What are changes NASCAR has made that you like?

@2tuff.saints580

6 ай бұрын

The Choose cone

@Joshua8824Racing

6 ай бұрын

I agree. I think only good change they've made in the last 5 years is the choose cone. I might be missing a couple tho.

@crazyhelmetguy

6 ай бұрын

I'm just waiting for the Gen 4 car to come back (not happening)

@thatpaintschemeguy8

6 ай бұрын

Choose cone, COTA, gateway, LA clash,

@bearmarsh6579

6 ай бұрын

Garage 56...

I told Eric from “Out of the Groove” this. NASCAR isn’t hitting the TV ratings with Gen Z because Gen Z doesnt watch cable TV. Or if they do they are using their parents cable TV. Most of Gen Z is on KZread, twitch, other streaming sites. Your average Gen Zer has more likely spent more time on their least popular social media than they have watched Cable TV their whole lives

@Isaac_Arango

6 ай бұрын

That's why NASCAR should start streaming in Netflix, KZread and all of that

@jrracingteam1732

6 ай бұрын

I watch every nascar race off streams due to most of the season when fox isn't running my dad doesn't have the channel and doesn't have the spare to pay for it.

@Chevywolf30

6 ай бұрын

I'm 20, born in 2003, so right smack in the middle of this and you are right. I watch the races on Hulu.

@OkGotem

6 ай бұрын

Who knows we might see an increase on Prime considering that many of the younger generation uses Amazon prime to buy stuff and watch programs

@DaltonTaylor-vr3tg

6 ай бұрын

The way I got into the sport was watching the races with grandparents and my dad some of the best memories I’ve ever had I’m not leaving my sport ever

The initial success of the Chicago Street Race, Garage 56, Iracing, and the calendar changes have attracted more younger people into the sport than we thought The poll also noted more of these Gen Zer going to sporting events, which can correlate to the great crowds at many NASCAR tracks we've seen over the past few years

@xavierjuno4572

6 ай бұрын

Is it also possible that the internet has actually helped put NASCAR in a more positive light?

@comercole1940

6 ай бұрын

​@@xavierjuno4572yup

@NozFoxGaming

6 ай бұрын

iRacing brought me in. I think a successful major NASCAR console release would do numbers, rather than the sad HEAT series we’ve had for the last decade..

@Daveybird

6 ай бұрын

Yeah, as a Milennial born in 1991, games like NASCAR 2000, NASCAR Racing 1999 Edition, NASCAR Racing 4, Heat, Dirt to Daytona, etc, brought me into it, and today as I watch it on TV and in person, I drive on iRacing, NR2003, ARCA Sim Racing X, and rFactor 1 and 2. Even the NASCAR Heat 2000 game from the PC still has newer mods for it. Sim racing these days is in a robust, yet messy state, and each title has their defining strengths and weaknesses.

@JustAnotherTradie

6 ай бұрын

@@Daveybird What's your experience with iRacing been? Been wanting to get into it.

I'm in gen z and I had a stretch of time when I was really young where I loved the idea of NASCAR purely because of the movie cars, but I never really watched any races. Then I went through a long period of time where I essentially forgot NASCAR existed, and any time I did think about the sport, I thought it had to be boring because they just drive in a circle for hours. Then one night I was watching youtube and happened to watch EmpLemon's Dale Earnhardt video, and I thought it was so interesting that I watched his other NASCAR videos, and I realized just how interesting of a sport NASCAR actually is when you know a little bit about it. It was after that that I tuned into the next live race I could, and it happened to be the Chicago street race. Since then, I've only fallen for the sport more and more.

@xavierjuno4572

6 ай бұрын

Huh I thought I was the only one

@cian-neural2594

6 ай бұрын

Ayy! I thought I was the only one that went through something like this.

@bruhnanners1136

6 ай бұрын

Basically happened to me to, we love EmpLemon

@kpegc

6 ай бұрын

I'm another Gen Zer who has been into NASCAR in some form since 2001 (born in 1999) and I think you picked a pretty good race to start with. Check out the Repco Supercars Championship that Shane van Gisbergen is coming to NASCAR from when you get a chance. It's every bit as fun as NASCAR and the racing there is extremely close- exactly like what you saw on those damp Chicago streets.

@TBone31

6 ай бұрын

I’m gen z, and I started watching in 2017. I love nascar, but I feel like they could pull in more young viewers without the playoffs Edit: Also, being 10 in 2017 really helped me get into the sport cause of cars 3 lol

Possibly. I will say as someone that’s been going to Pocono every year since 2003, that crowd and infield this past year felt like I was transported back to the early 2000’s. I know only having one race there now plays a factor but a full house like that was pretty awesome to experience again.

@BlueJimmie48Fan

6 ай бұрын

Same. I've been going to races at Pocono since 2007 and to see the track i've grown up with over the years be as full as it was without a doubt was a truly angelic experience.

@S.K.R.E.Inc.

6 ай бұрын

At least I was able to see Auto Club like that before its closure (sellout from 1997-2004 and 2022-3)

I'm a Gen Zer (2002) and I started watching NASCAR briefly with my dad and his friend in 2010 and 2011, then eventually became a full-on fan in late 2011. Been a fan since.

@kjprodouctions9050

6 ай бұрын

I became a fan in 2010, but only saw 4 Cup Series races. In 2011, I watched 17 Cup Series races and 3 Campion World Truck Series races. I saw most of the races from all 3 series in 2012

If this survey is true and isn’t skewed, I think this means NASCAR might just need to go in on streaming because Cable ain’t working. (TBH, I wish one streaming service could simulcast the entire season so we don’t have to go from one service to another.)

@ejw158

6 ай бұрын

I completely agree. “Hulu” does stream NASCAR all season, but it’s on FOX and the other cable channels. Would be cool to see a separate option! Maybe floracing???

@Dexter037S4

6 ай бұрын

@@ejw158 Flo would be nice, but they are basically tailor made for smaller stuff, they have a deal with the NHL to stream the ECHL (basically ARCA but Hockey), but that's as high as they'll go.

@twoblacklabs904

6 ай бұрын

@@ejw158… I heard a strange rumor a few weeks back that KZreadTV was interested in a livestream deal with NASCAR’s media production.

@luvilela1278

6 ай бұрын

I'm Brazilian and when streaming started to come in Brazil, Nascar was being simultaneously transmitted on the stream Star+ (Hulu) in here for 2 towards 3 before FOX Sports South America didn't reach an agreement with Nascar for the season now I can't watch live anymore because I don't have the cable channel that it went now. And I remember that that demo was only U.S based on payed people that are part of that survey service which was around 4k people, I remember reading this somewhere.

@MisledVision

6 ай бұрын

​@@ejw158 Hulu only has the races because of Hulu Live which is basically cable TV

These GenZ kids who grew up with social media are likely gonna need some KZreadrs to watch, and I’m glad seeing people like you and Eric and Darian succeeding. NASCAR content creators like you are molding the current generation of fans, so keep up the hard work! ❤

As a 23 y/o that's been interested in NASCAR since 2011, I've been to 8 or 9 races and I've noticed the crowds have been less and less each time until it was at the lowest in 2019. This year I'm going to my first race in 5 years at Talladega, and I hope I can see a larger crowd for sure.

I've been a fan since 2020 and I thought NASCAR was going to become less popular every year to the point where it would not be talked about by anyone under the age of 45. This was a weird, but pleasant surprise and I think that with the new broadcasting contract that NASCAR has inked, the sport's popularity will continue to grow.

@drewhalloran9

6 ай бұрын

I've been a fan since 2019 and I keep reading comments from old people saying NASCARs lost its charm and its dying but I went to the track at Darlington this year and there was barely any empty seats. I think NASCAR is certainly coming back now I'm not sure it'll reach where it was in the 90s quite yet but I think it is for sure doing better than it was even a few years ago. Once people see F1 for what it really is and give NASCAR a true chance I think that will absolutely help.

@xavierjuno4572

6 ай бұрын

​@@drewhalloran9I think Nascar's online support definitely has contributed

I became a NASCAR fan in 2020 after I got depression from my first college semester. I slowly became a fan after following the sport starting from your content AND Kyle Busch's win at Fall Texas to Larson's breakout season. I see NASCAR's growth almost being similar to some TV shows and movies nowadays. Some kids shows run on toy sales in Japan, and I can see the experimenting and growth payout happen the most in Toei's Kamen Rider and Super Sentai tokusatsu (live action special effects) TV shows because those series had to drastically change to gain newer fans. That's similar to what NASCAR is going through at the moment. It has to evolve and grow to meet and reach newer marketplaces.

@BlueJimmie48Fan

6 ай бұрын

I'm glad to hear this sport has gotten you through a dark time in your life. Hang in there brotha. 🙏

3:37 iceberg making good points. Christopher Bell: TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT HE DID

2014 for me. i was 13 at the time and i just received my first phone. a Nokia lumia. i am ghanaian. born and raised in ghana, west Africa. i loved sports and motor racing so i was a huge fan of f1, dtm and motogp as they were the only motorsports showing on my TV. but on my new phone, there was an inbuilt sports app and NASCAR was one of the sports automatically displayed on the app. that was the first time i heard of it and i was immediately hooked. and it's now my absolute favourite sport. period

I’m an older fan from way back. I’ve been hooked since the Cale vs. Donnie & Bobby Allison Fight at Daytona in 1979. I’ve seen so many ebbs and flows in the popularity of this sport, from the bright neon “Days of Thunder” to the recent “Watermelon Mania.” This sport has to be seen LIVE at least once to be believed. If NASCAR would get back to their roots, get folks hooked on seeing at least one race in person in their local area, making tickets affordable again to get the fan hype and fan involvement up again, I’m absolutely sure they’d eventually see another spike in popularity that’d rival MLB’s or College Football… Word of mouth works wonders. And if you had a GREAT EXPERIENCE at a NASCAR race, you’re going to tell everyone you know…

I was born at the beginning of the new century, and I started watching in 2006. I stopped watching for a brief period from 2017-2020 because all my favorite drivers like Stewart and Gordon had retired, and I didn’t watch again until the pandemic hit. What brought me back to a sport that I’d lost interest in because all my favorites were gone was largely people like Jaret, Eric Estepp, Darian Gilliam and Michael Mrucz presenting the sport through their eyes to the audience of the internet, and giving us honest takes of the current product presented to us every week. Based on my own experiences, I think that what we see through social media and internet platforms like KZread are going to be what connects the younger audience to the future of nascar, whether it be through content creators giving their take, or drivers interacting with fans, and that’s largely why the poll we saw there does matter, because it shows that what we’re doing now is a good start to connecting to my generation to keep us going as a sport.

@xavierjuno4572

6 ай бұрын

Honestly I think that's something even NASCAR acknowledges what with the sudden copyright bots and everything

I’ve been a NASCAR fan since 2016 and it’s such a pleasant surprise to that NASCAR seems to be on the up and up. Hopefully they can keep it up.

I knew NASCAR has been on an uphill climb since 2020.

@bobhope7557

6 ай бұрын

I think the nextgen package has really brought in more fans, it’s what initially got me interested

@turbo_marc

6 ай бұрын

@@bobhope7557 I think the best part of the Next Gen car is the parity. You've got teams like Trackhouse, a team that could only just barely get 3 top 10's in 2021, skyrocket to being a championship contender, and being on basically every NASCAR-related headline for the past two years.

idk how this can be right i’m 16 and i’ve never met anyone my age that knows anything about nascar

I also think a good Nascar game will come more popularity in my opinion. I feel once the iracing console game comes out there is going to be a spike in popularity

@tuftyterror983

6 ай бұрын

I got into Nascar from the diecasts and I got a diecast because I saw Ford vs Ferrari and thought the 24 hours of Daytona part was cool. I think that diecasts, movies, and videogames are the three biggest ways to get young people into the sport.

@BlueJimmie48Fan

6 ай бұрын

Agreed. The NASCAR license is in good hands with iRacing. I'm not expecting anything groundbreaking, but as long as we get a good NASCAR game, i'm sure more new younger fans will follow suit.

@S.K.R.E.Inc.

6 ай бұрын

As long as Nintendo gets a port of the exact same game as every other platform (or a unique exclusive a-la Rivals), it'll be fine

@kpegc

6 ай бұрын

Hopefully NASCAR also lets other franchises like Forza, Gran Turismo, Automobilista, GRID, etc. include official NASCAR vehicles, drivers, and branding so that other automotive and motorsports fans can get exposed to them. Furthermore, allowing other developers to implement NASCAR content opens the sport up to people in a way an official, dedicated game wouldn't- only a general racing game like Forza or GT would let you drive NASCAR race cars on tracks not on a real life schedule. Being able to drive a Cup car on a track like Spa, Suzuka, or Le Mans goes a long way to getting people into the sport.

NASCAR NEEDS to get into Canada more than they are already. the pinites series is only out east in Ontario and Quebec. there needs to be the NASCAR Authentics in Canadian Walmart (every time my parents go to the states i tell them to get me diecast) there is a massive, relatively untapped market not just for NASCAR but for motorsport in general

I’m surprised everyone’s forgetting ross chastains move. That move was everywhere. I’ve never seen nascar on tik tok or Instagram reels but it was everywhere. He helped a lot

I'm definitely in the younger register of NASCAR fans. I went to 4 races last year, and before that I only went to Bristol 2021, and Talladega 2022. Nashville was damn near sold out. It was like watching a replay clip from the early 2000's again and it made me so happy- Aside from Blaney hitting the wall. It was awesome. Bristol Night race had a much better attendance but still not close to being sold out. And Martinsville was also spotty here and there but still thousands of people go just to hear the roar of the engines and hoping Blaney could pull it off.

Well, if NASCAR can only abolish the playoffs and go back to either the 2004-06 format or the Winston Full Season format, NASCAR would be even more popular.

@elitegamer21005

6 ай бұрын

Ehhhhhh maybe

@S.K.R.E.Inc.

6 ай бұрын

Seeing as how NBC is in NASCAR for as long as Dale Jr is in NBC, and Nintendo's theme park is on NBC property in California, why not do a Mario Kart style points system using Ricky Bobby-ized point awards (1st-5th get something, the rest get nothing). That way no Matt Kenseth-style wins ruin it for everybody and should a playoff be a must, we already have the finalists

I was born 2003 began watching NASCAR (at least remembering) in 2006. Copied from my comment on of the groove: As a gen z nascar fan I can’t help but think I’ve spread this great sport to my peers, especially while they watch F1 and quickly got frustrated by the lack of competition. While we may not watch on tv, there’s a possibility we watch(like I do at college) online using our parents tv provider info(or pirate). The other possibility is gen z is still using their parents tv service to watch therefore keeping the tv age up

I’m at the heart of the target age demographic for NASCAR at 20 years old. I pretty much hate a lot of decisions that the governing body makes, but I still watch for the drivers and stories, it will always be that way.

For me as someone who's just turned 19, I got into Nascar ironically from TV back in 2013, I was 8 years old at the time and it was early morning for me when the race had happened (I'm from Australia so times are different from America) and I turned the tv on to channel one (who had the broadcast rights in Australia for the time) and saw these loud V8's screaming across the track, specifically Jeff Gordon's car on the screen and from that day on I became a fan, it's been a bit hard to try watch given the time of some of the races but I've always kept a eye on it, I hope the series can either go cable once more since Shane Van Gisbergen is in the series (not exactly cup but still) or have a watch of the classic series and have a good time

I’m a very casual NASCAR fan who’s also a member of Gen Z. By far and above the best thing they’ve done for me is uploading races in full without commercials on their KZread page.

Nice choice of thumbnail. I think one reason major NASCAR is more popular than F1 for Gen Z is that a lot of people(even younger people)are sick and tired of seeing and/or hearing of Max Verstappen winning all the time. It can get boring seeing the same driver(s)win day in and day out. And by a landslide.

This is why I have been a Diehard NASCAR Fan for 26 years and counting

The fact the NextGen car brought all that change in 2022. That and 2023 was the most changes in demographic when I went to the races in person (at least where I was). Also, the expansive approach that it took throughout those 2 years are paying off (Racing smack in the middle of 2 cities in the US, amazing racing in the NextGen, cool festivities in the new events, not to mention iRacing coming to Nintendo Switch, a big deal in racing)

As a gen z NASCAR enthusiast, I've met plenty of people in school who somewhat watch NASCAR or are NASCAR fans and I definitely don't think Nielsen is a great representation of how popular the sport actually is among young people.

I became a Nascar fan here in Brazil quite randomly, back in 2013 when I was 6 years old I really liked the movie Cars and Lighting McQueen and one day I was changing channels until I landed on Fox Sports Brasil (when the channel still existed) there I started to like the series, in fact the first memories I remember are the Kyle and Kyle Show at Bristol in the Xfinity Series that year (I started rooting for Kyle Larson at that time) and from then until now I'm passionate about the series, a true Brazilian fan!

@xavierjuno4572

6 ай бұрын

Are you aware that Brazil has its own regional series of Nascar?

I attend quite a few races each year. The crowds definitely seem bigger and more excited and into the races than a few years ago. It's definitely not early 2000s level but I can see a difference. And rival fans are arguing with each other at the track again 😂 That's a positive

The brand identity with the drivers to me is the most important thing when it comes to retention of fans long term. Like imagine if your favorite sports team changed its name and uniform as constantly as most teams change sponsors throughout the year. It’d be pretty hard for a new fan to find a team to identify with when they’re constantly unrecognizable from one week to the next. Also I feel the type of sponsor does factor in as well but that’s not gonna change until nascar gives those “fun” sponsors a reason to come back. No matter what, a Pepsi car will always be cooler than a bet MGM car for example

@xavierjuno4572

6 ай бұрын

I think in a way KZread has helped with the confusion like Ellyproductions guide to 2023 video for instance

I’ll say this, I love NASCAR and I’m 21 so on the younger side of fanbase but for the first time in a LONG time it seems the sport has been growing rather than regressing. You had new types of racing with Bristol Dirt and Chicago street. More international presents as well as Key players from drivers like SVG, Raikkonen, Kobayashi and button even bringing in Travis Pastrana for the biggest race of the year. Ross Chastain becoming a star of the gen 7 era ( hail melon, Indy short cut, Noah fight and the incidents on track). More marketability even small wins like Toni Breidlinger bringing in Victoria secret into the sport for a one off race ( I can’t believe the amount of people who asked me about how Victoria Secret sponsored a female nascar driver in truck series for Toyota). Than you got working with IMSA/WEC to try and do the Garage 56 as the endurance category is gaining momentum and raising tide floats all boats.

@Chevywolf30

6 ай бұрын

That's another thing, what NASCAR moments have non-NASCAR fans mentioned to you because they know you like NASCAR? I had someone bring up the Hail Melon and someone else asked me about the Chicago street race.

@aaronmachado13

6 ай бұрын

@@Chevywolf30mainly besides the Victoria secret tundra, it’s the Denny Hamlin speech at Bristol

i used to watch nascar a lot when i was a kid with my dad this was back in like 2011-2014 or so then lost interest in it and then i remember watching the michigan race followed by the daytona summer race back in 2021 just for the heck of it and after that my growth of interest in the sport started to sky rocket and i’ve been a huge fan ever since

I hope NASCAR understands just how much goodwill and worldwide attention Garage 56 actually brought in. I paid to watch the onboard for 24 straight hours and don't regret it in the slightest. It was a perfect publicity stunt and I'd kill to see more.

Attended the 2014 Coke 600 when we visited family over in NC, but I didn't become a fan until I found out that NASCAR was actually broadcast in here in germany in late 2017. Been watching it ever since.

im an older gen z and I started getting back into Nascar recently mostly because of all the new road courses. Watkins was the 1 race i never missed as a kid. but i think you are spot on with the brand identity it is so much harder to follow than almost any other racing series when it comes to learning drivers and teams. this also feeds into a second problem that keeps me from fully getting into American racing in general and thats how over commercialized and terrible the broadcasts are compared to European series.

I’m a SoCal guy, I just turned 29 two months ago. Been a fan since a baby according to my parents. I was watching and cheering two cars. Rainbow warrior Jeff Gordon and Dale Earnhardt Sr. Seeing the sports growth and change was crazy. When I was a kid I always dreamed of seeing NASCAR competing in LeMans… it happened. Always dreamed of the cup series racing in the streets (which btw the NASCAR Featherlite Southwest Series ran a city race in LA back then) It’s crazy how much it’s changed and I love the exposure they have been doing. I like how my buddy Ryan Vargas is turning heads and introducing the NASCAR Euro Series. 2005 I guess I would say was it’s max peak. It’s great to see some sort of incline. As a guy from SoCal, I’m seeing younger generations wearing nascar jackets as it’s “trendy” here. I would ask if they knew anything about the sport. Many have told me they just buy it for looks, then the young mind becomes curious, does research based of the gear they have or their friend’s and think it’s cool then decide to follow it. While many like me are long time fans and now have an excuse to wear them out in public more often rather than race day. I hope it continues to grow again. I think the racing has definitely been more exciting than back then.

My first exposure to NASCAR was cars in 2006 and my uncle watched it every weekend he was a dale jr fan so in turn I did to and when Stewart moved to Chevy I pulled for him, I watched with him as much as I could and in 2007 I made sure to watch the Daytona 500 every year but I watch them when I could but since mid 2010 I’ve watched just about every race

Being an adult growing up in the 90's. Nascar was at its peak then. Every weekend in the summer there was parties for every race and going to Pocono from 95 until about 2012 ish I saw the decline after over the years. I don't think it will ever reach that level but seeing this some what resurgence is a nice site to see

Dude. That poll is all around social media. And Gen Z. Does not take into account any other generation or tv viewership/attendance.

I've been getting into NHRL lately. Live streaming their tournaments on KZread has really made it easy to tune in and watch.

I’m 21 years old and I just became a fan last year. I might be an outlier though because I don’t think it was really anything nascar did to draw me in. I starting watching the Daytona 500 a few years ago and for some reason last season I just decided to become a real fan that watches every race and keeps up to date with everything

From my experience streaming, I get more views while racing road races, but there is absolutely interest in NASCAR. I’ve basically built my brand around NASCAR on iRacing up to this point. I hope to see NASCAR continue growing in popularity. It’s what I grew up on and I’ll always love it

I'm 13 and been watching NASCAR since I was 6 and then completely watch the full races when i was 9

Avid NASCAR fan since 1974. Yes, it's on the upswing the last few years and I'm glad to see that. After a dozen years of doom and gloom stories it's great to see bigger crowds and positive news. The at-track experience really needs to get better. You used to be able to have fun at the track all weekend. Concerts, souvenir trailers, driver/crew chief appearances, sponsor product give aways, etc. The Cup Series needs to be on track more. Practice and qualifying, then the XFinity or Truck race followed by Cup Happy Hour.

I've been a fan since 2000 (the earliest race i remember watching is the 2001 Daytona 500, but I'm sure I had watched a few races late in 2000), and this seems about right, especially being a late millennial myself. There's a reason "doin' it for Dale" became a meme.

NASCAR should also look inti the international market.... it is really a shame that we over here in Germany for example can only watch a few selected races of the season live on TV. I wish I could watch all of them.

I remember while I was like five yrs old. Watching cartoons from another, telling myself I wanted to see something different. Then watch speed channel man the older days, watching nascar around and around and seen the black 3 on the track, saying myself “ that’s my favorite car right there “. While seeing that I became a fan of nascar and love everything from it the sounds, how fast they’re going, etc. Thinking myself I wanted to be a nascar driver, that didn’t work as plan but I really really wanted to do that for my career. Even tho I live in Michigan, went there 3 times 2008, 2011, and 2021. I’ve been a fan in 2001 till now and I haven’t miss one single race on televise. That’s how I becoming a big nascar fan

It's an interesting poll, for sure. The first race I ever watched start-to-finish was the 2001 Daytona 500. I was 5-going-on-6. I watched off and on that year as well as in 2002. I didn't start watching regularly until 2003.

@karlsingleton6115

6 ай бұрын

Childhood trauma: First NASCAR Race edition.

@S.K.R.E.Inc.

6 ай бұрын

Oof

I'm 18 and have been watching nascar for over a year. Started at the end of 2022 and I have been in love with it ever since. My friends say I'm obsessed 😂 good to see this awesome sport slowly gaining traction again.

Diehard fan until Gordon retired, now I just watch race highlights on KZread and follow you and several other content creators

You have to consider the popularity of vintage nascar clothes being everywhere. People see my old nascar shirts with the cars and lose their minds over how cool they look. I’m always asked how much I’d sell it for. Very influential to what people search for online.

@Daveybird

6 ай бұрын

Yeah, people still like the 90s NASCAR look, and I love how many non-fans even wear them. It's the hook for some that makes them want to dive deeper into the sport!!

I've been a die-hard fan since i saw it on tv in 2006, and have been an avid fan ever since. Surprisingly I didnt go to any races until Sonoma 2013, but once I got a job, a car, and was old enough to drive friends, I've gone to a race every year from 2016 on, and even went to 6 races in 2023. Whats kept me hooked is the parity. In all the sports that are ahead of NASCAR in that poll, you can guess the winner before the event and be right about 75% of the time. In NASCAR, you'll be lucky if you're right more than 20% of the time. No sport has more parity than NASCAR. I keep telling friends and coworkers that, and if they just watch a race they'll be hooked, and that's exactly what happens when they listen. Just this last year I got like 7 coworkers to join me at the LA Coliseum and Fontana (rip). Then at the fall 2023 Las Vegas race, I even converted an avid F1 fan to NASCAR because he was just impressed that not only was there passing, but the leader never drove off by more than a few seconds, and even when it looked like it was said and done Bell drove down Larson and nearly stole the win. Most ovals give you the ability to see 60-90% of the track from anywhere in the stands, which is something few motorsports have. NASCAR has the product, but they just need the sponsors to use their drivers in their commercials and let the drivers have personality

I’ve been watching for about 27 years. First race I saw was Dale Jr in the #3 AC Delco car 😅 I’m not sure how to feel about the TV deal but I hope it helps somehow

I've been a fan since 2000 and was exposed to it in flashes before, and thanks to Nascar 99 on Nintendo 64. It's crazy how much the sport has changed since 2000. Dale Earnhardt Sr is my all-time favorite cup driver and Kevin Harvick is my favorite driver. Now I'm 28, turning 29 in April, I'm still watching and going to Nascar Races even though my driver retired, now I found new drivers to root for and I won't stop watching it.

I've been a NASCAR fan since 1990.

The 2024 season will be my 10th season as a fan, it’s been exciting to see how much the sport has transitioned over the past decade.

Mr. Beast being from North Carolina, and even being sponsored by Smithfield at one point, is depressingly doing little with nascar

The first race I can recall watching was the 2001 Daytona 500. According to my mom, I sat there in silence as a 6yo which amazed her. The first race I went to in person was the April 4th, 2004 Texas Motorspeedway when Elliott Sadler edged out Kasey Kahne.

Began watching NASCAR few weeks before the season's end, found it accidentally cuz where I live (Poland) this sport is almost nonexistent. I've never been a huge motorsport fan, F1 which is very popular here never got my attention, but Nascar feels different, it's like the essence of America. I am very excited for the next year and I'd love to understand the sport better. Even managed to grab some merchandise which is hard af to get here

I was a NASCAR fan as a kid in the mid- to late '90s, but got away from it in part because none of my car-guy friends were interested in it and in part because the CoT turned me off. I started getting back into it a few years ago, mostly because my uncle would invite whoever was around over to watch the race and have beers in his garage on Sunday afternoons, and the more I watched, the more interested I got. I'm starting to think I like NASCAR more than football. I've lived in Minnesota my entire life, so... you can guess how football season goes. One of the things that sets NASCAR apart is that all 36 (+/-) drivers are competing at once, and you have a lot of different reasons you can pick drivers to like, and cheer for as many as you like. This past season, my favorite driver (Bowman) was having a bad year, and another driver I'd hoped to break out (Burton) didn't, but there was still plenty to watch. Seeing the improvement at RFK and watching Buescher win three races in five weeks was great. Watching McDowell dominate at the Indy road course was great. No matter who's leading the pack, you can find something to be excited about. Watching a 3-0 game between the Vikings and Raiders? Good time to rake leaves. I think you're right about more-consistent sponsorship. My boss, who doesn't strike me as much of a NASCAR fan, lamented a while back about the iconic (to him) sponsors not being around anymore. STP and the 43 car are still inexorably linked in a lot of people's minds, and there are certainly others that are similarly recognized. You're also right that the drivers need to be more visible outside of the sport. Advertising, interviews, etc. Let drivers' personalities draw in more fans. They have a great opportunity with Blaney winning the championship. And with Carson Hocevar moving to the Cup series this year, having a charismatic, likable goofball like that is a boon to the sport if NASCAR promotes him.

Became a fan when I was brought in to this world, my grandfather was an amateur stock car driver and we would sit and watch the races every Sunday, I now have a fiancé who I made into a huge nascar fan and we’ve been to 6 races in the past 3 years

What is also good to see is that Nascar is getting more popular internationally. Well, at least here in Hungary, since maybe 2020 every season of cup has been broadcasted with top notch commentary, and since 2023 xfinity and truck as well. I started watching cup since the spring Las Vegas race, and became a Kyle Busch and Ryan Blaney fan. Plans for next year? Watching a race in person!

The survey was taken by around 2000 Americans around the younger age group. Even so, it is telling where NASCAR stands as a sport. This lull period of watching on cable or streaming is for sure hurting viewership but i do think once it finally gets sorted out, and there's only 1 platform to watch, we'll see a boost. The other thing is besides a few tracks in the dumps, i'm noticing an attendance increase since the mid 2010's. Maybe im just seeing things, but it really looks like to me there are less empty seats week in and week out than there used to be besides the trucks and xfinity races. Maybe its post-covid related, or maybe the economy has been improving for those who are race fans. Either way, a lot of people do blow NASCARS lack of popularity way out of proportion. No, it's not going to be bigger than the NFL or MLB, but it still holds it's own just fine. Despite what they want you to think, NASCAR makes their money

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It's actually not a surprise that NASCAR is higher than F1, Golf and MLS. F1 ratings are actually declining while Golf just doesn't get ratings and MLS problem is that it's now mostly on Apple TV every week.

Me personally I’m new to NASCAR and I’m gen Z. I mainly watch the sport during the summer time, and I’ve been enjoying the racing so far.

Born in 1997, been a diehard fan since I was 10 in 2008, I think NASCAR is more popular but my generation doesn’t watch races the way previous generations did, like whole races, they’re more into highlights

Became a fan watching it on TV and at the Rockford speedway. 34 years old and I can't remember not going there.

Been a fan since 06-07' but watched off an on since 2000 or so. I don't know if that poll matters so much to me as I'll continue watching but if it shows growth with the next generation, awesome! Hard to replicate the boom period of late 90's but I like to see NASCAR grow

The Netflix show when ever that comes out (presumably in a month or so) might make that number higher, it might have a bigger impact in the US than DTS (ik call me and optimist) because of how NASCAR doesn’t run races in the middle of morning like most F1 races.

I started watching back in the mid 90s with my parents. These days it’s me and the guys watching the race at my place

Our group of friends started watching NASCAR and we're turned off by the rainbow flags and diversity push. We went back to watching Hockey.

I became a fan of nascar around the peak era of 2005-2006. I think the movie Cars coming out had a LOT of influence over this, not just for me but many people at the time.

I’ve been a fan since 2002 I was five years old at the time!

In America people complain about NASCAR being broadcasted only on cable TV. And here in Bulgaria it's been broadcasted on TV only since 2017... The first race I watched was the 2017 Monster Mile and since then Kyle Busch and Chase Elliott became my favourite drivers. Eventually I became an out and out Elliott supporter.

Been a fan my whole life pretty much really got into it round 2013 when I was 4

I’ve been a Nascar fan for 23 years my first race was 2001 Daytona 500

I'm on the older side of Gen Z and I've been a fan my entire life

Another big KZreadr moment that I noticed was that MoistCritical reacted to Ryan Preece's wreck on a stream. Sure, wrecks are a bit of a NASCAR cliche, but I still thought it was interesting. EDIT: I just went and rewatched the clip, and he actually commented on being impressed with how good the safety technology is, so I'd consider that a net positive tbh.

We doing better than formula 1 because we have a different winner each weakened

One thing that I would like to see is more access to the drivers. Indycar is very good at giving their fans access to the drivers.

I started to become a NASCAR fan since i play the Daytona USA and Daytona USA 2 which is clearly based on NASCAR i play this games on arcade few years ago and now i start to love NASCAR thanks to that game

also Olivia Dunne being at the race in Nashville last summer, and the fact that people were thinking her and Chase Elliott were together

Seeing a race I was in on screen threw me for a loop ngl 6:25

I’m a huge nascar fan as well as mlb and ufc and I can say there’s no way ufc is under nascar ufc has blown up so much in my age group

the first time i watched atleast a clip of nascar i think was back in 2019, then in around 2021 i kinda became a casual fan, just checking in sometimes, but then i quit for like a year or something until i believe late 2022 or somewhere around that, and now since lets say late 22' i've been watching nascar since

In my opinion, nascar needs to take 3 cars to Le Mans, 1 for each manufacturer, and put the 3 best drivers for that manufacturer into the car. So Chevy would be Larson, Byron and Busch. Ford would be Blaney, Logano and one of the RFK boys, and Toyota would be Hamlin, Bell, and either Truex or Reddick... What way to show off Nascar to these euros or anyone else then the 3 cars, with all 3 manufacturers, and the best drivers in the series instead of the retired drivers who dont race anymore.

Not just NASCAR but I believe motorsports in general are better now than what they were a decade ago. We just need to keep bringing in new fans to any type of track, nothing beats the at track experience.

I started watching NASCAR in 2018 after I heard a lot about it with a bunch of drivers being in Cars 3

Yes...People look forward to watching it and can't wait to see their favorite drivers race on Sundays. But when it comes to betting Nascar has always been down on the bottom of the list.

Been a fan my whole life... I think the iracing/monster game will help with the younger audience

How many tracks a year would get 100k, 75k, and 50k people in the stands 20 years ago. And now?

The Jeff Burton Excide card is still why I like hot pinks. Maybe if nascar stopped focusing on two to five cars per race when it’s on TV they’d have sponsors stay longer.

What is the outro song? I've wanted to listen to it fully for a while now 😂

Dude Gen Z doesn’t have their own Cable TV they’re watching it off their parents or at a bar

I was at the Indianapolis race this year. The amount of young fans wearing Larson gear was impressive. I bet the dirt popularity is fueling this a bit.

not gonna lie. I’m a sophomore at Auburn University. Everyone of my pledge brothers brings a girl to talladega. Other fraternities host talladega rush events or events at east alabama speedway. so many people at auburn love the sport

I feel like I'm a unique situation I've been a casual race fan and car enthusiast since I was really little, I saw Cars in the theaters when I was 3, and I have vauge memories of NASCAR from around 2006-2009 Other than that I didn't watch hardly any NASCAR for a majority of my life simply because it wasn't as popular with my mom post Dale Earnhardt and I didn't wanna force her to watch something she didn't like Come 2022 and my own interest in racing and car culture has a resurgence, and eventually NASCAR and the Next Gen make their way onto my KZread recommended, I convince my family to watch the Daytona 500 with me and a year later we're all diehard race fans All this to say I've been a casual fan for years but a diehard for only a year