NASCAR Should Keep Fans Informed
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NASCAR Owes Its Fans an Explanation
When NASCAR makes an important decision – especially one that determines the outcome of a race – they owe it to the fans to tell them in person.
When NASCAR decided to call the Daytona 500 due to rain a NASCAR Official should have came out and explained exactly why the race was being called, and why they felt there was no hope of resuming the race. Instead NASCAR chose to hide behind its TV and radio partners and let them make the announcement.
NASCAR and Fox both seemed to stick their heads in the sand when it came to telling fans it was raining at the race track. They came back from a commercial break and it was business as usual with cars riding around under caution and TV announcers getting a few sponsor plugs in. It wasn’t until one camera picked up rain pouring off one pit box that anyone even admitted it was raining.
There were zero updates on the real condition of the racing surface. No close-ups of what the track looked like in the turns, on the backstretch or through the tri-oval.
When it came time to throw the red flag and stop the race the only warning were race cars rolling to a stop. There was no official word from NASCAR.
NASCAR never provided any sort of opinion on whether this was a brief rain shower or a hurricane coming through.
Fans deserve to be kept informed of what’s going on. Nobody likes surprises like these.
Maybe NASCAR needs an official to come out and make announcements about race conditions the way the NFL does.
Fans want information. NASCAR needs to give it to them.
Do you get all the information you need from NASCAR?
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Barbara on
That really sucked calling the race. You could of waited & dried the track or tried at least. You and you tv commercials suck. There were so many and alot of the race was missed. I remember at least seeing the race in the little box on the top but no you have to show nothing. If this is the super bowl of Nascar, you better start catering to the fans before you have none left.
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