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NASCAR begins campaign that targets core fan base - (They want the fans back they alienated)
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| 2/19/08
| sportingnewswireservice
Posted on 02/20/2008 6:46:23 AM PST by GeorgiaDawg32
NASCAR is unveiling a brand message for the season dubbed "Our NASCAR" that targets its core fans, the same ones who have complained that the sport left them behind during its growth.
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TV viewership also dropped among males 55 and over, another statistic that could speak to the loyalty of the longtime fan. These figures offer some support to the more anecdotal complaints longtime fans have voiced about inconsistent start times, the commercialization of the sport and the desertion of tracks in the Southeast such as North Wilkesboro and Rockingham, both in North Carolina, in favor of new markets such as Los Angeles, which is served by two races per year at California Speedway.
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TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Hobbies; Miscellaneous; Sports
KEYWORDS: californiaspeedway; nascar; racing
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To: GeorgiaDawg32
Put the Labor Day weekend race back in Darlington where it belongs. That’ll make a start, at least.
NASCAR’s gotten kind of boring. The new breed of drivers all seem to be either boring nice-guy clones like Jimmie Johnson, or whiny brats.
}:-)4
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posted on
02/20/2008 6:48:46 AM PST
by
Moose4
(Hey GOP...don't move toward the middle. Move the middle toward us.)
To: WestCoastGal
might want to ping ur ping list to this.
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posted on
02/20/2008 6:49:54 AM PST
by
GeorgiaDawg32
(I'm a Patriot Guard Rider..www.patriotguard.org for info on joining.You DON'T have to ride to belong)
To: Moose4
Not to mention cars that all look alike and don’t resemble the real cars they’re supposed to be. That was the whole point of “stock” cars.
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posted on
02/20/2008 6:51:37 AM PST
by
BubbaBasher
(It's time to change the changes we've been changing and hope for more hope!)
To: Moose4
Put the Labor Day weekend race back in Darlington where it belongs. Jeff Gordon can't find a nice place to stay around there.
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posted on
02/20/2008 6:51:47 AM PST
by
Dixie Yooper
(Ephesians 6:11)
To: Moose4
Cookie cutter tracks suck too. We already have two races at Michigan. They could have made California a true oval or something at the very least.
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posted on
02/20/2008 6:51:55 AM PST
by
cripplecreek
(Just call me M.O.M. (Maverick Opposed to McCain.))
To: GeorgiaDawg32; NormsRevenge; SouthTexas; glock rocks
Nascar puff piece...
To: BubbaBasher
That was the whole point of “stock” cars. What's NASCAR got to do with stock cars? They quit that in the 80's when the big three quit making cars anyone wanted.
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posted on
02/20/2008 6:54:08 AM PST
by
Dixie Yooper
(Ephesians 6:11)
To: BubbaBasher
agreed. Maybe they ought to change it to “NACLAR” (national association of cloned lookalike auto racing”
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posted on
02/20/2008 6:54:09 AM PST
by
GeorgiaDawg32
(I'm a Patriot Guard Rider..www.patriotguard.org for info on joining.You DON'T have to ride to belong)
To: Moose4
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posted on
02/20/2008 6:55:39 AM PST
by
cripplecreek
(Just call me M.O.M. (Maverick Opposed to McCain.))
To: GeorgiaDawg32
I never was a NASCAR fan (and probably never will be), but it is closer to TV wrestling or Soap Opera than a sport.
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posted on
02/20/2008 6:57:31 AM PST
by
TankerKC
(I tried to find more Nixon.)
To: GeorgiaDawg32
Get rid of restricter plates and cookie cutter cars and let them have at it.
May the best mechanics, builders and drivers win.
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posted on
02/20/2008 6:58:00 AM PST
by
N. Theknow
(Kennedys: Can't drive, can't fly, can't ski, can't skipper a boat; but they know what's best for us)
To: GeorgiaDawg32
The only way to convince me they seriously care about the fan base would be for Brian France, Mike Helton, Jim Hunter, and John Darby all to step down.
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posted on
02/20/2008 7:03:45 AM PST
by
Niteranger68
(John McCain has the blood of conservatives on his hands.)
To: Moose4
Not only boring, most races cover all the caution (time to get a beer / take a leak) laps than race laps these days with at least 3 commercial breaks with only 20 left.
Couple that with the infomercial pop-ups during live coverage of race laps, and yes, it sucks to be a NASCAR fan, not to mention most Cup tickets averaging $100 for the front stretch.
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posted on
02/20/2008 7:04:06 AM PST
by
RSmithOpt
(Liberalism: Highway to Hell)
To: Moose4
NASCAR’s gotten kind of boring.Only if you find driving cars around a circle, over and over, at basically the same speed boring.
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posted on
02/20/2008 7:06:27 AM PST
by
1Old Pro
(I feel sooo calm, that I'll probably forget to vote for McLame.)
To: GeorgiaDawg32
I could barely stand to watch Daytona last weekend. It just bored the crud out of me.
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posted on
02/20/2008 7:09:23 AM PST
by
CSM
(Kakistocracy: Government by the least qualified or most unprincipled citizens.)
To: 1Old Pro
I went to a NASCAR even once. It was very very boring. After a while you actually hope for a crash to maybe liven things up. I read my book, it was vastly more interesting; I still remember which book “The Ancient Engineers” by L. Sprague De Camp.
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posted on
02/20/2008 7:17:29 AM PST
by
allmendream
("A Lyger is pretty much my favorite animal."NapoleonD)
To: TankerKC
I never was a NASCAR fan (and probably never will be), but it is closer to TV wrestling or Soap Opera than a sport. I'm waiting for the new rules to make it more fair for Ford and Chevy to compete with Dodge and Toyota. They should come before the next race, or they will just script a win by Ford or Chevy. Same difference.
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posted on
02/20/2008 7:18:11 AM PST
by
Dixie Yooper
(Ephesians 6:11)
To: 1Old Pro
Only if you find driving cars around a circle, over and over, at basically the same speed boring. Big cars with big logos going slow enough for everyone in the stands and watching on TV to recognize them.
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posted on
02/20/2008 7:20:27 AM PST
by
Dixie Yooper
(Ephesians 6:11)
To: 1Old Pro
Only if you find driving cars around a circle, over and over, at basically the same speed boring. I find it as exciting as lying on the floor and staring at one of these for a few hours...
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