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re: Why is Louisiana an aberration for NASCAR popularity being a southern state?
Posted on 3/13/17 at 11:10 pm to MikeHoncho47
Posted on 3/13/17 at 11:10 pm to MikeHoncho47
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I can count on one hand the diehard NASCAR fans I know down here.
How many your fingers you still got? So we can get an accurate count
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Posted on 3/13/17 at 11:22 pm to Paul Allen
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Well, south Florida and the panhandle of Florida are totally different yet there's a nice track in homestead which is in Miami area.
Well one difference between Miami and LA is that Miami is a travel destination (I will get to New Orleans in a minute). If you pay attention to where NASCAR attacks are they are located in one of two types of areas:
A) a smaller place like Bristol, TN or Talladega, AL that isn't at all a travel destination BUT the local area has a lot of NASCAR fans
B) an area that doesn't have as many NASCAR fans but is a travel destination from anywhere in the country such as Miami, Las Vegas, Fontana, CA, or Chicago
Now obviously New Orleans is a travel destination but I imagine finding a area of land big enough and more importantly high enough to build a track within enough distance of the actual tourist area is very difficult
Posted on 3/13/17 at 11:25 pm to Wishnitwas1998
I thought I hear something a while back about Louisiana getting a track. Maybe not.
Posted on 3/13/17 at 11:59 pm to CocoLoco
I've never heard it but that doesn't mean it wasn't discussed
One problem is right now NASCAR doesn't need to expand is schedule at all which means it would have to take a race away from an already existing track to give a race to a new track
This is further complicated by the fact that new tracks in the last 20 or so years just aren't built without the promise of a cup race
As an aside, NASCAR really should cut its schedule back to 30-32 races as opposed to 36 but like all sports I seriously doubt that ever happens
One problem is right now NASCAR doesn't need to expand is schedule at all which means it would have to take a race away from an already existing track to give a race to a new track
This is further complicated by the fact that new tracks in the last 20 or so years just aren't built without the promise of a cup race
As an aside, NASCAR really should cut its schedule back to 30-32 races as opposed to 36 but like all sports I seriously doubt that ever happens
Posted on 3/14/17 at 3:50 am to Paul Allen
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. Yet when I travel to Georgia, the Carolina's, Tennessee, Alabama, etc...you come across more fans and NASCAR emblems are more prevalent on vehicles.
Because that's where it was invented you retard. The further you get away from there the less popular it gets? No way!
Posted on 3/14/17 at 4:48 am to LSUballs
It's popular in Michigan, Illinois and other Midwest states than it is in LA. Thank you for the condescending remarks.
Posted on 3/14/17 at 5:48 am to weadjust
Lol. I'm in mid 20s. I just don't know a lot of people that enjoy NASCAR. Most people I know act like the South Park episode that parodied NASCAR.
"We're gonna drive real fast and turn it to the left!"
"We're gonna drive real fast and turn it to the left!"
Posted on 3/14/17 at 6:18 am to Wishnitwas1998
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I've never heard it but that doesn't mean it wasn't discussed
There was talk about 10-20 years about building a track on the Louisiana/Mississippi border around the Stennis area.
I guess nothing ever became of that.
Posted on 3/14/17 at 7:06 am to LSUballs
They have tracks in California retard
Posted on 3/14/17 at 7:10 am to Ed Osteen
That's real great Ed. They have one in Las Vegas too. There's even some smatterings of NASCAR fans out that way. Doesn't change the fact that the vast majority of NASCAR fans live in the area he mentioned in the OP. The moonshine area. The area that invented the sport.
Posted on 3/14/17 at 7:14 am to LSUballs
Whatever you say bro
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The further you get away from there the less popular it gets? No way!
Posted on 3/14/17 at 7:17 am to Ed Osteen
I think there is some point you're trying to make in your head Ed. But I don't know wtf it is.
Posted on 3/14/17 at 7:29 am to Paul Allen
quote:yea it's pretty huge in upstate NY as well as PA, then you have Bristol in VA/TN and all along the atlantic states, Indiana, MI, Cali, etc
It's popular in Michigan, Illinois and other Midwest states than it is in LA. Thank you for the condescending remarks.
It's a nationwide sport
Posted on 3/14/17 at 7:42 am to Pilot Tiger
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yea it's pretty huge in upstate NY as well as PA, then you have Bristol in VA/TN and all along the atlantic states, Indiana, MI, Cali, etc
It's a nationwide sport
I lived in southern Pennsylvania 20 years ago. Jeff Gordon gear everywhere. There was a NASCAR shop in the local mall/shopping center.
Posted on 3/14/17 at 7:48 am to Wishnitwas1998
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I've never heard it but that doesn't mean it wasn't discussed
There have been talks for years that Nascar wanted to purchase land for a new track in Louisiana. At one point years ago they were looking for land out in Avondale by TPC. Then it was somewhere out in the sticks west of Kentwood/Amite In the ST Helena Parish region.
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One problem is right now NASCAR doesn't need to expand is schedule at all which means it would have to take a race away from an already existing track to give a race to a new track
This is the other problem. Several tracks have a historical racing value to them like Dover and Bristol. Taking a race away would be a detriment to their profits and that not going to happen.
Posted on 3/14/17 at 7:58 am to Ed Osteen
That dude has zero clue.
Posted on 3/14/17 at 8:11 am to Paul Allen
Shut up
Posted on 3/14/17 at 8:12 am to navy
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.or maybe if some unqualified coonass with a thick grunting accent were a driver,
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Buster Graham works fulltime in the oil business when he’s not behind the wheel
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Lafayette, Louisiana
Although he does have an LSU and a Tech helmet so maybe that's why Lafayette has disowned him.
Posted on 3/14/17 at 8:31 am to Paul Allen
NASCAR is just gay Paul. Just gay
Also dying, I'm pretty sure. I know the ratings have been down around 20 points every year for the past like 5 years
Also dying, I'm pretty sure. I know the ratings have been down around 20 points every year for the past like 5 years
This post was edited on 3/14/17 at 8:37 am
Posted on 3/14/17 at 9:36 am to Paul Allen
It's more popular in North Louisiana, but the population up there isn't really big enough to matter.
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