I agree. And while every sport enjoys the ride created by superstar participants, you need to always be preparing for a future beyond those heroes’ careers.
NASCAR For Sale (1 Viewer)
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Jimbo
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The success of any sanctioning group is to put on a better show and to give their fans their monies worth and more. This is always easier said then it is to do!!
Yes we are talking about racing but this is also an entertain business so it really is all about putting on a better show for everyone not just the dad's who love racing.
Great Promoters like Humpy Wheeler and many others were very good at making sure the fans got to see a great show!
Jim Hill
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Yes we are talking about racing but this is also an entertain business so it really is all about putting on a better show for everyone not just the dad's who love racing.
Great Promoters like Humpy Wheeler and many others were very good at making sure the fans got to see a great show!
Jim Hill
www.nostalgicracingdecals.com
HEMI6point1
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Okay, time for me to just say what I wanted to say since this thread started....
There are people who can blame "the car of tomorrow" and restrictor plates.
I'll give my take, that no one seems to want to post because "political correctness!"
A lot of the older crowd likes to "blame the millennials" for every entity that either shrinks to a shadow of it's former self or dies. Like how the older crowd blames millennials for Sears dying when it's reality Sears is dying because they suck and have a CEO who shouldn't be.... a CEO.
Well, there is a reason why NASCAR has declining ratings and viewership. NASCAR's shtick of a bunch of hillybilly's that can't enunciate a proper sentence, go around in circles 200 times then fistfight when they get into a wreck doesn't work with most millennials. As the older crowd starts to die off, you are left with a whole bunch of ever-younger people that simply aren't interested in most cases.
There is another wrinkle to this: You can also relate this what is going on to professional hockey. The NHL's viewiership declined because that league cracked down on the fights and like it or not, that is what most of hockey's fanbase tuned in to see. It seems like NASCAR seems to have a decreasing number of wrecks and like it or not, a good chunk of their fanbase tunes in to see who's going to wreck. No wrecks = just a bunch of cars going around in circles which screams "boring!" to those people.
There are people who can blame "the car of tomorrow" and restrictor plates.
I'll give my take, that no one seems to want to post because "political correctness!"
A lot of the older crowd likes to "blame the millennials" for every entity that either shrinks to a shadow of it's former self or dies. Like how the older crowd blames millennials for Sears dying when it's reality Sears is dying because they suck and have a CEO who shouldn't be.... a CEO.
Well, there is a reason why NASCAR has declining ratings and viewership. NASCAR's shtick of a bunch of hillybilly's that can't enunciate a proper sentence, go around in circles 200 times then fistfight when they get into a wreck doesn't work with most millennials. As the older crowd starts to die off, you are left with a whole bunch of ever-younger people that simply aren't interested in most cases.
There is another wrinkle to this: You can also relate this what is going on to professional hockey. The NHL's viewiership declined because that league cracked down on the fights and like it or not, that is what most of hockey's fanbase tuned in to see. It seems like NASCAR seems to have a decreasing number of wrecks and like it or not, a good chunk of their fanbase tunes in to see who's going to wreck. No wrecks = just a bunch of cars going around in circles which screams "boring!" to those people.
FABMAN
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Luke Nieuwhof
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Despite spending a fair chunk of time in the south lately, I haven't managed to develop an interest for NASCAR. I could name a few drivers, but otherwise the field seems pretty homogenous. I like the diversity of stories in drag racing - in Top Fuel there's rich and poor, guys and girls, single car teams and multi car giants, owner/drivers, tuner/drivers. Maybe this exists in NASCAR, but I don't know? But I feel like in Top Fuel a lot of people can find a background story that they can relate to. My fiance has little interest in anything automotive, but supports the drivers who were friendly to her in the pits (another fantastic aspect of our own sport that helps people relate to the drivers).
If I went to a NASCAR race, as far as I know I can't interact with the drivers and I really don't know their stories. Makes it hard to develop an interest in the sport.
Building on Samuel's point above, if I do happen to come across posts about NASCAR on Facebook, the comments from fans do my head in. It's not a community of people who seem like they're fun to be around, and if you don't have fun spectating at a race or being a part of that fan community, what's the point of being a fan?
If I went to a NASCAR race, as far as I know I can't interact with the drivers and I really don't know their stories. Makes it hard to develop an interest in the sport.
Building on Samuel's point above, if I do happen to come across posts about NASCAR on Facebook, the comments from fans do my head in. It's not a community of people who seem like they're fun to be around, and if you don't have fun spectating at a race or being a part of that fan community, what's the point of being a fan?
