Comments on: Does the Daytona 500 Have A Ratings PROBLEM? A Closer Look

By: Josh Huffine

Josh Huffine — Thu, 23 Feb 2023 17:09:16 +0000

In reply to The Iceberg. @Ethan Donahue I agree!!

By: Ethan Donahue

Ethan Donahue — Thu, 23 Feb 2023 16:38:19 +0000

In reply to The Iceberg. @Josh Huffine IROC Lite. They don't have the best drivers from all disciplines. Hell, they don't even have the best drivers in stock car racing

By: Josh Huffine

Josh Huffine — Thu, 23 Feb 2023 16:32:07 +0000

In reply to The Iceberg. Nascar has basically become IROC.

By: AreaNinety

AreaNinety — Thu, 23 Feb 2023 16:03:48 +0000

In reply to NickMan. I live in Jacksonville and have DirectTV, had no issues watching it live.

By: Ethan Donahue

Ethan Donahue — Thu, 23 Feb 2023 13:36:53 +0000

In reply to The Iceberg. Yes, and I posted a lengthy comment about why. They're all reasons nobody seems to be talking about.

By: Ethan Donahue

Ethan Donahue — Thu, 23 Feb 2023 13:35:20 +0000

I think there’s a lot to be taken from the decrease, and I also think you’re doing some framing of your own here. Firstly, the attendance at Daytona is definitely not up as far as Cup goes. Sure, they call it a sellout, but they also sold 10k tickets to SeatGeek to resell at inflated prices. And this is after they removed 65,000 seats. There were more people at the ’98 Pepsi 400 than Sundays Daytona 500- that’s just a fact. The other series, I mean they were sparsely attended. I don’t care if the trucks had the biggest turnout since 2011, it was dismal. This is a series that used to draw 70k at Daytona, it was probably 15k this year. And Nascar has some what they can to kill attendance. I’ve lived in Daytona for 29 years. There has been a massive lack of buzz around this event the past 8 or 9 years. Part of that is having the short weekend, the clash being elsewhere, etc.. Fans used to come And camp out and stay in town for 8-10 days. They’ve got that down to about 3-4 now. There’s no longer any events with drivers at Riverfront park, the Bandshell, etc. Honestly, big event these days seems to be the DirtCar Nationals, maybe even the World Series of Asphalt. They sustain crowds for 2 weeks.
On a larger note, Nascar is heading down the same path as Open wheel racing did 25 years ago, and I don’t mean a split. Nascar thinks it’s too big to fail. Attendance has been dropping, just as happened with IndyCar/CART. And for the same reasons. They don’t listen to the drivers or fans, and instead tell us what is exciting. The business model is not sustainable, as we’ve heard Jr. talk about. The next TV package will likely be for a ton less money. Because while the ratings may not have dropped a lot, it’s still a drop. Networks have to use those numbers to sell ads, and if they can’t make as much there, they’re not paying as much. This is why you saw so many commercials on Sunday. Fox has to make it profitable. And they do that make selling more ads. It’s also hard to court new viewers with that dinosaur Mike Joy in the booth. To sum it up, what worked 20 years ago won’t work today. Nascar in making all the same mistakes that IRL, CART, and USAC made the started their decline and pushed NASCAR to the forefront in the US. They learned nothing from that.

By: Jacaso Asheland

Jacaso Asheland — Thu, 23 Feb 2023 10:39:29 +0000

In reply to The Iceberg. As a lifelong Nascar fan, it's Stale, seen it before, nothing new, seen this racing for 20 years now. Predictable chaos at the end. There's something not special about it anymore.

By: James Rutkay

James Rutkay — Thu, 23 Feb 2023 08:11:49 +0000

Do you know if these ratings numbers include viewers from other countries? I watched the entire race here in Ontario Canada on TSN1 (Bell Fibe TV ch1401).
Do the statistics include international viewership?

By: Marko skamperle

Marko skamperle — Thu, 23 Feb 2023 04:46:30 +0000

In reply to IanPerez2000. Plus who knows if they look at how many people go to the bars and watch it.

By: Marko skamperle

Marko skamperle — Thu, 23 Feb 2023 04:45:10 +0000

In reply to IanPerez2000. It’s hardly down. Could just be more people watched at someone else’s house. Your so right.