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3rd June 2010, 13:42 #331
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Originally Posted by call_me_andrew
In the world of sports entertainment, I still believe racing in general is a niche. As a big race fan, it pains me to say that. But if you look at the overall ratings and interest, the popularity has been declining slowly for a long time. Sure some events still bring in good rating's numbers - Indy, the Daytona 500, but society (at least in the US) has moved form the machine and industrial age to the electronic and environmental age. It is no accident racing series are trying to portray themselves as "green" and promote the technology to suggest relevance. Even NASCAR is moving toward electronic fuel injection and "green" fuels.
The demise of racing has been talked about for decades. Read some articles from 20 years ago, and racing should have been dead by now. Racing perseveres, but has struggles to maintain the current fan base. Some racing series are almost dead or finding it hard to survive. Years ago, I raced off-road motorcycles. The series I ran had events almost every week. Now they have a handful a year due to land closures. Many local short tracks are now housing developments or shopping centers. Take away the local feeder series, and professional racing suffers.I read it on the internet, so it must be true
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3rd June 2010, 18:25 #332
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Originally Posted by beachbum
I think you are pessimistic a little here. Racing is a VERY large niche if it is a niche, but I will admit there is change in the industry. Tracks come and go, and have been going lately. That said, NASCAR has plateaued, I wouldn't say they have disappeared...
It is just the IRL that has lost a LOT and cant find their way back. Bob's point that the gearheads have been crapped on is very true, but it is a complex issue, and the way back will be by making a lot of incremental changes, not one large change without changing anything else."Water for my horses, beer for my men and mud for my turtle".
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3rd June 2010, 19:18 #333Originally Posted by Bob Riebe
However, if a racing series doesn't appeal to:
Fans of Formula style road course racing,
Fans of rough & tumble short track racing,
Fans of high-tech cutting edge engineering,
Fans of old fashioned back-yard engineering,
Fans of customization & ingenuity,
Fans of the local driver,
Fans of the major cars makes competing against each other,
Fans of tradition,
It probably won't have many fans, nor stay around long.N.Hayden L.Hamilton D.Earnhardt R.Gordon S.Speed T.Stewart J.P.Montoya G.Rahal Ferrari Lotus
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3rd June 2010, 20:27 #334
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Originally Posted by e2mtt
In general fans of Formula style road racing look down on the short trackers and vice-versa.
Tradition means a lot to some people and is ancient history to others.
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3rd June 2010, 21:13 #335
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Originally Posted by anthonyvop"Water for my horses, beer for my men and mud for my turtle".
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3rd June 2010, 23:05 #336
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Originally Posted by Mark in OshawaNo longer active on this forum
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3rd June 2010, 23:57 #337
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Originally Posted by hornet"Water for my horses, beer for my men and mud for my turtle".
Nope, Article 12.1.3 has this covered, must use ballast or dummy unit.
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