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Rick
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Date Posted: Wednesday, January 23, 01:54:28pm
Its not the music JT. Rusty said it was country music but thats not really it. Its not the music: its the people who listen to that music.
NASCAR tried to lure new fans who, by coincidence, listen to a different kind of music. Why? I think the reason is pretty clear: the WW2 vets who started the sport are pretty much gone now. The Baby Boomers, who were the beer drinking country music fans who helped nascar grow up, are all approaching retirement. NASCAR tried to use rock music to lure the new age group who have a lot of money to spend now.
It isn't the music, its the fans. NASCAR gave up on the older fans in an effort to bring in new fans. Its pretty sad that they thought they couldn't have both. What nascar doesn't realize is that NASCAR is a language... a way of life.
I gotta do a story on this. I'm going to.
Look it comes down to this... when I was at Texas, I had my 45 ballcap on. As we were walking in a woman ran over, grabbed my arm and shouted "THERE ARE TWO OF US HERE!" she had one on too.
That's the point. You walk through the infield or even the parking lot. You could have a guy wearing a suit who makes 400grand a year ad if he's wearing a Tony Stewart hat, some fat guy in a torn t-shirt who makes 8 bucks an hour is gonna offer him a beer because they both have the same hat on.
France and Helton have to realize that it's not the music. They can have the baby boomers and the new generation because if you look out in the parking lot, the fans don't give a rat's ass what music they listen to, or what income bracket they're in.... if you get yourself popped in the nose, it's not because you are in a different tax bracket, or because you listen to country music r because your girlfriend is ugly. You're getting poppoed because
1: you're wearing a Kurt Busch hat
2: Kurt Busch just wrecked Dale Jr
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3: you were dumb enough to walk between 8 guys who are all wearing dale junior hats.
NASCAR needs to realize that this is one sport where nothing matters EXCEPT the sport. If music means that much to nascar, then spread it around. bring in country. bring in rock.
or better yet, just stop having concerts. I guarantee, the seats will still be full because every single person in the grandtstands just spent two weeks salary to see a race, nt a concert.
Rusty is right: nascar needs to pull their collective heads out of their colelctive asses and take a look around.
NASCAR fans have one thing in common: NASCAR. the other stuff is just crap.
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