Europe's interest in NASCAR will surely rise

luke · 13 Jul 2006, 21:03 (Ref:1655675)

Surely it will when Montoya makes his debut in NASCAR. Now most fans in Europe don't watch NASCAR but just by looking at all the avatars recently everyone seems to have one now NASCAR / Montoya related.
I for sure will watch NASCAR more oftern just because of Montoya.
I take it a lot more people will?

NoStaplesPlease · 13 Jul 2006, 23:21 (Ref:1655750)

I'm not sold that European fans will be converted to NASCAR just because of this, but they will likely check on Montoya to see how smooth of a transition he has. I very well may be wrong though.

muggle not · 13 Jul 2006, 23:55 (Ref:1655770)

my 2 cents. There will be many European and F1 fans that will tune in Nascar to see how well he does and will find that they enjoy the racing. I believe that nascar will gain many fans. The racing is good, fun, and exciting. And, no matter what some may think, most of the drivers are pretty darn good.

VilleneuveTracy · 14 Jul 2006, 00:36 (Ref:1655783)

JPM has fans around the world. This will not only help NASCAR in Europe but in Latin America as well other parts of the world. JPM will bring many of his fans to NASCAR. That should translate to millions of new NASCAR fans assuming JPM has a lengthy and successful NASCAR career and I am sure a driver of his caliber will have a great career in NASCAR.

Emfa · 14 Jul 2006, 04:20 (Ref:1655833)

If the increased level of traffic in this part of 10/10's is any indication, I see there being a lot of extra interest from overseas (not just Europe). Can only be a good thing!

Erki · 14 Jul 2006, 06:24 (Ref:1655864)

I don't think JPM is going to make me catch NASCAR races on TV more often...

Knowlesy · 14 Jul 2006, 10:50 (Ref:1656058)

It will have a worldwide impact. Although I feel not every fan will tune in of course, the numbers should rise. It is good for NASCAR.

muggle not · 14 Jul 2006, 11:20 (Ref:1656077)

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Originally Posted by Erki

I don't think JPM is going to make me catch NASCAR races on TV more often...

me either. Montoyo's coming to nascar will not make me watch it more frequently.

rustyfan · 14 Jul 2006, 11:25 (Ref:1656081)

We have started to see the effects already. I mean, just look at Ten-Tenths alone and how much the activity here in the NASCAR section has increased this past week. And this forum isn't the only one - I've seen several forums where Formula 1 fans have declared that they will start to follow NASCAR as a result of Montoya.

Of course, if Montoya bombs, it will go down in history as "just another failure" by an "outsider", soon to be forgotten. I for one, however, believes Montoya has what it takes to have a good NASCAR career. A future NEXTEL Cup Champion? Impossible to tell. A future NEXTEL Cup race winner? Hell yes.

luke · 14 Jul 2006, 11:42 (Ref:1656090)

So this could be a similar thing to what happened with mansell when he moved to CART in 1993? I doubt it'll be that big of course lol but interest wise NASCAR can't exactly lose...

Knowlesy · 14 Jul 2006, 12:42 (Ref:1656122)

NASCAR is starting from a very strong worldwide base anyways, whereas CART was fairly low on coverage in 1993, though it was still moderately popular outside America.

rustyfan · 14 Jul 2006, 13:36 (Ref:1656174)

I'd say the Mansell-to-CART comparison is a pretty good one, and that one sure made a lot of buzz as well back there around 1993.

Formula 1 to CART isn't as spectacular or unexpected as Formula 1 to NASCAR though..

Knowlesy · 14 Jul 2006, 13:44 (Ref:1656185)

I meant 1992 in my post there. The coverage boomed in 1993.

Jeez, one day I'll get it right.

duke_toaster · 14 Jul 2006, 15:42 (Ref:1656284)

I would watch NASCAR if we had it on terrestrial TV or freeview in the UK

Speed · 14 Jul 2006, 16:15 (Ref:1656298)

I already ask for my first two NASCAR shirts.

Both from Ganassi's Team of course!

Now..., that's marketing!!!

**FIRE** · 14 Jul 2006, 18:31 (Ref:1656366)

Probably a few hardcore Montoya fans will follow him to NASCAR but the majority will soon loose their interest in NASCAR and Montoya. One of the reasons NASCAR (Nextel Cup and Busch Series) will stay only for a short while in the picture is the fact that European TV coverage (both live and highlights) is poor.

I think in most European countries it's not available or only on pay channels (i.e. Busch: Motors TV / Nextel: Premiere (German pay TV), NASN UK (UK pay TV), AB Moteurs (French pay TV). The attention in other (autosport) media is also zero or almost zero. Besides that new youngsters like Hamilton, Kovalainen, Piquet Jr and/or others will join the F1 grid in the near future and will do forget Montoya.

I think NASCAR will get some media attention again when Montoya makes his oval debut, Nextel debut, big crash and/or first succes. But this attention will probably be short and remain limited to autosport media only.

Minicross424 · 14 Jul 2006, 20:17 (Ref:1656444)

I think it will not only help NASCAR but may also help the uk Stock car series at Rockingham that are low on numbers right now.
Go get them monty! im off to order my 42 shirt!

tux · 14 Jul 2006, 20:52 (Ref:1656464)

hi i would like to say i subscribe to nasn to watch all the nascar races and montoya moving to nascar will mean i watch it even more than i used to because my mum is a montoya fan and she will want to tune in as well

excellent season so far nascar keep it up

muggle not · 14 Jul 2006, 23:28 (Ref:1656573)

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Originally Posted by tux

hi i would like to say i subscribe to nasn to watch all the nascar races and montoya moving to nascar will mean i watch it even more than i used to because my mum is a montoya fan and she will want to tune in as well

excellent season so far nascar keep it up

I know a number of people that subscribe to nasn to watch Nascar and they have all been happy with the subscription. Although the subscription costs you some $$$$ there is an advantage in that you don't have the commercials to put up with.

Erki · 15 Jul 2006, 09:18 (Ref:1656715)

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Originally Posted by muggle not

I know a number of people that subscribe to nasn to watch Nascar and they have all been happy with the subscription. Although the subscription costs you some $$$$ there is an advantage in that you don't have the commercials to put up with.

And during those commercials you can see some good live onboard shots.

The Tour · 15 Jul 2006, 11:18 (Ref:1656769)

I am not too sure if Montoya going to NASCAR will increase the interest here in the UK too much? I certainly do not think it will be as big as the Mansell/CART switch.

I have never been quite able to get into NASCAR but then I may not have tried hard enough. I certainly have a great respect for any sport that pulls in as many fans as NASCAR does.

I just find it hard to fit NASCAR in! This week I am travelling to Snetterton for British F3/GT and then when I come home I have to watch F1, ALMS, LMS, BTCC and GP2 on Sky Plus!

As for JPM, he was an instant hero when he started in F1. Like most people I loved his approach but his stock has certainly fallen over the last couple of seasons. F1 is a political mine field and Juan Pablo's personality seems to have slowly been dying?? NASCAR will do him good.

My personal view on NASCAR is that some of us Brits just cannot get our head around the number of series, races, points system, etc! Thats our bad, not NASCAR's!

Knowlesy · 15 Jul 2006, 14:38 (Ref:1656896)

Absolutely. It is up to us, as fans, to learn about different series.

**Craig** · 15 Jul 2006, 15:39 (Ref:1656937)

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Originally Posted by FIRE

Probably a few hardcore Montoya fans will follow him to NASCAR but the majority will soon loose their interest in NASCAR and Montoya. One of the reasons NASCAR (Nextel Cup and Busch Series) will stay only for a short while in the picture is the fact that European TV coverage (both live and highlights) is poor.

I think in most European countries it's not available or only on pay channels (i.e. Busch: Motors TV / Nextel: Premiere (German pay TV), NASN UK (UK pay TV), AB Moteurs (French pay TV). The attention in other (autosport) media is also zero or almost zero. Besides that new youngsters like Hamilton, Kovalainen, Piquet Jr and/or others will join the F1 grid in the near future and will do forget Montoya.

I think NASCAR will get some media attention again when Montoya makes his oval debut, Nextel debut, big crash and/or first succes. But this attention will probably be short and remain limited to autosport media only.

Spot on. There is also the issue of the time difference between here and the US. I subscribed to NASN on the eve of the Daytona 500 in 2005 and only ever watched three or four races due, primarily, to being unable to stay up into the early hours when I needed to be leaving the house before 6 the next morning. In the end I cancelled my subscription as 11.99 a month was way over what I should have been paying for that.

I've done a few Nascar races in person and loved it. If someone that has been to all that effort won't subscribe then I can't see how Montoya moving to the Nextel Cup is suddenly going to have a big dent in the popularity of Nascar in Europe. Sadly.

muggle not · 15 Jul 2006, 16:39 (Ref:1656985)

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Originally Posted by Craig

Spot on. There is also the issue of the time difference between here and the US. I subscribed to NASN on the eve of the Daytona 500 in 2005 and only ever watched three or four races due, primarily, to being unable to stay up into the early hours when I needed to be leaving the house before 6 the next morning. In the end I cancelled my subscription as 11.99 a month was way over what I should have been paying for that.

I've done a few Nascar races in person and loved it. If someone that has been to all that effort won't subscribe then I can't see how Montoya moving to the Nextel Cup is suddenly going to have a big dent in the popularity of Nascar in Europe. Sadly.

Tape them.

luke · 16 Jul 2006, 00:26 (Ref:1657189)

I would love to get NASN and I watch all their freeviews, and I think after years of wanting I think I may finally, especially as the NHL returned etc.
I watch the Busch, races and sometimes stay up, but if I can't, I watch the replay during the day. I usually lose interest in the middle of the season because the races are so so long and there are what? 36 races in the championship?

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