Is NASCAR going to shorten certain races?

http://www.associatedcontent.com/art...rging_gas.html

On Mon, 21 May 2007 06:58:30 CST, darvijen (AT) gmail (DOT) com wrote in <1179724894.335387.315350 (AT) b40g2000prd (DOT) googlegroups.com>:

http://www.associatedcontent.com/art...rging_gas.html

Looks like a spoof. :-O

Marty
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On May 21, 10:28 am, "Martin X. Moleski, SJ" <mole... (AT) canisius (DOT) edu>
wrote:

On Mon, 21 May 2007 06:58:30 CST, darvi... (AT) gmail (DOT) com wrote in <1179724894.335387.315... (AT) b40g2000prd (DOT) googlegroups.com>:

http://www.associatedcontent.com/art...to_shorten_rac...

Looks like a spoof. :-O

Marty

I remember races being shortened in the early 70's when there was a
gasoline shortage but never as a cost cutting measure due to the
price. If I'm not mistaken, the fuel is supplied to the teams for
free.

Marty's right. This is obviously a satirical spoof of racing written
by a non-fan. Pretty nasty, actually.

Bob Paxton wrote:

On May 21, 10:28 am, "Martin X. Moleski, SJ" <mole... (AT) canisius (DOT) edu
wrote:
On Mon, 21 May 2007 06:58:30 CST, darvi... (AT) gmail (DOT) com wrote in <1179724894.335387.315... (AT) b40g2000prd (DOT) googlegroups.com>:

http://www.associatedcontent.com/art...to_shorten_rac...
Looks like a spoof. :-O

Marty



I remember races being shortened in the early 70's when there was a
gasoline shortage but never as a cost cutting measure due to the
price. If I'm not mistaken, the fuel is supplied to the teams for
free.

Marty's right. This is obviously a satirical spoof of racing written
by a non-fan. Pretty nasty, actually.

we don't have a shortage, just a conspiracy to drive up prices and gouge
consumers.......

Bob Paxton <redgreen43 (AT) hotmail (DOT) com> wrote in
news:1179770279.452468.266810 (AT) n15g2000prd (DOT) googlegroups.com:

I remember races being shortened in the early 70's when there was a
gasoline shortage but never as a cost cutting measure due to the
price. If I'm not mistaken, the fuel is supplied to the teams for
free.

1974, if I'm not mistaken. The races were shortened by 10%. It was
done as a gesture of support or sympathy to people affected by that
era's gas shortage, i.e. it was just a publicity deal. It didn't make
any meaningful difference to the amount of fuel used in a race weekend,
let alone the amount used by fans getting to the track.

John

In article John McCoy <igopogo (AT) ix (DOT) netcom.com> wrote:

It didn't make
any meaningful difference to the amount of fuel used in a race weekend,
let alone the amount used by fans getting to the track.

John

No kidding... I thought that was pretty comical.
Think of what that represented relative to the
energy drain of the entire race weekend.... wow...


Dan
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"John McCoy" wrote ...

1974, if I'm not mistaken. The races were shortened by 10%. It was
done as a gesture of support or sympathy to people affected by that
era's gas shortage, i.e. it was just a publicity deal. It didn't make
any meaningful difference to the amount of fuel used in a race weekend,
let alone the amount used by fans getting to the track.

In fact, gave 'em less bang for their gas buck. Isn't that a kick in the pants?
They should have raced 10% more and made the trip more worth it.