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Originally Posted by Signatus230
I understand where you are coming from, but I think most of us fall under the "car enthusiasts" category, hence why I was complaining about Nascar. I respect them for the engine work, and design it takes to create the race cars, not to mention the stamina it takes to drive for so long, but I just wish America could let in some of the other sports too... which is why I said I hate nascar, I am just sick of seeing it, plain and simple.
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And that's fine, I could care less if people like NASCAR or they don't. Personally, I'm not a big fan, but I do appreciate what goes into it both in regards to design and to marketing. NASCAR does a lot to get recognition. And because of their efforts which help to bring in tons of people that wouldn't give any thought to any type of racing is why it does so well in this country.
The only way to make any changes in what motorsports are seen in the US is to participate in them in some form or another. Watching them on TV only counts to a certain extent. And for whoever said that F1 is only on at 3AM or other weird times, you do realize that its live and on the other side of the world, so they aren't going to change the time they start a race so it works better for US TV schedules. And if I remember right, they usually rebroadcast the races later in the day or later that night.
But participation is key, bitching about it on an internet forum means nothing. Going to events as a spectator or participating as a driver is the only way to make any change. Unless you have a ton of money and want to buy a TV network and broadcast all the races you would want to see, there is nothing you're going to do. There is room in the US for other motorsports and there are a lot of people who are into other motorsports, but the fact of the matter is NASCAR has a much bigger fan base and more money than any of these in the US. So without money and fans, this is going to go nowhere.
And it's going to be hard to change the whole way different forms of racing are seen in the US. But there are series organizers of other types of racing that want more exposure and more fans and a larger part of the motorsports market. But the only way to do that is to participate. For example, you want to see Rally, well find out where rallies are taking place and go and spectate. Or maybe if more than 0.1% of all the potential sweet rally cars on this forum, competed in some type of amatuer rally it would gather a lot more attention. But I don't see that happening with the people on here.
The TV networks and sponsors are not going to just wake up one day and say, let's stop showing NASCAR and show more of these other motorsports. They need some type of incentive to show this stuff. I mean look at how Formula D has gone over the years even just in terms of TV coverage. It started out with little to none, got featured shows on the G4 network and now it has featured shows after each of the events on ESPN2. There are reasons for this progression, and it could also happen with other motorsports, but they need participation.
So if you guys want to keep sitting behind your keyboards and complaining about the lack of different motorsports on TV, go out and do something. There are tons of ways to get involved. And I know people will say that they don't want to travel a couple hours to watch/participate in some other type of motorsports and it's that kind of laziness or apathy that takes away all credibility when complaining about the current situation of motorsports in the US.