Buck 'Em Posted April 26, 2012 Share Posted April 26, 2012 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric Posted April 26, 2012 Share Posted April 26, 2012 They never should've added progressive banking in the first place..don't fix whats not broken 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThunderRowdy Posted April 26, 2012 Share Posted April 26, 2012 Bringing back old style bristol I see, They should of left it alone instead of making it more progressive banking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephen Hopkins Posted April 26, 2012 Share Posted April 26, 2012 on an engineers drawing board it probably looked great, sadly is was not, im with eric on this, dont fix whats not broken. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric Posted April 26, 2012 Share Posted April 26, 2012 and Im sure goodyear will bring a tire that will be as hard as a bowling ball so it will make for crap racing anyways... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buck 'Em Posted April 26, 2012 Author Share Posted April 26, 2012 I think they went the wrong way, don't flaten the top lane, bank the lower lanes more, this is just gonna make it a "Follow the Leader" race. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric Posted April 26, 2012 Share Posted April 26, 2012 That's what made bristol more exciding though when it was a follow the leader race, you had to move people out of the race..you know the way nascar was when it wasnt main stream Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buck 'Em Posted April 27, 2012 Author Share Posted April 27, 2012 True, with the old car you had to do the "Bump and Run", but with these COT cars, you can't do that like the old cars. the old cars you jacked the other guy up by getting under his bumper and lefting the rear tires up, the bumpers line up on these cars, you hit a guy all you're doing is pushing him forward. But that causes drivers to say "well that didn't work, guess I can hit him harder", which in turn gives what a lot of the fans want. Wrecks. but they want to call it "good racing". honestly I didn't find the last Bristol race boring at all, that battle between Brad and Matt was exciting to watch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric Posted April 27, 2012 Share Posted April 27, 2012 Well, with the matched bumpers you can hit them harder..but still dont move them out of the way, these cars provide my downforce than the old car did, but we wont see top Bristol racing til a couple season's from now til goodyear gets their head out their ass Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JRobson Posted April 27, 2012 Share Posted April 27, 2012 I liked both versions of Bristol.. Most folks don't realize that Bristol back in the 80's and early 90's was almost exactly like it is today with the high groove being the main lane and 2-3 wide racing. However the Bristol from last 90's to mid 2000's is what made Bristol so popular and exciting.. I'm more of a fan of real racing not the whole follow the leader deal but the excitement factor at Bristol is almost completely gone now days. The racing is great at times but without a good atmosphere at the track there is not much to cheer for. The intensity and rivalrys are nearly completely gone from Bristol now so I don't mind the change. Honestly what would be awesome is if they left like turn 3 - 4 progressive banking and turned 1-2 back into what it use to be lol. Best of both worlds. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buck 'Em Posted April 27, 2012 Author Share Posted April 27, 2012 the old asphalt Bristol was cool watching the old 80's Monte Carlo's race around there, track was rough, bumpy, and narrow, I remember ESPN Classics showed a race from then and the cars were just hoping lol. Honestly what would be awesome is if they left like turn 3 - 4 progressive banking and turned 1-2 back into what it use to be lol. Best of both worlds. now There's an idea Bruton Smith should listen too lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MidwestBeast Posted April 27, 2012 Share Posted April 27, 2012 Bristol was more fun to watch before progressive, i'm not saying that because there was more crashes but it was cooler to see the bump and run instead of the 2, 3 wide. Save that for Daytona and Talladega Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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