1) Ease of following the sport.
While I've always been a Tampa Bay Buccaneer fan, I've recently felt disenfranchised by the NFL. I've given many Sunday afternoons to this sport and while I don't live in Tampa, I've seen them play a few games here in Charlotte, I bought the jerseys, coffee mugs, other memorabilia, and I used to bleed, well, red. While I still hold a special place in my heart for the Bucs, I can't follow them. You may wonder why, but isn't it simple? Unless you live in the area of your team you are only guaranteed to watch them play on network television a few times a year. Of course, you can hope for the playoffs, but unless your team is the Patriots or the Packers, the likelihood is slim. Yes, yes, I could spend hundreds of dollars on an NFL package with one of those fancy satellite companies, but then again, no I can't. I just can't afford it!
Nascar is different. I know that when the weekend rolls around I have a race to watch and many times I have more than one (Nationwide and Trucks) if I have the time. There's no question in my mind that on any given weekend I will get my weekly dose of Nascar.
What do I usually get when I want to watch my NFL team on the weekend? Highlights.
2) Satisfaction of watching a well run race.
Whether you notice it or not, there's a psychology to sports, and more specifically in this case, taking in a sporting event. When my Buccaneers won, I would be really excited, but when they lost I would get depressed, sometimes for days on end. I'd wallow in pity with my fellow Bucs fans, and wonder if the Bucs would ever make it back to the Superbowl.
So the result of a Nascar race in my experience has never been depression, and it has the potential for as much more excitement and adulation than any NFL, NBA, or MLB game.
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