Friday, March 18, 2011
Wednesday, March 16th 'What If' Question
It is a topic that is approached every so often and has been before here in our 'What If' blog, just in a different way.
Everyone who is a fan of some sport or maybe even television show (dear CBS you have royally destroyed Criminal Minds) has had a moment where they sat and thought about something they would change. NASCAR has a rich 60 plus year history and pages among pages of history have been written. Some good, some bad. Others memorable, some to be forgotten.
However, it's all there and can revisited at any time. It can't be changed and whether the results were what was wanted or not, it happened. It just doesn't stop anyone from wanting to have changed the outcome or the event. We wouldn't be human if we didn't.
In NASCAR there have wrecks or unfortunate deaths. There have winners both liked and disliked. There have drivers that have come and gone. To sum it up - there has been a lot that has occurred in one of the biggest sports in America and there is a lot more to come. Which, again won't be changed.
But ...
What if you could go back and change something from the past 60+ years of #NASCAR history, what would you change and why?
@dougthethird easy. I'd have Dale Earnhardt win the 1989 Winston Cup instead of narrowly losing it to Rusty Wallace
@Talon64 I'd only change one inch; the difference between Kurt Busch hitting the pit wall barrels at Homestead in 2004.
@NascarIntern24 2001 daytona 500....I miss seeing the black #3 on the track.
@fuckjimmie48 I would go back in time and make sure Jimmie Johnson's father had pulled out the night of his conception. #NASCAR
@robwright11 Every gwc finish that wasn't allowed to be decided under green at the finish line.
@18Winning I would have Davey Allison's helicopter not crash
@cruetten i would go back to '98,'99,'00; and change NASCAR's safety regulations (HANS, safier barriers, etc.). If the post-Sr death regulations would've been in place for the 2001 Daytona 500, it's possible that Sr wouldn't have been killed in that wreck.
@Tradertoms I would change the way they gave Richard Petty better cars than everybody & he just piled up wins because of it
@denver2u ..I'd for sure change the safety req's..maybe Dale Sr would still be racing today..
@ronsracing88 Acting too slowly on safety issues; they waited until we Dale Earnhardt before they acted on anything #NASCAR
@ladybug8848 would've worked on safety innovations sooner so we could save lives
@Lady31RCR #3...Do I really need to say why?
@lecroy24fan I can't top the Jimmie Johnson answer
@phathead I'd keep Brian France from eating lead paint chips as a kid. Kind of would explain a not, no?
@kkjlluver Dale Earnhardt dying safer cars back then
@NancyatStudioN I'd like to go back & reverse the deaths of DE, AK, DA, KI, but most of all - AP. I still get choked up when I think of him.
@TJIngerson Prob popular answer but the Day Earnhardt died..sport would be so much different today if he was still alive, no question
@TominBristol Bobby Allison would officially have his 85th win and would forever be ahead of DW.
Robert Pritchett (via Facebook) pit row speed on green flag stops
Dustin Parks (via Facebook) I'd do what they did this year...change the point system. Its easier to follow, simpler to understand, and means each position matters even more. There's no "good points" finishes, just balls to the walls racing.
Jose L Acero (via Facebook) I would do what they did after Dale Sr. passing away. Install SAFER barriers, implement the HANS device. That way we would still have The Intimidator with us. RIP #3
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Not at all surprised with the response. Dale Sr. dying was a biggy. I think as sad as it was, it's saved many lives after the fact.
ReplyDeleteIf I'd caught this, I'd go back and reroute the Hendrick jet. That was a tragedy.
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