Is motorsport the sport of the future?

As far as popularity in the U.S., I do hope Moto GP gets as big as NASCAR. Actually, I hope it gets bigger than NASCAR. Auto racing in the U.S. is so disgusting that I don't even bother. JGTC is much more exciting. If only we could get better television coverage. That's the one thing that I envy about Europeans, they're closer to all the Moto GP action.

yes ifit goes the way of tron anyone remember that film??

640:attachment]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (The Best Man @ Oct 24 2006, 01:10 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>yes ifit goes the way of tron anyone remember that film??

640:attachment]


YOU KIDDING!!! I STILL WANT ONE OF THOSE!!

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Yamahamer-AL @ Oct 24 2006, 07:59 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>YOU KIDDING!!! I STILL WANT ONE OF THOSE!!

hell yeah!!

That was the best thing about that movie. It seems like the last time I saw that movie was like 20years ago. I still remember how thay sound!!! Sweet pic!

Football would ALWAYS out-number motorsport for fans. You could put together just a few leagues in the world full of their club's fan's and they would have more fans than the whole of Moto GP.

F1 is the 3rd most watched sport in the world...what's 2nd? Rugby? Football has got to be 1st.

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Traverser @ Oct 24 2006, 03:07 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>That was the best thing about that movie. It seems like the last time I saw that movie was like 20years ago. I still remember how thay sound!!! Sweet pic!

re-live the dream!

GO!

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Yamahamer-AL @ Oct 24 2006, 09:30 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>re-live the dream!

GO!

nice one!

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Alex @ Oct 24 2006, 09:16 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>F1 is the 3rd most watched sport in the world...what's 2nd? Rugby? Football has got to be 1st.




Yeah, its probably the most watched I.E on tv....cos it gets alot more publicity....


i would like to get figures... motogp, wsbk,bsb...seems to out-do F1 by the amount of spectators at the actual event 90% of the time


I would like to see motogp get a little more recognition on the terrestrial channels as it rightly deserves





I dunno, i just think there is a bigger following for motogp BEHIND the scenes... I.E what you dont see on tv, especially with (IMO) the recent decline in the entertainment factor for formula 1

I was reading the ratings once for the USGP and the NASCAR race for the first USGP.

They were no where close in ratings.
NASCAR blew them away.
And that of course, SUCKS!

i take it that was Tv ratings?

Yea, TV ratings.

yeah that does suck..


but i reckon the fanbase for motogp as oppose to f1 (example) is alot bigger


i dunno i could be wrong, but from what ive seen, im gonna stick with that lol

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Mr. Shupe @ Oct 24 2006, 11:28 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>If Moto GP started to seriously gain US fans, NASCAR would try thier best to curb Moto GP's growth. The France family is a crooked, mean-spirited bunch who try to gut other forms of racing just as much as grow their own.

The American Le mans Series was growing and full of promise from 2000-2002. However, in 2003 the Frances started to invest heavily in the Grand-American sports car series. They hand out sponsors, they lure teams over, they spread BS hyperbole about how Grand-Am is the greatest road racing series on the planet, etc. The cars are ugly and slow so the series can siphon teams away from the ALMS, but can't be a desirable product itself. The ALMS is a sad shadow of what it briefly was. The Frances want to kill sportscar racing, not grow it.

NASCAR wants to enter the Canadian market, so you know what they did? They buddied up with Circuit Gilles Villeneuve promoter Norman Legault. Champ Car had the 2nd race weekend at the circuit. Last year Legault took down grandstands so he could say that ticket sales for the champ car race were down. This year was Champ Car's last race at Montreal. The stock car mafia has taken over.

Champ Car driver AJ Almendinger has announced his move to NASCAR. This is purely a strategic move for the France mafia. AJ was an asset to Champ Car (an American that could win races) and NASCAR wanted him out of there.

NASCAR is a cancer on racing and it just might kill real car racing in the states. Thsi is part of the reason for my conversion to 2-wheels. Car racing in my home country is looking pretty sad. Hell, Grand-Am is now sanctioning a motorcycle series......

The NASCAR thugs would be terrified of Moto GP because it makes their circus look silly. Genuine characters like Valentino, Kenny, Colin, etc. wrestling 250hp bikes around road courses would really show the circle track taxi cab drivers for the frauds that they are. Ugly, slow stock cars spending half of a 500-mile race behind a safety car pales in comparison to Moto GP; any non-initiated viewer could see that. NASCAR is a disease and I hope and pray that it doesn't somehow spread across the pond.
shupe this is fukin brilliant!!!!!!

Great post Shupe!!!

The world is big enough for there to be fans in all sports. I for one love baseball. I like almost all activities that include motors and speed. I particularly love anything on two wheels. In answer of the question, I think the guy that explained why the top sports are popular said it best; I think its a matter of accessability.

Motorcycle racing isn't for everybody, just us smart people.

Also, I can't find it anymore, but I read a thread where a guy said Rossi was "superhuman." Then that guy got a few negative responses from some other guy that got offended for comparing superhumans to a list of people like Mother Teresa, Lance Armstong, etc. He said something like it was wrong to compare these great people to mere racers. Well I just want to say; last I checked Teresa nor Lance won a MotoGP race, ever..so umh, they were'nt so great after all.

Funniness from racejumkie.

They are all superhuman in their respected professions. lol Does that make everyone happy?

Katt, while you bogans call it "gay-FL", we can't help but laugh every time we see a Rugby scrum.

okay for one, i am only half bogan ... i still refuse to drink VB.
and second, at least a scrum has a purpose rather than a bunch of guys shoving their loins into others faces whilst jumping at a ball.
plus the union guys are better lookin...

Thugbybopper