So some of you would be in agreement with me that you don't need cautions and wrecks for an interesting race? Even Carl Edwards said once that you don't need wrecking to have a good race. "Good TV" my rear end. A race is a race. Some of us just seem to care more or put more emphasis on wrecks than racing. I try not to. You can tag fenders. You can give "love taps." You can ram somebody into the outside wall like back at Darlington in 2003. But it's not required to have wrecks for a race to be good. Some people just have the demolition derby, Saturday-night-at-the-short-track mentality about races. That every race has to be a wreck-fest to be great. They don't! This is just an All-Star Race. They don't have to wreck each other and possibly risk injury heading into the Coca-Cola 600. I call the Coca-Cola 600 as NASCAR's version of the 24 Hours of Le Mans because the race is the longest on the schedule. Endurance is crucial at Charlotte and for over 600 miles.

Was the fact that this race didn't have any wrecks or cautions a deterrent as to why this race wasn't as interesting to some people? Do you think races NEED wrecks just to entertain even the most discriminating NASCAR fan?

JohnM - 20 May 2008 03:25 PM

So some of you would be in agreement with me that you don't need cautions and wrecks for an interesting race? Even Carl Edwards said once that you don't need wrecking to have a good race. "Good TV" my rear end. A race is a race. Some of us just seem to care more or put more emphasis on wrecks than racing. I try not to. You can tag fenders. You can give "love taps." You can ram somebody into the outside wall like back at Darlington in 2003. But it's not required to have wrecks for a race to be good. Some people just have the demolition derby, Saturday-night-at-the-short-track mentality about races. That every race has to be a wreck-fest to be great. They don't! This is just an All-Star Race. They don't have to wreck each other and possibly risk injury heading into the Coca-Cola 600. I call the Coca-Cola 600 as NASCAR's version of the 24 Hours of Le Mans because the race is the longest on the schedule. Endurance is crucial at Charlotte and for over 600 miles.

Was the fact that this race didn't have any wrecks or cautions a deterrent as to why this race wasn't as interesting to some people? Do you think races NEED wrecks just to entertain even the most discriminating NASCAR fan?

You are right about some people determining how good a race it was by how many wrecks. Then, there is a second group that want the races run entrely with the cars side by side all around the track. And even 3 and 4 wide is better.

Apparently Daytona or Talledega was the first race they ever saw, and believe all races should be like that.

NoviVespa3 - 20 May 2008 03:33 PM

JohnM - 20 May 2008 03:25 PM

So some of you would be in agreement with me that you don't need cautions and wrecks for an interesting race? Even Carl Edwards said once that you don't need wrecking to have a good race. "Good TV" my rear end. A race is a race. Some of us just seem to care more or put more emphasis on wrecks than racing. I try not to. You can tag fenders. You can give "love taps." You can ram somebody into the outside wall like back at Darlington in 2003. But it's not required to have wrecks for a race to be good. Some people just have the demolition derby, Saturday-night-at-the-short-track mentality about races. That every race has to be a wreck-fest to be great. They don't! This is just an All-Star Race. They don't have to wreck each other and possibly risk injury heading into the Coca-Cola 600. I call the Coca-Cola 600 as NASCAR's version of the 24 Hours of Le Mans because the race is the longest on the schedule. Endurance is crucial at Charlotte and for over 600 miles.

Was the fact that this race didn't have any wrecks or cautions a deterrent as to why this race wasn't as interesting to some people? Do you think races NEED wrecks just to entertain even the most discriminating NASCAR fan?

You are right about some people determining how good a race it was by how many wrecks. Then, there is a second group that want the races run entrely with the cars side by side all around the track. And even 3 and 4 wide is better.

Apparently Daytona or Talledega was the first race they ever saw, and believe all races should be like that.

I am in neither of those groups and I didn't like the race. I hate RP racing and lots of wrecks gets on my nerves because it takes away from the racing and cautions take a long time if it's a bad wreck. I just didn't like the race because whoever was in the lead car was untouchable no matter if it was a 15th place car or the best car on the track.

Posts numbered 76 and 77 are way off base. It has nothing to do with wrecks or running 3 or 4 wide all day. It has to do with faster cars being able to make passes rather than races being dictated solely by track position. Now quit assuming that none of know what we are talking about.

I missed the inverting. I always liked to see if the guys up front could make it back up front while back in the dirty air. That's just me though. Thought it was pretty cool that Kasey won.

Although the race wasnt very exciting I wouldn't say that it was boring either. It was good for everyone especially for Nascars' pretty boy Kahne!
Good for him he is one of the bright stars of tomorrow for Nascar. How about Johnson and Gordon who would have imagined that them guys would have all the trouble they had in the race and thus far this season come to think of it.
It was a good race and whether or not the outcome was what you wanted or had hoped for like myself, Times change and so is nascar not everything they are doing is good or perfect but it is done with the best of intentions and i applaud that.

donnyjr - 20 May 2008 05:53 PM

It was good for everyone especially for Nascars' pretty boy Kahne!

and all the desparate housewives he's marketed for.

dhbldr - 20 May 2008 06:13 PM

donnyjr - 20 May 2008 05:53 PM

It was good for everyone especially for Nascars' pretty boy Kahne!

and all the desparate housewives he's marketed for.

That was good, thanks man!