Tommorrow is the 51st running of the "Great American Race". It's always NASCAR's highest rated race of the season, with on average 12 or more million people tuning in, making it the second most watched sporting event in the United States all year long, behind the Super Bowl of course, which usually get's around 85 or more million viewers per year. What a surprise.
This graph is from the Nielsen TV Ratings website.
This shows that some Daytona 500's have had over 19 Million viewers in past runnings.
Just thought this would interest some of you who think NO ONE watches NASCAR, when yet, it's the second most watched sport in all of America and the #1 spectator sport in America where some tracks are capable of holding over 200,000 fans, like Bristol Motor Speedway, which is only a half mile long.
Oh, and for you people who think NASCAR isn't a sport, or it's just "left turns", then read this article, and stop being so narrow minded and watch a race or two, and you'll notice how technical and physicaly demanding these race cars are, along with other racing series' like F1. Oh and by the way, do you think you could handle being in a tightly confined race car for over 3 hours with temperatures getting over 140 degrees?
Google "NASCAR cockpit" and click on images, and you'll see how confined the driver's are in a race car.
Imagine crashing at 150 mph, and the car catches on fire, now imagine trying to escape that cockpit before YOU catch on fire in a matter of seconds, pretty scary isn't it?
http://bleacherreport.com/articles/34488-once-and-for-all-why-nascar-is-a-sport
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