The FOX tag line "Welcome to the Fastest Racing on Earth" never gets old to those of us who had to live through "Different Breed" and "Defy Everything." It's the perfect example of literally just not overthinking something so simple
And also it's factually incorrect. NHRA is faster than IndyCar in overall speed and F1 in lap time speed. Promoting IndyCar as "fastest" is a great mistake because it obviously is not. IndyCar has other selling points - great on-track action, championship intrigue (most of the seasons), e.t.c.
@@makb_the_strikerIt's not incorrect if you are using average speed. F1 and NHRA may have faster acceleration, but they don't maintain those speeds over long distances. Indycars average over 230 mph when qualifying at the Speedway over a 10 mile run, something that simply isn't done in F1 or drag racing. Sustained speeds are much higher in Indycar.
@@railsandracing I actually used average speed for F1 and IndyCar comparison. IndyCar avg. speed in qualification (with no track limits in last corners) in Austin 19' was 186,3 km/h, and F1's in 2022 (with slightly slower regulations) showed the avg. pole speed of 211,1 km/h. Oval comparison is not relevant, because obviously F1 regulation cars never raced on the full oval in competitive events. Even in the 50s, when Indy was on the F1 calendar it was run with a ChampCar, not F1 tech regulations.
@@makb_the_striker Ovals are relevent to Indycar and their "Fastest Racing On Earth" tagline, because that's where that claim holds true. F1 will always be fastest on a road/ street course, and Indycar will always be fastest on an oval. What's really being said here is, "Our series has the Indy 500, the fastest race on earth! You should watch it!" It's not meant to be technical, just to market the sport and get your attention, which in my opinion, it does a great job at.
Hopefully they can do as many driver ads as possible. Maybe FOX can bring more widespread promotion to all races not just the Indy 500. A Super Bowl ad of any kind would be fantastic.
There likely will be along with ads for the Daytona 500, MLB, the UFL (in which Fox is the primary investor in) & Fox's new postseason tournament in Vegas for college basketball.
I have listened to a few Alex Palou interviews/ podcasts and he has a great personality. It's more so on Indy Car lacking a strong social media presence. Palou, Pato ,Herta, and Joseph should all be more well known. They are doing good things. Indy Car needs a console video game that kids want to buy every Christmas. Gotta get these young people interested in the sport.
4:30 People complained about the Rolex 24 coverage? I mean I see how it was a bit annoying with a little too much time spent "interviewing” tv-personality-drivers and having chit chats but I thought it was great. And I guess they did miss that a GTD Lamborghini literally lost a door lol If I look back 30 years ago or more, I was lucky to watch 10 hours of that race. The very idea that I can watch it flag to flag with commentators the whole time, is so amazing. We are lucky to be able to do that. It's 24 hours of coverage! Is that not a modern miracle?
And it's free, that just make international fans can dollow the race. I'm from Argentina and two pilots raced on the Dytona 24 (the cars #88 and #4) I watched the race because of that but I liked it so I will following up future races. My point is you can bring international fans to the sport too, I know that is not much but is something.
I def like the vibes of these ads. I just want more sponsors to get involved with Indycar so I can see less pay to drive and a kickass new car. If Fox can help put indycar over the top in that regard, I think everyone would be stoked.
Fox is doing a great job tailoring the ads to each driver. I cant wait to see what they come up with for Pato during on what will presumably be a superbowl ad.
I like what fox is doing with this and i hope we can see more ads like this along the season featuring other drivers. I also hope the tv that owns the indycar broadcast rights here in Spain can learn from fox, bc they do an awful job promoting indycar and Alex here, to the point it is ridiculously bad, even the broadcasts... Great job Fox, hats off for you.
You're right 2026 will be the test for FOX's commitment to IndyCar. Remember they're the host broadcaster for the largest sporting event in the World in 2026, lets see what they do about the races through June and the first half of July.
They need to promote the drivers. I watched the end of the Daytona 24 hours and realized that IMSA's plan is focused on the competitors. Not a bad thing because it fills the grid, but other than a handful of top pro drivers, I didn't recognize any of the driver's names. NASCAR has turned into a money game with goofy rules that supposedly "make the race more interesting" but actually do little else but lengthen the race to increase TV ad revenue. However, all those artificially induced breaks provide more opportunities for driver and crew interviews, which gives the audience 'facetime' with the racers, humanizing the sport.
NBC in the Detroit area did NOT show any coverage of the 24 hours of Daytona on Sunday! Zero, Zilch, Nada! All they broadcast was infomercials, no racing coverage at all!
Palou is a top dude who needs to be promoted. Of course, I would say this as I also have a mole on my eyebrow. But can't disagree with 3 championships in 5 years.
Excellent point that this kind of investment should be expected the first year, but not guaranteed in subsequent years. I can see a scenario where Fox puts a ton of money and time into promotion this year, but doesn't see a huge uptick in viewership and doesn't invest as much in the future. I hope that doesn't happen, and I hope the marketing works. But a part of me feels like IndyCar is forever doomed to have the best racing product on Earth but an innate ability to remain a secret.
I know people are tired of the comparison of Formula 1 and IndyCar, but IndyCar NEEDS to take this from F1, PROMOTE AND MARKET THE DRIVERS AND TEAMS. Make the driver's larger than life. MARKET THE TEAMS. Make Penske, Andretti, AJ Foyte gear cool.
What wins championships is that steady approach of Dixon and Palau Unfortunately their low key personalities are not great for a US Based race series. .. Nothing against their great driving or being from other countries but the series would benefit from a greater verity of series winners....
I think you don't actually understand the dry Kiwi or Oz humor that Dixon, Scott McLaughlin, Marcus Armstrong and Will Power have. New Zealanders and Australians aren't the types of people that are in your face over the top personalities that Americans seem to be known for. It' doesn't matter if you are a member of the New Zealand All Blacks rugby team or a member of the Australian cricket team, that's not part of the culture in this part of the world. Shane Van Gisbergen and even Oscar Piastri have very dry humor elements that adds to their personalities and the British and Canadians understood that. It's unfortunately the Americans who cannot be open minded... Scott Dixon has a great personality and that's why both Dario Franchitti and Tony Kanaan have became close as great life long friends with Scott Dixon
@@mikehardy1912 Not really.even Dixon has more personality than Alex Palou and he is from Spain. Just very technical oriented kind of guy(s). Personality makes the sport more interesting not saying that it everything but given he wins often it doesn't add much to hype the sport
@DRMF7 The calendar is too short, the off season is too long, I think the last race of this season is in August! Then we have to wait till March........
@@Ronald_JonesMinakoLover F1 season is from March to December, not withstanding a few months from June to July, it runs along side major European soccer leagues & it doesn't effect the calendar, it doesn't matter how much Fox promotes Indycar now imo a lot of new fans will be lost between the 5 months from last race of the season to the first!
NBC did great for the first few years but then they quit innovating. Once they got the NASCAR contract it stopped progressing. Their on air talent was good and they didn't suck. But it was clear corporate treated anything outside of the 500 as almost an obligation
I think they missed the mark on this one in relation to Scott Dixon or even Scott McLaughlin and not playing on the rivalry between the Australians and New Zealanders with Will Power being involved. Scott Dixon as a young fella with the pillow strapped to his bottom, as he couldn't see over the steering wheel after flipping his touring car at Pukekohe, then going on to win an Indy 500 and 6 Indycar championships or even Scott McLaughlins famous - gave it the jandel quote when he made a last corner pass at the Adelaide 500 in a supercar and playing off the rivalry between Australia and New Zealand in general sports with Will Power involved as the only Australian is surely missing. I would love to see Scott Dixon and Will Power opposite either other at the end of a promo each trying to pronounce Fish and Chips in the New Zealand and Australian accents. The Americans would crack up once they understood...
It may be difficult but if Fox can figure out how to get these shown on other networks...it may help even more...they are older now but perhaps bring back Paul Page, and Jack Arute...again they are older but have at least seen Jack in Gasoline Alley...so at least 1 of the 2 still may be in touch with the series....
Does anyone remember the animated shorts Mclaren did back in the Hamilton / Button days? This kinda had a similar vibe, no matter what's going on racer's gonna race.
I liked NBC's commentators, if not for Peacock I would've missed a chunk of the season, NBC also dumps races from the network to cable if a race goes a bit long.
NBC has changed so much in the past few years across the board. Even the NASCAR coverage feels like a hollow form of itself. The loss of F1 and now IndyCar, plus the significant downgrade in NASCAR coverage only means their priorities have changed and now what's left will suffer. With that said, The Rolex 24 coverage was great at night when it was on peacock and we got to hear from Tom Kristensen and Olly Gavin. Guys who know sports car racing better than anyone. Keep them on and get rid of the weird 1 hour, big NBC commercial fest/Dale Jarrett interview.
RLM takeover was also great, I was cackling at that since RLM is my main way to consume IMSA and having John/that Scottish guy/Jonny Mowlem,and then the other John in the booth at the same time,andHIndy's I'm going to just point at you solution was fantastic.Hindhaugh is awesome. I was sad Jeremy Shaw wasn't there,but that Scotish guy,he was great though
Great ads from Fox. First (not to be a buzzkill) but Indycar has so many problems right now that they are going to struggle to dig out of that hole. But... Having Fox show the whole season on broadcast television is HUGE. The biggest problem I had with NBC and their partners is that I never knew when and where the races were going to be broadcast. I'm busy enough that if Indycar wants me to watch, they need to make it easy. And beyond making life easier for schlubs like me, the consistent network coverage has to be good for attracting sponsors to the teams.
Let's keep it real for the moment. Hype from Fox is just that, hype. The product will still have to stand on its own legs and outside of the notoriety of the 500, backing up the hype will remain a challenge. ... but it's a hybrid!
I'd say the product has carried its weight very well, it's been the lack of hype that was frustrating. The hype is hopefully good for sponsorships at the end of the day.
@TalladegaTom one race. The shittiest track known to man. So I'd agree on that race. Iowa was biggest let down but the indy 500 was awesome and the ovals usually rip.
@ The 500 is always awesome. To IndyCar's credit, it remains the only uninterrupted 500 mile race left in existence. However, that is also what IndyCar has been riding on for a very long time. The engine rules need to be eased up to allow more creativity and other power plants to be brought into competition. The same with the chassis rules. That variation was what made the sport interesting 'back in the day. Now it is all generic and bland. Fox hype can only do so much. The core of the hype has to come from the series itself. I will agree that at some places the racing has been very good, yet they do not go to places like COTA and other great tracks leaving the fan with a ho hum schedule.
@f1champ551 IndyCar is such an underrated series, looks like FOX is actually going to promote it! I believe more people would watch it if they know what it is and that it's not just the Indy 500.
I feel very fortunate to have gotten keyed in on Indycar in the past few years. I love it. I'm just grateful that I love football as well because it'd suck to not have anything to watch during the extremely long off season.
Indycar on NBC lost me when they put pay per view races on Peacock and replaced Paul Tracy with stat nerd James Hinchclift. I really didn't care to even look at the jumbled unfollowable schedule after that
Yes, but you have WAY more to work with with JN. This made Palou somewhat interesting, which bless his heart, ain't easy. He's great, but not much to market with. This introduces him, exactly what they needed to do with the defending champ.
The whole point of these ads is to introduce IndyCar, build the audience, and attract new viewers to watch the sport we love. This is one of the key areas-there are a few-of building the audience, especially a younger and more diverse demographic, which in turn attracts new sponsors to grow the sport. Maybe FOX can focus on other drivers during the month of May, or even mini biopics of drivers and teams for the first race at St. Petersburg to bring new viewers up to speed (pun intended).
Another IndyCar video about an ad but zero coverage of the Rolex 24. David doesn’t care about anything besides IndyCar and only addresses NASCAR if it’s going to generate views. Used to be a channel that covered all of motorsports….
IndyCar? "What's that?" I'm not going to go back to cable TV or spend nearly as much for a "Live TV streaming service" just to get a Fox network channel, let alone Fox Sports for the rest of IndyCar content. I was one who got the "Black Friday" sale from Peacock, paying like a whole $5 per month for a whole year. Less than ONE MONTH's cost of getting ANYTHING from "Fox." Nope, IndyCar shot itself in the foot, massively. Yeah, yeah, let's get all of those "network" viewers, paying no attention at all to anything resembling the "cord cutting" that has gone on over the past several years. Good move if you want to go out of business, I suppose. RIP IndyCar.
I was hyped to till I saw who was in the booth sorry can’t stand will glad I don’t have to see him on f1tv anymore but having to sacrifice indycar sucks
@ went to f1tv to not hear crofty and brundle now if there’s a option to hear different commentators I’m in, but enjoy hearing will say “the race start with the green flag” and “drivers turn the wheel to steer the car” 😂😂😂
Your expectations for the “rise” of Indycar in the USA are unrealistic and fanciful. This is a niche series and will stay that way no matter who the broadcasting partner is. Sorry.
IndyCar was the preeminent racing series in the US for over 70 years. The biggest 3 US sports were boxing, horse racing and baseball for a long time. The NFL used to be considered a carnival sideshow for barbarians. You might be right, but you never know. These things cycle.
I didn't think the Palou ad wasn't as funny as the Josef ad, but it is great to see the Champ positively featured well in this ad.
If you listen to Palou interviews and podcasts, he's really funny.
The FOX tag line "Welcome to the Fastest Racing on Earth" never gets old to those of us who had to live through "Different Breed" and "Defy Everything." It's the perfect example of literally just not overthinking something so simple
It is perfect.
And also it's factually incorrect. NHRA is faster than IndyCar in overall speed and F1 in lap time speed. Promoting IndyCar as "fastest" is a great mistake because it obviously is not. IndyCar has other selling points - great on-track action, championship intrigue (most of the seasons), e.t.c.
@@makb_the_strikerIt's not incorrect if you are using average speed. F1 and NHRA may have faster acceleration, but they don't maintain those speeds over long distances. Indycars average over 230 mph when qualifying at the Speedway over a 10 mile run, something that simply isn't done in F1 or drag racing. Sustained speeds are much higher in Indycar.
@@railsandracing I actually used average speed for F1 and IndyCar comparison. IndyCar avg. speed in qualification (with no track limits in last corners) in Austin 19' was 186,3 km/h, and F1's in 2022 (with slightly slower regulations) showed the avg. pole speed of 211,1 km/h. Oval comparison is not relevant, because obviously F1 regulation cars never raced on the full oval in competitive events. Even in the 50s, when Indy was on the F1 calendar it was run with a ChampCar, not F1 tech regulations.
@@makb_the_striker Ovals are relevent to Indycar and their "Fastest Racing On Earth" tagline, because that's where that claim holds true. F1 will always be fastest on a road/ street course, and Indycar will always be fastest on an oval. What's really being said here is, "Our series has the Indy 500, the fastest race on earth! You should watch it!" It's not meant to be technical, just to market the sport and get your attention, which in my opinion, it does a great job at.
i will never get tired of the Will Power double birds
PATO WHO AD FOR SUPERBOWL⁉️⁉️⁉️🗣🔥🔥🔥
Colton Herta. 😁
Please!!!!!! With a jalapeño on top!
Pato Who?
7:05 The Newgarden ad is on the TV behind Palou chopping carrots. It's at the fragrance commercial bit. That's a nice touch.
Hopefully they can do as many driver ads as possible. Maybe FOX can bring more widespread promotion to all races not just the Indy 500. A Super Bowl ad of any kind would be fantastic.
There likely will be along with ads for the Daytona 500, MLB, the UFL (in which Fox is the primary investor in) & Fox's new postseason tournament in Vegas for college basketball.
I have listened to a few Alex Palou interviews/ podcasts and he has a great personality. It's more so on Indy Car lacking a strong social media presence. Palou, Pato ,Herta, and Joseph should all be more well known. They are doing good things. Indy Car needs a console video game that kids want to buy every Christmas. Gotta get these young people interested in the sport.
😂 that picture of Josef in the background of his kitchen
4:30 People complained about the Rolex 24 coverage? I mean I see how it was a bit annoying with a little too much time spent "interviewing” tv-personality-drivers and having chit chats but I thought it was great.
And I guess they did miss that a GTD Lamborghini literally lost a door lol
If I look back 30 years ago or more, I was lucky to watch 10 hours of that race. The very idea that I can watch it flag to flag with commentators the whole time, is so amazing. We are lucky to be able to do that. It's 24 hours of coverage! Is that not a modern miracle?
And it's free, that just make international fans can dollow the race. I'm from Argentina and two pilots raced on the Dytona 24 (the cars #88 and #4) I watched the race because of that but I liked it so I will following up future races. My point is you can bring international fans to the sport too, I know that is not much but is something.
I can't wait for the O'Ward and Dixon ads
This off-season feels really good, with all the talk about the new car and these awesome ads by Fox. Feels like a tiger ready to roar!!
When you're at Sebring, watch out for the fire ants!
I liked that nbc has peacock and they would air all practices on peacock
The good thing about NBC was the split screen broadcasting. Fox only does that for the Daytona 500.
No....they do that for all the cup races but usually just the latter half of
Since FOX hasn't broadcast a race yet, we will have to wait and see how they cover Indycar.
I def like the vibes of these ads. I just want more sponsors to get involved with Indycar so I can see less pay to drive and a kickass new car. If Fox can help put indycar over the top in that regard, I think everyone would be stoked.
Fox is doing a great job tailoring the ads to each driver. I cant wait to see what they come up with for Pato during on what will presumably be a superbowl ad.
I want a Pato and Colton ad next
The double hellos from will power on the ad was hilarious and awesome
I like what fox is doing with this and i hope we can see more ads like this along the season featuring other drivers. I also hope the tv that owns the indycar broadcast rights here in Spain can learn from fox, bc they do an awful job promoting indycar and Alex here, to the point it is ridiculously bad, even the broadcasts... Great job Fox, hats off for you.
I think Pato herta and even rossi would be very cool moving forward. Idk how far they’ll go but top driver from most teams would be awesome
You're right 2026 will be the test for FOX's commitment to IndyCar. Remember they're the host broadcaster for the largest sporting event in the World in 2026, lets see what they do about the races through June and the first half of July.
Fox gets marketing. A sentence we haven’t heard for quite a while. 2:05 😅
As a professional chef I can tell you holding a knife like that with your pointer finger is as armature as it gets lol.
They need to promote the drivers. I watched the end of the Daytona 24 hours and realized that IMSA's plan is focused on the competitors. Not a bad thing because it fills the grid, but other than a handful of top pro drivers, I didn't recognize any of the driver's names.
NASCAR has turned into a money game with goofy rules that supposedly "make the race more interesting" but actually do little else but lengthen the race to increase TV ad revenue. However, all those artificially induced breaks provide more opportunities for driver and crew interviews, which gives the audience 'facetime' with the racers, humanizing the sport.
🏆🏆🏆🐐 Palou is amazing in or out track, much style this ad
The way I laughed out loud at the double birds from Will Power while watching this ad live during the football game! 😂 🙌
Great video...and loving the Fox commercials 😎
NBC in the Detroit area did NOT show any coverage of the 24 hours of Daytona on Sunday! Zero, Zilch, Nada! All they broadcast was infomercials, no racing coverage at all!
The Will Power clip was 🤌
This channel needs 100k subscribers
Why is Josef in the background at 12 seconds in the ad 😂
Palou is a top dude who needs to be promoted. Of course, I would say this as I also have a mole on my eyebrow. But can't disagree with 3 championships in 5 years.
Would like a Santino ad.
This ads are a great thing, I hope Fox continues
As a fox watcher of, geez, I don’t know how many years a long time with Nascar enjoy the first five years….
As long as the drivers don't have those awful caricatures then i'm fine with whatever they do
I think the best broadcasters were on ABC. Paul, Bob and Bobby were the best.
Excellent point that this kind of investment should be expected the first year, but not guaranteed in subsequent years.
I can see a scenario where Fox puts a ton of money and time into promotion this year, but doesn't see a huge uptick in viewership and doesn't invest as much in the future.
I hope that doesn't happen, and I hope the marketing works. But a part of me feels like IndyCar is forever doomed to have the best racing product on Earth but an innate ability to remain a secret.
Scott Dixon has more championships than most of the field has wins. Kinda funny how marketing ignores him.
I know people are tired of the comparison of Formula 1 and IndyCar, but IndyCar NEEDS to take this from F1, PROMOTE AND MARKET THE DRIVERS AND TEAMS. Make the driver's larger than life. MARKET THE TEAMS. Make Penske, Andretti, AJ Foyte gear cool.
Excited for the Super Bowl ads.
Where is Bob Varsha?! He still has it going off of his announcing in Las Vegas.
What wins championships is that steady approach of Dixon and Palau Unfortunately their low key personalities are not great for a US Based race series. .. Nothing against their great driving or being from other countries but the series would benefit from a greater verity of series winners....
I think you don't actually understand the dry Kiwi or Oz humor that Dixon, Scott McLaughlin, Marcus Armstrong and Will Power have. New Zealanders and Australians aren't the types of people that are in your face over the top personalities that Americans seem to be known for. It' doesn't matter if you are a member of the New Zealand All Blacks rugby team or a member of the Australian cricket team, that's not part of the culture in this part of the world. Shane Van Gisbergen and even Oscar Piastri have very dry humor elements that adds to their personalities and the British and Canadians understood that. It's unfortunately the Americans who cannot be open minded...
Scott Dixon has a great personality and that's why both Dario Franchitti and Tony Kanaan have became close as great life long friends with Scott Dixon
@@mikehardy1912 Not really.even Dixon has more personality than Alex Palou and he is from Spain. Just very technical oriented kind of guy(s). Personality makes the sport more interesting not saying that it everything but given he wins often it doesn't add much to hype the sport
Does anyone know if Sky F1 in the UK is going to continue to broadcast live Indycar?
I believe so. Look it up and they say they are..
They are, they will continue in Italy and DACH too
The Indycar off season is way too long, they need to build it up to 20 races March to October.
You mean too short? It is definitely short for how the their is less then 20 races with too many breaks between.
@DRMF7 The calendar is too short, the off season is too long, I think the last race of this season is in August! Then we have to wait till March........
@@matthanna7162Those young crew members have to go back to school.
They can't compete with the NFL
@@Ronald_JonesMinakoLover F1 season is from March to December, not withstanding a few months from June to July, it runs along side major European soccer leagues & it doesn't effect the calendar, it doesn't matter how much Fox promotes Indycar now imo a lot of new fans will be lost between the 5 months from last race of the season to the first!
NBC did great for the first few years but then they quit innovating. Once they got the NASCAR contract it stopped progressing. Their on air talent was good and they didn't suck. But it was clear corporate treated anything outside of the 500 as almost an obligation
I think they missed the mark on this one in relation to Scott Dixon or even Scott McLaughlin and not playing on the rivalry between the Australians and New Zealanders with Will Power being involved.
Scott Dixon as a young fella with the pillow strapped to his bottom, as he couldn't see over the steering wheel after flipping his touring car at Pukekohe, then going on to win an Indy 500 and 6 Indycar championships or even Scott McLaughlins famous - gave it the jandel quote when he made a last corner pass at the Adelaide 500 in a supercar and playing off the rivalry between Australia and New Zealand in general sports with Will Power involved as the only Australian is surely missing. I would love to see Scott Dixon and Will Power opposite either other at the end of a promo each trying to pronounce Fish and Chips in the New Zealand and Australian accents. The Americans would crack up once they understood...
It may be difficult but if Fox can figure out how to get these shown on other networks...it may help even more...they are older now but perhaps bring back Paul Page, and Jack Arute...again they are older but have at least seen Jack in Gasoline Alley...so at least 1 of the 2 still may be in touch with the series....
Does anyone remember the animated shorts Mclaren did back in the Hamilton / Button days? This kinda had a similar vibe, no matter what's going on racer's gonna race.
They could do something cool with Grosjean too....."the phenix rising from the ashes" kinda vibe.
I liked NBC's commentators, if not for Peacock I would've missed a chunk of the season, NBC also dumps races from the network to cable if a race goes a bit long.
Bruh, imagine being followed by CGR and not following back...
NBC has changed so much in the past few years across the board. Even the NASCAR coverage feels like a hollow form of itself. The loss of F1 and now IndyCar, plus the significant downgrade in NASCAR coverage only means their priorities have changed and now what's left will suffer. With that said, The Rolex 24 coverage was great at night when it was on peacock and we got to hear from Tom Kristensen and Olly Gavin. Guys who know sports car racing better than anyone. Keep them on and get rid of the weird 1 hour, big NBC commercial fest/Dale Jarrett interview.
RLM takeover was also great, I was cackling at that since RLM is my main way to consume IMSA and having John/that Scottish guy/Jonny Mowlem,and then the other John in the booth at the same time,andHIndy's I'm going to just point at you solution was fantastic.Hindhaugh is awesome. I was sad Jeremy Shaw wasn't there,but that Scotish guy,he was great though
Fox Sports needs to hire Leigh Diffey back!!!
Hope Palou was paid well for this, sounds like he's going to be cutting a very large check payable to McLaren in the very near future.
Another excellent commercial
Gives me hope
Great ads from Fox.
First (not to be a buzzkill) but Indycar has so many problems right now that they are going to struggle to dig out of that hole. But...
Having Fox show the whole season on broadcast television is HUGE. The biggest problem I had with NBC and their partners is that I never knew when and where the races were going to be broadcast. I'm busy enough that if Indycar wants me to watch, they need to make it easy.
And beyond making life easier for schlubs like me, the consistent network coverage has to be good for attracting sponsors to the teams.
Will Power is the star of this ad.
Let's keep it real for the moment. Hype from Fox is just that, hype.
The product will still have to stand on its own legs and outside of the notoriety of the 500, backing up the hype will remain a challenge.
... but it's a hybrid!
I'd say the product has carried its weight very well, it's been the lack of hype that was frustrating. The hype is hopefully good for sponsorships at the end of the day.
@@Robertsonian I dunno. Not so much really.
The 'product' at Detroit for example last year did them no good at all.
@TalladegaTom one race. The shittiest track known to man. So I'd agree on that race. Iowa was biggest let down but the indy 500 was awesome and the ovals usually rip.
@ The 500 is always awesome. To IndyCar's credit, it remains the only uninterrupted 500 mile race left in existence. However, that is also what IndyCar has been riding on for a very long time.
The engine rules need to be eased up to allow more creativity and other power plants to be brought into competition.
The same with the chassis rules.
That variation was what made the sport interesting 'back in the day.
Now it is all generic and bland. Fox hype can only do so much. The core of the hype has to come from the series itself.
I will agree that at some places the racing has been very good, yet they do not go to places like COTA and other great tracks leaving the fan with a ho hum schedule.
I’m just going to miss peacock it was so cheap and I could watch everything
Perhaps a mustashe Could help to build him as an evil nemesis for the american audience ...
I liked that more than the Newgarden ad. The first one was a little hard to watch.
What's Fox solution for streaming? I would really like to have to a cable subscription?
It's only available outside of the US or with a VPN.
@@PaperBanjo64 Thanks, looks like may just being the cable for the month of May. Everything else will be caught on after the fact.
Scotty Mac will be funny if he gets one
Indycar is not for everyone. The masses like football most. I'm fine with that.
If IndyCar can overtake NASCAR's popularity I'm good,
@@PaperBanjo64if Indycar actually goes back to pre-1995 level in record time with Fox? I'm straight forever.
@f1champ551 IndyCar is such an underrated series, looks like FOX is actually going to promote it! I believe more people would watch it if they know what it is and that it's not just the Indy 500.
I feel very fortunate to have gotten keyed in on Indycar in the past few years. I love it. I'm just grateful that I love football as well because it'd suck to not have anything to watch during the extremely long off season.
Indycar on NBC lost me when they put pay per view races on Peacock and replaced Paul Tracy with stat nerd James Hinchclift. I really didn't care to even look at the jumbled unfollowable schedule after that
Pato ad plays at the Super Bowl
This one was not as good as the Josef one.
Yes, but you have WAY more to work with with JN. This made Palou somewhat interesting, which bless his heart, ain't easy. He's great, but not much to market with. This introduces him, exactly what they needed to do with the defending champ.
Josef calogne ad in background.
SHOW US SOMETHING WE DON'T KNOW. A ROOKIE. CONOR DALY. STING RAY. KEEP THEM COMING FOX!!!
The whole point of these ads is to introduce IndyCar, build the audience, and attract new viewers to watch the sport we love. This is one of the key areas-there are a few-of building the audience, especially a younger and more diverse demographic, which in turn attracts new sponsors to grow the sport. Maybe FOX can focus on other drivers during the month of May, or even mini biopics of drivers and teams for the first race at St. Petersburg to bring new viewers up to speed (pun intended).
Thanks for reminding how trash Marty Reid was in the booth
is it really important?
Another IndyCar video about an ad but zero coverage of the Rolex 24. David doesn’t care about anything besides IndyCar and only addresses NASCAR if it’s going to generate views.
Used to be a channel that covered all of motorsports….
IndyCar? "What's that?" I'm not going to go back to cable TV or spend nearly as much for a "Live TV streaming service" just to get a Fox network channel, let alone Fox Sports for the rest of IndyCar content. I was one who got the "Black Friday" sale from Peacock, paying like a whole $5 per month for a whole year. Less than ONE MONTH's cost of getting ANYTHING from "Fox." Nope, IndyCar shot itself in the foot, massively. Yeah, yeah, let's get all of those "network" viewers, paying no attention at all to anything resembling the "cord cutting" that has gone on over the past several years. Good move if you want to go out of business, I suppose. RIP IndyCar.
It's on FREE TV man!
I was hyped to till I saw who was in the booth sorry can’t stand will glad I don’t have to see him on f1tv anymore but having to sacrifice indycar sucks
So you won’t watch a sport you like just because you don’t like one of the commentators? Doesn’t sound like you’re a real IndyCar fan.
@ went to f1tv to not hear crofty and brundle now if there’s a option to hear different commentators I’m in, but enjoy hearing will say “the race start with the green flag” and “drivers turn the wheel to steer the car” 😂😂😂
I hope FOX does not ruin Indy Car like they did with NASCAR. I could care less about Alex Palou. American drivers are the only ones i care about.
I was furious with that advert, it had a really offensive phrase in it and should be banned.
I am very unimpressed with what Fox are doing.
What "offensive" phrase!? You're just looking to be offended!
@@PaperBanjo64 I shouldn't need to point it out and no I wasn't "looking to be offended".
What a stupid assumption.
Your expectations for the “rise” of Indycar in the USA are unrealistic and fanciful. This is a niche series and will stay that way no matter who the broadcasting partner is. Sorry.
IndyCar was the preeminent racing series in the US for over 70 years. The biggest 3 US sports were boxing, horse racing and baseball for a long time. The NFL used to be considered a carnival sideshow for barbarians. You might be right, but you never know. These things cycle.
NASCAR I think is on borrowed time especially if FOX gets promoting IndyCar and actually drawing viewers especially stealing away NASCAR fans.