Ongoing NASCAR/Auto Racing 2008 Thread

[Diomedes]

Yeah, it's right next to the 9/11 NEVER FORGET sticker, and held in the same reverence.  Like the holy trinity is Bush, Earnhardt, and Jesus.

[ice grillin you]

That same demographic watches hockey

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[Geowhizzer]

I like to sneak my Kia onto the school track and play NASCAR.  I've even gotten the Kia up to 20 mph. 

[rjs246]

That same demographic watches hockey

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Were you unaware? NASCAR is (or was last I knew) one of the biggest advertisers/commercial sponsors of the NHL. They have almost identical demographics...

[Diomedes]

I like to sneak my Kia onto the school track and play NASCAR.

The difference between the two is negligible.

[Geowhizzer]

Someone actually still sponsors the NHL?

[ice grillin you]

Were you unaware? NASCAR is (or was last I knew) one of the biggest advertisers/commercial sponsors of the NHL. They have almost identical demographics...

other than both fanbases being white they have absolutely nothing in common...football fans are much closer to nascar fans than hockey

[Diomedes]

mainly because hockey fans are still by and large northern?  or is that even true, with hockey teams in Florida and Texico?

[Geowhizzer]

mainly because hockey fans are still by and large northern?  or is that even true, with hockey teams in Florida and Texico?

In Florida, most of the hockey fans are transplanted northerners.

[ice grillin you]

lets just say no one in general likes hockey

but yes especially in the south

are there a few people in the country who are both nascar fans and hockey fans im sure in southern maryland somewhere yeah...but there are an inordinate amount of football/nascar fans...christ its amazing how many skins fans alone are huge nascar fans...you can see it all over their parking lot...it actually quite nauseating

[rjs246]

Were you unaware? NASCAR is (or was last I knew) one of the biggest advertisers/commercial sponsors of the NHL. They have almost identical demographics...

other than both fanbases being white they have absolutely nothing in common...football fans are much closer to nascar fans than hockey

This isn't something I just made up. Studies show that the same people watch both 'sports' on television.

[Diomedes]

Studies show!!

[ice grillin you]

This isn't something I just made up. Studies show that the same people watch both 'sports' on television

my money is on the majority of nascar fans not even knowing what hockey is...much less being a fan of it

i can see where nascar would advertise on hockey games...its a completely white audience so why not troll for new fans there...business wise thats smart...

but really would they even need to advertise during hockey games if both fansbases were the same people?

[rjs246]

Does coke really 'need' to advertise? McDonalds? That's not the way it works.

[ice grillin you]

ever hear of the cola wars?

how about fast food nation?

its all about competition there

sports advertise themselves to garner new fans ie new viewers...nascar doesnt need to advertise to their current fans they are trying to tap into pools of new fans and im sure they see the white hockey audience as a good place to start