The View from Here: The Business of NASCAR

In the Superman comics, the Man of Steel occasionally came up against the Bizarro world - a world in which it is a crime to make anything perfect. As I watch today, I wonder if we are seeing the COT's Bizarro doppelgänger, the COBF2&BP (Car of Broken Fuel Lines, Burning Foam and Brake Problems)?

To me, the big news today wasn't the race - it was OK (alright I am writing this during the rain delay - so penalize me 25 points already) - rather the continuing 'shake out " towards perfecting the COT. Learning curves happen and it does take time to figure problems out but this is getting old - quickly. Frankly, I was bored by the race and more interested in what problems would next be manifested (re: flaming interior foam anyone? Note: Supposedly this cannot happen).

While truly loyal fans will root for little E or Tony etc. even if they were racing donkeys (or cockroaches - see last week's blog) they shouldn't have cars that drive like donkeys. So I say give the teams some room and let them advance some solutions or ....

Well, the rain is done and the race resumes ...

Post-race comment:

OK, OK. The last 10 or so laps were pretty good but still how about five or six cars banging for the checker instead of two? Let's see if the COT/COBF2&BP can do that!

Bring on "Htrae"!! "This am part of genius Bizarro self-improvement plan"*

Let's just hope Superman arrives before it is too late.

That's the (somewhat rainy) view from here...

Michael


*Thanks for Wikipedia note on Bizarro.