Re: Careful What You Wish For (490 Views)
Posted by:
Rick B. (IP Logged)
Date: September 24, 2007 09:25AM
Silver Charm Wrote:
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> But I think as a fan these racing Racing
> Secretary's or Track Presidents are making a big
> mistake if they feel slowing the sport down
> drastically to slightly increase safety (and this
> what the data shows) is visually appealing to the
> fan they are wrong.
>
> Start slowing down the cars at Daytona to minimize
> wrecks and fans will not like it.
Two points:
1. Synthetic surfaces may or may not end up resulting in fewer catastrophic breakdowns in the long run, but it was very important to create the *perception* that racing was "doing something" about breakdowns. Because...
2. ...the betting public is without a doubt every bit as turned off by breakdowns as they are by slower races...possibly, even more so. One need look no further than the severe downturn in handle at Arlington Park during their "Summer of Death" meet in 2006.
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