Charlie Spencer
Road courses and short tracks.
I'll take your word; I don't look at Fox outside races..The lack of buildup and Fox Sports treating it like any other race are much bigger problems.
I'll take your word; I don't look at Fox outside races..The lack of buildup and Fox Sports treating it like any other race are much bigger problems.
They need to get rid of 1 Atlanta race and bring back the pole winner/500/Clash winner-only Clash race @ Daytona the night before the Super Bowl to kick off Speedweeks.
I would say that the the LA Coliseum deserves a regular season race anyway until a new Auto Club Speedway short track can be built.
I'll take your word; I don't look at Fox outside races..
I think the most Nascar memorial moment at Indianapolis was that time when they had a caution for the released ballons.It's a <30 year old race that has produced few memorable moments and whose prestige is derived entirely from races that happened in entirely different cars.
Indy is important but it's not a Crown Jewel for NASCAR. I don't discount that winning there is important for drivers, the Indy 500 is one of the biggest motorsports events in the world and standing in the same victory lane as some of the best wheelmen of all time is a tremendous honor, but it's not a Crown Jewel for NASCAR. The Brickyard 400's prestige is derived entirely from IndyCar.
I didn't enjoy the "Busch Crash," as Mike Joy called it. Just tore up too many cars in that race every year. But I do think Los Angeles should be a regular-season race. Especially since it's still 50/50 as to whether Auto Club even gets built. Doubt is increasing by the day.
I really don't like the ARCA race being right before the Xfinity race, and after the Truck Series race, when drivers have to run that race to get approval. It should be the week before, even if there's no Busch Clash.
ANd let me add to my thoughts on Los Angeles. I think they should race at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum instead of in Fontana anyway.
No one would be there to watch, including TV.I really don't like the ARCA race being right before the Xfinity race, and after the Truck Series race, when drivers have to run that race to get approval. It should be the week before, even if there's no Busch Clash.
Some of the NFL games I've seen on Fox, they've promoted the Los Angeles race heavily with no mention of the Daytona 500.
When FS1 replaced SPEED, the Daytona 500 became "just another race." The nightly primetime coverage of Daytona Speedweeks was replaced with basketbore. And now that there's virtually no on-track extracurriculars before the qualifiers and Duels, it's gotten even worse.
It's a sharp contrast to NBC. Nashville was NBC's first race, but Chicago was the prized broadcast for NBC and NBC made sure of it. They tied Chicago into their promotion of the Nashville race. They pushed Nashville hard, but continued to push Chicago as The BFD.
I'd prefer to not see a points race at any track that can't run a 36- to 40-car field, and doesn't have pit road capacity for green flag stops. This was one of my complaints regarding Bristol dirt. This is the top tier of stock car racing; don't dumb it down.ANd let me add to my thoughts on Los Angeles. I think they should race at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum instead of in Fontana anyway.
Nah, kissing the bircks and then Tiregate, then Tony winning. He was going to celebrate his way, and damn what the track, network, or NASCAR had scheduled.Eere÷$+p
I think the most Nascar memorial moment at Indianapolis was that time when they had a caution for the released ballons.
I'd prefer to not see a points race at any track that can't run a 36- to 40-car field, and doesn't have pit road capacity for green flag stops. This was one of my complaints regarding Bristol dirt. This is the top tier of stock car racing; don't dumb it down.
Racing in Downtown Los Angeles trumps any concerns about pit stops for me. I'd rather deal with that than race over an hour away from Los Angeles.
I have a feeling this event won’t be renewed too much longer if at all.I think a LA Coliseum regular season race has potential to be another Madhouse like Bristol & Martinsville if they could have a 500 lap race with 28-32 cars. Have eliminations 29-44 the day before.
I can't believe I'm saying this, as much as I dislike the layout, but then run at Long Beach. I'd rather see that than a product that's neutered to fit a facility and gives Angelenos a false impression of what the rest of the Cup season looks like. The NFL doesn't play flag football in Europe. The NBA doesn't play half-court at the All-Star game.Racing in Downtown Los Angeles trumps any concerns about pit stops for me. I'd rather deal with that than race over an hour away from Los Angeles.
I have a feeling this event won’t be renewed too much longer if at all.
Los Angeles has the Olympic Summer Games in 2028.
I would argue against that. We have pretty much no coverage of any major sport on Free-TV.European sports coverage isn't commercialized like American coverage. We pay more money, A LOT more, to watch sports and get bombarded with commercial
I would argue against that. We have pretty much no coverage of any major sport on Free-TV.
There are several NFL games on broadcast networks in the states every week, we get a total of three Bundesliga games per season with the rest being on Sky and DAZN.
I agree that reducing the number of races on broadcast TV from 20 to 9 isn't helpful. Wo knows if cable is still a thing by 2031.I’ve seen international sports feeds. Sure you pay for it, but your sports are aired without interruption. We pay twice as much for cable as the rest of the industrialized world and get absolutely bombarded with commercials.
And most NASCAR races will be on cable beginning 2025. Only 1/4 of the schedule will be on OTA TV.
Fox execs even put something out last month about the importance of sports on OTA TV and how being in linear cable is basically a death sentence yet that’s where they’re putting NASCAR.
I agree that reducing the number of races on broadcast TV from 20 to 9 isn't helpful. Wo knows if cable is still a thing by 2031.
We never had pay-TV but I believe Pay-TV channels in this country indeed show their programming without commercial breaks.
When it comes to private free-TV channels the amount of commercials is comparable to American networks. RTL F1 telecasts resembled Fox NASCAR telecasts a lot.
Well that's true, at least in my country.The average price of cable TV in the United States is $217.42. From what I've read, it's nowhere close to that in European nations.
Well that's true, at least in my country.
Even if you wanted to buy all available sports packages on Sky, DAZN and Amazon it should be "only" around €100.
I'm actually surprised there are still more than 70 million households with cable in the states when costs are that high.