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29th May 2008, 06:21 #71
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Originally Posted by Bob Riebe
USAC's influence graced CART for ten whole years?
Considering it was in the '90's that CART really took off, maybe that wasn't such a good thing.
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29th May 2008, 18:48 #72
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Originally Posted by Miatanut
Stock car racing series, except for NASCAR, had had done the same thing so, the two biggest items left was Indy and CART, plus NASCAR.
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30th May 2008, 02:32 #73Originally Posted by Starter
Owners have often had (personal) connections to corporate sponsors. And the more money they put in the kitty, the more influence they may have on the team owner to hire one driver over another. But like you, I don't know anything about any driver having any sort of special relationship with the sponsors that either of us named. At least in the primary car, top teams hired for speed in 1979 and they're hiring for speed in 2008.
Here's one thing that I think is being left out: if the commercial value is there, sponsors step up... if it's not there, they don't. Backmarkers, ridebuyers and Richie Rich wannabe racers have always been on the scene. Whether today or thirty years ago, other than a major decline in popularity and ratings, I don't see what's different in AOWR."Every generation's memory is exactly as long as its own experience." --John Kenneth Galbraith
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6th June 2008, 18:31 #74
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Momentum lost......TV ratings for Milwaukee .8 on ABC.Thats pretty sad.The 500 can't help the rest of the series.
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6th June 2008, 19:27 #75
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Originally Posted by CARTDM15
That does it. The sport is officially dead!!!!
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6th June 2008, 19:34 #76
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[quote="Wilf"]That does it. The sport is officially dead!!!![/QUOTE
Not the sport just the series.Indy is alive and well.How can we improve interest in the rest of the series? The 500 alone want do it.
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8th June 2008, 23:55 #77
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Originally Posted by CARTDM15
Look at the telecasts of the last two weeks. There is no continuity from going to break to resumption after the break. Their packages aren't sync'ed and yet they continue to air.
Yesterday it is purported to be a live, albeit, late broadcast. But they fully intended to tape delay the race, starting at 9:30 instead of the advertised 10:00. It got further complicated when NASCAR ran long. They either forgot all the webcasts started at 9:30 as well as the Canadian broadcast so they were really sloppy or unbelieveably arrogant believing no one would notice. Unfortunately, ESPN really complicated the problem by runing the tape delayed video under live audio. Oops.
You don't grow viewership by airing amateur telecasts and you don't get the respect of the media by letting certain elites walk all over you.
The battle for success will take at least ten years and every day they coast will lessen their chance for success
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9th June 2008, 16:29 #78Originally Posted by ChicagocrewIRL
better luck next time.
Think they could have avoided the RS200. It's probably not the same car from 1986, but having a similar spec one doesn't really help the festive atmosphere.
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