Does NASCAR have a death wish?
American Thinker,
by
Thomas Lifson
Original Article
Posted By: Magnante,
1/7/2022 7:05:12 AM
A pair of reports yesterday lead me to question the sanity of the management of NASCAR, the privately held giant of the sport of stock car racing. (snip) NASCAR has officially canceled driver Brandon Brown’s sponsorship deal with the “Let’s Go Brandon” cryptocurrency purveyor. (snip) The entire “Let’s go Brandon” craze began at a NASCAR track (snip) one of the largest LGBT Chambers within the region pushing for equitable change within the workplace and marketplace, announced Wednesday that NASCAR will become the organization’s Diversity, Equity & Inclusion partner for the 2022 term.
Reply 1 - Posted by:
clayusmcret 1/7/2022 7:38:46 AM (No. 1030846)
NASCAR has evolved from moonshine running rebels to leftist cowards.
60 people like this.
Reply 2 - Posted by:
Highlander 1/7/2022 7:39:09 AM (No. 1030847)
I’m not a fan, but I can see NASCAR going the way of the dodo bird with this bit of wokery.
50 people like this.
Reply 3 - Posted by:
NancyD 1/7/2022 7:44:00 AM (No. 1030851)
I am asking the same thing as this article. I have a letter going to each Board member of NASCAR. IF they think that their "wokeness" will retain fans, they are wrong. It was hard enough to see BLM car going around the track. I'm certain they are getting harassed by 10 people who appear to be 100,000's (Like what Rush would talk about when they would do that to his sponsors until he was able to prove it was 10 people) Because they let President Trump drive in the "Beast" around the Daytona 500 track and the fans loved it. To Leftists anything that has to do with Trump must bow to repent. It's so obvious but I think they are so scared to stand up against it and by doing to they are getting separated from their fan base and THAT is the endgame goal.
48 people like this.
Reply 4 - Posted by:
jalo1951 1/7/2022 7:46:16 AM (No. 1030852)
Going down the Salvation Army path. Not a good idea. They have lost me.
59 people like this.
Reply 5 - Posted by:
Daisymay 1/7/2022 7:52:23 AM (No. 1030858)
I've been a Fan for my Adult Life and attended many Bristol Races when we lived in TN. I can't imagine those Fans wanting anything to do with any LGBT organization. When they read this article in their Local Papers they are going to be furious. If the Powers That Be, who made this decision, think that this is the end of the LGBrandon thingy, they are in for a Huge surprise at the next Race! The fans are the ones who were chanting Let go Brandon, loud and clear, because they wanted to be Heard! They wanted to express their feelings. I can't wait to see how they express their feelings about NASCAR hooking up with the LGBTQ Bunch (If they show up at the Track at all)! These Fans do not wear Suits to the Track, they come in Shorts, Shirts with their favorite Driver's Name all over it, and they're pulling a Cooler! They're there for the Day to have fun! These are good Christian people who love God and Country! The next Race should be a Doozie!! Expect to see a lot of SIGNS expressing their "Feelings"!
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
DCGIRL 1/7/2022 7:57:44 AM (No. 1030865)
I saw it coming with Bubba. That entire ordeal was so out there over an innocent rope.
42 people like this.
Reply 7 - Posted by:
skacmar 1/7/2022 7:58:51 AM (No. 1030868)
How long until NASCAR sponsors and celebrates the first transgender driver sponsored by RuPauls Drag Race? NASCAR wokeness will do to NASCAR what kneeling did to the NFL. They will become more interested in diversity and inclusion than what made them successful: racing and fun.
32 people like this.
Reply 8 - Posted by:
wakeupcall 1/7/2022 8:01:23 AM (No. 1030877)
Best answer to NASCAR is, don't show up at the track. Line the roads to the track with ex-NASCAR fans holding signs saying, "Let's Go Brandon".
32 people like this.
Reply 9 - Posted by:
Speedy2 1/7/2022 8:11:52 AM (No. 1030891)
BLM is ok, LGB is not? NASCAR sucks. Go woke go broke!
37 people like this.
Reply 10 - Posted by:
What3rd 1/7/2022 8:16:40 AM (No. 1030899)
Wow, another major sport committing suicide. I use to watch Noosecar all the time until the fiasco with the pull down. They are dead to me.
27 people like this.
Reply 11 - Posted by:
BeatleJeff 1/7/2022 8:32:07 AM (No. 1030920)
There is a disconnect between the team owners and drivers and those running NASCAR, Inc.The owners and drivers are a conservative lot while the corporate pinheads have been pandering to the Left since the Obama Administration. Recall when the Kaepernick shenanigans began infecting other sports, several team owners, most notably Richard Petty and Richard Childress, lowered the boom and told their team members that anyone who kneels during the Anthem would be fired on the spot. NASCAR Inc needs to be careful.Tony Stewart has planted the seeds for a rival series, SRX. If NASCAR pushes too far left many teams could bolt to SRX full time.
20 people like this.
Reply 12 - Posted by:
hoosierblue 1/7/2022 8:37:35 AM (No. 1030924)
They can go the way of the NFL. I hope they go broke.
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Reply 13 - Posted by:
SkeezerMcGee 1/7/2022 8:41:59 AM (No. 1030928)
Brown should have said to the reporter, "They are NOT saying Lets Go Brandon." That's what most NASCAR drivers of yesteryear would have said to her.
NASCAR's management and many drivers have gone woke.
NASCAR will never again be what it once was.
Liberals, progressives and socialists have infiltrated, infested and polluted almost everything in the Umited States. For decades their infilitration has been devious, deceptive, slow, steady, and by stealth. Like Communists, they are masters of deceit.
19 people like this.
Reply 14 - Posted by:
red1066 1/7/2022 9:10:19 AM (No. 1030957)
Talk about not knowing your target audience. Where did these clowns get their business degrees?
21 people like this.
Reply 15 - Posted by:
Samsquanch 1/7/2022 9:17:43 AM (No. 1030971)
Screw CRAPCAR.
14 people like this.
Reply 16 - Posted by:
downnout 1/7/2022 9:27:14 AM (No. 1030985)
If Nascar fans are on the ball, they’ll show up at Daytona with a new chant….FU Nascar! Just think, everyone can hold up signs saying “FUN”!
26 people like this.
Reply 17 - Posted by:
BarryNo 1/7/2022 9:41:27 AM (No. 1031001)
Any large organization that makes money is very leary of getting in the sites of government - ESPECIALLY with democrats in charge.
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Apparently they do. NOOSECAR is digging their grave deeper and deeper. No one at corporate bitched when a terrorist organization was plainly visible on a car. Now they hammer down on a non-terrorist organization. Pitiful and bye-bye.
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Reply 19 - Posted by:
MDConservative 1/7/2022 10:15:20 AM (No. 1031040)
How long before NASCAR goes to e-racing? Indycar is already moving that direction. F1 will be there first. Auto racing had its hey-day...it's fading like other fads. The good ol' boys will eventually walk away totally. And it won't be long.
4 people like this.
Reply 20 - Posted by:
Strike3 1/7/2022 10:28:39 AM (No. 1031065)
Pushing the gay and diverse life on the type of people who enjoy racing on mostly southern tracks is a marketing move that will go down in history with New Coke. I was a rabid fan for years and never missed a race at Charlotte until NASCAR went hollywood, built glitzy facilities and drove ticket prices up from $12 to whatever they are now. Death wish is a good term, they are dooming themselves.
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Reply 21 - Posted by:
bigfatslob 1/7/2022 10:29:17 AM (No. 1031068)
This is like NASCAR taking a knee for the National Anthem. NASCAR will go the way of Salvation Army, Coke, NFL and many other woke organizations. LGB
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Reply 22 - Posted by:
WV.Hillbilly 1/7/2022 10:46:13 AM (No. 1031095)
"Let's Go Brandon" appears nowhere on the car. The sponsor is LGBcoin. That's the name on the car.
They won't allow that but they were OK with that black driver that had "black lives matter" painted on his car last year.
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Reply 23 - Posted by:
voxpopuli 1/7/2022 11:09:03 AM (No. 1031124)
blackmail.. any of the management have anything
to do with Epstein Airline?
6 people like this.
Reply 24 - Posted by:
Blue Hen1 1/7/2022 11:17:31 AM (No. 1031145)
Time to start a new league
6 people like this.
Reply 25 - Posted by:
MickTurn 1/7/2022 11:21:16 AM (No. 1031152)
How about just plain 'FNASCAR'?
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Reply 26 - Posted by:
Rather Read 1/7/2022 11:29:38 AM (No. 1031171)
I loved NASCAR and so did my son. We are gone now. It was nice while it lasted.
9 people like this.
Reply 27 - Posted by:
Blue Hen1 1/7/2022 11:30:53 AM (No. 1031175)
With no restrictor plate racing
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Reply 28 - Posted by:
rabblerouser 1/7/2022 11:38:18 AM (No. 1031185)
Never watched NASCAR. My IQ is too high to allow me to be entertained by men driving around in a big circle.
3 people like this.
Reply 29 - Posted by:
AltaD 1/7/2022 11:44:11 AM (No. 1031193)
FTA: The France family that founded and still owns NASCAR reportedly are billionaires.
Well maybe this explains why the nascar organization doesn't care if they alienate their fan base. Empty stadiums and lower TV ratings won't hurt the France family, it may lead to the loss of jobs for "the little people" but that family is set for life.
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Reply 30 - Posted by:
JimBob 1/7/2022 12:28:32 PM (No. 1031237)
Remember what 'LGBTQ' stands for.
"Let's
Get
Biden
To
Quit"
..... and if there's a "+" tagged onto the end, it means
"Plus Heels-Up Harris..... She Goes TOO!"
4 people like this.
Reply 31 - Posted by:
NancyD 1/7/2022 12:38:07 PM (No. 1031247)
#11 SRX is awesome! We love watching it.
#28, you need to educate yourself. NASCAR runs road courses too. You don't need to insult race fans to try to elevate yourself, it doesn't work....
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Reply 32 - Posted by:
DVC 1/7/2022 1:04:24 PM (No. 1031283)
Get woke, go broke.
NASCAR has taken that as a business plan and is furiously implementing it.
4 people like this.
Reply 33 - Posted by:
Kumoan 1/7/2022 1:31:23 PM (No. 1031308)
It is likely all levels of management are polluted with university grads ie uneducated cookie cutter marxists who hate America. There are Lemon Laws in America, there should also be Lemming Laws...
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Reply 34 - Posted by:
Zeek Wolfe 1/7/2022 1:54:51 PM (No. 1031334)
You might expect this from an organization sponsoring open wheel racing, but hill-billies like me don't lke this communist swerve of NASCAR.
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Reply 35 - Posted by:
rabblerouser 1/7/2022 4:55:52 PM (No. 1031476)
Hey, #31, Ms. Woke, I find car races boring. Not trying to "elevate" anything. I gave my opinion and you feel dumb. Sorry.
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Reply 36 - Posted by:
czechlist 1/8/2022 12:10:01 PM (No. 1032235)
IMO NASCAR signed its death warrant years ago when it changed the to the green white cheker finishing rule and the scoring system.
I used to spend Saturdays and Sundays switching between NASCAR and football; now NFL on Sundays is also a no go.
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