NASCAR in Daytona 2016
It's that time of year again; the beginning of the NASCAR season. I'll be there from the 12th thru the 21st. Anybody else going in their RV ??
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Sam Spade wrote:fla-gypsy wrote:
NASCAR killed the goose that laid the golden eggs for me. Done with it. It is losing spectators like crazy for a reason
To each his own. Can't argue with your opinion because it is just YOUR opinion.
In this case, it is not based on fact though.
No actual attendance numbers are being released and haven't for several years but the general consensus is that they have turned the corner and attendance was actually UP last year. Of course, when you are down far enough it's hard to go anywhere but UP.
I attended about 8 races last year and the stands were full or nearly full at every one of them.
The tv coverage tries their best to not show all the empty seats but there are plenty of them. Daytona has reduced it's seating, why? Because they couldn't fill it up any more and now they want you to pay more to watch identical cars that couldn't pass their own shadow. Baby boy France and the proliferation of rules and championship formats have removed all of the innovative spirit from what was once a great spectator sport. I did Daytona many times but it was never fan friendly and it is now boring and overpriced.
