NASCAR’S Negative Fan Bases: Good or Bad for the Sport?

Shortly after this weeks Nascar Race at Texas, I started surfing the various racing sites and Twitter. I expected to find a lot of banter about Kyle Busch's attempt at the trifecta. I expected to find a lot of banter over the shift in the points with the unfortunate wreck involving Jimmie Johnson on Lap three. What I wasn't quite prepared for was the negative comments about Jimmie Johnson and others in the field. The negative comments abound. Everything from cheering at the time of the 48's accident, something that is totally inappriopriate. To wishing difficulty to the 18, 2, 24, 88, 42, 11, 5 etc. It made me stop and think; is this really good for the sport? The answer is yes and no. The passion of Nascar's fans is what has kept it alive ...

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