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This cookie is set by Hubspot whenever it changes the session cookie. These cookies ensure basic functionalities and security features of the website, anonymously. There can be no sacred cows, a fact that five-time champion Jimmie Johnson recognized in admitting recently he'd be open to shortening the Coca-Cola 600, which has been the circuit's longest race for 53 years.Necessary cookies are absolutely essential for the website to function properly. It's that sort of action that NASCAR chairman Brian France decreed as the yardstick for grading the performance of the new Generation 6 car, and it should be strived for at every track. The urgency inherently escalated last year at Pocono, where passing virtually was incessant from the drop of the green flag. Credit Pocono President Brandon Igdalsky for realizing it and reacting accordingly despite the repercussions.Д«y decreasing race lengths, the value of NASCAR tickets will be enhanced rather than reduced. Given the short-attention spans of America's digitally obsessed Generation Y, the future crop of stock car fans isn't enamored with entertainment in portions that can require at least three hours - and sometimes much longer - to consume.

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It's ill-conceived hyperbole from an old guard audience whose well intentioned passion can manifest itself in notoriously vociferous ways.Дifficult times require bold moves, and while the sky isn't falling in NASCAR (whose coffers will be flush with billions from network TV deals for at least the decade), there are portentous signs more action is needed to stem the gradual audience erosion seen in flat TV ratings and declining attendance since its 2005 peak. This is heresy for longtime NASCAR fans, who cling to tradition and aren't shy about comparing the reduction of races with the decline of Western civilization. But in an age of well-conditioned athletes and durable cars, more laps just mean more minutes to reach the denouement.

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That concept had merit during bygone eras when driver fitness and the reliability of engines and parts separated the wheat from the chaff.

have conceded they merely are logging laps. The show improved vastly last year by simply slicing 40 laps and eliminating some of the mind-numbing middle sections of superspeedway races, where stars such as Dale Earnhardt Jr. The most recent race at Pocono was shortened 62 laps by a thunderstorm in which a fan was killed by a lightning strike, marring the culmination of a season that ranked among the track's best in 38 years hosting NASCAR's premier series. A fresh coat of asphalt was laid on its 2ВЅ-mile triangular layout, matching the shine from a $15 million solar farm constructed across the street a few years ago. In the past year, Pocono overhauled its facilities with a multimillion-dollar makeover of new SAFER barriers, drainage systems and pit stalls. The idea once was laughable for a place so far in the sticks, groundhogs, deer and other wildlife have tempted fate by crossing the track while Sprint Cup cars were at speed.Д«ut the track nestled in Pennsylvania's rural Pocono Mountains traveled at breakneck pace into the 21st century last year, and its transformation could offer an important road map to a sport facing relevance challenges at every turn. Pocono Raceway, the gateway to NASCAR's future?

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Drivers had conceded that they merely logged laps during previous Pocono races.

Last year Pocono shortened both its races from 500 to 400 miles.

Pocono had a multimillion-dollar makeover with new SAFER barriers%2C drainage systems and pit stalls.

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