Will the people of Seattle accept and support NASCAR in their town? http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2002045113_nascar24m.html
2007-03-09 11:51:03 · 5 answers · asked by ric9757 3 in Sports ➔ Boxing
this question ended up on the boxing category because yahoo answers is messed up.
How bout some actual answers folks.
2007-03-09 14:59:20 · update #1
You want to know what I think about that? I think Wladimire Klitschko could kick Jeff Gordons a-double-s in less than one round. But I'd still pay $50 to see it on PPV.
2007-03-13 10:55:24 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Any town, anywhere, anytime can build a racetrack. The tracks that NASCAR race on are NOT owned by NASCAR. For example: Atlanta Motor Speedway, Texas Motor Speedway, Lowe's Motor Speedway, and Bristol Motor Speedway are all owned by Speedway Motorsports, Inc. (which is owned by Bruton Smith).
So, say someone or some company did decide to build a track in Seattle, they would submit a bid to NASCAR. The bid would be reviewed by NASCAR and Mike Helton (NASCAR's president) and then the bid would either be accepted or rejected.
So, Seattle could build 10 race tracks with NO guarantee of bringing NASCAR to those tracks. The old "Build It and they will come" mantra doesn't really work in this situation.
You know, there are NASCAR fans in every city, in every state, and in every country of the world. Seattle, I think, sometimes gets a very bad rap due to it's psuedo-Starbucks-tree hugger reputation. I feel very sure that there are quite a few NASCAR fans in the area, if there is talk of building a track - as it is a HUGE financial gamble, because NASCAR tracks really can't be used for much else.
I further feel that if the track is built, there would be a lot of "Hometown Hero" support, just for the fact that Kasey Kahne is from Enumclaw, WA - and is the only driver that I know of from that region.
At any rate, thanks for the link to the article - and I think the diversity in NASCAR and the broad range of the spectrum of places where tracks are located are part of what makes the NASCAR community so unique.
Hope this helps!
2007-03-11 19:05:11 · answer #2 · answered by KB 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
NASCAR will never pack the punch of boxing, but it will to well in Seattle. How this question got on a boxing forum beats me, but the blogbaba answered it anyway. I got a cousin who made a table out of a tire from one of Dale Earnharts cars. Go figure.
2007-03-09 20:48:48 · answer #3 · answered by blogbaba 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
they should not deny the people of the goog show
2007-03-09 20:09:12 · answer #4 · answered by doody goal 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
sucks
2007-03-09 19:53:29 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋