Why Is NASCAR's Attendance Up?
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- Опубликовано: 29 апр 2024
- NASCAR attendance is up! While we may criticize other aspects of the sport it is clear just by looking at the stands that more butts are in seats compared to a couple years ago. Looking back only to 2019, the last full season before the COVID pandemic, you could see NASCAR struggling to get people interested enough to show up. Yet now, in 2024, many tracks are hitting multi-year highs and sometimes even highs that had not been hit in well over a decade. So, why is NASCAR's attendance up?
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Why do you think NASCAR attendance is up?
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Could be that we are seeing drivers from different series or the improvement of the racing
simple, the racing is great
people have seen more crashes and want to get in on the hype, nascar crash videos go ballistic and people watch it constantly.
Because the new generation is now out of their parents basements and attending the races now
Hear me out. The bad coverage by Fox and missing a lot of the action are bringing people to the track.
That was a big factor for me to go to more races
😂😂😂😂. You prob right
69 likes... nice.
That’s my conspiracy theory!
No, it's not. Coverage is trash but it has nothing to do with attendance.
As someone at that Dover Race on Sunday, that traffic definitely felt like a large crowd 😂
I cooked and ate a whole meal just waiting to drive out of there!
I was there it took an hour and a half to get to the lot
I think the F1 series on Netflix helped people get into motorsports in general. Prior to that show, I didn't watch any motorsports. I started watching F1 in 2021 and loved it. After 2 seasons of Max winning everything, I became bored and decided to watch the 2023 Daytona 500 and became a huge NASCAR fan since. I watch trucks, xfinity, cup and attend the local track here in Monroe, WA that runs late models too. I'm sure others have had a similar experience. I fell in love with the history and spent a few months catching up and find your channel and Eric Estepp. Planning on getting out to the Daytona 500 2025
Being in person is a whole nother level. Don’t sit first row btw for the 500. At least 300 level. Walk down during the race to experience it but you can’t see much down there. You’ll be hooked after they fly by at the end of lap 1 lol
I was even impressed, I haven't seen NASCAR stands so full since the golden years of the 2000s.
I was in the campground the other night looking at all the campers with a tear in my eye...it really feels like its all coming back.
The golden era goes back to the 1980’s! Most popular spectator sport in America in the 90’s was Winston Cup!
@@MeettheCreatives What a thrill my friend.
@@user-zq1px9yb7g NASCAR is America's culture, just like football, baseball, etc...
I’ve noticed this especially at the tracks that have 1 race date, maybe the 1 race date thing truly does make sense
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Oh it definitely is true.
Look at the crowds at Pocono and Michigan the last two years, it’s been packed! I think there’s a huge correlation between attendance and how many race dates.
Speaking of missing what we had...... can we get 24 hour walmart back?????
Depends on if Walmart sees the value in it.
God yes please!
I have never understood how you can leave the sport all together when your driver retires
They weren’t ever nascar fans
When MTJ retires, Ty Gibbs will be my favorite driver
I’m not gonna stop watching just because my guy retired
@@Takingyoutojail same, I mean I got a while till logano retires hopefully but then I will move on
@@aidansmid2210 it’s the weirdest thing
I’m a Truex fan
But I’m a nascar fan first
Because things change every day. What’s not to understand
I think the problem is, that you’ve followed someone so long, that finding a replacement is difficult.
I was at pocono double a couple years back and it was I would say 50/70% full. Went to Dover this past Sunday and I feel it was damn near 100% capacity
Less stands, but glad they are full.
Dover was apparently almost sold out
I turned it on and was like holy shit I can't remember the last time dover was this full
I was there, I was in the infield of dover though, I was amazed how packed it was, although I went to rain delay Monday in 2022 and 2023 I went to the xfinity race so I have no fair comparison. I worked there too and everything was packed, especially bars. I was also shocked how energetic the bar was during the xfinity race was too
Return to Chicagoland! You’ll get Insane Attendance I’d think since Most People Want It to come back! 😁👍
And north wilkesboro as a points race
I think they should have a couple slots they rotate between a few tracks every year.
@@yuoknj with more horsepower
Maybe that’s a yuppie race it’s good for 2 maybe 3 years
I was at Pocono last summer, the attendance was crazy and there was so many first-time watchers and fans
I went to the Dover race this year and I was shocked how many people were in the stands
As someone who normally goes to race tracks that have struggled with attendance in the past, the 1 race a year strategy so far has worked tremendously. Hopefully some other tracks that have 2 dates will soon follow suit. I think having more variety in the schedule and bringing the sport into untapped markets will pay off in the long-term, they first, however, have to improve the racing product.
Daytona, Dega, Atlanta, Martinsville, and maybe Bristol or Darlington should have two dates and the rest should be one and done
I don’t even know if Bristol deserves 2 just looking at attendance for the spring races. If they ever get the Nashville short track then I doubt Bristol keeps its spring date.
I was at Dover this past Sunday and yes stands were packed. Years ago though, they removed 1/3 of the seats! We also got a race taken away from us. Just one in the spring now. Still enjoyed the race but wow it was warm! 🥵
I was in section 226 and it was fairly packed not too many empty seats and traffic getting in the track and leaving was pretty busy.
Yeah we were section 238 at end of front stretch and shoulder to shoulder people! My dad dropped us off and picked us up. Traffic I hear was crazy like you say! 😬
The sport is healing….
Plus, after Harvick retired, I jumped on the Buescher train. Dude is humble consistent driver.
Also, I think Covid helped NASCAR. NASCAR isn’t a c*nt about people uploading their races, and they’re recommending them to anyone who watches Motorsports or has a interest. I think that sparked people’s love and interest back into the sport. IRacing also has a impact of people wanting to come back. Covid had people buy sim racing equipment.
I went to Dover this weekend with my gf & we had a blast! Biggest take aways were being able to see the whole track (see all the position changes) & no commercials.
I lost interest once Jeff Gordon retired. Then a local farmer down the street from me in Alva, FL Ross Chastain got a opportunity in some better equipment and starting competing against the Hendrick and Gibbs guy and does not back down one bit when all of NASCAR is against him. Gives it all for his team look what he did when he rode the Wall at Martinsville to get in the Championship 4. Who else going to do that besides maybe the late great Dale Earnhardt! He’s made things way more exciting with his talent and aggressive driving when most of the drivers just want to be buddy buddy on and off the track.
Exatly - Making NASCAR Fun Again!
HE LIVED DOWN THE STREET? Thats so cool
on track attendance is up because the tv produced programing is nearly unwatchable at this point. if you're within 4-6 hrs drive of a track get yourself a ticket! save yourself from the commercial 400 at wherever you are
PREACH!!!
Maybe that would be true if it was just the Fox races getting attendance boosts. But Michigan and Pocono have seen attendance growth and they’re in the NBC market. I truly believe it’s the one race date changes.
Ridiculous, yet valid at the same time
A lot of people might laugh at what you're saying, BUT: Keep in mind, in the early days, televised sports were pretty much treated as infomercials meant to encourage viewers to come out to watch in person. Somewhere along the line, more effort was put into the TV angle because of how much money networks were suddenly throwing at the sports. I won't go so far as to say NASCAR or any other sports organization would directly sabotage their telecasts now, BUT, given how traditional TV is on life support now and you just can't expect that money to keep coming in forever... maybe sacrificing the quality of TV broadcasts in favor of encouraging more ticket sales isn't a terrible idea.
At these fuel cost your nuts I’m not driving past 3 hours until fuel drops back down to 1.65 like it was
More tracks should have 1 date. Helps with schedule diversity.
I support that 100%. Very few tracks should have two dates. Daytona and other three or four, tops.
The next step is to get the attendance up to 2001-2007 levels at ALL TRACKS. Even bring back the backstretch seats at Martinsville in the future.
That doesn’t need to happen. “Sell outs” look awesome on TV. Stretching everything to thin will create a bag image and that doesn’t inspire casuals to get excited or go themselves.
I was at the 2007 Subway Fresh Fit 500 at Phoenix and the stands were packed.
For all tracks to be at 2001-07 levels, they need to bring Auto Club back and eliminate TexARSE, as well as improve the pre-race festivities
@@S.K.R.E.Inc. The old Auto Club is never coming back. Who knows what's gonna happen with the reconfigure being that it's in limbo.
@@S.K.R.E.Inc.Texas was not that bad this year and last fall.
i started watching in that low attendance+rating time in 2017-18-19 so it’s pretty cool seeing it grow to what it was a few years ago
The Netflix documentary really helped I think. And the racing for the most part has been banger this season. Also I feel you don’t go broke attending a race. You are still allowed to bring your own beverages and food (long as it’s in a compatible cooler) in the track. I can tell you as a Braves fan you will go broke at Truist park attending a Braves game with ridiculous prices on stuff
The Xfinity series I've noticed has been getting better and better races as of late. Wouldn't be surprised if that's bringing people back to the Cup series.
I am not a racing “purist”, I watch on Saturday and Sunday for the entertainment. I was part of the interest bloom in the late 90’s and early 2000’s, I was also one of the people who disappeared early in that decade. It stopped being entertaining, it was just too predictive, how many times can you watch the same few people win week in and week out. Don’t misunderstand me, I respect that these drivers and teams work incredibly hard to dominate the sport, but that doesn’t make it “entertaining”. I tune in to be entertained on Sundays, and the race in Texas was entertaining, despite yet another Henrick car win. NASCAR is supposed to be thrilling, exciting, it is supposed to be drivers barely hanging on to their cars while racing on the edge, and yes, the bumping, banging and spectacular crashes are part of what I’m here for. Hendricks and Gibbs are extremely successful organizations, but they are boring as hell, and that is by design, I don’t follow a sport for “boring as hell”. If NASCAR wants the ratings bubble it once had, they need to give us more Texas Speedway type weeks and less Martinsville weeks.
It was a Hendrick car that won but the driver hadn’t won since 2022
As someone from the northeast - Dover and Pocono being one date made a huge difference. The energy at the single dates have been EPIC and they have been packed!
I was at the race this weekend. That’s the first time I’ve seen Dover packed like that in a very very long time. It was very hot down there, and a huge portion of the crowd was in the shade under the stands or walking around outside of the track.
I was a casual fan I went to my first race last year at the roval and my second race at Dover this past Sunday. I’m hooked I know lots of things are different but it’s so much fun being there hearing the cars, hanging out ,camping and all the other stuff at the track I love it
I had such a grin on my face in Dover this past weekend. Reminded me of the mid 2000's when I was a kid just getting into Nascar. Energy was amazing. Still not even half what it actually was in the mid 2000's but I hope we can keep this up.
To this day I have not had Covid yet
Lucky! I’ve had it twice.😂
Hahahaha 😂😂😂 me either... And I have attended Daytona 2020 when the COVID spread was in it's pick
Same here and it's ironic I was in the same house where my mom caught COVID and the flu at the same time 😅
Are we really gonna see a covid is real/fake debate in a nascar comment section 💀
I either dodged it or had it and never noticed. Thankful 🙏🏽🙏🏽
I believe the slump started when the cars started becoming a decal package. Now more people prefer middle of the road, cookie cutter cars. Just look in a parking lot. Black, white and silver. Go to the handy corporate race car store, drop your cash and pick your wrap package ooh, don't forget your receipt. Cars out of the race cause they bump something, c'mon. People are coming back to watch because they know, soon, there'll be nothing to see.
Wanna see growth? Get rid of staging. It's not a 400mi race. It's 3 races over 400mi.
I was at Dover. It sure was pretty crowded. I would say 80-90% full
I'm a newer fan 2019, i learn so much listening to u
Thx
I'm a cynic, but what I have seen is a number of tracks removing seats (including the Daytona Super-Stretch).
But it's a robust economy! Thanks, Joe Biden!
I was at Michigan last year. I was able to pick whatever seat I wanted when I was in.
The Reason Why NASCAR's Attendance Is Up Because Fans At Home Are Sick And Tired Of How Bad FOX's NASCAR Coverage Is Right Now And They Wanted To See The Entire Race In Person Like Me.
I think a huge asset to nascar is the xfinity series. My brother and I always watch them live while he doesn’t really care about the cup races. It really connects to the younger audience who want interesting personalities and old school stock cars
As a black nascar fan jeff retiring hurt but what really hurt is I latched onto Chase and Larson then Larson did what he did and I've been in limbo and just supporting the other 3 hendrick drivers. Got to see the 24 win in person at martinsville this year so I'm back.
This pumps me up. I’ve been watching for a few years and have never seen stands like this. I’ll get to attend my first race at gateway in the next couple months and couldn’t be more excited
Dover has removed an insane amount of seats, plus only getting one race helps.
Listening to the DBC podcast and Actions detrimental podcast gets me excited to go to more and more races. I never went to Martinsville before and I went, same with Dover. I live 15 mins from pocono so I go there every year on Sunday since I race on Saturday.
I'd say it's partly due to tracks, promoters etc have turned a day at the races into a carnival/festival environment. When I went to the 600 last year, it felt like more casual fans were there than in years past. I'd say some people aren't necessarily NASCAR fans, but just like to party, and any party will do.
Ain't no party like a NASCAR party
Well...as far as Sunday....the weather was gorgeous. Perfect day to see a race. I would have gone if I didn't have a concert to play in Maryland.
I went to my first race last year at Talledega. Seeing a race in person is such a different experience and now I’m a huge fan and will be attending at least 2 races a year.
Nobody wants to admit that the new car is creating exciting racing. Smaller teams are winning races (Trackhouse for example). And it’s helped the mighty American small block gain recognition globally again (Shane Van, Garage 56), as well as making those mid-sized ovals interesting again thanks to independent suspension, and the 6 speed gearbox meaning shifting comes into play
Motorsports in general is having an attendance bump. F1 has 300 to 400k over 3 days during their 3 race weekends in the US (why people pay that much, I don't know, F1 is expensive). Indycar despite it's struggles in the TV ratings is just smashing out these 10 and 20 year highs in person attendance at it's road and street courses + Indy 500 ticket sales are on pace with the 100th year anniversary year numbers (attendance is still a question at other ovals). IMSA events have been absolutely packed, I think Sebring and the Rolex 24 had attendance records.
Might be going to Michigan with a friend, I never went to a Nascar race there but the very last Indycar one which I was too young to remember in 2007. I have always been a fan of Stock Car racing as a whole and the past 2-4 years have been going to my local Dirt Track every other weekend with the same friend.
The reason I never went to MIS or even Indianapolis was because of how expensive the tickets got when I was a kid, so instead went to Butler/Angola Motor Speedway growing up.
Eventhough the ontrack/"playoff" product can be better, I'm 20 and seeing that I could actually go to a race like I've always wanted to just to experience what it's like finally can happen.
I think there are others with the same statement as me and that's why I think Nascar's attendance is going up.
Viewership has been up at all but just 3 races so far this year and a couple have had more than 2022. That’s a great sign!
I was at Dover this past April was packed. Reminded me of 2017 when i went. Vibes were up. Awesome time. Crowd was energetic. Put a smile on my face 😁
We are starting to see good crowds at NASCAR tracks again. Not selling out but more people at the tracks!!!
I noticed this too this weekend while watching on tv I was like dam the fans are packed in!!!
Having one race date for a track definitely is helping filling the stands. I was at Pocono last year and haven’t seen the stands and campgrounds that full since I started going in the early 2000’s. As much as I hate my local tracks like Pocono and Dover no longer having 2 dates, reality is most tracks should just have 1 date. Then go to new markets and bring in more fans. That will only help the sport grow
Dover this weekend was almost at capacity but it was also the first year of good weather in almost 5 years
i recently got into NASCAR! in the past few months. for me, a lot of people in my online niche were talking about formula 1 (or maybe i just noticed it recently), so i started looking into yt videos on it and found the f1 vs nascar vs indycar discourse. the overall culture around nascar (and indycar) is just a lot funner imo and maybe messier which i enjoy, plus i started getting ads that apparently there's a cup series race near where i go to college which i had 0 idea about.
tbh the tipping point was probably watching emplemon's NASCAR videos
Like I said in an earlier video: NextGen truly is NextGen. Ever since it hit the pavement in LA 2 years ago, it attracted people from all over the country looking to see how they would race at a stadium. Then the Auto Club race received universal acclaim due to the car putting on competitive racing. They kept on with that momentum with subsequent races with similar results (Kansas, Charlotte, Talladega, etc). It was also no coincidence that it also rolled out before the 75th anniversary of NASCAR. They pulled all the stops to commemorate the occassion. The Clash provided strong entertainment for the casuals, most of the tracks were sellouts due to how historic or prestige the moment was (Auto Club's last race, which was also the 25th anniversary of the track, Chicago Street Course, North Wilkesboro returning after 28 years, among other things). Also, the appearance of a "car that only turns left" at Le Mans rose the stakes even higher, so high to the point F1 failed miserably at the Vegas street race and tried to start $#!+ with NASCAR for its failure to surpass Chicago. Now Iowa is gonna be added to the list (instead of Rockingham), The Brickyard is back to its rightful layout, and the close finishes against nature and time make the news (sort of). That being said, if they play their cards right, it can only go higher
Edit: Also because I hate the Fox half of the schedule for how CRINGE it is I started to go to races more often
Well, to be fair, the attendance at the race tracks still had a large amount in the 2010s and in the decade we're in now. Mostly for the Cup Series races. But the Xfinity Series events had good attendance as well. Imo, this is more than proof that Nascar is still a really cool sport
I went to Dover on Sunday for the first time since 2018. It was absolutely packed.
Motorsports as a whole seems to be getting more viewers. This past weekend, Indycar at Barber had a decrease in tv viewership but the largest crowd at the race since they started going there. I think more fans are getting into racing as a whole and that is AWESOME!
I think when a lot of the drivers like Gordon, Stewart, Carl Edwards, and Dale Jr retired, that’s when a lot of old fans went away from the sport. Now with the new influx of drivers, you have new fans and more fans coming to the track more. Plus NASCAR branching out into new markets like LA and Chicago has a lot of new fans coming in as well.
Perhaps the 1 race strategy is the way forward for most tracks. It'll allow for NASCAR to go to more places while driving up demand at tracks that struggle with 2 dates.
Because all the American Netflix subscribers have realised that F1 is a pile of "follow the leader" pile of boring shit! And now they have discovered a proper race car series! Thats why!
True, and the worst driver fanbases of NASCAR are more welcoming than the nicest fanbases of F1
@@S.K.R.E.Inc.as someone who’s watched F1 for over 10 years (granted I’ve been falling out of it a bit since last year) F1 fanbases are way more toxic. NASCAR fans are just genuinely negative about the sport in general but F1 fanbases have gotten so horrendously toxic. Lewis Hamilton and Max Verstappen’s fanbases are basically cults at this point (I say that as an LH fan but I’m not low IQ enough to fall into their clutches)
It's so funny that for YEARS the number in the center of the door was normal and now just a few years later it looks so weird.
I was at Michigan both days and it was my first race. It was very fun
I'll say. I'm a fraction of the reason. I was named after Petty and my only memories of Nascar was my dad watching every sunday as a kid. As an adult i started watching because everything else i like has been ruined by wokeness. I like that it still feels like america, I enjoy the national anthem. I like the sound of gas powered machines. I needed that like therapy right now.
I went to Nashville last year, not expecting a whole lot. It was like watching an old 90’s clip from the hay day but in real life. It was hard watching blaney hit the wall but awesome watching Chastain try to out race Denny and Martin. Phenominal night. PLUS i got out in less than 2 hours. Which is way more than Bristol could say. That was the worst Bristol night race I’ve been to.
I have been to every single Coca Cola 600 since 2011 I’m just east of concord, NC and I can promise you that the fans show up for that one
Honestly ive slowly started coming back, but im still disappointed at the lack of horsepower compared to years in the past. I think nostalgia is some of it for me. Its nice to see a variety of tracks, i think NASCAR was lacking in personality for a while. Boring drivers, slower cars, the same tracks with the same finishes. Those things are slowly changing. I hope horsepower does a little too.
i was at dover it was packed but it was hot as hell track didn’t expect it turned into a crap shoot lots of people git heat stroke and they ran out of water also a accident happened after the race took them an hour to reroute people in the parking lot to get around it
So Fox showed bowling instead of Dover.
SERIOUSLY???? *THAT'S* WHAT THEY SHOWED ON SUNDAY???
@@S.K.R.E.Inc. Oh it's true. I wound up watching the NBA playoffs instead
@@cehamlet89yeah plus Fox had a USFL Game on too which is why they had filled some of the afternoon spot with Bowling.
I was at Dover on Sunday and it was a great experience (until Hamlin won). The cars were going so fast around the Monster Mile that it made my head spin
You need to take a broader look at it. In person attendance is up for racing across the board. IndyCar has had horrible tv ratings this year but great attendance numbers. Every IMSA race has record attendance. And so forth.
If we fix the car on road courses and short tracks, I think NASCAR’s gonna be on a very solid upward trajectory
Daytona needs to bring back the backstretch seating again. It doesn't have to be huge. Just built a medium sized section of grandstands back there, and I promise they would sell out every year for both races.
There are several tracks that struggle with attendance for various reasons.
If you look at the 2021 fall Richmond race it was at 90% capacity but starting with day racing and the continuing shitty ontrack attendance has dropped off a cliff. It's really unfortunate and this is one of those markets where NASCAR needs to address.
Las Vegas is another market that blows my mind. The crowd's there do not look good on TV. As good as the racing is at Kansas, they're not getting close to selling out either.
New Hampshire and Sonoma also struggle. I think those tracks also struggle to put on good racing with the Gen 7 car.
Something else? Todd people like to dog on is the Charlotte roval. That race still gets more people than the last two fall oval races. That's how far that race fell. The 2022 crowd was their largest crowd crowd for that event.
Even after listing off the places that are struggling, NASCAR is in a good spot and I do believe things will even turn around for those tracks eventually. I think NASCAR will get this new gen 7 car figured out
I like the diversity of tracks, which is why I have no problem with road/street courses and flat/short tracks. The cookie cutter mile and a half speedways shouldn’t have two dates. Spread the wealth around. Only tracks that should have two dates are Daytona, Talledega, Charlotte, Bristol, Martinsville and Darlington. Spread the rest out and don’t be afraid to try other street races.
Due to the momentum of the internet, I along with millions of others are now following on a daily basis to keep us informed on what's going on when we eventually do come 2 tracks
COVID got some lapsed fans back. I'm one of them.
I was at Loudon back in 2022 and it felt like it was pretty close to a sellout.
attendance is up because fox network SUCKS on tv 😂
LOL
Agree to that, I'm one of the many that goes to the track just to not give CRINGE ratings at home
NASCAR needs to bring back race view as well
The current car and package isn’t perfect, but the racing is better than where it was precovid. As someone who tried to maintain interest after Jeff Gordon retired, it wasn’t until this current Gen car that I started enjoying NASCAR again. There have been some positive changes and I hope they continue stringing good decisions/changes to bring this great sport back to its heyday
Give each track 1 race only per season and attendance will be up everywhere!
No not every track. Richmond should be the next track to have one date.
I go to Dover now since Pocono lost its 2nd date. Kind of forced me to go to other tracks. Which isn't a bad thing.
In Dover's defence, it didn't rain on Sunday this year lol
I think Nascar needs to expand to 40 races, with perhaps back to back races being a thing. Double Pocono, Double Dover or Double New Hampshire. Bring back man vs machine and make drivers have to make their equipment last.
Yet delusional people still clamoring that NASCAR is “dying” with no clear explanation
Winston and Chase era fans, mostly
Yeah I haven't heard "gO wOke gO bRokE" in a while
@@cehamlet89check any video with Bubba Wallace in it and you’ll find it
Dude, they genuinely think Bubba is the most evil man in the world and gated by everyone in the sport. There was a video where 23XI were celebrating a win abd Micheal jordan didnt hug Bubba... becausehe was hugging is winning team mate. And he made a 15min video about how MJ actually hates Bubba... @@JackLikesTrackhouse
Call me a pessimist, but I think some part of it is the one race date, and the other is that racing is becoming/has become the “in-thing” right now. Other than getting in and out of the track, it is a blast to be at a race and that might interest people. I just hope that interest doesn’t dip in the next few years when the new in thing is here.
As for the racing, I was young when I started watching racing in the early 2000’s with my parents. Been a fan since I can remember, and we all see how the racing is now… but the new fans may not know any better because they weren’t around for the peak of the sport, or the peak of racing, in my opinion.
It did seem like there were a lot of popular drivers that all suddenly retired in just a couple years. Jeff Gordon in 2015, Jr, Biffle and Stewart in 2016, Kenseth and Johnson after 2020, Kurt suddenly after 2022. It all felt like so many just one after another from 2015 until now and they were all the biggest drivers of the 2000s so there was a huge drop in fans that stopped watching cause their favorite drivers left
That, and the new drivers are slobs and spoiled, silver-spooned brats that don't know $#!+ about real racing. All they can do us choo-choo all day long
I wish they would put some of these extra seats removed from other tracks temporarily at Iowa because I failed to buy tix before it sold out
It’s probably a placebo, but I feel like the more packed a race is the better it is. Pocono last year is a good example. Racing wasn’t anything amazing but the atmosphere made the race feel prestigious (that plus the drama at the finish).
I tend to agree. Speaking of my homecountry, with F1 we are not having a really amazing race in Interlagos the a few years. But the crowd makes the event better. We are very festive and we pack the track friday, saturday and sunday.
I love it... But I feel like we are in another bubble. The Netflix series has helped but this car is still a major struggle, and with the behind the scenes feud with the charter's will cause another dip
It all comes down to five reasons.
1. Interest in NASCAR picking back up again
2. NASCAR cutting races for most tracks from two to one
3. NASCAR expanding into new areas
4. A new young generation
5. The willingness to give NASCAR a second chance
For the Denver race people showed up cause of the weather on Sunday
I believe that attendance is back up because the racing has gotten better over time, especially at the intermediates and super speedways. What's not to like at many of those tracks?
Another reason would probably be that some tracks are going to one date only, making it more of a major event when the series comes to their town.
The next job is to have a booming Market that brings us back to what could a Renaissance era, meaning that it's not quite as big as it was in the early 2000s, but it's very close.
You mean a revival? Cause the renaissance era happened in the 90s-2001, and the dark age from 2002-2021
Remember most tracks have removed a huge amounts of seats. So, its kinda misleading.
I was at Dover it was awesome
1 race a year makes it more desirable and as you said you have to get your tickets earlier. Also the Nextgen car has helped improve the cookie cutter tracks
Not having Brian France around helped, as did COVID making everyone appreciate what they had. Also, some of the old Gordon, Stewart, Earnhardt Jr. fans either coming back or being replaced with new fans has played a factor. If they can only get rid of the points system. Make a season long points system where the winning means more than it did in the Winston Cup days would help. People understand legitimacy. The current system doesn't have that... Remember how we were all super excited when Ryan Blaney won in 2023? Me neither! Everyone just said... Oh, that sucks... On to 2024.
Last year at the Coke 600 i was there & i think it was a sell out crowd, i also went to Darlington for the Southern 500 & they sold out aswell
Problem is, in my opinion the lower series are so much better than the cup right now.