Dale Jr. Shares His Perspective on IndyCar and the Indy 500 | Indy GP Preview - Speed Street EP 124
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- Really excited for everyone to hear our conversation with the boss at Dirty Mo Media, a man who needs no introduction, Dale Earnhardt Jr! As always, this is an Indycar show, don't worry... But there are some big names and great sports personalities who love to enjoy Indycar alongside our great loyal fan base. Dale has some great thoughts to share about his experiences at the Indy 500 along with ideas to grow the sport. Also what do you think of his top 3 Indy 500 predictions??
We take a look ahead at the Grand Prix of Indianapolis coming up this weekend and give our predictions! We have 4 minutes of fun for the 4, 4 time Indy 500 champions as well. As always let us know what you think and thanks for listening/watching!
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I'm from the Charlotte area, lived here since I was 4 and I'm 48 now. Never been to the Coke 600, but this year will be my 10th Indy 500. Like Dale Jr has said before, if you haven't been, go one time.
Love to hear it!
Good episode, appreciate the shoutout! I'm the guy who pulled the Mutually Separated card, tagged you on instagram. Big fan, love the podcast, go win the 500!
Haha nice! Congrats! That’s cool
I watch everything every week I can. F1, Indycar, all 3 Nascar series, Moto GP, SBK, American Flat Track, WEC, touring cars, dirt mods/sprints, and occasionally youtubers in crown vics. I'm going to take Pato, Scotty Mac, and Scott Dixon for my podium. Always a good interview with Dale. I think that sports people are the wrong audience to target. You want the 16-24 year old group that is looking for their something.
Love to hear it! Those are strong predictions
I would imagine IMSA comes under WEC! Awesome post!
Love what YOU guys are doing for US motorsport overall.
WRC and F1 are certainty my main sources of racing entertainment, but i adore Indycar and what it stands for, thanks for showcasing such a criminally underrated series.
Great interview with Dale as well, another great ambassador for motorsport
thank you for checking it out!
No, Conor tell us how you "really feel". Excellent show as always. Great interview with Dale Jr. Let's get to Indy!
Haha thank you
Hey Conor, hell of a job on Sunday! I felt compelled to share after watching this episode. Was at the race Sunday and I've been binge watching as many interviews as possible, etc., since I got home. Some background on myself, I was born and raised in New Pal and moved down south 14 years ago, but still come home for the race (people from Indy call it the "race" because well you know). Was my 38th in a row (I do not count COVID) and have been in the same seats in turn three since 1989. Row JJ section 11, spotters are just over my right shoulder, so you have an idea. My dad has been taking me to the track for as long as I can remember and had the chance to take my daughter and middle son this year for their first 500. So, we had 3 generations in the stands which was very special for my dad and myself (he flew up from Ft. Meyers and his first 500 was 1967). One hell of a race Sunday, with the rain and starting so late. Took them to Legends Day, so my kids got to see the front stretch, take in the garages, have the run of the place so come race day when the whole vibe changes on race day they have some point of reference. Got my son down by the fence during the race so he could get an up-close feel for the speed as you guys went by; he did not want to leave. Daughter was pretty quiet for most of the race, but the last 30 laps when it's time to go; she was on her feet yelling. Hopefully I was able to pass the torch somewhat and will carry on through another generational fan.
I think the trick, have to get people to the race, because it is completely different than seeing it on TV. Even the diehard F1 fans think a bit differently once they see it in person. Nice expensive star-studded parade they had in Monoco on Sunday, but I digress. Then more F1 drivers and Nascar guys to come and compete the better, Indy is in a class all its own. Caught the Awards show - damn funny about hanging in the snake pit during the rain delay! Too funny! Subscribed! Keep up the awesome job and love to see you back in a full-time seat.
Going to my first 500 this year. Making a solo trip with just the memory of my dad. Dale Jr. Download bright me back to NASCAR and Conor has me interested in indy car. Looking forward to watching Larson and Conor in a couple weeks.
We appreciate you! Love to hear it
Salute to you man. I just put some checkered flags at my dads grave yesterday. Just get thru the opening ceremonies and you’ll be fine. Where ya sitting at?
Great episode, great guest.
1) my kids love the park side cards
2) as soon as I saw the hype over the nascar finish I went to check and see if if was a gwc. Of course it was which completely takes away the excitement for me. Sorry it just feels manufactured and doesn’t mean anything. It’s not like the irl Chicagoland finishes where there was like a 40 lap run to the photo finish.
3) jr is spot on about the schedule. Everyone already knows some major problems with the series and year after year it’s not being fixed. We can’t have 2 months between races.
4) 100% need more ovals. When they brought back the INDYCAR triple crown the hype was through the roof.
5) sorry but INDYCAR and danger and speed is what the sport is. No one wants to see anyone get injured but that is one element that made the Indy 500 what it is today. Wickens crash was horrendous, hated to see it and it still makes me uneasy, but after that race when everyone said “we are done with Pocono” shocked me. We have to find a way to get back to big ovals.
It is also a reason why the drivers are so respected and loved by the fans. We know what you guys are putting on the line every weekend no matter what the track. Much respect for the risk you are taking.
6) Conor best of luck this may we are really pulling for you. Turn four goes bonkers when you make your way to the front. Avoid those flying tires!
I appreciate all these points. It’s an important discussion to have!
I couldn’t agree more on #5. A lot of the people fail to realize that the sport was born and was made for ovals since the 1900s.
Racing is always going to be dangerous, but we do need more ovals again. This sport will always be dangerous, but it’s the safest it has been. We need more ovals back. Especially Pocono. It was built for IndyCar first
My God!! Conor you are so right! I live in Monterrey, Mexico. Long time F1 follower. Started following Indy again to watch Pato. And I can say the racing is way better than f1, the connection between fans and drivers a mile better. Accesible $$$. Street, road and ovals. Just amazing. A great product than nobody knows about!!
glad you agree!!
I'm a NASCAR fan who discovered the delightful Conor Daly when he was in the booth for the SRX series. Move over Scott Dixon and Josef Newgarden: Conor is now my favorite IndyCar driver. Love the podcast and wish Conor could join the broadcast team for Indy, or even better, NASCAR. Leigh Diffey, Townsend Bell and James Hinchcliff are terrific, but the guys next to Mike Joy - Clint Bowyer and Kevin Harvick - just don't have the likeable and fun personalities, not to mention the insight I'd like to see in expert analysts.
I appreciate you!
KH isn’t an expert of nascar and no personality??? Seriously
@@JSkunk3223 Okay, Happy Harvick is knowledgeable, and he definitely has a personality if not an especially fun or likeable one.
I met Dale Jr at the Snake Pitt in 2019. Massive race fan. Love Indycar. But used to also a huge edm fan. So I must of been that 10% lol. He gave me a fist bump even though I hadn’t showered in like 2 days. I could tell he was reluctant. Wild to meet one of my racing hero’s in that setting 😂. Now that clip from NBC is used for the Snake Pit promo. I’m the dude in the Ricky Bobby shirt slamming a Hamms next to Rutledge and Dale Jr lol. God I love the Indy 500!!! Only in America 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
That’s dedication haha love it
Love your episodes all of them
thing to help promote the series NBC steps up promo more than the 500
I just saw promo for the 500 on premiere league goal zone instead of todays race
And Indy car needs to show more of the “squabbles ” between drivers that are happening I remember the animosity between A J Foyt and the Unsers we need more of that. That helps to drive the sport into the future
I agree with you on all fronts!
Good conversation! I've never been a huge stock car fan, but also never understood the need to say other series or disciplines of motorsport suck. Just wish more people would give Indycar a chance
I agree. This is definitely something that confuses me. Each series has its own good parts and bad
Die hard IndyCar fan here of about 8-10yrs and I tell so many people how great the racing is and I don't understand how ratings are so low. I grew up and still live in SW Virginia and grew up with NASCAR being a kinda religion and went to several races a year. We always watched the 500 but not much else and I really started seeking out IndyCar and fell in love with it and it's now the only motorsport that I never miss a race, qual, practice. It really is the most diverse and best racing series and it is criminally underpromoted, shame on the IC command because they really suck when it comes to promoting races and drivers. Thanks for the show
we appreciate you watching!
This was a great episode. Dale is always great to hear from. Glad he's getting into indy a bit. My top 3 guess conor, taku,andretti
we appreciate you checking out the episode!
I tuned in to NBC for Indycar at Long Beach, an event with a huge attendance and Hollywood star power, but instead LPGA was on.
thats a tough one for sure... We were on USA Network and we will be again a few times this year. Always a ratings decrease when not on network tv
@@ConorDaly22 Just heard you on the Indycar radio broadcast! What the sport needs is a genuine network/motorsport relationship with the promotion and motivation enjoyed by NASCAR and F1, something it hasn't had since the end days of the split. NBC doesn't have a dedicated sports network like ESPN or Fox so that's a possible explanation for the lukewarm attention. I used to be a huge critic of NASCAR back in the days of Speedvision/Speed Channel (your dad was a great on-air personality btw), now with IMSA in the NASCAR portfolio my skepticism has changed. Perhaps selling to NASCAR and opening up ISC ovals and moving to Fox is a possible solution. Anyhow thanks for following in your father Derek's footsteps as a voice for open wheel.
Another great episode, and hat tip to Penske for delivering the news before the show recorded.
Marketing over content - you’re absolutely spot on. How do you get the product in front of the eyes?
Junior nailed it too. NASCAR starts with their Indy 500 & then rides that momentum. Love the interview. His Snakepit balloon story had me laughing.
Conor - since it’s the month of May, can you talk about Robin Miller at some point? I’d Ike to hear about your interactions and memories of him.
robin was always one of the greatest people to interact with in the racing world. Really appreciated him. And would also love to hear his thoughts on everything going on now!
As a motorsports fan who watches everything from F1 to virtual racing I have a few thoughts on the issues Indy is dealing with.
a) lack of events: What’s the best way to grow a TH-cam channel? Upload frequently and often so that people get into the habit of watching you. NASCAR benefits from the fact that they have a race on TV on an almost weekly basis. They are on often enough that people have to think about if a NASCAR race is on this weekend, it probably is. F1 is a global series with much more expensive cars to operate and much more complicated shipping logistics to make a race week happen, yet they still have more events in a season than Indy does. That’s not something that should happen.
b) the marketing gap: F1/liberty have really emphasized how much effort they put into creating the content for their series. Even the simple things like practice session highlights are narrated, and there is someone summarizing what occurred and the results. With Indy, we get chopped up snippets directly from the NBC/peacock broadcast without anything else. F1 also provides those useful weekend previews and post race videos that preview or break down the events and explain what it means for each team. WEC has been doing similar things.
c) it takes time: F1 has been putting all this effort into marketing for years and years now and it has started to see the benefits of it. IndyCar has started to do some more, but it just isn’t enough and even if they were doing enough, seeing the results of those efforts will take years to bear fruit.
d) commercial free broadcasts allow for strategy to shine: Undercuts/overcuts/tire offsets. The pit cycle sequence offers some of the most important parts of a race, and for some reason, often we don’t get to see parts of it because the broadcast goes to commercial. F1 chose to put all the advertising around the track itself rather than cutting to commercial every 5-10 minutes and it does wonders for being able to track who pits when and where they’ll come out into the field.
these are some great points to make for sure. It's not an overnight fix. completely agree with the lack of events, that is now becoming the most consistent thing folks say is the fact that there is no consistency on the schedule to start the year.
Commercial free broadcasts i still dont agree with because every other professional sport I watch is full of commercials so, I still find it difficult to agree with that.
@@ConorDaly22 I just think that with other spots, you have breaks in the game that allow for commercials without missing anything. With racing, you’re always going to be missing something, even under yellow.
Conor you made some great observations about the ratings between NASCAR and F1. I think Indycar needs to ask themselves what does NASCAR and F1 offer that Indycar doesn't have. Well I've come to conclusion that the venues play a big part of both of those series. So I think Indycar needs to find a promotor willing to race at tracks that would draw more attention to the series. Particular international venues like Mexico, South America, Australia, even places like Hawaii or Alaska where there's very little Motorsports. Going to these places would essentially establish new fans that are not attached to NASCAR or F1.
The other thing that is widely overlooked as to why F1 is so popular is that it's a team based championship series. There are so many motorsports fans who do not follow drivers at all, but instead follow the manufacturers or teams. You're a FERRARI fan or MERCEDES fan, F1 has strong fan base because there's a strong visibility of teams.
Indycar is a driver's series, and to casual observer there are no teams in Indycar. This why there's no identity, not even CHEVY or HONDA branding is attracting fans, because neither of the manufacturers have their own team, they are just motor suppliers for bunch of no-name teams.
Casual observers can pick out the RED BULLS, and the MCLAREN teams in F1 with ease as just looking at the cars. The team liveries are all very easy to differentiate. It certainly helps that F1 regulates their team size to just two cars.
Indycar teams are a mess, and if it were truly a spec series then the teams need to be regulated. There are 10 full time teams, all them should be running 3 cars, no more and no less. That's 30 full time cars on the grid. They run that even at smaller venues, by having shared pitboxs much like F1 does. Essentially 2 pitboxes per team merged together, that's a total of 20 pitboxes. 2 over the wall teams with 2 fuel tankers that are filled twice capacity to handle 3 cars.
They also need to have a more unified look much like what MCLAREN, JUNCOS, and SHANK are currently doing with their team liveries. The important part of this change would be for Indycar to establish an official team championship to the series. Which I feel is the missing component to this series. They need bandwagon fans who are gonna jump on the ride with the winning teams.
Lastly the biggest improvement Indycar could make is raising the quality of their broadcast. First they need to do it go commercial free, the interruptions are killing the ratings. Nobody wants sit and watch 2 minutes of ads whether it's split screen or complete commercial break. It's absolutely ridiculous that there would be commercials in motorsports events when it's a race full of signage and moving billboards.
I think racing internationally is a good idea for sure. BUT we can also only go where people pay us to go at the moment. Events pay the series to come race, and if no one is willing to pay, it would be a big financial loss for us to go to new places. Attendance is actually also never our problem other than a couple oval events it seems, so the problem still remains at getting people to watch.
Going commercial free is almost impossible on network TV. Every professional sport has commercials, the Super Bowl is almost more famous FOR commercials haha. We will never get that. I dont really understand how F1 on ESPN does it but I've noticed they do start to cut for a few ads during Qualifying now as well so I think they're going to eventually have more ads. In the end, someone has to pay for the TV time.
Thank you both- great episode!
Conor- I may die on the “I hate Penske” hill but I always hate the big boys! Dislike Gibbs and Hendrick too! I was overjoyed when KB went to RCR!
I miss the Indy car's at Charlotte... Although it had attendance problems, it's deep stock car country.
Love your show guys
Thank you!
The only few little comments that I have are I do like how Indycar is more in the realm of using Street and road courses like F1, the ovals are nice but I also do want to see drivers skills. I think the negative though is the tracks that they run are mostly narrow not a lot of places to pass I think they need to go to a more open tracks or open the tracks up more.
What road courses would you suggest though? We have road America, indy GP, mid Ohio, laguna seca. Is it street courses you think need to be opened up?
Connor this is a great show and I am with you to try and market this great product. Keep it up and know that you are appreciated.go indycar
Thank you!
Chase Holden. Please say "Because I like to party".
lollllllll
He wants his jesus to party
Good interview with Jr too!
Thank you!
Loving this show! I would absolutely love to see Indycar back at Michigan! Michigan, Pocono, Texas, Homestead, and Kansas would all be great to see Indycars race at! 🫶🏻
We agree! Thank you!
Nascar, F1, IMSA/WEC, Moto GP, Supercars fans. Try watching Indycar, it's the most competitive series in the world. And these guys hit 240mph at the INDY 500. LETS GO PEEPS!!!
Full time racing fan hah
Conor Daly Is Awesome
oh hey, thank you!
Great episode. Conor, do you think maybe all the streaming channels now help or maybe hurt Indycar? It was so much easier to find Indycar racing and watch in the days gone by. I’m a huge Indycar fan and make an effort to find and watch But new viewers maybe not ??
Well peacock has been great for indycar honestly, I have watched plenty of races on peacock. But I don’t know if we as an overall series have enough power to pull more of an audience if we just switched to streaming fully. But overall, when you look at sports ratings. More people are watching sports than ever, so people still watch real tv. Highest ratings for a ton of different sports every year 🤷♂️
I SOOOOOO agree with Dale about the fact that a casual fan doesn't give a S about a new car. Motorsports fans... sure they may care if the same car is being used for several years. But the average sports fan is more concerned with the product and the connection to the athletes. People didn't suddenly start watching F1 because they got new cars (that happens constantly). It's because they got a connection to the athletes and the drama.
this is spot on
To add to the point of not being numb to the danger, it would benefit all drivers to have that attitude of taking care of one another on the race track. Harping on drivers intentionally wrecking one another, blocking horrendously, etc would greatly bring that sense of danger back. To watch Joey Logano aggressively block as he did in the 2021 Daytona 500, wreck the whole field, including Kyle Busch and Brad Keselowski hitting super hard, and then getting out and using the excuse "I was trying to win the race" angered me so much. It should not be an excuse when someone is coming at 195 mph to pass you while you are going 180. Get these drivers to measure their aggresiveness and know when to concede when you have lost, and that element of danger can be reinstilled into the motorsport as a whole.
Sparta, KY was a great track and race for indycar. thats when the spirit of indycar kind of died...when they went away from those races regardless of politics or whatever involved that put nascar tracks off limits to indycar
Kentucky was such a great race… one of my favorites
The "oval crowd" may be vocal but they don't show up. Gateway is down, Iowa is down, Texas has struggled in recent years and I don't have huge hopes for Milwaukee, as they struggled for attendance in their final years. 3000 fans at Fontana was a huge black eye for the series. I'll be curious to see how Nashville does.
This is definitely something that surprises me but you’re right it is a problem. I wouldn’t say Gateway is in struggle mode quite yet I’d say there is still a strong crowd. Iowa boggles my mind. Not sure why those events don’t sell out easily
DALE JUNIOR NEEDS TO RACE AT SLINGER SPEEDWAY, Slinger Nationals July 9th 2024
lets get him to slinger! lol
IndyCars were designed for the confines of IMS, Michigan was designed for the capabilities of IndyCars.
agree with you!
I sang "United States of Whatever" at the junior high talent show
Love that haha
Love the podcast man been watching you race since GP3 I believe? Crazy how time passes. Good luck at Indy!
Everytime I Hear ECR I Think Of A Nascar Engine 😅
haha sorry about that!
those are awsome gloves
What do you think about pocono? Do you think the cars are safe enough to race there? Interested to hear an opinion from an actual driver.
I think our cars are safe enough now yeah. It's a tough track for Indycars but I do believe we should be racing there.
I will be at the 500! Hope you DRINK THE MILK! 🏁
Thank you! See you there!
Connor, how much does push to pass actually help?
While watching on TV, I'm always underwhelmed by what it seems to do (or not do).
I think push to pass is lame, but it's especially lame if it doesn't do much of anything.
It is HUGE. The only reason you might not see it as much sometimes is because if you’re using it to attack the car in front of you is probably also using it to defend. If we didn’t have it the racing would be much worse than it is I promise you.
@@ConorDaly22 Hell yeah. Thanks for the answer.
You have the eyes on Indy 500.This year your going too have NASCAR fans whatching Kyle. Promote promote promote sell sell the series. A billboard on interstate 65 isn't enough Spend the money too promote when you have eyes on the series
Agreed!
I'd like to see a pissed off Rossi go take it out on Atlanta motor speedway with the new configuration
hah that would be interesting for sure. I wish Indycar would race at atlanta
Which Pokemon card was it though?
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Can you explain any of these comments? Lol
Question for ya, has there been a clear set of procedures to follow at the end of the 500, last year was ridiculous.
What type of procedures? Like what the winner should or shouldn’t do?
@@ConorDaly22 no, the red flag that seemed to be thought up on the fly, and had never happened before.
@@Grumpy_Stiltskin the goal indycar always has is to finish the race under green. That was the thought behind it, it’s not really new. I talked about this in a few comments before. But after discussion over the off season a restart on the final lap won’t happen like that again. Everyone decided mutually
@@ConorDaly22thx for the clarification. Will be tuning in on Saturday!
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I am an Indycar and NASCAR fan. I personally find f1 boring because it isn’t a good competition. Although I will say this, f1 makes me want to like it. The cars look amazing! They just do. Indycars need to look better imo. Specifically the “fenders” in front of the back wheels imo make it not look as aggressive as the f1 car. The other thing is the fact that f1 is a development series. They really make you feel like they are on the absolute cutting edge. Which they probably are. I think the combination of the hype, amazing looking cars, and the cutting edge of tech make f1 very interesting to the average person. I would argue that is who is attracted to f1. Not necessarily race fans.
Those are some great points. And interesting as well
@@ConorDaly22 I’m going to be at the Indy 500 this year for the first time. Can’t wait to see you back behind the wheel. This might be your year! I have a question regarding ovals. Can you explain to me why people “whoever they are” don’t want indycar at the bigger oval tracks? I guess I don’t understand why Indy is okay but not Michigan, pocono, Fontana, Kansas, Vegas etc. I understand the danger but for years drivers have been willing to do it anyway. Even when it was way more dangerous considering the safety of the cars. But why is it only okay at Indy? Anyways you’re my driver, let’s get it done! Stay positive. It will all work out.
100 days to Indy needs to be on a different platform for us to get more attention.
We have to take what we can get right now. At least season 1 is also on netflix and season 2 will be as well. Also on paramount +
I curious to hear what you think would make the series grow? You’ve been on the inside and have more insight on what can be improved. I appreciate the episode, I know you said we need to get the word out there but how do we get the word out from a drivers perspective.
Get Caitlyn Clark to the 500. Conor, I need your help…..I have a friend who’s a NASCAR fan. He watches the 500 every year and yet he just can’t admit he might be interested in more than NASCAR. It’s almost like he’s afraid of cheating on NASCAR.
Haha, it’s easy to like more racing! Plenty of us do!
I liked F1 back in the turbo days and the screaming V10’s and V12’s eras but I just can’t get into the modern era of F1. I’ll stick with Indycar for my open wheel racing.
I agree. We appreciate you
Penske is the Auto Racing worlds TRUMP now.. No matter what he does, at all.. he will always be hated with vitriolic hatred. No matter.. Penske should always hold his head high. His mark on US auto racing will be here long after all the haters are gone!
I think since we went to the McRacecar in Indy and now in NASCAR most of the romance of the sport has gone away. The on track product is great but I would be willing to have less possible winners than we now have. The best part of Indy was the road car owners and divers got there. Bump day was as good as the race.
will be tough to get back to an era with a ton of cars getting bumped but thankfully every year we do have a bit of drama!
@@ConorDaly22 Probably. But it makes me sad.
How about this...we just have Dallara make the pods and everything else within a set of rules is up to whoever. Lower cost engines that could bring more brands.
We talk about the tradition and romance that surrounds the 500 every year and reminisce about it on TV and at the race. But most of that reminiscing is about the 50's 60's and 70's.
That would cost millions sadly. Our sport does not have the power right now to generate that level of development. It’s a tough game for sure!
Let people get mad at you, man. It's your podcast, talk about what you want to talk about.
Haha thank you I will
Carb Day is the day for old rock and The Snake Pit is house music, cmon. you guys sound really old and I'm 40!
Promote the drivers not with candy ask questions Get a guy like Robin Miller too interview the drivers . Somebody that knows the sport.
If only we had more like Robin
Unfortunately F1 is packaged for consumerism. The cars, teams and drivers have consistent brand recognition, the cars have consistent coloring, the hype, DTS, and great coverage makes F1 easy to understand and consume….Indycar on the other hand is still obscure, no brand recognition, cars change liveries regularly causing more confusion etc. Indycar is for the loyal fanbase but is terrible for attracting the casual consumer.
I can understand a bit of that but your argument sort of gets defeated by the NASCAR model. NASCAR is more successful than both Indycar and F1 in America by a lot and they have different paint schemes every weekend as well. There is something about marketing the NAMES and the excitement of the product that we are missing I believe
You're an indycar apologist who is afraid to cross your boss, Roger Penske ."Know what I mean?"
I mean, actually no I don’t. Please explain? Lol what exactly are you talking about?
The sad truth about ratings is like you said, "product doesn't matter". I always refer to the Kardashians, are they talented? No. Were they popular? Absolutely. In my opinion F1 and Nascar are Kardashians. Overhyped and not worth the money. I live close to Talladega and I will never attend unless Indycar or IMSA race there. Indycar just has to market better and I really don't understand why they fail to do it.
I think you’re pretty close to spot on here
Newgarden should have been suspended
Can't stand Chase...dude has no idea what he's talking about. He's a NASCAR guy, not an IndyCar guy. Get someone in there that knows IndyCar.
Building fan base means bringing on new people. And sometimes if the listener has something in common with presenter, it works better. I think Conor has got the INDYCAR knowledge side covered. Now COnor.. go get ya some milk!
The episode is literally called indycar is for everyone lol if we focused only on indycar people, we would never get new people to watch. Chase is learning and has a passion for becoming an indycar fan. We do not have enough people watching our sport to be able to not allow new people in because they don’t know enough yet
Give him time and be open minded. He’s doing his best. Joey Mulinaro was mainly new to IndyCar when he was in the show
I like the addition of Chase, and I love his enthusiasm about learning the series and experiencing the events.
Sorry mistertheking … but I’m an IndyCar guy now. I’ll see you next week! 🤝