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re: Why is NASCAR the biggest motorsport in the US?
Posted on 8/1/16 at 10:42 am to bbap
Posted on 8/1/16 at 10:42 am to bbap
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explain what you mean by relatable.
I think he means that the average person can relate to a NASCAR car better than something like an F1 car, Indycar or Le Mans Prototype. They look like something that you could go down to the Chevy dealership and buy. But Stock cars haven't been stock in a long time.
I follow F1 and it has its own problems right now. There is one team (Mercedes) that is utterly dominant and everybody else is fighting for 2nd. The rules keep changing and aren't enforced consistently. Going to a race is expensive and watching on TV is pay-per-view in a lot of places. So it's hemorrhaging fans. The cars sound awful and don't really look that good either (compared to previous eras).
MotoGP is very exciting because there is a lot of overtaking back and forth. In F1, not so much.
This post was edited on 8/1/16 at 10:44 am
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Posted on 8/1/16 at 10:49 am to MountainTiger
I have been to an F1 race and found it incredibly boring. The cars are running by and you can have a conversation without yelling because the cars are so quiet. Most of the race had to be watched on a big screen in front of our are because the track was so spread out.
Tickets were ridiculous. I paid around $500.00 US for a ticket for one race in a moderate zone. The seats in front of the pits were twice that price. Compared to $600 for my Season tickets at Texas which are at the Start/Finish line.
Tickets were ridiculous. I paid around $500.00 US for a ticket for one race in a moderate zone. The seats in front of the pits were twice that price. Compared to $600 for my Season tickets at Texas which are at the Start/Finish line.
Posted on 8/1/16 at 11:01 am to MountainTiger
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MotoGP is very exciting because there is a lot of overtaking back and forth. In F1, not so much.
It's easily the most exciting racing in the world.
Posted on 8/1/16 at 2:36 pm to MountainTiger
Indycar screwed themselves on their tv deal, if not for that and better promotional efforts, it could really take off.
They've had some of the best racing of any series in the last two years, and had bumps in viewership the past 3 seasons. - Just this year, (excluding the Indy500's 100th anniversary and its crazy attendance #'s), they've had multiple attendance records broken and been over 100k @ all of the road courses (except Barber, @ 85,000, which was also a record)
They have Watkins Glenn coming up. That could be a pretty good show
They've had some of the best racing of any series in the last two years, and had bumps in viewership the past 3 seasons. - Just this year, (excluding the Indy500's 100th anniversary and its crazy attendance #'s), they've had multiple attendance records broken and been over 100k @ all of the road courses (except Barber, @ 85,000, which was also a record)
They have Watkins Glenn coming up. That could be a pretty good show
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