Any of you guys see the show on FS1 about their rivalry? Very good show IMO.

Makes me wish for the good ole days of NASCAR.

Yep. Great show.

They still have nascar races?

Did they get into slap fights? Or towel snapping in the showers or something?

My thoughts exactly.

I quit watching when Stewart hung it up.

He would have to be the last of the nasty guys. Rest of em are for show.

I flipped channels last night and they had some pre-runner to the 500 at Daytona.........single file drafting shucks. I watched about 5 laps.

He's why I shopped at Home Depot. Hated JJ in the Lowes..........avoided that place at all times.

A decade ago, I wouldn't miss a lap. Now, I record the super speedway races and Bristol and fast forward through it to the last few laps. If I watch it at all. Tony was the last of them. When I was in my 20's and 30's, Talladega was the third largest city in the state on race weekend. When we went to church on a race day Sunday, you had to plan your route to avoid 231 through Sylacauga and we're 20+ miles away. Now, you don't even notice the traffic and it seems 125,000 is a good crowd. Looks like the fan base the Helton's chased aren't as loyal as the one it forsook.

Turkey - I was the same way, wouldn’t miss a lap and if I was the road I would listen to the race on MRN. Now a days, with the exception of the Daytona 500 and the 600 in Charlotte - I doubt I watch 20-minutes of racing a year.

All the rules changes and politically correct crap has turned me off. When NASCAR made the decision to separate itself from its Southern heritage - it lost.

"All the rules changes and politically correct crap has turned me off. When NASCAR made the decision to separate itself from its Southern heritage - it lost."

Bingo!!

I turned it on just as they were penalizing the two leaders for pushing each other. They called it 'locking bumpers' . I thought it was called racing. Nascar has lost it's mind.

Yes.....They just don't have stock car races anymore.

I honestly think the loss of Earnhardtt coupled with the points system change absolutely ruined nascar.

Richard Petty was nascars first pretty boy. I never could stand him.

Yep

Never was the same to me without Davey.

http://www.espn.com/racing/standings/_/year/1990

This was nascar at its peak, in my opinion. Several factors lead to the decline, I think.

With Davy , Alan and Dale Sr all dying in a short span coupled with guys like Gordon coming along , Nascar lost a lot of its base and did nothing but shoot themselves in the foot trying to appeal to a different demographic.

Sure Gordon, JJ , the Bush brothers and the other metrosexuals could drive but most southerners couldn't relate to them and none of those guys could intimidate anyone once they exited the car. Nascar was a lifestyle brand and they screwed it up beyond recognition.

There maybe more talent on the track today but I'll never know. I watched my last full race the day Dale died. I was already losing interest so maybe I'd have quit following anyway but that was the final nail for me.

Who the hell knows what the rules are anymore. Used to love it, haven't watched a race in years though. Boring.