Agreed, but as I said before, attendance is picking up, you aren't going to go from stands less than 1/4 full to sold out over night.Pic from March 2024, no rain lots of empty seats. View attachment 341738
Agreed, but as I said before, attendance is picking up, you aren't going to go from stands less than 1/4 full to sold out over night.Pic from March 2024, no rain lots of empty seats. View attachment 341738
Picking up from 2023, which was the lowest ratings in the history of Nascar. When comparing this year to any year before last season, its still a decline.To be fair, that picture is from the rain delayed spring race in 2017. Attendance and viewership has been up lately, certainly not back to stunning numbers, but it is trending upwards.
But there is a thread on INGO that says all is utopia…Bristol used to be packed house at every event. I remember it snowing at the track and the stands were still packed full. Drivers were on pit road throwing snowballs at fans.
I watched the old southern 500 from 1986 on youtube last night as i was laying down for bed. After the race the drivers were interviewed and actually gave honest opinions about the racing, car, and sanctioning body. Now, they get fined if they say anything negative about the sport. Thats one of many reasons people are tuning out
Ya, thats why attendance last season was a record low and they were still saying how its a non issue. Everyone wanted to point at the tv deal as the sport is saved. Sponsors pay for the advertisement. This is why big drivers have bigger paying sponsors, because the likelihood of their sponsorship being seen is increased. When the viewership and attendance is a record low 1 season, and then barely beating it this season, sponsorships lower the amount they are willing to pay… some even deciding to no longer sponsor a team altogether.But there is a thread on INGO that says all is utopia…
Jeff Gordon has really put on the weight. Must be the hormones.
Jeff Gordon has really put on the weight. Must be the hormones.
Im sure theres more than him that wish they could be on jimmys johnsonBetting he's not getting Jimmy's Johnson as much as he used to.
Truth.To me the best era of NASCAR was the race on Sunday, sell Monday time frame. That's when rules books were thin and drivers had great big helmets. (Helmets isn't what I meant, but...)
426s, 427s, 429s, funky aerodynamics (but effective).
Better still was Can-Am.
Fenders, two possible driving/passenger positions, some ridiculously low weight restriction, unlimited internal combustion engine, one human capapable (willing) to climb in and race it for a couple of hours.
See, UOP Shadow, Chaparral, McClaren, Porsche and Lola.
MH
There are still millions to pocket so the executives will continue to milk the cow.Truth.
Old school nascar helped the car industry evolve in so many ways. There were always engineers trying to get a few more horsepower than the next guy.
Now its an overweight formula 1 car with a bunch if insecure executives that dont allow their drivers to have a negative opinion.
Loyalty is dead in society it is foolish to believe that newer owners will have the loyalty of those that by the sweat of their brow built the peak of almost twenty years ago. If you build something you treasure it differently than joining something someone else built.Wonder whats gonna happen when the big teams owners pass away. Childress Hendrick Penske… they arent young anymore
I was thinking of tuning in to tomorrows race just to see the crowd size but I don’t want to give @greg another viewer, he would claim viewership doubled…