Brian France Achieved One Goal - at Least
Aside from alienating fans, personally lowering both over-the-air and cable TV ratings, tossing “NASCAR Tradition” out the window (if there is such a thing) and probably, if you ask some, causing global climate change (Fontana race fans are your point of contact for verification of that).
France has also achieved another important goal, secondary to the safety aspects of the CORN cutting costs to compete was an important goal. According to stats released by NASCAR, and provided to them from the teams, the CORN has become a jack of all trades and is being used multiple times as opposed to the “specialty vehicles” for certain tracks that were so prevalent.
For example, at Talladega, the car
Brian France has booted a few ground balls during his tenure..most of them you have listed..but the CORN car might be the one thing that was correct time will tell…I don’t think he had a lot to do with it however..he just happened to be there when it came to fruition..they started on the thing 4 years ago so I think it’s more his fathers legacy than his…
Actually the genesis goes back further than that. First thoughts of a “new-gen” car date to 2000, but the ball really didn’t get going until 2002.