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Oh man...just off the top of my head...
- Races take entirely too long these days. I don't want to sit on the couch for 4 hours to watch a race that's strung out on a mile and half track that has 12 of 40 cars finish on the lead lap where the only lead changes come during pitstops. Even at Daytona they just rode around the top all day single file until Hamlin decided to make a move in the last mile.
- Too many gimmicks. These "cautions" for a piece of debris or a water bottle that is on the apron that everyone knows is meant just to group the field back up or the need for a "caution clock" is absurd. Or how about giving Jr. his own update segment each quarter of the race. I understand he's the most popular but focus on the guys that will actually win the championship not him or Danica whose in the back fighting to stay on the lead lap. And then we have "The Chase" which is ridiculous. In that system you could win the first 35 races of the season but if your engine blows in race 36...you just finished 4th in the standings....but I can see how that could make a ton of sense (sarcasm)
- Not even half the field is competitive. You can guarantee a Gibbs, Hendrick, Penske or Stewart-Haas car is going to win. Yeah a blind squirrel may find a nut once in awhile but that still leaves 25 other cars there are out there just going in circles and only impact the race if leaders are in lapped traffic.
- Prices are way up, used to have tickets up at MIS, decent seats near the end of pit road which is where all the good cars are pitted. But for a race thats usually pretty strung out I'm not gonna pay $100 per ticket. That can get me in the gate at 4-5 USAC shows where I'll see more passing for the lead in heat race than I will in an entire 400 mile NASCAR race. If you're married and have a couple kids and wanna go to the races you're gonna pay damn near 500 just in tickets and to park...thats crazy.
There are a ton of things wrong and these are just a few that personally have turned me off of their product. Sure I'll flip over to watch the last few laps and to see what Yeley or Larson are doing but thats about the extent of my involvement with them.
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