racing as we are so "Barraged" with Nascar from races, Ads, etc and
tend to think "Well Nascar must be the most popular worldwide" and
this isnt true! Of course, as I have posted prior, I like all motorsports!
"Just toss a motor on a bullfrog & I'll race that sucker"..:-) Well thats
my cent 1/2s worth.. Thom_j.
| Well, here in Australia, I'd say that V8 Supercars (touring cars)
| would be a slim winner over F1. GP Bikes would come 3rd.
|
| Then you'd have a mix of CART, superbikes, rallying, FFord, FHolden,
| top fuel drag racing, sprintcars, Nascar (local and US) and Auscar,
| etc. And IRL last :)
|
| V8 supercars are the most popular here for the same reasons that
| NASCAR is popular in the US. Local, home grown series which began as
| standard production cars, with the best drivers in Australia. Add in
| the fact that they are lighter and more nimble than NASCAR, develop
| 600 hp and go round right hand corners, the appeal is obvious. The
| personalities and charisma of the Aussie drivers also adds to the
| appeal. Apparently the v8 races at the Aust. GP are the only ones the
| f1 mechanics ever stop to watch.
|
| NASCAR died a slow death here, despite having a local competition.
| Aussies aren't generally interested in oval track racing, and there
| are only two real nascar circuits here as well. Drags are way more
| popular!
|
| Rafe Mc
|
|
| >hi all.
| >
| >i've read many posts about Nascar's popularity with regards to TV
| >Support, Video game sales (compared to GPL), etc
| >
| >Can some of you put this in perspective please?
| >
| >In South Africa, from my perceptions of people I speak to, the most
| >popular racing would have to be Formula one. Next up would be
| >something like ..wait let's make a quick list.
| >
| >F1
| >F1 - Bikes
| >Touring Cars (british & south african)
| >International Superbikes
| >Local Saloon car races (production & modified)
| >Rallying (local & international)
| >CART + Indy 500
| >Local Bike racing
| >Local Motocross
| >Nascar & variants.
| >World Endurance (Le Mans) type races.
| >IRL
| >
| >Sorry if I miss out something obvious.
| >
| >I guess some of the items on the list can be bumped up or down a notch
| >to cater for different people's tastes (again, people I know & what I
| >see on local TV).
| >
| >Also, I would give F1 a lions share of public interest, say 40% and
| >let the other formula fight over the rest. I would reckon that public
| >interest and awareness is probably in the region of 1% of the sports
| >watchers here(popular sports here being rugby, cricket, soccer, etc).
| >
| >How does this compare elsewhere?
| >
| >Also, I'm not really concerned with R.A.S. type people's individual
| >taste, but of the general population where they live.
| >
| >I want to know why Nascar games are such a big seller compared to
| >other racing titles. In SA we can't even buy Nascar Heat. With all
| >the cool addons for it, it would be nice to check it out.
| >
| >Regards all
| >Regards all,
| >istoff
| >
| >"Its easy to get lost in thought
| >if you don't go there often" - Me, 1993
|
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