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Originally Posted by ariZona28
While you are a fellow auto enthusiast and a very knowledgeable forum contributor I do not know you personally. Most of the individuals I associate with are of a similar demographic as myself: Blue collar mechanics that grew up in the '80s wrenching on tired old mucle cars. Some of my friends can barely pay their mortgage much less travel for ANY type of entertainment so an F1 race is not even an option. Nothing wrong with F1, heck I'll even watch it if it's on the tube because it's talented drivers driving very fast! I just won't follow it. F1 is kinda like the auto racing version of soccer. Extraordinary athletes participating in a challenging game. The rest of the world goes crazy for it but here in the US while it is obviously becoming more popular it still lags behind the major traditional sports. Times are-a-changing but saying NASCAR is "finished" is a bit premature.
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Totally agree, NASCAR is a long way from finished. It just becomes harder when none of the cars racing match what is sold, which was the historical basis. As mentioned a Toyota Camry racing in NASCAR as a coupe? A GM entry now just called the ZL1? Only Ford kind of races what they sell now.
You do bring up a great point on the demographic of the two racing series. One is certainly more down to earth while the other is pretty much "up market". Based on ticket prices I saw for the Miami Grand Prix, I won't be going any time soon. If I recall correctly it was $300 for practice sessions.
And as much as I've grown to appreciate Hamilton in F1, no one comes close to Dale Earnhardt for me. It's just not close. My wife was involved in Corvette and it's racing team years ago. When Dale was racing Corvettes for a bit, the story is he showed up at a dinner and just sat down at a table with a bunch of folks and said, "I hear some race car driver is supposed to show up here". That's a persona I don't think you would ever see in F1.