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re: Why is the Indy 500 not as big a deal as it used to be?
Posted on 5/28/23 at 6:25 pm to SteelerBravesDawg
Posted on 5/28/23 at 6:25 pm to SteelerBravesDawg
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You guys missed a hell of a race and a great finish.
I wasn't a fan of the finish.
I know nobody wants to finish under yellow but that was a bad call by the org. to try and race with less than 2 laps left.
You can't even get tires warmed up in one lap of green flag racing. Ericson got robbed.
ETA: I'd say a live event that can put close to 230,000 asses in the seats is still pretty relevant but I do miss Indycar before the split and I really miss the heydays of CART after the split.
This post was edited on 5/28/23 at 6:29 pm
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Posted on 5/28/23 at 6:36 pm to tylerlsu2008
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The creation of IRL splitting off from “Indy Car” and the separate CART series was set the downfall in motion.
This is when I noticed it’s decline.
It’s still the largest sports event. I went twice in the early 90’s. It was a blast & I was on edge the whole race. The whole weekend is a party. I’d love to go back
Posted on 5/28/23 at 6:41 pm to Slippy
quote:We watched it live. No tape delay.
I remember it being a really big deal as a kid. Everybody knew who Johnny Rutherford and AJ Foyt and Mario Andretti were. ABC would show it on tape delay in prime time, and everybody watched it.
I remember Swede Savage and his wreck in '73. Danny Sullivan's "Spin to Win" in '85. Wins by Foyt, the Unser brothers, Rick Mears, Bobby Rahal..
Used to love that day. Indy 500 and the Coca-Cola 600 all in one day.
Posted on 5/28/23 at 6:43 pm to Germantiger001
oh, and who is Josef Newgarden???
Posted on 5/28/23 at 6:47 pm to fallguy_1978
Well the thing about the SB vs. the 500 is that you just have a massive difference in the overall fan base to begin with, but football is a weekly event that will draw more if a tv crowd because after the game any person can go out and play football in the backyard. Hence the huge amount of appeal gif the SB. People throw a huge party for the SB because it’s the conclusion of something they have been paying attention to bigtime in the last 4 weeks before it.
Posted on 5/28/23 at 7:28 pm to TejasHorn
quote:With all of these bullshite changes on the field and screwing fans who actually go to the stadiums just give the NFL a decade. They will regret letting streamers have control over as much as they are.
A lot of things have lost the universal hype they used to have..
Posted on 5/28/23 at 8:21 pm to MSUDawg98
Seems like all car racing is losing viewership /fans. NASCAR needs to Just go away.
Posted on 5/28/23 at 8:27 pm to Slippy
I like Rick Miers but I have no idea why.
Posted on 5/29/23 at 8:35 am to Serious Mug
Sullivan's spin and win was on tape delay
Posted on 5/29/23 at 8:56 am to Slippy
Tony George screwed the pooch
Posted on 5/29/23 at 9:32 am to mallardhank
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NASCAR needs to Just go away.
Posted on 5/29/23 at 9:37 am to FightinTigersDammit
quote:Not on my TV. Some areas outside of the Eastern Time Zone were on delay.
Sullivan's spin and win was on tape delay
Posted on 5/29/23 at 10:01 am to GB1017LSU
quote:it was that way yesterday
It was packed with fans and the cars were unbelievably loud
Posted on 5/29/23 at 10:45 am to Serious Mug
In the Central Time Zone, it was definitely tape delay
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