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9/3/21, 11:22 AM |
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Join Date: Sep 2011 Posts: 134 |
We were going to run Putnamville earlier this year and it rained out when we were half way there. No time to go anywhere else so we ordered a pizza, picked it up on the way home, and ended up watching 7-8 different sprint car races from all over the country. It really opens a big window of opportunity to gain exposure to places out of your region. Sure there are some slight downfalls but I would say the benefits outweigh them. It would be interesting to see the data of who and where they are from is at a race track that streams on any given night. Obviously, you get a lot of people from out of town at big shows but the smaller shows would show the possible difference. Someone should try to build a survey that gets you a free drink or something at a racetrack to show how you heard about the place I bet the numbers would be eye opening. I also think over the last year or so Covid has helped racing in some ways. The big way is it became the single source of entertainment for a period of time in 2020. The crowds and some select races were by far noticeably larger than in previous years.
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9/3/21, 1:41 PM |
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9/3/21, 2:05 PM |
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Race Count This Year: 6 Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 6,998 |
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9/3/21, 2:57 PM |
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Join Date: Sep 2012 Posts: 129 |
I go to the local tracks on Fridays and Saturdays but watching or FLO is fine for the rest of the week. As the local tracks will start shutting down for the season FLO will be showing races I can watch for the rest of the year. I watched FLO last night (Thursday) with mods and late models at Farmer City both were good races.
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9/3/21, 3:02 PM |
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Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 350 |
Well, I am a car owner and also am involved with a few other teams and would say that I attend less races because of FLO and Ditvision. I enjoy the part where I save a few hours driving time, gas and tolls, not having to wash my car in the morning and getting to bed at 1:30 a.m.......I do go once in a while to stay in touch with my friends.....but when the checkered flag drops.....click and I'm home, clean, and ready for bed...........as a bonus, I am 10 steps from a clean restroom.
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9/3/21, 5:37 PM | #26 | |
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Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 6,394 |
Maybe we cheap people would go, if in our advanced years it was easier to access the race track, I once did it with the aid of a small 4 wheeler, but that's become a problem also.
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