Does the Daytona 500 Have A Ratings PROBLEM? A Closer Look
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- Опубликовано: 23 окт 2024
- As of this video’s release the TV numbers for the 2023 Daytona 500 have been released and unfortunately once again they are down from the previous year. So today with that knowledge in hand we are going to look at it and the surrounding information around it from Speedweek and see if NASCAR is in any kind of big trouble or if it is only a small problem that can be managed over time. So does the Daytona 500 have a ratings problem? A closer look.
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Do you think NASCAR has a problem with Daytona viewership being down?
If they didn't have all those commercials it would be better
@@loganengland8177 😂
If It Weren’t For Those The Worst Commercials Interruption Even For The One When A Crash Actually Happen. This Race Ratings Won’t Have This Problem. But it Does. I Just Sure Hope The Indy 500 Doesn’t Have This Problem.
Not really but all those commercials hurt the broadcast 4 sure - Went overboard with it
@@SpeedimusPrime2006 fr I love that race it always delivers
Theres only one reason, the commercials, people probably just got fed up with how much commercials there were which caused people to tune out thats my take.
You just described me.
I didn’t even though I was really annoyed but I was close to tapping out. I have a bad taste in my mouth for the rest of the season mostly the fox portion tbh idk if I wanna watch this Sunday lmao
I wasn't even that bothered by the amount of commercials, it was slightly annoying not seeing the live action, but I wasn't pissed like a lot of people were
That's one of them,I'm just one of the smart ones to record the race and fast forward though all of the commercials even if it's side by screen.
Nah. The race was kinda boring and the finish was underwhelming with it finishing under caution.
3 things to note about why the ratings went down
#1. Fox's awful coverage and obsession with commercials
#2. 2022 had the next-gen car hype to boost it, unlike 2023.
#3. Apparently, people in dozens of markets weren't able to watch the race cause of a dispute between Dish Network, Direct TV, and Fox. Of what I've found so far, Jacksonville was the biggest market for NASCAR that's been affected by it. Will update if more is found.
Not saying that ratings would have been up had these factors not been in play, but considering them, an 8% drop is far from the worst news NASCAR ratings have seen in recent years. Especially considering the other races at Daytona for the weekend were up.
I live in Jacksonville and have DirectTV, had no issues watching it live.
I was in Birmingham that weekend, unable to watch the race in my hotel on Dish
The other thing you have to remember is last year had that shiny new toy feel with the next gen car, the uncertainty and hype it created and I think some of those who tuned in last year, was solely for that
not to mention the bad publicity from the end of last year could have turned people away after that initial hype.
@@thomasfranco3508 I have heard a lot of trash talking on this next gen from 2022.
This isn’t the first time the 500 had down ratings before.
Ratings go up and down. Things happen. It ain’t the end of the world, folks.
Agreed, couldn't have described it myself better.
It’s hardly down. Could just be more people watched at someone else’s house. Your so right.
Plus who knows if they look at how many people go to the bars and watch it.
The question is if less people are watching throughout the year. Then, NASCAR will really have to look deep inside themselves to figure out what the issue is *COUGH* Fox Sports and their crappy broadcasts *COUGH* and fix it.
First it was crappy ass parts, now it’s crappy ass broadcasts.
I usually watch the race uploads on the NASCAR RUclips channel. I wish they had another live viewing alternative, hopefully with a lot less or no commercials.
People are already saying that if NASCAR has a streaming alternative they will go out of business. It's bogus.
You make some great points. I guess I'm in the diehard fan group. I have to be honest, finding someone to talk NASCAR and about the previous weeks race is few and far between where I live.
It is worth noting that the highlights were in the top 3 on trending on YT, which I don't believe was the case last year, so that's a positive. That being said, I think the excessive commercial breaks also contributed a lot to the downed ratings.
It would be cool if nascar do something like the indycar free streaming for countries where is not available to see or have partial coverage, i think a lot of european racing fans would start to see nascar
less people were watching TV overall probably because they were doing other stuff due to it being unseasonably warm outside. can't beat a mid 70's weekend in the middle of the winter
more like people had to pick up a 2nd or 3rd job just to maybe survive thanks to the idiot in DC and the bankers at the fed royally screwing the nation up.
The southeast has been unseasonably warm. Not the rest of the country.
I've said in the past for NASCAR's biggest race and most watched race, there should be as few commercials as possible for this 1 event every year. The Indy 500 goes side by side more than full screen ads. Why not the Daytona 500?
Jimmie Johnson has returned to the Cup, as both a Team Owner, and a driver; driving the #84 car.
The unseasonably warm winter definitely plays a role. Some people would rather spend a nice Sunday outside!
In the South east for sure not the rest of the country.
@@runrafarunthebestintheworld It was nearly 50 degrees here in NY last Sunday... I've been wearing hoodies 90% of the time.
I’m a diehard fan. I’ve actively supported NASCAR throughout all of its massive changes over the last twenty years. But, this past Sunday, I was switching over to watch the Genesis Open because I knew I was going to get more action on the golf telecast than I was on the Daytona telecast. That’s how bad it’s gotten. The PGA’s commercial breaks are always side-by-side and MUCH less frequent.
And even when Fox is actually not shoving a commercial down your throat, they’re missing all the big dramatic little moments throughout races. The moment I first realized it was when the almost completely missed Kyle Larson flipping at Talladega in 2019. They had like one halfway decent angle that was partially obstructed by fencing and RVs in the infield. Then last year, they COMPLETELY missed Jessica Friesen’s flip at Knoxville. The camerawork is horrible and the commentary gets weaker with every passing year.
Broadcasts have to start going backwards in time, where the commentary is more reactionary to what’s actually happening on track than a bunch of technical, hypothetical nonsense with a few corny jokes sprinkled in. It all delegitimizes the sport.
And they need to get the camera guys back to the racetrack. In 2020, Fox and NBC brought smaller camera crew rosters to the track. Of course they blamed COVID, but I think it was really just cost-cutting because the pandemic is long over and we’re still missing action on the track. It’s either because they never brought the camera crews back up to past levels or the production truck horribly coordinates how the cameras are utilized.
So I'm from Ricky Stenhouse Jr's hometown and very few people I know actually keep up with Nascar or any racing but everyone knows im a die hard racing fan. When the Hail Melon happened or when Ricky Stenhouse won, a bunch of coworkers, friends and family start talking about racing. The local news was all over the topic of hometown Ricky winning. My job put up pictures and flyers about it. It's pretty cool to see support for racing from people who don't watch much of it.
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again. If NASCAR makes a service that is similar to F1TV, as in a subscription based service with no ads and the same feed, NASCAR fans and new fans alike would eat that up. Especially the younger audiences who don’t have TV plans or anything and live off of subscription services (like me). It would be one of the better business decisions they could make, and the fact they haven’t done it or even shown interest in it says a lot.
I think it would illbehoove NASCAR to go with a subscription only model. Yes, I think some people would embrace it but when I can't catch the race live I'll watch the VOD on RUclips when it's available.
@@xNobodyOfConsequenceX But for those of us that do want to watch it every week and not get ads shoved down our throats all the way down to our stomach, it would be wonderful. I think it would be a pretty popular plan and would entice a younger audience as I said in the original post.
@@MrSir2552 You're likely correct. I just rather selfishly hope they won't take them off RUclips if they go that route.
It needs to be On streaming and cable then everyone is happy.
Nah it peaked at 10.1 million viewers in the ending stages
Watched the race live in the UK (pretty much commercial free), most of the action happened during the US commercial breaks 😂
I can't say for anyone else, but here's maybe a thought. I had other plans on Sunday during the 500, so I couldn't watch it, but I have a Amazon Fire Stick, which with Fox allows me to watch shows after they're done. So at midnight I watched the 500, and those views don't count towards the final tally. So maybe the viewer ship isn't going down, it's just people are not watching during the allocated time
My problem with the Daytona 500 is the authenticity of the race I feel is removed. I can't connect these current winners with the ones of the past, I feel there is a asterisk for winners 2017 and on. I feel it is illegitimate. I don't like Stage Cautions interrupting the natural flow of a race which cautions would happen otherwise. I think the 500 should be run in a classic format due to the grand nature of this race rather then pit strategies and forced yellow determining the outcome. It just extremely sad.
This has to be the most delusional comment I have read... calling the current winners after 2017 "illegitimate" because of the past legends that won the race? The only "extremely sad" thing here is your stupid comment, gtfo.
@@aloelover6012 It seems that my comment Aloe is supported by many people. It has 9 Likes and I am sure will get more. I am not saying that they are illegitimate due to the past legends themselves, just the format. Never once I compared these winners to SR. and other multi-champion drivers. So to you it seems everyone who won the race is a legend? I am simply saying the format of the race. Perhaps you should read better, something you should be good at as a Anime/Manga fan.
@@RapidTransit1941 I noticed, and that's honestly sad... 9 people who agree with you really shows how stupid this fanbase has become. Also, nice try twisting my words to make me sound stupid, because I never said every Daytona 500 winner is a legend you liar, and I can read actually so nice try again, maybe you should actually read since you thought I said every Daytona 500 winner is a legend. Doesn't matter what format they are using, every Daytona 500 winner is a legitimate winner, no matter what your pea-sized brain says. Also, there's a good chance Stages and Stage cautions will be gone from theses races, since the Road courses won't have any this year, so quit your damn complaining.
@@aloelover6012 Sounds good to me! :D
They should have commercials during the cautions and cautions only
Make stage breaks longer to get ads in. F1 set the standard with 0 ads now nascar has to respond
@@edels497
Key is getting those brands to agree to that.
I can’t see them doing that.
What makes F1 easy is the World Feed.
Wonder if lack of advertisement could have hurt! Saw very little commercials for the race this year. No commercials during football season because they would only advertise the clash!
We lost a lot of hype around the race, when we lost speedweeks for sure. The clash can be wherever. But let's get practice back, and qualifying on the weekend before again. More exposure and hype around the ARCA race, and have it on the weekend before. I haven't missed a 500 since 2003. I had to watch this one on a spotty connection in the middle of the night in Norway this year. But I wasn't missing it. I felt like I was missing out on speedweeks, but there wasn't really anything going on. All that aside, the 500 felt like less of a big deal this year. And has felt that way for the last few years.
I think more fans were at the track, the 500 sold out about a month before the race, xfinity had the their biggest crowd in awhile same for the truck series, personally I rather have more fans at the track enjoying the race, than sitting at home watching the race
People gathered the week before for the Super Bowl. They may have to think about starting it a week later if they want the kind of growth they need. *Regular people need a week off from big events. (That's my simple version.)
We absolutely NEED a way to watch these races with limited commercial interruptions and a stable streaming option that is readily available and not too much more of a financial burden
It took a genuine diehard level of dedication to NASCAR for anyone to stay tuned in when having so many woke commercials thrown in the face especially during stage one.
Even the booth lacked enthusiasm and Mike Joy said at least 3 times, “one more time, we are going to a commercial break”.
And who in the hell is the Austin Haley dude they were referring to?
Wait, so you would be fine with the commercials if they weren't woke? Lol
American sports SUCKS to watch, NFL is a constant commercial break with some football sprinkled on top of them. At least in NASCAR the international feed goes to onboard cam when y'all are watching commercials.
@@LorikQuinn
How do you get the International feed?
@@SilentDanDisneyforeign channels, the commentary will also be in another language. Here in Brazil it's Bandsports broadcasting the races, i saw another dude mentioning that he would search for pirate websites streaming these channels, mute the audio and listen to MRN Radio for english commentary.
FoxSports here had 0 commercials ever, but this year Bandsports is flirting a little bit with minor ads far and between, only saw 2 this Daytona race.
@@LorikQuinn I didn’t say that I would be fine with any type of commercials in that quantity. The Covid and Pfizer commercials were particularly repetitive and highly annoying. No need for you to extrapolate my words to fit your narrative.
@@salty_flightdeck_cpo baited :b
I wonder if the rain affected Truck race played a factor
Just a (probably dumb) theory: Could "Race for the Championship" been like a testing thing for a potential streaming service? Because barely anyone watched that despite a lot of people claiming they would watch it, and they might think that nobody will sign up for a streaming service. NASCAR Raceview was ahead of its time, and I can imagine not many older folks really signed up for it. For company that constantly just goes and implements bad decisions, they sure are constantly scared/hesitant to make good ones
Also, less people watched the 2022 Championship Race compared to the 2021 edition despite it getting worldwide media attention from the Hail Melon, so there's that as well
I was watching during my intramural soccer game and whenever I was on field have my teammates update me on Jimmie, well they kept saying it’s on commercials. That’s probably what turned folks away. Yes I’m one of the 18-30 demographic and was watching on the fox sports app cause mobile college student
If the peak 10 million views was at the start, then maybe the commercials were a part. Maybe there’s 700,000 Chandler Smith fans who didn’t wanna tune in after the duels. The world may never know.
I noticed all the ratings races that were up were aired on fs1 fox was the downside with all the commercials full screen
Auto Club is a 400 mile race the fans watching at home might see 200 miles of it because of the commercials
Then call it a snooze fest
I think the answer is fairly simple. They need to get a better hold on the internet. Have the base race in TV, that's fine. But maybe stream drivers perspectives on Twitch. Get more content in RUclips. Vloggers like Hailee Deegan helped Garner some interest for those races so maybe we need to see more of that. Just go full force online
Less & Less Commercials & more focus on the race would help just look at The 90’s & Mid 2000’s broadcasts of the races
There were commercials then.
Wrecks happened then and they came back after the wreck happened.
Not immediately.
1996 Winston 500 as an example.
Not to the level of overkill they’re at now
Do you have a Smart TV? If you do you can fast forward Live TV.
If not buy a ticket.
My local fox affiliate is in dispute with directv and dish so I had to watch in my neighbors barn. I’m sure that had some effect on ratings
NASCAR and FOX pushed the Clash at the Coliseum more than the 500. Problem
#1!
damn
8.1m views for the largest race of the year
the average american football game gets 14m+ views... the sport is massive
I can't stand watching TV anymore. You're going to have to miss 1/3 of the race because of commercials, and then during the race everything is also sponsored, from the ticker to the last lap of the race. I'll get my racing fix some other way.
I’m curious how many viewers would be added if all the people watching twitch streams and stuff counted.
I may be wrong or even out of my mind, but I think this version of the Cup car is too "crash-resistant", either in terms of the body, the aero, or whatever else seems to allow drivers to save themselves from crashes that would have been unavoidable with prior versions of the car. I feel it makes the racing less attractive to those who wouldn't admit they watch for crashes the way hockey fans watch for fights. I'd love to hear why I'm wrong, so PLEASE reply!
I just watch the commercial free replay on RUclips aside from the 2 RUclips ad breaks
One thing that hurt the ratings in my view was the fact that the NBA All Star Game was taking place at the same time the race was ending which took away the regular sports fan because they flipped over to TNT to see the start of that. However this year's NBA All Star Game drew the lowest TV ratings in the history of the event mainly because there was zero defense being played & showed that the NBA only really draws its biggest ratings during the playoffs, not during the regular season & especially not for the All Star Game. The NBA has a much bigger ratings problem with its All Star Game than NASCAR does with the Daytona 500 in my view though Fox really needs to eliminate commercials from its broadcasts because it doesn't help NASCAR gain an audience when the race is interrupted by commercials every 10 minutes.
Probably that and the fact that the US Women's team was playing at the same time as the Daytona race and the XFL game on the same day.
It doesn't help with how short Speedweek is now either it just feels like a regular race now. The clash while a good event on its own does nothing to generate hype for the 500. You need practice, maybe a pre season thunder or even a 25 lap shootout to kick things off. Everything is so condensed there's no build up for it.
If the lower ratings is a trend for the 2023 NASCAR season, that could equate to lower dollar rates advertisers are willing to pay to Fox; which could equate to Fox having to run more commercials per race to make up for the lower dollar rates charged per 15 ~ 30 seconds spots.
Given the population growth in the US, which should equate to having a viewership increase with the televised races; when there is a ratings decline, even with a percentage point, the corporate suits gets alarmed by it; as they anticipate a TV ratings rise, and not a decline.
I don’t know why NASCAR doesn’t have someone like Mr.Beast hype up the race on RUclips.
He actually has a video about it coming soon
@@indianasdiecastguy2867 When?
@@bighand1530 I'm not sure but there is pictures of Chandler at the track apparently
Do you know if these ratings numbers include viewers from other countries? I watched the entire race here in Ontario Canada on TSN1 (Bell Fibe TV ch1401).
Do the statistics include international viewership?
The Xfinity races are mostly MORE interesting when there are NO cup drivers! The Daytona Xfinity was far more exciting!
I wish I could say restrictor plate races had thrilling finishes, but seldom do the inevitable GWC finishes produce a thrilling race to the finish. More times that not I feel like they end as both the Xfinity and Cup races finishes with NASCAR having to check loops and frames of who was ahead at the time or caution. The prospects of hanging around to see that makes me less than excited.
Get rid of the yellow line it’ll help and have a 570 hp package and low downforce
Also nascar needs too get rid of the next gen the car brakes way too easy so why not go back too gen 4
Dish doesn’t have Fox right now. They only have FS1. Fox and dish are still negotiating a new contract. That could partially explain the higher number for duels (on FS1) and lower for 500 (on Fox). I was only able to watch cause I have a local antenna attachment for my Dish
@@johnhaas2523 Did Fox tell you that ?
NASCAR needs a subscription service that offers 100% of the race. Id even be fine with spoken ads. Just tired of watching commercials.
There’s probably gonna be Coke, Geico, Busch and Xfinity ads there and price will probably go up as more subscribers come in.
My question is if these numbers are for just traditional tv? Cause people like me watch it on streaming services that have live TV like Hulu. Do those eyeballs count? If not I don't think Nascar has a viewership problem.
Commercials are to blame. If businesses want their name out there so bad, they can always sponsor a racecar. Seems like it'd be a smarter buy to pay $50,000 to put decals on a racecar instead of $2,000,000 to purchase a 30-second time slot, but I'm no businessman. 🤣
@@johnhaas2523 You only reply to what others have to say. Never make your own comment.
I personally don't really care for watching Nascar when I know the race is going to go over scheduled time by 20 to 30 minutes. It is just ridiculous and not worth my time anymore. I can catch highlights anytime
It’s not just ratings, it’s the popularity of the sport that’s declining. NASCAR used to treat itself like an actual sport. Now they just lean into entertainment at every opportunity. The problem is that racing fans don’t like the goofy entertainment gimmicks and the general public doesn’t care for ratings. NASCAR’s old fan base was their golden goose, and they forgot to care.
bo...dont put facts and logic into this lol
In my case, I watched the race using Nascar Drive and MRN radio. I have no access to television channels. In addition, I can watch the full race without all the commercials on the NASCAR RUclips channel on the Tuesday after.
Of course it does... the racing at Daytona and Talladega suck these days. No way to move forward without running over each other. The bottom line can gridlock the entire field because of the "out of bounds" line.
I’m 23, post college grad. I do not watch any of my sports on television because I am not paying for cable directly out of college. Nascar and every other sport is massively accessible for free on streams all over the internet, and that’s most likely where my demo was watching
I love NASCAR really I do! But these damn commercials are getting ridiculous, I get it, sponsors matter! But if we are gonna sit through a 3.5-4.5 hour long race week in and week out then… Idk… do more FOX SIDE BY SIDE hell Indycar does it they maybe have 3 maybe 4 full course commercial breaks the rest is side by side. Nascar really needs to adapt this method or ratings will continue to Fluter…
When so many people make remarks how it feels more like the Commercial 500 than Daytona 500, you know something is off.
I got fed up with all the commercials.
I was at the race at Daytona and the experience is completely different in person. Without all the commercials and BS that's on TV it's so much more enjoyable. Ratings don't matter. Tickets do. And Daytona sold out. People love the sport not the pushing of Ads. Constantly and that's on everything. Everything has ads and its completely annoying
i dont think you can really compare this years 500 to last years as last year it was the debut of the next gen car and higher interest in the package. Now we know how they race and less people are interested than last year
It's kinda hard to get invested into a race when every eight laps you end up "shopping like a billionaire"
Honestly id watch more nascar races if nascar did something like f1 does and have its own pay service to watch all the races and other related things like f1tv
NASCAR has NASCAR Mobile but I doubt it would be the same as F1tv if they only have on board cameras.
The only reason why the 500 had a ratings problem was because there were too many commercials
The commercials suck.
Honestly not much. Although is THE ULTIMATE RACE from NASCAR, well... It happens!!!! We've got different examples such: A couple of fans which purposely don't watch, trying to boycott the series; other ones don't watch due to the LARGE and annoying amount of commercial breaks and especially... Some people simply DO NOT ENJOY RACING! No matter the type of, drivers, and everything else. Plus, it's commom series and their special races struggle with audience, F1 is a great example, the IndyCar herself so... There's notting much to worry about.
It’s the 3 strikes your out rule - the duels were lack luster- rained out truck race -screwed the pooch on the finish call (not calling the yellow sooner) in the xfinity race and shitty coverage to many commercials and shit ending all stacked up to bad ratings!! Nascar needs to fix it ASAP or this is going to continue
Biggest issue: only 15 of 200 laps are really exciting. 5 before 1° stage, 5 before 2° stage and 5 before the end of the race. The rest is just pack cruising. They are fast, but nothing really happens. It's boring.
a thought to keep viewership up, don’t name the races based on sponsorship because the average person isn’t going to recognize what a “Pala Casino 400” is but if they named it “NASCAR at Auto Club Speedway 400” would help in my opinion
Nah it makes no sense.
I think all races should have a time limit ,going well over the scheduled time is not doing Nascar any favours ,end overtime and if the race finishes under a caution well so be it as it would stop race control throwing a yellow to get a " Hollywood" finish every race
We need to somehow get NBC to do the Daytona 500, and have them take over a race later than usual
I have to say being back at North Wilkesboro, having a potentially really fun All Star race coming, and it being on FS1 sucks your going to get near the fans for the important races like that
Good point right there not everyone has FS1.
@@jermaineboyd6594 except the All Star race has always been on cable television. I don't see that changing.
I don't watch it live because I wait for the full race upload so I can watch at 2x speed
Which sporting event had better ratings NASCAR or NBA All Star Game?
I'm 32 and I never miss a race. This 500 was pretty shit though tbh, extended commercials during critical moments during the race didn't help.
Think of all the people who watch replays, watch clips on youtube, record the race ect. We live in an on demand society. More eyeballs are on this than just live TV.
The coverage by Fox was sloppy. But also, in general the race was a bit on the boring side and the finish was underwhelming with the race ending under caution.
This might be a hot take, but Superspeedway racing is the least fun to watch that Nascar has to offer. You sit for the first 2 and a half hours, watching the group run in a giant pack, where nothing means anything as long as you're still alive at the end. Then, a big one happens, and it's a spectacle, followed by half an hour of cleanup. It's fun, and there are worse on the schedule, but a good intermediate or a good short track will almost always trump a good superspeedway.
I watch the races mid week on RUclips I don’t have tv I listen to them on the app they need to move to a simulcast to streaming if they want to reach new viewer or younger viewers but I think a tv deal needs to be signed first bc it’ll tank tv ratings when all the people who only watch live sports on tv decide it’s easier to just stream everything
No one wants to sit through a 4 hour infomercial. Fox is so atrocious with commercials, I might as well watch the race on RUclips
Their ratings are down? Good. That'll probably knock sense into Fox for so many commercials and watered down production. Their broadcasts have been consistently bad that I've starting attending as many NASCAR races on their half just to not watch it on TV
DAYTONAAAAA I WAS THERE IN PERSON
I didn't watch because I had to cancel my cable.... can someone please get this economy under control!!!
Do you not have broadcast tv?
People act like it’s the end of the world, this happens all the time people, it’s normal…
I thinks ratings will go up if you remove restrictor plates
I honestly think the ratings on the 500 are down because of how unbearable it is to sit through endless amounts of advertisement and sponsored segments. I wanted to turn the tv off on many occasions during the race
Y oh also gotta look at people having parties. We have a ton of people over. So maybe it’s the same and more people had people over to watch it.
It was still highest rated sports show that weekend
What else happened🤣
The Oakland supercross might play a role in that 8% it was rescheduled for that weekend and it was supposed to be an off week
lol ya...ok.
Nascar needs to advertise the hell out of it and invest in getting the Daytona 500 in the mouths of people on networks other than fox's stations and espn occasionally. Use your young drivers in fun ads with companies that are directed ad young adults and children. Example lake speeds cartoon network car.
Not the end of the world for now. But long term when the older audience dies I’m very concerned on how this sport continues since it has one of the oldest audiences in sports over 60+ while I feel they aren’t giving young people a good reason to watch.
I’m not concerned.
There’s generational drivers and generational fans.
That core will still be there.
@@SilentDanDisney the fans are getting smaller and smaller each generation it’s not gonna be there forever unless nascar finds a way to tap in to make new fans for generations
@@edels497
I disagree with you there.
The fans at track looked pretty massive.
Bet they said this in 1970s going into the 1980s.
We’ll agree to disagree.
Color me insane.
That was a pretty small crowd on International Speedway Boulevard Sunday.
@@SilentDanDisney me too but nascar needs to have ideas to attract the younger audiences attention otherwise I don't see this sport making it to another 75 years less alone 100 year.
@@jermaineboyd6594
I disagree with you there.
Color me insane.
No. TV has a ratings problem.
I meditated to this video 🧘🏻♀️
Yeah they're going to have -8% ratings at every other race too if they keep up with these commercials or even worse
@@johnhaas2523 You are not an expert
I just don’t get the lack of enthusiasm from the announcers! And they don’t switch back to the race if there’s a crash while on commercial. Honestly it’s just sad.
@@johnhaas2523 What do you know about manure ?
Im sure many of us have to use illegal streaming to watch races. I dont think we count in the data
I have NOT watch any race for the last FIVE YEARS I have not watch any NASCAR race on TV but my computer!
We need better streaming. Sling TV is great but expensive to just watch NASCAR
The wreckfest this race turns into and the amount of commercials yearly kill this race. Stage racing really needs to go from at least the plate tracks