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0 Subject: Yahoo League - NASCAR Sprint Cup

Posted by: Sperrl
- [270502212] Tue, Jan 22, 2008, 14:00

Yahoo League for those that are interested

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1KrazyKoalaBears
      ID: 15023167
      Fri, Feb 08, 2008, 09:32
I'm in!

Geez, participation seems to be waning. Seems that just like the sponsors, people just can't afford to play anymore. ;)
2Great One
      Sustainer
      ID: 053272014
      Fri, Feb 08, 2008, 09:44
I've already got my friends and family league rolling... hate doing more than one cause I wind up with conflicts of interest with different lineups etc.
3Great One
      Sustainer
      ID: 053272014
      Fri, Feb 08, 2008, 10:23
What do you know about NASCAR?
First of all, its not a "NAS-Car" or a type of car. It's an acronym for National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing.

Nascar Demographics
· A massive, loyal fan base - 75 million people or one in three US adults are NASCAR fans
· NASCAR is the number-two sport on television in the US and is broadcast in over 100 countries in 21 languages.
· In 2003, 17 of the top 20 attended sporting events in the US were NASCAR events
· Over $2 billion in licensed product sales annually, making NASCAR a consistent performer among all major sports.
· Consumers who look for NASCAR licensed product - 83% are asking for more from retailers they frequent.
· NASCAR fans are three times as likely to try and purchase NASCAR sponsor's products and services.

Interesting NASCAR facts and ties to other sports that your common sports fan doesn't know.

Gibbs obviously, welcome back. Major changes this year in switching to Toyota cars creating a backlash from a lot of fans.
But there also is Hall of Fame Racing owned by Troy Aikman and Roger Staubach

The following all have ownership ties - Terry Bradshaw, Brett Favre, Jim Kelly, Troy Aikman

Magic Johnson has a high ranking role in Nascar to help promote diversity in drivers and help set up programs in urban areas
a couple guys from this program are currently racing the Busch Series (Nascar minor league)

Reggie White owned a Nascar team at the time of his death

Studio analyst for Nascar on ESPN?
Brad Daugherty. All 7 feet of him. Random? perhaps... until you consider that he wore #43 at UNC and on the Cavs because he loved Richard Petty

Former Red Sox - Mike Greenwell racing in the Nascar Truck Series

heres some more interesting facts that dispute a lot of common stereotypes about NASCAR and its fans...

what state are the highest % of Nascar drivers from? California, 14 out of the top 40 standings last year are from Cali. (you could throw in Kurt+Kyle Busch as well who are from Vegas but their home racetrack was in SoCal).

Nascar fans drink more wine than any fans of any sport in america (jeff gordon even has his own wine)
40 percent of its fans are women - also the highest of any sport.

There are not proportionally more NASCAR fans in the south - its spread out evenly across the country - right in line with the population for that region.

Regional distribution
U.S. pop. NASCAR fans
Northeast 20% 20%
Midwest 23% 22%
South 35% 36%
West 21% 22%

GENDER
59% Male,
41% Female

MARRIED/SINGLE
60.6% of all NASCAR fans are married.

Income distribution
U.S. pop. NASCAR fans
$30-50,000 22% 29%
$50-75,000 18% 22%
$75-100,000 12% 12%
$100,000+ 9% 8%

Ethnic diversity
% of NASCAR fan base (18+):
1999 2002 Trend
Hispanic 3.6% 8.6% +139%
African-American 4.9% 9.1% +86%

Part of this trending may be a results of various international drivers giving NASCAR a shot in recent years.
Currently -
Juan Pablo Montoya - Columbia
Jacque Villenueve (Formula 1 champion) - Quebec
Dario Franchitti - Scotland (of Italian descent)
Patrick Carpentier - Quebec
Marcos Ambrose - Australia
4Great One
      Sustainer
      ID: 053272014
      Fri, Feb 08, 2008, 10:39
Compiling the above sends me off on a tangent...
It was coming across comments like this drive me crazy.

People are so ignorant about the sport its incredible. They have no idea how difficult it is. I think part of the reason is that there isn't a way to understand it cause we can't "play racing" in high school like you can play football or whatever. From the lower levels of racing that I participated in, I can firmly tell you that it was the most physically demanding sport I participated in. Teachers though I was abused when I would come to school on a Monday moring covered head to toe in bruises and 10 pounds lighter.

Comments like "well I drive fast in traffic so I could be a Nascar driver" are hilarious. Really? So because I shoot hoops with my nephew means I could play in the NBA? People have never driven that fast and understood how physically draining G-forces are and how much intelligence it takes to build and set up a car. As well as the in race strategy.

Comments I did appreciate that are in line with my experiences.

"BTW if you go to a live event it will blow mind the people that go to these races (the Women are phenomenal) Its kind of difficult for your typical trailer park redneck to foot the 250 dollar a ticket (Daytona) tab. Give it a try and keep an open mind, you may like it."

"Personally for me, the drivers are athletes...some may not be as fit or athletic as some, but being strapped into a car, during the middle of the summer, at temperatures sometimes 125-130 degrees, endurance is something you must have....I have drove before at Nascar training school, and it's not as easy as it looks. During a long race, with high temperatures, drivers can loose as much as 11 pounds in a single race, that topped off to pulling g's most of us will never endure, factoring in driving 190mph 3-4 wide, takes talent.......As far as being a fan, it's just something you have experience. Television does not do the race justice, and actually attending a race, is absolutely an experience like none other......ONE huge party. You see people from all walks of life...from your "rednecks", to doctors, lawyers, white collar, blue collar.......you see it all."

and the best of the worst idiots
"They are not athletes and it is entertainment, not a sport. I speed in traffic every day, but do not consider that to be my excercise or athletic activity for the day. If anything, the cars would be the athletes, not the drivers. If the drivers would be considered athletes, they would be running aroung the track, not operating a machine. Operating a bulldozer is hard and tiring and youcan perspire while doing it, but it is not a sport, and heavy equipment operators arenot considered athletes. Nascar is for hooisers and rednecks, that is why the majority of fans defand it as a sport, because they do not know any better. If it was not for rednecks, then every other person would like it instead of busch beer drinkin, cut off jorts, sleveless t-shirt, and thongs wearing, cooler toting, truckdrivin, trailer drivin and livin, rednecks. Racing is big in the south, right. I rest my case."

Right - its big in the south. So why is it proportionally just as big everywhere else in the country you moron? look at the stats! Why does a Talladega RAINOUT get higher ratings than the NBA or NHL in NYC on a random weekend? NY Times Ratings "Talladega Laps the NBA"
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