Fans don't understand racing?

Curmudgeon · 02-22-2011, 03:10 PM

When marketing to the mass audience the biggest problem with Class Racing is Class Racing. To be inclusive and allow innovation the class system was adopted at the beginning,which we who grew up on it understand and love. To the outsider it all appears as hopeless chaos. The average "race fan" be it oval or drag has only limited to nonexistant technical knowledge and wants the excitement and a winner at the end. They will accept handicap starts but cannot comprehend why a car is disqualified for going too fast. What we love about class racing is the very thing which confuses the potential viewer. The bottom line is most Americans are intellectually lazy and just want to be amused when they turn on the TV .

02-22-2011, 03:10 PM	#7
Curmudgeon Junior Member Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Asheville,N.C. Posts: 54 Likes: 0 Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: Fans don't understand racing? When marketing to the mass audience the biggest problem with Class Racing is Class Racing. To be inclusive and allow innovation the class system was adopted at the beginning,which we who grew up on it understand and love. To the outsider it all appears as hopeless chaos. The average "race fan" be it oval or drag has only limited to nonexistant technical knowledge and wants the excitement and a winner at the end. They will accept handicap starts but cannot comprehend why a car is disqualified for going too fast. What we love about class racing is the very thing which confuses the potential viewer. The bottom line is most Americans are intellectually lazy and just want to be amused when they turn on the TV .