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Originally Posted by ISF
Sorry, didn't mean to make ya' mad. LOL. My use of the AD-HD thing is meant as a figure of speach only meant to represent the shorter attention span and the higher degree of close action desired by younger audiences. In addition, what consitutes enjoyable race viewing is obviously in the eye of the beholder. That having been said, I find a higher percentage of the younger fans of all forms of auto racing to be more entertained by the much more manic action on the shorter tracks. For years one of NASCAR's hottest tickets were Bristol.
The appreciation for the finesse and the need for smooth and calculated driving maybe isn't as enjoyable as it once was. But, then again, maybe I'm wrong.
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I just think you're way off base with this assessment, Ken. The type of racing that takes place on tracks from bullring size up to the half mile ones have been the choice of Indiana race fans for generations. It doesn't have anything to do with AD-HD or a lack of attention span. It has more to do with the fact that we have more choices here and race fans tend to vote with their feet. And in this state, so many sprint and midget races at smaller races are packed, yet we can barely generate enough interest in the Hoosier Hundred to even keep that event alive. Myself, my father and even his father have preferred the races that are in an intimate enough setting that allows you to see every second or every lap of every race. And if you don't think there's not well thought out strategy that goes on in this genre of racing, even though it may appear to be total chaos to the untrained eye, then you're just not used to watching racing at such a frenetic pace. And I don't mean that in a bad way, it's just something you have to get used to to really take in and appreciate. At the beginning of each season, it takes me a couple of races to get myself reoriented.