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Originally Posted by Dino Scuderia

I don't disagree that the cost for NASCAR could be a wash...and Speed chooses to feed their audience all of it that they think it can stand...but that leaves out a wide audience that wants to see more variety.

There are a lot of factors involved for sure like can this new network be more efficient, will they have a better sales staff etc. It's much more than turning on the lights and getting rights. Frankly Speeds commercial format drives me nuts...they don't have that many advertisers but continuously play the same commercials over and over until I simply tune them out....and I don't watch Speed all that much anymore.

I'm not in the business but as a consumer flipping around all the many channels on my cable box...I see a lot of low audience channels that survive so I'm thinking it isn't as critical as we might think. The trick is if you're aiming at car enthusiasts all your eggs are in one basket you might say. I'm sure that's why Speed has gone the 'reality' show route thinking versatility for insurance.

Also maybe advertisers have trouble trusting race series...rules changes, the split up of CART for example. Racing fans following certain series over the years have been built up to be let down and when that happens the TV is turned to another channel.

I just have to put a little faith in this TRN fellow, he's been there and done that...I hope he makes something of it.

Oh, same here! I just have a cynical view on everything.