Compared to last season, the IRL TV ratings are down up to 80%. With
a low of 0.3 which is about 70,000 households nationwide, it is
getting more difficult to sell this series to the public. How can the
IRL resolve this problem?

On Sat, 09 Aug 2003 09:52:23 -0400,
"blahblahblahandblah4322438523 (AT) yahoo (DOT) uk" <blahblahblahandblah> wrote:

Easy answer: Indy.

For those who wish to view the IRL as simply a production cost and not
pay attention to some of its great racing, I don't know anyone who would
have a problem with that.

If we've learned nothing else, it's that you can bring a CHUMP to a race
but you can't force him to look at anything other than the grandstands.

forgot to mentions it that on cable 0.3 is cart's HIGH rating with a low of
0.12. by the way the 0.3 is NOT 70,000 hh. now the cart 0.12 was 64,000 hh.

tjmc <tjmc.enteract (AT) rcn (DOT) com> wrote

Well I have been to my one and only IRL race and I sure can't see the
grandstands on TV. Indy isn't the answer to everything, and it just
might be part of the problem rather than part of the solution. Yet
why have Indy's ratings dropped so far since 95? How come no backlog
of people wanting tickets that can't get them? Why no bumping?

As far as the racing, well its the open wheel version of Daytona and
Dega. Once in a while its not a bad thing, unless you are the one in
the car, but a steady diet of it is no fun at all. If every finish is
side by side for the last 30 laps after the usual late race yellow,
then its no big deal anymore. Just wake me up with 2 to go, or better
yet just tell me who sponsored the two cars to make sure I let them
know I won't be using their products because of their IRL sponsorship.
I could care less who won.

On Sat, 9 Aug 2003 13:52:23 UTC,
"blahblahblahandblah4322438523 (AT) yahoo (DOT) uk" <blahblahblahandblah> wrote:

No simple answer. All forms of racing are loosing TV audiences. Heck
nearly all sports are loosing TV audiences. The baseball all star
game, for example, had record low ratings this year. Those that harp
on it miss the real picture which is that the world is changing and
everyone has to adapt. CART is not adapting, most every other sport
is having problems adapting. I forget which sport they said was doing
well.

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mphsrick43 (AT) aol (DOT) com (Mphsrick43) wrote in message news:<20030809180557.18033.00001169 (AT) mb-m17 (DOT) aol.com>...

Have you ever looked at the average ratings ?
Who cares about highs and lows ?
If CART's average is 0.98, does it matter if the IRL's is 1.12 ?
If you think a 0.1 gap is anything to brag about, then, you really
need to get a LIFE.

Juan

for it lowest event. i do not think you would want to go with averages either.
while the irl numbers are lower this year. they are no where near as low as
cart's has fallen from last year. in 2002 the network average between the two
was very small with the irl winning. this year the gap on network has widen
somewhat with the cable difference ballooning dramatically.

mphsrick43 (AT) aol (DOT) com (Mphsrick43) wrote in message news:<20030810115021.21977.00000230 (AT) mb-m07 (DOT) aol.com>...
Have you looked at the numbers or are you just hoping that your
expectations will be true ?
What prize do you get for winning by a 0.12 ? Oh yeah, the prize is to
go head to head against Womens Soccer on PAX tv; after all, you have
already lost to Billiards, Bowling, Speed Skating and lately,
probably, to Poker.

Is that all get by defeating CART ? Jerry's father at least got a "#1
Dad" t-shirt; the IRL can't even get that for a reward.

Juan

juan you mis-read again that .12 is not the difference in the two series
ratings. that was the rating that cart drew for it's event earlier this year.
or did you forget a little event called long beach?