Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/06/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I believe I read a couple of years ago that motor racing was the #1 spectator sport in the United States in annual attendance. It is clear that world-wide, Formula One is #2 among all sports in television viewing, after soccer/football. One measure of motor racing's TV penetration is shocking: I believe that the three most recognized corporate logos in the world are #1, Coca-Cola; #2, IBM; and #3, Ferrari's prancing horse. Seth ----- Original Message ----- From: "Craig Schroeder" <craig@craigschroeder.com> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug@leica-users.org> Sent: Wednesday, June 22, 2005 12:32 AM Subject: Re: [Leica] Formula One Auto Racing > > > Marc James Small wrote: > >> >>Auto >>racing is a significant sport in the US but it has a long way to go to >>achieve the sort of impact which, say, basketball or football or baseball >>have in terms of popular penetration. > I had heard that motor racing was the #1 spectator drawing sport a few > years back. Until NASCAR got to be the big money machine that it is, the > stick and ball press gave it very little attention except for spectacles > like Indy. > > F1 is literally part of the culture in many parts of the world and in the > US it seems to be a fascination for the sake of its technology with very > few passionate followers (it would be a very rare coffee shop casual > topic!). Americans are accustomed to the action of oval tracks and > maintaining sight of the circuit and quickly become bored with a road > course limited-view experience. The common joke following the initial > Indy-based US Gran Prix was, "Was I there? Hell, I saw the pass"! > > >> > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >