At this time of year the weather in Florida can only be described as somewhere between an overheated sauna and hell. Regardless we had some neighbors over for a late afternoon B-B-Q .
My neighbor suggested tuning in to the NASCAR race, which, out of total boredom and in need of time for my brain to cool a bit until the food needed another flip/roll, I did. “Where are all the fans”, he asked.
Man NASCAR must really be in a bad way if that is what passes for a crowd today at a nascar race. Pathetic.
The race Sunday at Indy had a chance for very bad weather (which did cause problems) - Strike 1.
NASCAR has been inflating ticket prices the past few years, pushing out a lot of fans, assuming they can still fill it up. Average prices have shot up past $200. They were around $50 a few years ago. - Strike 2.
Specifically regarding the Indy race, that stadium holds 200K people, twice the average NASCAR attendance, so even if they didn't have problems #1 and #2, it would not look full. - Strike 3.
*https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_sports_attendance_figures
Icing on the cake, just from my observations, people are starting to get bored with NASCAR. It is interesting because F1 seems to be gaining traction again.