Comments on: NASCAR Attendance Flags, Northern States Laugh http://www.sportsbybrooks.com/nascar-attendance-flags-northern-states-laugh-22817 Celebrity sports gossip since 2001 Fri, 25 May 2012 21:35:06 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 By: JoJo http://www.sportsbybrooks.com/nascar-attendance-flags-northern-states-laugh-22817#comment-70690 JoJo Sun, 15 Mar 2009 18:01:51 +0000 http://www.sportsbybrooks.com/nascar-attendance-flags-northern-states-laugh-22817#comment-70690 Actually, I'm a NASCAR fan - I usually go to a couple of races a year - but the costs really are outrageous.  These guys act like they can't make it on lower salaries.  Really??  It's called personal sacrifice jackasses...you're not entitled to private jets, bentley's and 20 room mansions.  Richard Petty used to trailer his own race car to tracks.  Anyways, besides the high costs at tracks, hotels charge out the ass, often requiring a two night minimum.  To play up the stereotype though I would make this change in the article, "But seeing NASCAR, which makes more money than God and has unrivaled devotion among its fans, stumble in ticket sales, is a real kick in the TOOTH." Actually, I'm a NASCAR fan - I usually go to a couple of races a year - but the costs really are outrageous.  These guys act like they can't make it on lower salaries.  Really??  It's called personal sacrifice jackasses…you're not entitled to private jets, bentley's and 20 room mansions.  Richard Petty used to trailer his own race car to tracks. 

Anyways, besides the high costs at tracks, hotels charge out the ass, often requiring a two night minimum.  To play up the stereotype though I would make this change in the article, "But seeing NASCAR, which makes more money than God and has unrivaled devotion among its fans, stumble in ticket sales, is a real kick in the TOOTH."

]]> By: bigryde http://www.sportsbybrooks.com/nascar-attendance-flags-northern-states-laugh-22817#comment-70529 bigryde Sun, 15 Mar 2009 05:54:21 +0000 http://www.sportsbybrooks.com/nascar-attendance-flags-northern-states-laugh-22817#comment-70529 Sean said 80,000 is more that any NFL stadiam can hold, but if you had 16 NASCAR races going on at the same time you well never get over 20,000 per race Sean said 80,000 is more that any NFL stadiam can hold, but if you had 16 NASCAR races going on at the same time you well never get over 20,000 per race

]]> By: billso http://www.sportsbybrooks.com/nascar-attendance-flags-northern-states-laugh-22817#comment-70449 billso Sun, 15 Mar 2009 01:53:46 +0000 http://www.sportsbybrooks.com/nascar-attendance-flags-northern-states-laugh-22817#comment-70449 Is NASCAR still considered a sport?!? Is NASCAR still considered a sport?!?

]]> By: satch http://www.sportsbybrooks.com/nascar-attendance-flags-northern-states-laugh-22817#comment-70371 satch Sat, 14 Mar 2009 21:43:09 +0000 http://www.sportsbybrooks.com/nascar-attendance-flags-northern-states-laugh-22817#comment-70371 yes sir everbody bitches about the nfl,nba and baseball salaries but are quiet about the big money made in nascar,golf hockey 3 sports that are 99.9 % white male hmmmmmm yes sir everbody bitches about the nfl,nba and baseball salaries but are quiet about the big money made in nascar,golf hockey 3 sports that are 99.9 % white male hmmmmmm

]]> By: b http://www.sportsbybrooks.com/nascar-attendance-flags-northern-states-laugh-22817#comment-70354 b Sat, 14 Mar 2009 20:56:36 +0000 http://www.sportsbybrooks.com/nascar-attendance-flags-northern-states-laugh-22817#comment-70354 races are too dam long. can be so boring. u tune in every now and then just to see if you missed a crash and who is out of the race, then tune in to catch the last few laps. i like the sport, but these drivers are making too much money for what they do. i heard tony stewart is building an indoor fishing pond at his home. seriously. races are too dam long. can be so boring. u tune in every now and then just to see if you missed a crash and who is out of the race, then tune in to catch the last few laps.

i like the sport, but these drivers are making too much money for what they do.

i heard tony stewart is building an indoor fishing pond at his home. seriously.

]]> By: Sean http://www.sportsbybrooks.com/nascar-attendance-flags-northern-states-laugh-22817#comment-70336 Sean Sat, 14 Mar 2009 20:00:10 +0000 http://www.sportsbybrooks.com/nascar-attendance-flags-northern-states-laugh-22817#comment-70336 If only half the place is filled, that's still 80, 000 people, more than any NFL stadium can hold. If only half the place is filled, that's still 80, 000 people, more than any NFL stadium can hold.

]]> By: Ex-Nascar Fan http://www.sportsbybrooks.com/nascar-attendance-flags-northern-states-laugh-22817#comment-70328 Ex-Nascar Fan Sat, 14 Mar 2009 19:32:45 +0000 http://www.sportsbybrooks.com/nascar-attendance-flags-northern-states-laugh-22817#comment-70328 Bristol is on the Tennessee Virginia border. Bristol is on the Tennessee Virginia border.

]]> By: Ex-Nascar Fan http://www.sportsbybrooks.com/nascar-attendance-flags-northern-states-laugh-22817#comment-70325 Ex-Nascar Fan Sat, 14 Mar 2009 19:26:37 +0000 http://www.sportsbybrooks.com/nascar-attendance-flags-northern-states-laugh-22817#comment-70325 I went to my first race at Bristol in 1993, I paid a scalped $25 and felt like I had my wallet stolen.  This year, It would have cost me $107 per ticket to renew my seats.  That's a HUGE increase over that span.  My pay check sure hasn't quadrupled.  Nor has my interest in the money racket that has become NASCAR. I went to my first race at Bristol in 1993, I paid a scalped $25 and felt like I had my wallet stolen.  This year, It would have cost me $107 per ticket to renew my seats.  That's a HUGE increase over that span.  My pay check sure hasn't quadrupled.  Nor has my interest in the money racket that has become NASCAR.

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