There are fans in Washington State!
When I bring up the topic of bringing a track to Washington State, the first question I get asked is, "are there really racing fans in Washington State?"
I know there are some in America who still view the sport as a southern pride, confederate, good ol'd boy sport. But, if you were to turn on a race, lets say this Saturday at 4:00p.m. on NBC, you would realize it's as much of a national sport as the NBA, NFL, MLB and even the NHL. Last weekend at Talladega there were 800,000 fans at the track. The fall race in California was sold out. NASCAR continuously has some of the highest ratings in sports, and that can't all be from the south. If NASCAR is only a Southern sport, then how is it possible that one of the largest and most loyal fan bases belongs to Jeff Gordon, a native of California.
"We believe that this event will help legislators and other business leaders in Washington understand that motorsports truly has a dedicated following in this area and that there is considerable support for our proposal to build a track here," said Grant Lynch, project leader for GWS. "And we know that a world-class facility in Washington State will not only attract local fans, but race fans from all over the country will experience the excitement of major motorsports."
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posted by Bosler @ 7:34 PM
2 Comments:
If you build it, they will come. I think with any attraction, fans will naturally be acquired or spark interest when a race track is built.
I am from Southern CA but I was in Washington over Winter Break last year and I was staying with these people who were actaully big NASCAR fans as well as other motor events, they even had some memorabilia in their garage. I think there are fans wherever you go these days. Everyone sees the same stuff on the TV and people in every corner of the country can form the same opinions about such things as NASCAR. I definately believe that there are fans in WA.
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