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Another disappointing fan turnout at Bristol today and this time I really don't get it. In the past when the race was still in late March there were several times the weather was either cold or rainy and you could explain away the small crowd. Not the case today, it couldn't have been a more perfect day. I know the racing isn't as exciting as it was prior to the resurfacing, but they've gotten it back to a point where you'd think more than what looks like 50k would show up.
 
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bleedorange0037 said:
Another disappointing fan turnout at Bristol today and this time I really don't get it. In the past when the race was still in late March there were several times the weather was either cold or rainy and you could explain away the small crowd. Not the case today, it couldn't have been a more perfect day. I know the racing isn't as exciting as it was prior to the resurfacing, but they've gotten it back to a point where you'd think more than what looks like 50k would show up.
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Yeah, I was shocked when I finally turned my DVR on about 2 hours after the race start time.

Does anyone know what ticket prices look like now? Have they raised them to much?

We quit going to Talladega because ticket prices got to be to much for a family of four and you can see more on TV than in person.
 
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CagleMtnVol said:
Yeah, I was shocked when I finally turned my DVR about 2 hours after race start time.

Does anyone know what ticket prices look like now? Have they raised them to much?

We quit going to Talladega because ticket prices got to be to much for a family of four and you can see more on TV than in person.
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They've gotten really expensive. The cheapest tickets are $100 and located in the uppermost sections of Turns 1 and 2. All other tickets have a face value of $150-$200. When I was going regularly 10-15 years ago, I think face value was somewhere between $75 and $100.
 
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bleedorange0037 said:
They've gotten really expensive. The cheapest tickets are $100 and located in the uppermost sections of Turns 1 and 2. All other tickets have a face value of $150-$200. When I was going regularly 10-15 years ago, I think face value was somewhere between $75 and $100.
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That's insane! I just looked at an old ticket from 2007 probably the last year we went to 'Dega and the total on it is $120.00 for tower seats. So that times 3 or 4 plus $20.00 parking and we never bought track food we always took sandwiches & drinks or water in a small cooler. I can't imagine paying the prices people did for food & drinks $3 or $4 for a coke or bottle of water.
 
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Most races give a military discount (except Bristol). That's about the only reason I've made it the races I have.
 
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They may also need to look at what Daytona and other tracks have done.

Reduce the seats. The 90s and 00's are over.
 
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bleedorange0037 said:
Another disappointing fan turnout at Bristol today and this time I really don't get it. In the past when the race was still in late March there were several times the weather was either cold or rainy and you could explain away the small crowd. Not the case today, it couldn't have been a more perfect day. I know the racing isn't as exciting as it was prior to the resurfacing, but they've gotten it back to a point where you'd think more than what looks like 50k would show up.
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It's not just Bristol, attendance is an issue at almost all of the tracks these days. Nascar has some serious problems that they are slow or refusing to address. I used to attend 6 to 8 races a year and haven't been to 1 in the last 3.
 
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hog88 said:
It's not just Bristol, attendance is an issue at almost all of the tracks these days. Nascar has some serious problems that they are slow or refusing to address. I used to attend 6 to 8 races a year and haven't been to 1 in the last 3.
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It was getting better with the "boys have at it" stuff and now they've taken that away. They're slowy doing away with things that had made it better for a while.
 
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Vol$_Deep_11_9 said:
It was getting better with the "boys have at it" stuff and now they've taken that away. They're slowy doing away with things that had made it better for a while.
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NASCARs biggest issue imo is the lack of personality. From the cars to the drivers there is no personality, no individuality so nothing really for the fans to talk about.

We used to be able to argue about the cars, which manufacture had the advantage that's been gone for years. The drivers are all corporate shills who for the most part watch their Ps & Qs and are frankly boring. Racing itself isn't that bad but now that none of the rest is really interesting I have better things to do on a Sunday.
 
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I've been saying all along they need to change up the schedule. Go to different tracks, add more short tracks and road courses. Heck even attempt a Cup race at Eldora. It gets old going to the same old tracks twice a year, every year.
 
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Burhead said:
I've been saying all along they need to change up the schedule. Go to different tracks, add more short tracks and road courses. Heck even attempt a Cup race at Eldora. It gets old going to the same old tracks twice a year, every year.
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That would be awesome. And I agree outside of 3 or 4 mainstays I'd love to see a rotation. I miss tracks like Rockingham, North Wilkesboro and Nashville (fairgrounds). Would like to see another high speed road course like Riverside on the schedule.
 
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Burhead said:
I've been saying all along they need to change up the schedule. Go to different tracks, add more short tracks and road courses. Heck even attempt a Cup race at Eldora. It gets old going to the same old tracks twice a year, every year.
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There's a lot of tracks on the schedule that don't deserve two races: Pocono, Loudon, Michigan, Kansas, Phoenix, Auto Club, and Texas, to name a few. With the possibility of those 7 tracks only receiving one race, it opens endless possibilities of other tracks getting a race including road courses and short tracks.

There's only a handful of tracks that deserve two races: Bristol, Daytona, Talladega, Martinsville, and Richmond. Also, I'd like to see Darlington have two races again.
 
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doozer said:
Spot. On.

How about some great racing with that whine?
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And as typical with NASCAR and the media that they control when ratings and attendance slip it's the fans fault. I quit listening to NASCAR on SIRRUS because anytime a fan would call in to complain they were immediately told they didn't know what they were talking about or that the were basically stupid.

Hey NASCAR, when attendance and ratings fall it's you that have the problem not the fans!
 
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hog88 said:
And as typical with NASCAR and the media that they control when ratings and attendance slip it's the fans fault. I quit listening to NASCAR on SIRRUS because anytime a fan would call in to complain they were immediately told they didn't know what they were talking about or that the were basically stupid.

Hey NASCAR, when attendance and ratings fall it's you that have the problem not the fans!
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NASCAB fans have been trying to have it both ways for the last two decades. It's time somebody finally said it.
 
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doozer said:
NASCAB fans have been trying to have it both ways for the last two decades. It's time somebody finally said it.
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Fans staying home and not watching on TV only hurts NASCAR and those who earn their living off it.

Do you remember the very first nationally televised flag to flag race? The ending lead to the explosion in NASCAR attendance and viewership, heck they use the video today in promos. Yet NASCAR has been running away from that image over the last 25 years or so, they spent the early 2000s alienating the core fanbase and now they are paying for it.

I'll admit that the racing has improved this season but as any longtime NASCAR fan can tell you NASCAR isn't all about the racing.
 
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hog88 said:
I'll admit that the racing has improved this season but as any longtime NASCAR fan can tell you NASCAR isn't all about the racing.
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The only thing that matters is the racing. It's in the name. It's not called NASCARAOST.
 
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