NASCAR: Five Misconceptions About Racing Amongst Non-Fans

NASCAR Is Just A “Redneck Sport.”

Let’s begin by saying that the folks who say this are trying to say that it’s a sport that only has fans from down south. Let’s continue this conversation by pointing out those people are wrong.

Yes, NASCAR has it roots in the south. Other sports were created in other geographic regions but we don’t classify or seclude them to one place now do we. Of all of the misconceptions in this article this is the one that’s the easiest to understand. Since they began in the south there are a lot of tracks in the south and a lot of southerners are NASCAR fans. If you take a snapshot of a NASCAR race it would be fair to make this assertion.

It would also be fair to point out that NASCAR has tracks up north as well (Michigan, New York, Pennsylvania etc.) When they holds a race at Michigan it’s not attended by 30,000 fans from the heart of Texas. The same can be said when NASCAR holds events in New York and California. NASCAR doesn’t have the broad appeal that the NFL has but in all honesty, no sport does.

The NFL is king and comparing any sport to it is a waste of time.

NASCAR pulls in strong ratings from across the country which shows that their reach is far more than states down south. There was a time when NASCAR might have been a “redneck sport” but that time has come and gone. When a sport finds its beginnings in moonshine and breaking the law, the early fans are going to be a certain way.

Today NASCAR has fans all over the country and all over the world.