Thread: Če vse gre dobro, lahko privabiti nov avto Fans nazaj na NASCAR

Leta 1972, Bobby Allison odpeljal na Chevrolet do zmage v NASCAR. Chevrolet je bil iz dirke za skoraj desetletje pa dosegla povratek začela lastnik moštva Junior Johnson.

Veliko je bilo povedanega in napisanega o novi "generacije 6" avto, ki bodo tekmovali na vezje NASCAR Sprint Cup v tej sezoni.
Je znana resnica, lahko utrujeni od vsega.
Oprostite, ampak tukaj je malo več.
Mislim, da je "generacije 6" avto ima potencial, da obnovite NASCAR popularnost ni imel v letih. Novo vozilo je odlična priložnost, da povrnejo izgubljeno ali nezainteresirani fans, in če vse gre dobro, dvigniti raven konkurence.
Odobrena, to je rekel veliko. Vendar obstajajo razlogi za take prognostications.
NASCAR, pametno je na "generacije 6" avto skoraj točen ponovitev protipostavko razstavni prostor. Čisto odkrito, je najpametnejša stvar, ki sankcionirajo telo je narejeno v let.
Zdaj, ki jih Uzvik čuđenja, Toyota Camry, Chevrolet SS in Ford Fusion, ki so v NASCAR videti kot tisti v družinski dovoze.
Navijači so dejansko bo sposoben prepoznati različne modele, kot so hitrosti okoli tira.
To je pomembno. Naj bi nazaj, ena dolgoletna pritožb, ki so hkrati temelj NASCAR, vendar v nekaterih primerih, so izginila v preteklih letih.
Desetletja NASCAR fans imeli ne samo njihovih najljubših voznikov, imeli so tudi njihovih najljubših avtomobilov.
Če g. Jones je Ford v svoji garaži, tudi, ko je prišel v NASCAR je bil Ford človek. In mu ni bilo mar, kdo odpeljal enega, samo želel, da premagate – zlasti Chevrolet. Da neprijeten soseda čez cesto odpeljal Chevy.
Navijači, ki so prišli na dirkah nosil svoj delež voznik orodja, vendar le kot mnoge odel srajce in klobuki z Ford blue ovalne ali Chevrolet metuljček.
Če oseba nosi Ford gear zgodilo sedeti zraven Chevy zagovornik, večkrat kot ne bi bilo prijazno stave prek katerega proizvajalca bi zmagati.
In nato vsakih zdaj a boj zlomil.
Ko NASCAR ne bi dovolila Chrysler rabiti svoj hemi motorjem leta 1965, proizvajalec levo konkurenco in svoje top voznik, Richard Petty, zatekla k povlecite dirke.

Nič od tega je izgubil na proizvajalce. So verjeli v slogan, "zmago v nedeljo, prodajo v ponedeljek," toliko, da so bili nenehno retooling njihove NASCAR postavke.
Zagotovili so ogromne finančne in tehnične podpore na vrhu ekipe dneva, ki je ustvaril stavek, "factory podprta."
In nekateri proizvajalci dejansko v lasti ekip in najel tiste voznike, ki je dokazal vreden prek avdicije.
Brez neposreden povod za proizvajalca dolarjev in tehnično podporo, super ekip iz preteklosti-kot Petty podjetij in Holman & Moody-ne bi obstajala.
Vsako leto, proizvajalci razvalja novih motorjev in preureditev avtomobilov, ki so upali, bi zlom opozicije. Večkrat kaj oni izmislili je nezakonito v NASCAR oči.
Z leti se sankcionirajo telo pogosto ne bi modelom dirko ker je mislil, da je zelo nepošteno prednost.
In tudi večkrat, užaljen proizvajalec bi pustila NASCAR skupaj.
Klasičen primer za to se je zgodilo v 1965, ko Chrysler potegnil iz NASCAR, ker bi ne odobravam Mopar hemi motorjem.
Petty preživel več mesecev povlecite dirke v Plymouth Barracuda.
Bili so časi, ko pritožba model avtomobila posebej je bila tako močna, zvabila dolgo odstopila proizvajalec nazaj v stock car racing.
Leta 1971, Junior Johnson in Richard Howard zakuhala načrt, da bi Chevrolet nazaj v NASCAR. To had been odsoten za skoraj desetletje.
Johnson in Howard schemed prinese nazaj za eno zelo dober razlog: Chevrolet je bil najbolj priljubljen avtomobil v Ameriki. Kako lahko njegovi vrnitvi NASCAR nimajo pritožbe?
Dva začel kampanjo je Chevrolet leta 1971. Fans prišel v droves paziti, da tekmujejo. Predlagatelji so bili zadovoljni.
Morda niso bili tako srečna, ko Johnson in Howard zahteval 10.000 $ spredaj za svoj avtomobil tekmovati, vendar večkrat kot ne, oni Račvast denar.
Ko Chevrolet končno zmagal v pomladi leta 1972 v Atlanta, fans praznovanje je bilo ogromno.
Vzneseno ženske dejansko napisal "Chevy's Back!" in šminka na VIP suite windows.
Brez heca. Sem bil tam.
No, Chevy ni zapustil NASCAR od in je zal darn dobro naredil zase.
Poglej, nisem tako naivni, da ne vedo, proizvajalci so posojanje heckuva veliko podpore za več NASCAR ekipe danes.
I Pretpostavljam, da ni več to, kot pa nikoli ni bilo- in ki vključuje dolarjev.
Je pa skoraj kot očitne, kot je nekoč bil-ni ga dolgo strel. In ne verjamem, proizvajalci prejeli vrne, v prodajo in fan podporo, ki so jo nekoč imeli.
Velik razlog za to je, kar je zdaj znano kot na "generacija 5" avto. Preden je dobil to oznako, da je "Avtomobila jutrišnjega dne."
Čeprav je POSTELJICA prinesel prepotrebno varnost prenove NASCAR, ni bil nikoli zelo priljubljena s konkurenti in navijačev.
Konkurentov nenehno prizadevale, da bi dobili največ iz avtomobila. Oboževalci mislili, da je nič več kot NASCAR zasnovan klon. Mogli povedati razlike med Ford, Chevrolet ali Toyota-ki zagotovo ni bila dobra stvar za proizvajalce.
Za mnoge ljubitelje stock car racing je treba kaj NASCAR ustanovitelj Bill France SR odredil – in kaj je stock car racing tako priljubljena: avtomobili, ki je dirkal bi izgledal tisti ljudje lahko kupijo na zastopstvu.
Sčasoma, niso. In ljubitelje obrnil proč.
Zdaj, obstaja pa velika verjetnost lahko pridejo nazaj. Verjamem, da je bil cilj NASCAR, ko je ustvarjena v "generacije 6" avto.
Hej, samo misel: ste opazili, kako NASCAR poskuša iti nazaj na način, so bile stvari?
Zdaj imamo na "generacije 6" avto, namenjena woo hrbtu ventilatorjev. Ne pozabite, "Fantje imajo na to?" To je bil neposreden odziv fan pritožb, da voznik ni bilo dovoljeno, da se sami in so bili preprosto kloni-kot avtomobili.
Obstajajo tudi drugi primeri, seveda, in ne rečem je "generacije 6" avto bo sprožil velik oboževalec ples.
Kaj bo vse to pomagalo za avtomobile konkurenčno in ustvariti boljše dirke, ki je veliko več v dirkaškem nadzor.
Medtem ko novi avto je bil testiran na Daytona in Charlotte, z več shakedowns prišel, ekip še ne vedo, kako se bo izvajal v konkurenčnih pogojih.
Ampak mislim, da imajo zaupanje v tisto, kar jih imamo.
Vem, zakaj? Se ne pritožujem. So previdno optimistični.
Mimogrede, večina navijačev ne pritožujem, bodisi. So zelo radovedni – in previdno optimistična.
Res je, vse lahko zgodi. Vendar je "generacije 6" avto ima potencial, da bi dobre stvari na NASCAR.
Bomo videli, ne bomo?

In 1972, Bobby Allison drove a Chevrolet to victory in NASCAR. Chevrolet had been out of racing for nearly a decade but made a comeback launched by team owner Junior Johnson.

Much has been said and written about the new “Generation 6” car that will compete on the NASCAR Sprint Cup circuit this season.
Truth be known, you may well be tired of it all.
Sorry, but here’s a bit more.
I think the “Generation 6” car has the potential to restore NASCAR to a popularity it hasn’t had in years. The new vehicle has an excellent opportunity to recoup lost or disinterested fans and, if all goes well, raise the level of competition.
Granted, that is saying lot. But there are reasons for such prognostications.
NASCAR wisely made the “Generation 6” car almost an exact replica of its showroom counterpart. Quite frankly, it’s the smartest thing the sanctioning body has done in years.
Now, by golly, the Toyota Camry, Chevrolet SS and Ford Fusion that are in NASCAR look like the ones in family driveways.
Fans are actually going to be able to recognize the different models as they speed around the track.
This is important. It should bring back one of the long-standing appeals that were once the foundation of NASCAR but, in some cases, have eroded over the years.
For decades NASCAR fans not only had their favorite drivers, they also had their favorite cars.
If Mr. Jones had a Ford in his garage, well, when it came to NASCAR he was a Ford man. And he didn’t care who drove one, he just wanted it to win – especially over Chevrolet. That obnoxious neighbor across the street drove a Chevy.
Fans who came to races wore their share of driver gear, but just as many donned shirts and hats with the Ford blue oval or the Chevrolet bow tie.
If a person wearing Ford gear happened to sit next to a Chevy supporter, more times than not there would be a friendly wager over which manufacturer would win the race.
Every now and then a fight broke out.
When NASCAR wouldn’t allow Chrysler to use its hemi engine in 1965, the manufacturer left competition and its top driver, Richard Petty, resorted to drag racing.

None of this was lost on the manufacturers. They believed in the slogan, “Win on Sunday, sell on Monday,” so much so that they were constantly retooling their NASCAR entries.
They provided huge financial and technical support to the top teams of the day, which created the phrase, “factory backed.”
And some manufacturers actually owned teams and hired those drivers who proved worthy via auditions.
Without a direct conduit to manufacturer dollars and technical support, the super teams of the past – like Petty Enterprises and Holman & Moody – would not have existed.
Year after year, manufacturers rolled out new engines and reconfigured cars they hoped would trounce the opposition. Many times what they came up with was illegal in NASCAR’s eyes.
Over the years, the sanctioning body often would not allow a particular model to race because it thought it had a very unfair advantage.
And, also many times, the offended manufacturer would leave NASCAR altogether.
A classic example of this happened in 1965, when Chrysler pulled out of NASCAR because it would not approve the Mopar hemi engine.
Petty spent several months drag racing in a Plymouth Barracuda.
There were times when the appeal of a particular car model was so strong it lured a long-departed manufacturer back into stock car racing.
In 1971, Junior Johnson and Richard Howard cooked up a plan to bring Chevrolet back into NASCAR. It had been absent for nearly a decade.
Johnson and Howard schemed to bring it back for one very good reason: Chevrolet was the most popular car in America. How could its return to NASCAR not have appeal?
The two began campaigning a Chevrolet in 1971. Fans came in droves to watch it compete. Promoters were happy.
Maybe they weren’t so happy when Johnson and Howard demanded $10,000 up front for their car to compete but, more times than not, they forked out the cash.
When Chevrolet finally won in the spring of 1972 at Atlanta, the fans’ celebration was tremendous.
Elated women actually wrote “Chevy’s Back!” in lipstick on VIP suite windows.
No kidding. I was there.
Well, Chevy hasn’t left NASCAR since and has done pretty darn good for itself.
Look, I’m not so naïve that I don’t know manufacturers are lending a heckuva lot of support to several NASCAR teams today.
I daresay that there’s more of it than there ever has been – and that includes dollars.
But it’s not nearly as overt as it once was – not by a long shot. And I don’t believe manufacturers have received the returns, in sales and fan support, which they once did.
The big reason for that is what’s known now as the “Generation 5” car. Before it got that tag, it was the “Car of Tomorrow.”
Although the COT brought much-needed safety renovations to NASCAR, it was never very popular with competitors and fans.
Competitors constantly struggled to get the most out of the car. Fans thought it was nothing more than a NASCAR-designed clone. You couldn’t tell the difference between a Ford, Chevrolet or Toyota – which was certainly not a good thing for the manufacturers.
For many fans stock car racing should be what NASCAR founder Bill France Sr. decreed – and what made stock car racing so popular: The cars that raced would look like the ones people could buy at a dealership.
Eventually, they didn’t. And fans turned away.
Now, however, there is a good chance they may come back. I believe that was NASCAR’s goal when it created the “Generation 6” car.
Hey, just a thought: Have you noticed how NASCAR is trying to go back to the way things were?
Now we have the “Generation 6” car, intended to woo back fans. Remember “Boys Have At It?” That was a direct response to fan complaints that drivers were not allowed to be themselves and were simply clones – like the cars.
There are other examples, of course, and I don’t say the “Generation 6” car will instigate a massive fan homecoming.
What will help all of this is for the cars to be highly competitive and create better racing, which is far more in the drivers’ control.
While the new car has been tested at Daytona and Charlotte, with more shakedowns to come, teams don’t yet know how it will perform in competitive conditions.
But I think they have confidence in what they’ve got.
Know why? They are not complaining. They are cautiously optimistic.
By the way, most fans aren’t complaining either. They are very curious – and cautiously optimistic.
Admittedly, it all may not happen. But the “Generation 6” car has the potential to bring good things to NASCAR.
We’ll see, won’t we?