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NASCAR Race Attendance

What is wrong with the attendance at NASCAR races? I went to the Chicagoland 400 in 2015 and was part of a near sell-out crowd. A short two years later I went to the same event and the seats were barely half full.

NASCAR is not for everyone, and I'll admit that to the casual observer it looks rather boring. I find it to be boring at times as well. The introduction of stage racing in 2017 has added a little more excitement to the races, but there are still stretches that make it hard for me to keep my eyes open.


Chicagoland 400 - 9-17-2017
The five-minute crash clock has also cut down on some of the frustrating moments of the races. The debris cautions cause by cars logging laps while held together by duct tape are a thing of the past. If the car can't be fixed in five minutes then park it and go home. I like it.

Although the end product still has some ways to go in order to win back fans. Hopefully these two small changes are the first steps back to the hay days of the late '90s.

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