NASCAR in Canada

Just as I have suspected for the past few years, it turns out NASCAR has
been the most popular racing on Canadian TV after all.

Now that Jacques has no ride in Formula 1, Players is out of the picture in
CART, and with persistent rumours that Paul Tracy may go stock car racing,
perhaps NASCAR will get its fair share of coverage on this side of the
border. Being on the cover of TV Guide is a good start.

"Barry Posner" <bup100@psu.edu> wrote in message
news:402C25E6.26EF4B40@psu.edu...
>
>
> Good2go wrote:
>
> > "NASCAR is the No. 1-rated motorsport in Canada,"
> > said TV Guide Editor Jamie Hubbard,
>
> This sounds like a piece of puffery to me. It might be true, but there's
> nothing to back up that statement. Like I said, it's likely just
> PR-speak. For example, F1 viewership is huge in Quebec (something like a
> million for each race).
>
> This at the end of the article kinda makes me suspect: (NASCAR PR)
>
> bp


I seriously doubt F1 will have the same popularity without Villeneuve.
Having Carpentier, Tagliani, and Tracy racing in CART could make that series
more popular in Canada than the USA.

If you know anything about Canada, you are no doubt aware that Quebec is not
unlike a nation unto itself. What's big in Quebec is not necessarily so
elsewhere. I don't know what the figures are, but I wager there is little
doubt that Nextel Cup is a much bigger draw. It certainly has been in any
community I lived in. I suspect that before the implosion of Indycar racing
with the IRL/CART split and subsequent near death, Indy racing was number
one. This of course because the likes of Scott Goodyear, Paul Tracy,
Tagliani, Villeneuve,etc..were at the top of their game. Popularity in this
case is measured by Television ratings as well and F1 races shown live in
the middle of the night doesn't help their cause. Freight train races
which were the norm in F1 through most of the 90s didn't help either.

Bonkrr
Nova Scotia


"Good2go" <rlflett@nb.sympatico.good2go.ca> wrote in message
news:leWWb.94434$IF6.2567781@ursa-nb00s0.nbnet.nb.ca...
>
> "Barry Posner" <bup100@psu.edu> wrote in message
> news:402C25E6.26EF4B40@psu.edu...
> >
> >
> > Good2go wrote:
> >
> > > "NASCAR is the No. 1-rated motorsport in Canada,"
> > > said TV Guide Editor Jamie Hubbard,
> >
> > This sounds like a piece of puffery to me. It might be true, but there's
> > nothing to back up that statement. Like I said, it's likely just
> > PR-speak. For example, F1 viewership is huge in Quebec (something like a
> > million for each race).
> >
> > This at the end of the article kinda makes me suspect: (NASCAR PR)
> >
> > bp
>
>
> I seriously doubt F1 will have the same popularity without Villeneuve.
> Having Carpentier, Tagliani, and Tracy racing in CART could make that
series
> more popular in Canada than the USA.
>
>
>

Good2go wrote:

> I seriously doubt F1 will have the same popularity without Villeneuve.
> Having Carpentier, Tagliani, and Tracy racing in CART could make that series
> more popular in Canada than the USA.

I don't disagree. But I still think the statement that NASCAR "is" the
most popular form of racing on TV in Canada to be PR BS. It might be in
the future, but I doubt it is now (or in '03).

bp

Robert Younker wrote:
>
> If you know anything about Canada, you are no doubt aware that Quebec is not
> unlike a nation unto itself. What's big in Quebec is not necessarily so
> elsewhere. I don't know what the figures are, but I wager there is little
> doubt that Nextel Cup is a much bigger draw. It certainly has been in any
> community I lived in. I suspect that before the implosion of Indycar racing
> with the IRL/CART split and subsequent near death, Indy racing was number
> one. This of course because the likes of Scott Goodyear, Paul Tracy,
> Tagliani, Villeneuve,etc..were at the top of their game. Popularity in this
> case is measured by Television ratings as well and F1 races shown live in
> the middle of the night doesn't help their cause. Freight train races
> which were the norm in F1 through most of the 90s didn't help either.

Maybe so, but all this is merely your opinion. I'm interested in seeing
some actual measurements.

And FWIW, Quebec is still part of Canada. Of course, I'm looking forward
to the day Alberta isn't, which might not be far off. Then I can live at
home *and* still live in the States. Best of both worlds... :-)

bp

"Robert Younker" <bonkrr@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:7jWWb.1059$Ks6.12290@nnrp1.uunet.ca...
> If you know anything about Canada, you are no doubt aware that Quebec is
not
> unlike a nation unto itself. What's big in Quebec is not necessarily so
> elsewhere.

Triumph, The Insult Comic Dog, refers to Quebec as:

"The Canada, of Canada..."

<$1 To Late Night With Conan O'Brien...>

Nascar is very not popular in Quebec. I have yet to find someone interested
in this series. They don't talk about it on sports news nor in the papers.
The French sports network RDS (french version of TSN) broadcast just a few
tape-delayed races during the season. That's all. The only time when you
hear about Nascar on the news is when there's the big one at Daytona or
Talladega.

Local short-tracks draw a few stock car fans during Cascar and Carquest
events, but that's about it. People here are more into open-wheel racing.

"Robert Younker" <bonkrr@yahoo.com> a écrit dans le message de
news:7jWWb.1059$Ks6.12290@nnrp1.uunet.ca...
> If you know anything about Canada, you are no doubt aware that Quebec is
not
> unlike a nation unto itself. What's big in Quebec is not necessarily so
> elsewhere. I don't know what the figures are, but I wager there is little
> doubt that Nextel Cup is a much bigger draw. It certainly has been in any
> community I lived in. I suspect that before the implosion of Indycar
racing
> with the IRL/CART split and subsequent near death, Indy racing was number
> one. This of course because the likes of Scott Goodyear, Paul Tracy,
> Tagliani, Villeneuve,etc..were at the top of their game. Popularity in
this
> case is measured by Television ratings as well and F1 races shown live in
> the middle of the night doesn't help their cause. Freight train races
> which were the norm in F1 through most of the 90s didn't help either.
>
> Bonkrr
> Nova Scotia
>
>
> "Good2go" <rlflett@nb.sympatico.good2go.ca> wrote in message
> news:leWWb.94434$IF6.2567781@ursa-nb00s0.nbnet.nb.ca...
> >
> > "Barry Posner" <bup100@psu.edu> wrote in message
> > news:402C25E6.26EF4B40@psu.edu...
> > >
> > >
> > > Good2go wrote:
> > >
> > > > "NASCAR is the No. 1-rated motorsport in Canada,"
> > > > said TV Guide Editor Jamie Hubbard,
> > >
> > > This sounds like a piece of puffery to me. It might be true, but
there's
> > > nothing to back up that statement. Like I said, it's likely just
> > > PR-speak. For example, F1 viewership is huge in Quebec (something like
a
> > > million for each race).
> > >
> > > This at the end of the article kinda makes me suspect: (NASCAR PR)
> > >
> > > bp
> >
> >
> > I seriously doubt F1 will have the same popularity without Villeneuve.
> > Having Carpentier, Tagliani, and Tracy racing in CART could make that
> series
> > more popular in Canada than the USA.
> >
> >
> >
>
>