When it went from watch it race on Sunday and buy it on Monday I gave up watching. It was no longer a display of quality and engineering that you could buy.
Brickyard NASCAR race - lots of empty seats
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Are you talking about the godaddy lady? Gosh what a horrible hosting company.
At its peak you had to know someone to get Bristol tickets. They were sold out forever.
They have not sold out a race since 2010. Were not talking Indy or some other contrived track, but Bristol.
Nascar is dead. It would have died eventually but COT expedited it IMHO.
They have not sold out a race since 2010. Were not talking Indy or some other contrived track, but Bristol.
Nascar is dead. It would have died eventually but COT expedited it IMHO.
Well there was the Hungarian GP involving a Red Bull with wiings. 
and half the commercials that resulted from the cautions caused by her wrecking folks
AutoMechanic
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My coworker was at the race yesterday in Indianapolis. According to the facebook pictures he posted it looked packed. Not sure if it’s the same race posted here or not.
SammyChevelleTypeS3
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I think NASCAR really did sell out the very first Brickyard races. NASCAR was at its very peak of popularity as it had never enjoyed before any maybe will never again. Big Bill France passed away and his family took over and the steady decline started and from what I can see has not slowed down. Too many rule changes and trying to expand even more is killing the home spun , simple sport that many have now turned their backs on.
4WD
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I watched it on NBC and it was far from packed... The main area at the start finish stands were not full at all and some of the other bleachers around the track were near empty....I wish that NASCAR would say how many came but they stopped doing that a few years ago...I wounder why...
Both of those I agree with 100%. Total crap goodyear tires for the first couple years just to get the sponsorship money. Lots of blow outs - tires that wouldn't make a fuel run, etc.
Toyota got to build and run a V8 engine that did not exist anything like it in the wild in order to compete, - which non one else would be allowed to do but they wanted the money.
They sold out. Sell outs get what they deserve.
Agree. They are terrible.
Martinsville also.
I knew a comment like that was heading my way .
If they are going to show a race they need to put it on one channel and leave it there until the race is over. PERIOD! This business of moving the end of a race to a different channel because it went longer than expected is very disrespectful to the viewers/fans and NASCAR. You don't see them doing this to NFL games or golf tournaments that go long.
Advertisers... be aware that NASCAR fans are very angry about this and take appropriate action against the guilty broadcaster.
NBC (or anyone else)... don't bid on a TV contract unless you are willing to guarantee this on EVERY race.
NASCAR... don't accept a TV contract from anyone not willing to guarantee this.
Also, start the races earlier and at a more consistent time like they did in the 80s and 90s (2pm EST at every track every week), nix the Sunday night races (except the Coke 600), and reduce or eliminate night races. Additionally, enough already with the unnecessary yellow flags. Institute a "three strikes and you're out" rule, if you spin three times without being forced and cause three yellow flags, you are automatically disqualified. The drivers/teams/cars that don't belong on the track with the professionals will be gone in short order. NASCAR, if you want to get your fans back, these things are a start.
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I missed the last part of the race. I was watching a delayed recording so I could ff thru the commercials. When they switched the channel the recording ended and by the time I switched over to USA race was over. Jeff Burton is an idiot who makes things up. Something big usually happens when they cut to commercials and they don’t really fill you in on what happened. Back from commercials, there’s a new leader. Don’t care for listening to spotters. We can’t see what they are really talking about. I like Fox’s broadcasts much better but they have an idiot also.
SammyChevelleTypeS3
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They lost me when they could not leave a simple or one single race alone. All of this first , second , third and on "segments" flat out stinks to me. Used to be , the winners ran their cars and the pit crews faster than everyone else. Now the outcomes seem like they are controlled as the race goes on with Tv commercials and frequent perfectly timed cautions that always shake the field all up over and over. NASCAR is nothing like the real racing it once was. Even the cars are no where close to how they used to be made/set up. They were as close to real "stock cars" as you could make them for a reason. I also miss the IROC race format they used to run several times a year.
