woke white collar fan base that they seem to want to please. I use to go to races often and watch on TV religiously. I haven’t watched a race in several years. NASCAR beat the Indy car series for popularity in the 80’s because they were still somewhat using stock cars and races were fun and geared towards the blue collar men and women who loved fast cars on the edge of disaster. But int the last 20+ years they have failed the people who made them and went after the White collar crowds, and most recently the woke crowd. So long NASCAR it was a nice run you had.

  93. NASCAR’s got too many rules and everything from tracks to cars are cookie cutter. In other words it’s boring as hell. No desire for anything to NASCAR anymore

  94. I used to love watching NASCAR. Used to go to races, too. Don’t watch on TV anymore and sure not going to pay to go watch. Too hard to sleep in the stands when they bore the crud out of me. Nowadays, it’s a joke. I try to watch it. Keep hoping it’s going to get better and be exciting like it used to be. No dice. Like watching golf. Actually, not even as entertaining as golf. Unless they change, it will be dead in five years.

    Feel bad for the new drivers. Some good drivers that could carry the torch if the NASCAR corporation would go back to their roots.

    Maybe stock car racing should get a competitor “league” like golf did.

    I think the legends should get together and create a stock car, real “stock” cars, league of their own. Would be huge.

  95. I used to watch every NASCAR races years ago, never missed a race on tv , knew most of the drivers names , now I don’t watch as much, I don’t like the way they break up the race or the points system, I liked watching the IROC series years ago, I like most motor racing but not NASCAR as much

  96. 1,this new car is so far away from a stock car it’s just another class of sports car. 2 Owners cheeting there own drivers, crap!

  97. In the last few years I have seen NASCAR get destroyed I’m sorry but I have to agree with Tony Stewart I’ve been a fan my entire life and then the last two years I have watched maybe four races the cars are terrible the racing is worse and let’s face it how many drivers are going to have to get hurt in this car before something gets done a driver has a right to speak his mind he is the one who is at risk not the guys in the broadcasting booth and not the officials up in the air conditioned suite watching the event Nascar has died it’s just a matter of when they realize it

  98. Good for Stewart. Napcar has gone downhill for the past 2 decades..since Earnhardt died to be exact but last 5 have seen the speed of them going downhill increase dramatically. Many of their core fans like myself don’t even pay any attention to it no more. Like they say “go woke go broke”. It will dissolve and be replace with real stock car racing I hope.

  99. NASCAR just ain’t what it used to be I stopped watching a few years ago and moved on as well a lot of other people hopefully it will realize and correct it’s mistakes, it’s to late. They need to add back some of the old tracks even if it makes the season longer, get rid of next gen car, get the manufacturers involved so you can tell a Toyota from a Ford by looking at it they supposed to be 2 different cars not a different of a painted on symbol! These are just my thoughts!

  100. Anthony there’s no easy way to say this….you sound like a weenie. Stewart can say whatever he wants. Furthermore,, nothing he said was particularly egregious. You may not like it. NASCAR might not like it. Too bad. The sport doesn’t need more phony “yes men,” who pander to the powers that be, and media. It needs real men. Sometimes real men say things others may not like. How are your energy levels? You might want to get your testosterone levels checked.

  101. I use to be a die hard Nascar fan. I started reading nascar magazines in the 60’s before there was TV coverage. Every since Nascar decided to stop letting people bring coolers(which they resented to late) the sport has gone straight down the toilet. Today and for some years, I only watch Nascar if it is the only thing on TV and today if I happen to be watching I am searching for anything else. The sport is dull and over regulated!!! Nascar officials have killed the sport to a point there may be no recovery, just look at the stands on race day, Nascar can’t give away tickets for free!

    • Sorry dude but your misinformed and not looking at the stands. They are pretty full. We attend regularly. Sorry pops. Just saying.

  102. I don’t blame him for making the decision to say what he thinks we have that right to speak out but Nascar thinks that they have control over everyone all of the time teams that they want to win should never be judged by their rules and penalty points are very important for all teams yes Nascar has went and destroyed racing as a hold there ways of thinking and decision making has destroyed the sport that so many of us love make me have no interest in watching it let alone supporting it I have no intention to ever supporting them for being so stupid they act like the democrats party changing thing for money regardless what it means to us

  103. I have been a Nascar fan for many years. So much as to send my son to Nascar Tec. after high school. After he graduated he was so discussed with the way Nascar would change the rules from race to race. He left Nascar and will not return. I understand why SHR is so discussed. I don’t go to races or make an effort to even watch races anymore. Nascar has turn it’s back on what made it great. Nascar of the past would not cater to a bunch of cry baby kid’s. MAN UP or go back to your go carts.

  104. Nascar can be a acronym for many things, but racing should not be one of them. Racing should be a crown jewel of imagination and technology not some BS game of points and stupid rules that take away the meaning of the word racing. A stock car ??? Well back in the day a team could build up a car and go racing. All that matters is who is the best. The fastest and manages to stay alive. Nascar does nothing but stagnate innovation and prevent people who just want to race from doing so. Let’s all get back to the real spirit of racing, and tell Nascar to screw.

  106. I’m so glad my late father and I were able to enjoy the races together in the 70s and 80s. The Winston cup and grand nationals. If it were this decade. It would probably be enjoying watching the paint dry. As far as executives in the sport,Y’all have ruined this sport and run it in the ground.

  107. So we all know how much money is placed into these teams. Why not rally the troops,get the teams and owners together along with the sponsors and the track owners and walk away from nascar. Start your own association of racing and run it the way it should be done. Let’s start using STOCK CARS WITH MODIFICATIONS. I bet it will outsell nascar any given day of the week.

  108. If I was Tony I’d have a meeting with my drivers and tell them to wreck one or more of the final 4 at Phoenix ! Runin the race for nascar and give a victory for some other deserving team!

  109. I remember the day we got a TV, and a Nascar race came on it. My dad was a fan of watching those races. As a kid I remember watching the 1st race I’d ever watched with him. I didn’t see them racing for the name Ford, Chevy, or any other brand name. As a child I seen them race as children. Children racing each other, trying to win. I didn’t enjoy the race. It was boring, and back then you didn’t have commercials, the commentators would just keep talking and the camera zoomed into the broadcast booth and they would give you names of products and businesses that were sponsoring the event. I didn’t watch Nascar after the 1st race I seen. And Sunday when dad turned on the race, I went outside for hours, or to my room until the race was over and something different on TV. I aways felt like Nascar was holding back. Hold back in terms of doing more or better. Sure the tracks are nicer now, and some new tracks as time went on. But has Nascar asked themselves, can the sport die, or fad away. The answer is yes, and what will cause it will be a few things, like no coolers aloud, and raising prices. I went to 1 bush race, when you could still byob. And I will say, I enjoyed it, but even then things I didn’t enjoy was the walk from the vehicle I to the races, and I didn’t enjoy what I seen round me. One thing that would close Nascar would be IF beer wasn’t aloud. I see as children see things. And children want fun, excitement, and they want to be involved in whatever it is. Children are the future and children who aren’t interested in Nascar go another path. Other sports. I see Nascar as being the gateway drug to the future of racing. And what people want to see is no restriction plates, high speed racing. I for one don’t, because of drivers safety. But, what will help Nascar. Build 1 track for no restrictions. Safety walls for crashes that absorb the wreck, and that track will get more attendees then Daytona or any other track. Plus, it’s gonna show who’s the better driver, and it’ll show who’s teams car is built the best. Then it’s a 100% real race of car and driver. When those restriction plates come off, then the future of racing begins. It has come down to money for Nascar to make more. If earth stopped turning, Nascar would be no more. But never ever think a driver or many teams pulling out will stop Nascar. To many poor people who’d race there 1985 Buick, Ford, Chevy, ect. Rich people race Nascar. But poor people will race anything. Cause they enjoy racing, win or lose. Nascar now, it has more commercial time, then actual race time. 60 seconds of racing, then a 3min commercial. Booggiedy booggiedy let’s go racing again, and 60 seconds after a commercial were going back to commercial. I remember when a commercial didn’t happen when a wreck happened. You got to watch the ambulance rush out, even watch the pace car for several laps. Now, it’s 3hrs of commercial and 48 mins of racing. Racing isn’t fun, it dint matter who wins, what matters is, if the people you’re racing make it home safe and are back racing the next week. The time is coming when we ALL will miss so much. Weather it be Nascar, we miss or something else. Always remember in Nascar or work or anywhere. You’ll miss someone or something when it’s gone. why not do our best while it’s still here. Things change and not always for the better. But when a race member or family member or Nascar. When they are gone, all we have is what’s left. Memories, photos, and each other. My opinion, ask children what they want, what they like, what will be fun for them down the road. Not many will say racing, Nascar, or drag racing. Most won’t have an answer, they just don’t no what they want. Myself, as a child. Nascar didn’t have fun. It was all about racing. As an adult it’s all about what car wins, and the symbol on that car. Ford, Chevy, or whatever manufacturer. As children, they don’t see a name of Ford,Chevy, ect.they seem a person, they see a car. They are happy the race is over so they can go home to play. The children today, they want food, they want fun. And more and more youth are getting into crime. This isn’t just caused by where they live or friends. It’s caused by parents not being in their children’s lives more. If you do one thing today. Turn the race off, and spend time with your children. Find out what’s fun to them and save a young man or woman from getting wrapped up in violence and crime. The children turn to these things when it feels exciting to them. Take your kid to a place they can be wild and free, cause that’s what makes them happy. Nascar is a great sport, and has helped many children. But what is Nascar NOT doing to keep children interested? Well, they aren’t focused on children as much as profits and that’s a mistake on their part. Never forget where you came from, cause you are never any better then it. And most of all, reach out to your children and tell them you love them, and go enjoy some fun together. Life’s to short, just moments.. yet, we spend a lifetime on it. When you’re gone, its the children left here to continue on. And children are the future. I hope my message is simple, cause it’s not short. If anything yet nothing else, enjoy the day with your children and have fun. At least it’ll be a memory that lasts.

    • I understand what you are tryin to say but dang man you were too long winded. I can only read so much. If i wanna read a book ill go get one.

  111. Good for Tony. I seldom watch NASCAR anymore except for the occasional truck race. Since my first race at Michigan in 1969 and since Winston left the series, NASCAR’s attempts at promoting their racing is pathetic. It’s all about the almighty dollar and not about the quality of racing.
    Look at today’s races. Fields used to be fixed at 43 cars every race with competitors not making the show; now they struggle to field 36 cars, even with multiple team cars.
    Then there’s the 3 stage racing fraud. This artificial bunch of BS only reduces the amount of actual racing because of the stage breaks and laps forced to be run under yellow flags.
    Over the last two years I’ve found myself enjoying NHRA races, American Flat Track, Moto GP and Formula 1 (getting shaky on that one too) rather than NASCAR’s boring 4 hour shows. Advertisers need to bail out of this BS series.
    The other thing that irritates me is that they have never learned what a black flag is for, other than some life-saving event. Punishing a driver on track for a serious act of retaliation, retribution or downright aggression/stupidity.
    Adios NASCAR, I miss what you used to be. Today ain’t great.

  112. NASCAR in the mid 90s and back was so awesome, especially to this NC kid. The year Kulwicki won is still the best year ever to me!
    Then, Wilksboro goes, the Rockingham. Then the sponsors changes constantly. Then that horrible car of tomorrow.
    It’s not that I wanted the sport to not grow, but why did it have to change it presentation and forget it’s roots for the sake of a few people? Not to mention all those idiotic rule changes and such….

  113. I quit NASCAR Years ago, they’ve destroyed what it used to be…. Some of those guys should start a NEW “Racing” program, SCREW NASCAR !!!

  114. Bottom line is, nascar Sucks since all the crap bill France jr took the seat at the top! He has TOTALLY WRECKED the sport since he brought in his “soap opera mentality” into the sport! The 1979 Datona 500 is what made a big turning point in nascar when Bobby Allison and Cale Yarborough had a helmet flinging “discussion ” after wrecking so close to the finish line! They were “Allowed” to be passionate and real back then about their racing and let’s not forget about the “Creativity” they were, again, “Allowed” to have with their cars! Now it’s bill France jrs pathetic soap opera “drama” fines and BS Suspensions so he can pad his bank account and how about the “cookie cutter” cars? What a sorry mess it’s become! I was really enjoying watching Chase Elliott come up through the ranks and now he’s at the top and I have turned against NASCARs garbage and don’t watch. It’s really sad to think about the upcoming years and the decline in interest for that sport!
    I’m with Tony Stewart on this. There’s no need to retaliate at him because they pulled the race at his track which was upsetting especially to Tony! Now because he had something to say about it there toying with the team of Stewart Haas! Bad move bill Junior! I believe that he is trying to kill what Bill France Sr. created! If not, he’s doing a good job of it!
    I personally, won’t watch it at all anymore because of Stupid decisions by the unthinking folks “dick-tating” the “rules”! I still pull for Chase Elliot though, and I pray he has a great and successful career in the New Command Zoo! Go Chase!! Go Hendricks/Gordon Motor Sports! I could be wrong about Hendricks/ Gordon! I heard there were talks the last part of my interest in nascar

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