rebelracewriter Posted March 12, 2016 Report Share Posted March 12, 2016 1979 Daytona 500 first live NA$CAR tv race.....14.5 million viewers 2016 Daytona 500.....11.4 million viewers Yep, ol' Brian has them headed in the right direction.....smgdh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HiTech Posted March 12, 2016 Report Share Posted March 12, 2016 REB gotta remember it was a snow out in most of the country that day something to do with the weather anyway and with maybe only four channels to watch .no internet or cell phone and such captive audience you may say ...with out that weather might have been only 3 million watching seeing nascar wasn't known by many ....but I agree nascar today is tame compared to then ...notice there isn't any soap and old spice commercials drivers to clean now ..now what were the ratings during the 90s when nascar was really going strong ....total different world today look at our local racing use to be a given the stands were full the food was better and every one on a given corner had or knew someone with a racecar more family involvement ,friend involvements so on and so on ....cant compare apples to grapefruit . .. but will agree 11 million viewers is low and nascar has a big problem with that make me wonder how many of the viewers like me had the channel on but taking a few zzzzzzs along the way ...nascar has become a very good sleeping pill might say number one there .. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RodneyRodriguez Posted March 12, 2016 Report Share Posted March 12, 2016 That was also back when there were 3 TV options CBS, NBC and ABC and no HuLu, netflix and all that jazz. I know many think NASCAR sucks but our lil ol short tracks need all the new fans we can get and most come from watching racing on TV. I know, dirt fans don't care about NASCAR but a new fan looking for local racing may not care whether asphalt or dirt hopefully. Cup racing our only option to capture new audiences so I hope it gets better for them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
top_shelf_12 Posted March 12, 2016 Report Share Posted March 12, 2016 Wish Mavtv was more widely available. They always have racing on and it usually showcases the Saturday night heroes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
top_shelf_12 Posted March 12, 2016 Report Share Posted March 12, 2016 By the way, 4 of the top 5 rated races were in the early 2000s (http://www.forbes.com/pictures/emdm45mgk/the-top-rated-daytona-500s/). Only that 1979 race cracked top 5. Actually, all on that list were 2000s besides 1979. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rebelracewriter Posted March 14, 2016 Author Report Share Posted March 14, 2016 Ok then.....I guess those are actually people dressed up as empty seats too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
top_shelf_12 Posted March 14, 2016 Report Share Posted March 14, 2016 Think those are just TV ratings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh42 Posted March 14, 2016 Report Share Posted March 14, 2016 Just think about this for a minute. 11.4 million viewers that means there was a tv on inside the house. I watched the race but wasn't at my house. I went to a friends house that had a watch party. There was about 20-25 people there and nobody asked us how many people were watching it. I know people that were on the road traveling that didn't watch it live but had it dvr'd and watched it later which the viewing numbers don't take into consideration. What about your local sports bar that had the race on and people are there watching it as well and those people aren't being counted. I am not that big of a NASCAR fan that I used to be but its mainly because I don't want to listen to DW, Michael Waltrip, and Larry McReynolds. The two races I have watched this year both came down to a hundredth of a second. I am taking my wife to the race at TMS in April. This will be her first live NASCAR race and she is excited to go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toyotatim Posted March 14, 2016 Report Share Posted March 14, 2016 All of the races have been great man. Did you see the one yesterday. Different strategies going door to door for the win. That was awesome. Thanks Brian for the great entertainment on Sundays. The racing has never been better. I am packing up my RV and getting it ready to head to TMS for the greatest show on earth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PAPosse Posted March 15, 2016 Report Share Posted March 15, 2016 Sorry. Just couldn't resist. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesHigdon Posted March 15, 2016 Report Share Posted March 15, 2016 Well, for what it's worth I've been watching NASCAR since before I was old enough to remember watching NASCAR and I can already tell you this year I will watch far less NASCAR than I ever have before. I usually watch the "big races" (Daytona, Talledega, Bristol, Martinsville, the 600, etc) live and tape the remainder to watch that evening. This year I taped the 500 and watched it in about 30 minutes, I caught the last 20 minutes of Phoenix and I deleted the remainder of the races from the DVR unwatched. I don't mind the commentators and I will grant that the racing is better now then it has been but that is no great achievement. There are a lot of reasons NASCAR sucks, I'll list a few; The intermediate tracks SUCK The racers have had the life drained out of them by NASCAR's inane rules The cars have had the life drained out of them by NASCAR's inane rules They ruined Bristol last time they rebuilt it They won't stop jerking with the restrictor plate tracks so you never know if there is going to be racing or not As the cost to compete has gone up the quality of driver has gone down, it is no longer about the best driver but who has the biggest check book The new franchise deal (or whatever it is called) is insulting to the history of the sport; there will never be another under-dog that wins a race or a "Cinderella" story, no little guy with a one car team will ever-again win a race much less a championship The intermediate tracks SUCK I don't really care to have Brian France telling me who to vote for based upon what rich kids he grew up with The cup driver's have ruined the (I think it's Xfinity now and Camping World still?) series The intermediate tracks SUCK and... The Intermediate tracks SUCK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HiTech Posted March 16, 2016 Report Share Posted March 16, 2016 .Intermediate tracks suck.. lol..could you please add one more just to make sure your point is made I am still undecided ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toyotatim Posted March 17, 2016 Report Share Posted March 17, 2016 Side by side, sparks flying photo finishes at the intermediate tracks are awesome. Did you see the last one, again. WOW I cant wait for the next one. Thanks Nascar and Brian France. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nathan Posted March 18, 2016 Report Share Posted March 18, 2016 I know that we are not talking about it here but some where we were talking about the drop in car counts at the NASCAR races. Reb had mention he was wondering if NASCAR would have to pay back sponsors for not having full fields. Well I heard on NASCAR radio on Sirius today that NASCAR considers 36 cars as a full field. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PAPosse Posted March 18, 2016 Report Share Posted March 18, 2016 Yup. The media didn't really jump on that. As long as the chartered cars are there, nascar is happy. http://www.lonestarspeedzone.com/topic/69092-another-nail-in-the-cup-coffin-a-new-era-in-nacar-land-coming/page-2?do=findComment&comment=397454 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arob Posted March 19, 2016 Report Share Posted March 19, 2016 The next NASCAR mandate will be an mandatory yellow flag 1 lap or 2 before the white flag making every race a green / white/checker or two ending. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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