It hasn't been the greatest week in the world forNASCAR. Sure, they've had a better week than Dianna Russini, but that's a low bar. Other than her, though?
Yeah, it's been a rough go of it for the folks in the big glass building across from Daytona International Speedway.
Of course, that's because of two major headaches in the racing world: TV ratings, and attendance. Those two things drive folks who make a lot more money than me crazy, and both took a major hit at Bristol last weekend.
Because I'm always ahead of the trends, I already wrote about both. I told you on Monday that the grandstands at Bristolwere embarrassing.They were.
I wrote on Wednesday that the TV ratings for Bristol werealarmingly bad.They were.
And now, former NASCAR driver Jeremy Mayfield is officially hitting the panic button after what he saw last weekend:
"Check out what the NASCAR grandstands used to look like when I raced at Bristol," Mayfield wrote in a lengthy Facebook post. "When the biggest story is how many people are staying home to watch a golf tournament in Georgia, the sport is in a coma.
"Ty Gibbs gets his first win in front of 100,000 empty seats. It looked like a COVID era race out there. If the ‘World’s Fastest Half Mile’ can’t out draw a Sunday at Augusta, then NASCAR has officially lost the south.
"Is it the car? Is it the drivers? Or has the "Colosseum" just become a graveyard? Tell me I'm wrong."
Yikes. Just a brutal takedown from a driver who doesn't exactly have the greatest relationship with NASCAR. That's fair. I will admit, you have to take everything Jeremy Mayfield says with a grain of salt because bridges have certainly been burned.
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