Iħjut B ' ritorn għall-modi qodma NASCAR tittama li tiġġenera interess tal-fann ġdid

Id-Direttur tat-Tazza Sprint John Darby (xellug) u l-Viċi President tan-NASCAR għall-Kompetizzjoni Robin Pemberton kienu strumentali fil-ħolqien ta 'politiki ġodda li huma mmirati lejn iż-żieda fl-interess tal-fann.

BAJJA TA 'DAYTONA, FLA. – Fir-rigward ta 'ħafna mill-aħħar regoli tat-Tazza Sprint, politiki u mġiba razza, NASCAR marret "retro."
F'ħafna każijiet jidher li adotta mill-ġdid il-modi l-qodma tiegħu – b'dan ifissru kif kien jagħmel l-affarijiet – u abbanduna diversi leġiżlazzjonijiet reċenti li wrew li ma kienx possibbli u deċiżament mhux popolari.
Biex in-NASCAR tmur lura għal kif kienet, naħseb, qed issir għal ftit raġunijiet importanti ħafna. L-ewwel, il-modi qodma jista 'ma kinux dak ħażin wara kollox.
It-tieni, u l-aktar importanti, huwa mmirat lejn il-partitarji. Huwa mod kif jitrażżnu l-ilmenti l-aktar serji tagħhom, jiżdied l-interess li jidher li għadu lura fl-isport u, b'hekk, forsi jerġa' jagħti ħajja lill-attendenza tat-tiġrija u l-klassifikazzjonijiet tat-TV.
Aħsdu dan kollu għal mument.
F'sett ta 'bidliet fil-prinċipji fundamentali ta' regoli u kondotta kompetittivi, in-NASCAR biddlet id-dehra tal-karozzi tat-Tazza Sprint, irritornat għal sistema kwalifikanti antika u stabbilita, tgħin biex twaqqaf tellieqa speċjali u mhux punti li hija kuntrarja għal xejn fl-istorja tagħha u għamlitha aktar diffiċli għat-timijiet li jagħmlu flus serji jekk jagħżlu li jmexxu ftit laps u ras għall-hauler.
Fi kliem ieħor, jista 'jingħad b'mod ġust li mar lura għall-jiem "ol tajba
Naħseb li hemm possibbiltà eċċellenti li tista 'sseħħ.
Ikkunsidra l-karozza "Ġenerazzjoni 6".
Għidt ħafna dwardan u m'hemmx għalfejn tidħol f'ħafna dettall hawn. Inħoloq biex jixbah aktar mill-qrib il-kontroparti tat-triq tiegħu u jagħtiha identità rikonoxxuta faċilment - u apprezzat – minn fannijiet, li kibru l-ilbies tal-"kloni" li raw fuq il-binarji matul dawn l-aħħar snin.
Biex tkun onest ħafna minnhom ma jimpurtahomx biex tarahom razza.
Għalkemm għadna ma nafux kif il-karozzi se jwettqu fit-trim tat-tiġrija, biss il-fatt li issa huma tant aktar identifikabbli piqued l-interess ta 'kulħadd.
Dan jista 'jgħin biss lin-NASCAR. U jekk dawn il-mudelli ġodda juru li huma kompetittivi ħafna, ukoll, tant l-aħjar, dritt?
Minflok il-Budweiser Shootout, l-avveniment li rajna fl-ewwel lejl is-Sibt ta 'Speedweeks f'Daytona, issa hemm l-Sprint Unlimited.
Biex tirbaħ arblu ieħor tal-karriera fl-2013, Kyle Busch se jkollu jkun l-aktar wieħed mgħaġġel ta '36 kwalifikatur u m'għadx hemm garanzija reali li se jagħmel it-tellieqa, kif kien il-każ fil-passat.

Tkellimt dwar dan aktar kmieni, kif ukoll. It-tellieqa hija waħda li fiha l-partitarji se jkollhom vuċi sħiħa fuq il-format, l-użu, jew in-nuqqas ta 'użu, ta' waqfiet fossa, l-eliminazzjoni tas-sewwieqa u aktar.
Fi kliem ieħor, il-priġunieri se jikkontrollaw l-asil. Dan mhux NASCAR tmur "retro." Din hija xi ħaġa qatt qabel ma ppruvat mill-korp sanzjonar.
Naħseb li naf għaliex dan isir.
B'dan il-kunċett il-ġdid, naħseb li n-NASCAR, u Sprint, għamlu lilhom infushom servizz meraviljuż.
Naħseb li l-partitarji se jixegħlu t-TVs tagħhom fuq dik is-Sibt bil-lejl jekk għal ebda raġuni oħra biex tara biss liema tip ta 'razza ħolqu u kif se tilgħab.
Hey, stajt qed tagħmel dan għal 40 snin u anke ma rridx nitlef dak li se jiġri - u lanqas, nista 'nżid, huwa kwalunkwe membru ieħor tal-midja motorsports.
It-tellieqa tista 'tikseb reviżjonijiet kbar jew tista' bomba. Dan mhux il-punt hawn. Il-punt huwa żgur li se jiġġenera aktar interess minn kwalunkwe predeċessuri tiegħu. U dan jista 'jgħin biss il-preżenza tan-NACAR fuq it-TV, anke jekk għal lejl wieħed.
Ma nafx dwarek imma kont wieħed minn ħafna li ma kellhomx ħafna interess f'dak li darba kien Sprint Cup li jikkwalifika.
Is-sistema li ilha tintuża għal dawn l-aħħar snin iddettat li l-aqwa 35 tim fil-punti tas-sid kienu msakkra f'tellieqa. Dan sar, ostensikkament, biex jipproteġi l-isponsors.
Imbagħad il- "go jew go-homers" ħa l-isparatura tagħhom fuq il-binarju u minn hemm kollha marru għal pożizzjonijiet proviżorji.
Tħaffir. Jiddispjaċina, iżda fil-bidu ta 'kull sessjoni kwalifikanti, aħna lkoll konna nafu liema karozzi 35 kienu se jagħmlu t-tellieqa u l-unika mistoqsija kienet, li kienet se tibda Nru 1?
I daresay li ma eżattament pique interess tiegħek, ma dan?
U, meta wieħed jiġġudika mill-attendenza għall-kwalifikazzjoni fil-veloċità, dan tabilħaqq deher li kien il-każ.
Issa huwa differenti - u huwa mar lura għall-mod qadim.
Ħamsa u tletin tim mhux se jibqgħu jissakkru f'tellieqa. Ordni kwalifikanti tiġi ddeterminata bi tlugħ każwali - marret hija dik il-veloċità fil-prattika mumbo-jumbo.
L-ewwel 36 pożizzjoni jiġu ddeterminati b'veloċità kwalifikanti u mbagħad sitt tikek imorru għand dawk li mhumiex kwalifikanti bbażati fuq il-punti tas-sid.
Il-post finali se jingħata lil ċampjin proviżorju.
Permezz golly, dan huwa l-mod li kien jintuża biex ikun. Kien jieħu numru, mur meta dak in-numru jissejjaħ, mur malajr jew mur id-dar - jew tama li jkollok mezzi oħra biex tidħol fit-tellieqa.
Ma nafx dwarek, iżda li toffri daqsxejn aktar drama milli tara karozzi 35 diġà garantiti pożizzjoni tal-bidu jieħdu ftit laps.
Taħt is-sistema l-qadima issa mqajma mill-ġdid min-NASCAR, ma kien hemm l-ebda garanzija - li tagħmel kwalifikanti aktar importanti, u sfida, għat-timijiet u potenzjalment aktar interessanti għall-partitarji.
Oh, u hemm xi ħaġa oħra. Il-kampjonat tal-passat ma jistax jitma' fil-ġimgħa l-aktar kbira wara ġimgħa kif kien il-każ fil-passat.
Jekk juża dak il-proviżorju partikolari ma jistax jerġa' jużah għal sitt ġimgħat. Huwa għandu jipprova jikkwalifika nofs tużżana żminijiet qabel ma jkun ta privileġġ speċjali ieħor.
Dan ifisser huwa li sewwieq ieħor, ibbażat fuq il-punti tas-sid tiegħu, jikseb sparatura biex tiġri.
A tajba, u ġusta, mossa minn NASCAR.
U, finalment, jien ċert li taf kollha dwar l-għalf "bidu u park".
Taf, kienet it-teknika li fiha tim jista 'jibda tellieqa, imexxu ftit laps u mbagħad jirtiraw. Ibbażat fuq l-istruttura purse NASCAR li tista 'tfisser flus tajba skur filwaqt li spejjeż dejjiema.
Heck, ma kien xejn mhux tas-soltu għal timijiet li pprattikaw dan il-metodu biex jaqilgħu $ 2 miljun jew aktar kull staġun.
I onestament ma kellhom l-ebda problema ma 'dan. Timijiet bħal dawn kienu sempliċiment qed jisfruttaw dak li kien disponibbli għalihom. Jekk kien hawn, ukoll, għaliex ma teħodhax?
Iżda n-NASCAR issa żgurat li dak li mhux se jkun hemm dak li kien jintuża.
Hija rristrutturat l-għanjiet tagħha biex tagħmilha inqas profittabbli għal kwalunkwe tim "bidu u park".
Issa, kull pożizzjoni minn 43^rd permezz ta' 39^{t 1} tirċievi $ 4,000 inqas għal kull post minn qabel. Pereżempju, 39^{t 1} se tikseb $ 4,000 inqas minn 38^{t 1}, 40^{t 1} $ 4,000 inqas minn 39^{t 1}, u l-hekk.
Il-purses ma jonqsux. Aktar flus se jitpoġġew fl-ogħla tarf.
M'inix ċert li dan mhux se jwaqqaf kompletament l-għalf "bidu u park", iżda żgur li se jagħmilha inqas profittabbli.
U għal dawk li kkritikaw il-prattika - u għan-NASCAR biex jippermettu li dan iseħħ - dan għandu, għall-inqas, joffri evidenza li qed isir xi ħaġa dwarha.
Dan kollu jindika bil-qawwa li biex it-tlielaq isir aħjar NASCAR adottat xi wħud mill-modi qodma tagħha. F'ħafna każijiet marret lura għall-mod kif kienet.
Karozzi li jidhru qishom karozzi tat-triq - mantra bill France Sr.'s meta ffurma nascar – avveniment ġdid li envelops il-fannijiet aktar minn kwalunkwe oħra, sistema kwalifikanti li tirritorna għal waħda ta 'veloċità aktar milli garanziji u regola li tillimita premjijiet meta jkun hemm ftit jew l-ebda sforz.
Ħafna minn dan huwa kif darba kien. I daresay ħafna minnkom tirrealizza dan.
Nascar marret "retro" għal diversi raġunijiet. Iżda ninsab konvint li wieħed huwa li nagħmel tentattiv serju biex twieġeb għat-tħassib tal-partitarji tagħha - u b'hekk tagħmel lilha nnifisha aktar attraenti u taħsad il-benefiċċji fiha.
Ma nafx jekk hux se jaħdem kollu; ħadd ma jagħmel.
Iżda fl-opinjoni ta 'raġel wieħed jidher li huwa sforz tajjeb skur.

Sprint Cup Director John Darby (left) and NASCAR Vice President for Competition Robin Pemberton have been instrumental in creating new policies that are geared toward increasing fan interest.

DAYTONA BEACH, FLA. – When it comes to many of its latest Sprint Cup rules, policies and race conduct, NASCAR has gone “retro.”
In many cases it seems to have re-adopted its old ways – by that I mean how it used to do things – and abandoned several recent legislations that have proven untenable and decidedly unpopular.
For NASCAR to go back to how it used to be, I think, is being done for a couple of very important reasons. First, the old ways might not have been that bad after all.
Second, and most important, it is geared to the fans. It is a way to curb their most serious complaints, increase their seemingly lagging interest in the sport and, in so doing, maybe revitalize race attendance and TV ratings.
Think of all of this for a moment.
In a sweeping set of changes in the fundamentals of competitive rules and conduct, NASCAR has altered the appearance of the Sprint Cup cars, returned to an old, established qualifying system, help set up a special, non-points race that is unlike anything in its history and made it more difficult for teams to make serious money if they choose to run a few laps and head for the hauler.
In other words, it can be fairly said that it has gone back to the “good ol’ days,” and is banking fans will lap it up.
I think there is an excellent possibility that may happen.
Consider the “Generation 6” car.
I have said much about it and need not go into much detail here. It was created to more closely resemble its street counterpart and give it an identity readily recognized – and appreciated – by fans, who have grown weary of the “clones” they have seen on the tracks over recent years.
To be honest many of them didn’t care to see them race.
Although we don’t yet know how the cars will perform in race trim, just the fact they are now so much more identifiable has piqued everyone’s interest.
That can only help NASCAR. And if these new models prove to be highly competitive, well, so much the better, right?
Instead of the Budweiser Shootout, the event we have seen on the first Saturday night of Speedweeks at Daytona, there is now the Sprint Unlimited.
To win another career pole in 2013, Kyle Busch is going to have to be the fastest of 36 qualifiers and there is no longer any real guarantee he will make the race, as has been the case in the past.

I have talked about this earlier, as well. The race is one in which the fans will have full say on format, the use, or non-use, of pit stops, the elimination of drivers and more.
In other words, the inmates will control the asylum. This is not NASCAR going “retro.” This is something never before attempted by the sanctioning body.
I think I know why it’s done it.
With this new concept, I think NASCAR, and Sprint, have done themselves a marvelous service.
I think fans will turn on their TVs on that Saturday night if for no other reason to see just what kind of race they have created and how it will play out.
Hey, I’ve been doing this for 40 years and even I don’t want to miss what is going to happen – nor, I might add, is any other member of the motorsports media.
The race may get great reviews or it may bomb. That’s not the point here. The point is it will surely generate more interest than any of its predecessors. And that can only help NACAR’s presence on TV, even if for one night.
I don’t know about you but I was one of many who didn’t have much interest at all in what was once Sprint Cup qualifying.
The system that has been used for the last several years dictated that the top 35 teams in owner points were locked into a race. This was done, ostensibly, to protect the sponsors.
Then the “go or go-homers” took their shot on the track and from there it all went to provisional positions.
Boring. Sorry, but at the start of every qualifying session, we all knew which 35 cars were going to make the race and the only question was, who was going to start No. 1?
I daresay that didn’t exactly pique your interest, did it?
And, judging from attendance for qualifying at the speedways, that indeed seemed to be the case.
Now it’s different – and it’s gone back to the old way.
Thirty-five teams will no longer be locked into a race. Qualifying order will be determined by random draw – gone is that speed in practice mumbo-jumbo.
The first 36 positions will be determined by qualifying speed and then six spots go to non-qualifiers based on owner points.
The final spot will be given to a provisional champion.
By golly, that is the way it USED to be. It was take a number, go out when that number is called, go fast or go home – or hope you have another means to get into the race.
I don’t know about you, but that offers a bit more drama than watching 35 cars already guaranteed a starting position take a couple of laps.
Under the old system now revived by NASCAR, there were no guarantees – which makes qualifying more important, and challenging, for the teams and potentially more interesting for fans.
Oh, and there is something else. The past champion can’t feed at the trough week after week as has been the case in the past.
If he uses that particular provisional he can’t use it again for six weeks. He must attempt to qualify a half-dozen times before he’s afforded another special privilege.
What this means is that another driver, based on his owner points, gets a shot to race.
A good, and fair, move by NASCAR.
And, finally, I’m sure you know all about the “start and park” stuff.
You know, it was the technique in which a team might start a race, run a couple of laps and then retire. Based on NASCAR purse structure that could mean darn good money while enduring little expense.
Heck, it was nothing unusual for teams that practiced this method to earn $2 million or more per season.
I honestly had no problem with that. Such teams were simply exploiting what was available to them. If it was here, well, why not take it?
But NASCAR has now ensured that what is there will not be what it used to be.
It has restructured its purses to make it less profitable for any “start and park” team.
Now, each position from 43^rd through 39^th will receive $4,000 less for each spot than earlier. For example, 39^th will get $4,000 less than 38^th, 40^th $4,000 less than 39^th, and so forth.
Purses will not shrink. More money will be put into the top end.
I’m not sure this will not entirely stop the “start and park” stuff, but it will surely make it less profitable.
And for those who have criticized the practice – and for NASCAR to allow it to happen – this should, at least, offer evidence something is being done about it.
All of this strongly indicates that to make racing better NASCAR has adopted some of its old ways. In many cases it has gone back to the way it used to be.
Cars that look like street cars – Bill France Sr.’s mantra when he formed NASCAR – a new event that envelopes the fans more than any other, a qualifying system that returns to one of speed rather than guarantees and a rule that limits rewards when there is little or no effort.
Much of this is how it once was. I daresay most of you realize that.
NASCAR has gone “retro” for several reasons. But I am convinced one is to make a serious attempt to respond to its fans’ concerns – and in so doing make itself more appealing and reap the benefits therein.
Don’t know if it will all work; no one does.
But in one man’s opinion it appears to be a darn good effort.