Probably should have mentioned my criteria for which series got included in the video: 4-wheeled racing series with the most global viewership/popularity. Needed to keep the video from becoming hours long, so forgive me if I didn't specifically mention your favorite series, but definitely leave a comment to let everyone know about it!
@superduperbooper3987
Жыл бұрын
No motorcycle racing?
@DuddleBug5
Жыл бұрын
Motorcycle series i can think of: MotoGP MotoAmerica Super MotoCross Theres probably others I don’t know about theres also electronic racing series like Formula E and Extreme E as well as Short Track and Dirt Track only series to!
@colpul2103
Жыл бұрын
Hemingway allegedly once said “There are only three sports: bullfighting, motor racing, and mountaineering; all the rest are merely games”. Today there is only one motor sport that still fits that distinction: Isle of Man TT. It is the only sports event that still has the danger and daredevil aspect of Grand Prix racing from the 40s, 50s, and 60s. 266 racers have been killed in the race during its 85 years. The only year without a fatality was 1982. In 2005, 11 drivers died, in the last race 2022 6 drivers and passengers (in the side car class) died. Since 2000 F1 has had one racing death, NASCAR Cup series has 1 (DE in 2001), WRC has had two (a driver and separately a co-driver). In those series more drivers die in testing and practice than racing. Safety is an excellent thing, but reduced risk does remove some of romance and thrill. I do not want more drivers to die, but I do miss the gladiator aspect of old school racing.
@greengaming5420
Жыл бұрын
You also missed off-road racing such as what ever championship runs the baja 1000, pro 4wd, pro 2wd, the Dakar rally, and stadium super trucks
@aldodafino2586
Жыл бұрын
You should've put some motorcycle racing tho😢 MotoGP WSBK Motoamerica BSB And so on
@KneYka
Жыл бұрын
Please give Rallycross a go if anyone in the comments sections haven't watched it. The races are short quick-fire rounds so there's no worry about spending hours to watch a race(well if you follow it live then the whole weekend is kinda long but feel free to skip the waiting and do something else in between rounds right?), the racing is always close packed with actions, and there's strategic mind games when it comes to joker laps. The FIA sanctioned championships are a bit awkwardly organized in recent years but the sport itself is worth a watch. and Nitro Rallycross is fully FREE on youtube(except US, as the broadcast rights are sold to tv networks)
@themotorsportstory
Жыл бұрын
I went to a Red Bull Global Rallycross event (I think it's since been changed to the TitansRX series now) and it was hands down the most exciting racing I've seen live. I'm hoping Nitro can keep building momentum here in the U.S., as it always seems like sponsorship has been a big issue for previous RX series as the years go by. Thanks for watching!
@DavidGossettMusic
Жыл бұрын
Agreed, as a long time fan of rallycross, it's by far my favorite format. The crazy, ridiculous car behavior of rallying, mixed with traditional circuit racing makes RX a really entertaining product. Unfortunately, later seasons of GRC and WRX fell into utter VW dominance, but Nitro RX's spec FC1X has made for a really competitive series.
@edugj23
Жыл бұрын
Clearly the most underrated motorsport IMO. Doesn't help when World RX had a massive step backwards in terms of coverage amidst the organizational and power transition (it's easier to blame going electric, but there are so many issues lying underneath with the process). I hope one day we'll see it progress from an European sport to a more global presence.
@villehursti
Жыл бұрын
RallyX (and NitroRX outside US) are streaming the races live on KZitem, so accessibility shouldn't be the problem. Good stuff. Maybe not the NitroRX head-to-head which is boring as duck.
@gamerageandhobbyrcdu
Жыл бұрын
If worldRX scrapped it’s honestly pointless streaming service and went back to being on another service with multiple other series would happily watch
@Affermanis
Жыл бұрын
Australian here. I instantly fell in love with Nascar when I was 8 or 9 years old (25 years ago) and have followed it ever since. When Marcos Ambrose was racing, i'd record every race and watch it after work. The thing i love about Nascar is on any given day, at least 10 different drivers could win.
@themotorsportstory
Жыл бұрын
Man, Marcos Ambrose put on some shows, especially at Watkins Glen!
@Aidan_-_
Жыл бұрын
More than 10 nowadays !
@bentacc9217
Жыл бұрын
Been a NASCAR fan for the past 9 years and I’m also an Australian.
@Jalingzah123
Жыл бұрын
Im part Australian and I also love Nascar. Jeff Gordon was my favourite driver.
@YuriWasASpaceman
Жыл бұрын
Could you explain a little about what makes Nascar work for you, outside of it being so competitive?
@lucvincentmetz8144
Жыл бұрын
As a German who grew up watching it a lot, I would consider diversifying the category of 'Road Racing' a bit more. You could put the Supercars Championship and BTCC into the touring car bracket, IMSA and WEC are sportscar racing series and championships like the Mazda MX-5 cup qualify as one make series. Then there are the several balance of performance controlled GT racing series like the GT World Challenge for instance. This 'supercategory' of road racing is definitely the most diversified of them all so it deserves a deeper dive in my opinion. Other than that you pretty much nailed it.
@themotorsportstory
Жыл бұрын
Agree completely. I wanted to fit it into this video without making it too long, but as a result couldn't really cover the intricacies of each series. Doing a deep dive on different kinds of "road racing" and what makes them unique sounds like a great idea for a future video. Thanks for the comment!
@emiliofernandez7117
Жыл бұрын
@@themotorsportstory can you please make that video, ive been a racing fan for a long time but its still so confusing and i want a new motorsport to follow
@trekkiepro
Жыл бұрын
I've always figured that sprint cars on dirt were the most exciting.
@themotorsportstory
Жыл бұрын
Sprint cars are awesome to watch! Didn't mention them in the video as I was trying to keep it to the motorsports with the highest global viewership. Thanks for watching!
@TweezersUnlimited
Жыл бұрын
Personally under the opinion that Sprint Cars are the best thing on earth. Descendants of Indycars ripping around local dirt tracks at incredible pace while drifting the entire corners is incredible. And I highlight *Local*
@lucastraman706
Жыл бұрын
Honestly the stakes in the racing is also a massive part of the viewership experience. Watching the cars slide inches away knowing that one wrong move could send your car tumbling out of the race is nail biting.
@acog_quarks8753
Жыл бұрын
@@themotorsportstory i understand why you didn’t include them but yeah man, sprint cars and late models are some of the best entertainment you could see. And they’re not even restricted to the us. The aussies caught on and throw events down there too lol
@bradsanders407
Жыл бұрын
You never seen an outlaw figure 8 race then.
@nothinghere7391
Жыл бұрын
Doesn't Nascar have the most diverse schedule? Road courses, a street course, very short ovals, boring ovals, big ovals, huge superspeedways, where pack racing occurs. It's worth pointing out
@themotorsportstory
Жыл бұрын
Good point!
@captainwaffles940
Жыл бұрын
And the bristol dirt race!
@nothinghere7391
Жыл бұрын
@@captainwaffles940 I was thinking about it, but ended up not including it like a total doof
@caskraker
Жыл бұрын
Watching the draw in the lottery is the same. Boring as hell.
@graduatestev
Жыл бұрын
You are joking, right?
@krosisproductions6964
Жыл бұрын
I’m in Aus, generally the biggest motorsports here are the Supercars and F1. The biggest problem with Supercars though is that teams with larger budgets tend to absolutely wipe the floor with the rest of the gird. Supercars can be fun but is also quite processional at times
@themotorsportstory
Жыл бұрын
I've seen some Supercars races that I really enjoyed, and also love Mt. Panorama Circuit (always a go-to for me in any racing games!) What you said about budgets is unfortunate but seems to be true for just about every motorsport. Here in the states, there's maybe 4 or 5 NASCAR Cup teams that have the ability to win (due to their large budgets) and the rest are just hoping to finish top 20. Thanks for watching!
@JWhite-qi5zv
Жыл бұрын
I live in Indianapolis, so Indycar, NASCAR, and MotoGP were always the dominant racing series people payed attention to around me. Once I found out about F1, I neglected Indycar and NASCAR. Thanks to being a Ferrari fan, though, I’ve recently rejoined the Indycar fanbase and I honestly look forward to watching Indycar races more than the F1 races on most weekends. Additionally, Indycar is insanely more accessible than F1 as far as attending races. You can go watch an exciting race at a bunch of tracks across the country for a mere fraction of the price of an F1 race.
@Aldiyawak
Жыл бұрын
>Thanks to being a Ferrari fan Don't-- don't leave F1 just because of Ferrari master🅱️lan. Laugh at it, in fact.
@RandomGuy37
Жыл бұрын
Coming from Finland, F1 and rally are of course the two of my favorite forms of motorsport. Here most of the media coverage is centered around those two thanks to the success of Finnish drivers in both disciplines. And with rally it definitely helps that we have tons of silent gravel roads where young people can drive their cars (sometimes even over the speed limit) and hone their skills, which makes the sport quite accessible even if you're not wealthy.
@themotorsportstory
Жыл бұрын
I think it's great how accessible Rally is in Finland! Here in America, a lot of people live where the roads only go straight and flat. I'm fortunate enough to have some twisty roads near me to enjoy 🙂
@lorddrac_dontaskmetodance
Жыл бұрын
I remember watching the Grand Tour episode where they talk about Finland having the most car accidents out of any nation, despite having one of the most strict driving tests in the world. As an American who watches and searches for endless motorsports, my defense for the Finnish is I don't believe a lot of those car accidents were neccesarily... accidents. Like sure, they don't mean to crash but they certainly mean to release their inner-Marcus Gronholm and bolt through the Finnish backroads in their Peugeots and Volvos, going 130kph before ending upside down in a ditch. Those stats are skewed. Lol
@Rakettivuori
Жыл бұрын
@@lorddrac_dontaskmetodance I can see myself in this. Despite not having any big accidents (once clipped a sidewalk that bounced me into a ditch at a slow speed during winter) I know that many do drive over the speed limit, especially on roads they know. Someone I know had a crash at the road her grandmother lived because she knew the road and always drove way over the limit, until a car appeared behind a crest and she had to take avoiding action. I know for certain I drive way too fast on roads leading to my own grandparents in the countryside because I know the roads quite well, and even then my dad is even faster. But then again, I also know I'm in a different situation to most, where my parents have been heavily involved with the local motorsports club for decades and those roads I said go to my grandparents have been used in the Finnish Rally Championship years ago
@Rakettivuori
Жыл бұрын
Also to you I would add that we have folk racing (jokamiesluokka) where drivers get a starter level cars (I think the price that they have to be sold in races is around 1k) and anyone basically can buy a car and just have a go
@briannamarcroft1298
Жыл бұрын
Thank you for this. As a fan of all of these at one time or another I think you really nailed down the important parts. I think WRC is a vastly untapped media resource. Can you imagine an American audience watch a live cam from inside a rally car? Getting to understand what the co-pilot does and how it all plays out at high speed?
@themotorsportstory
Жыл бұрын
I'm with you on that one. I really think that if there was more American media coverage and education about WRC, they might be able to drum up a more sizable fanbase. Maybe it's time for them to make a WRC streaming series like "Drive to Survive" haha
@lewiswilson75
Жыл бұрын
Oklahoma born and raised. I fell in love with rally racing when my dad bought me dirt for the original Xbox. Since than it has by far been my most favored sport. Even at 24 I still hope one day I can get on a real track. The closest thing I can think of to rally racing here in the US, that has a decent amount of spectators is Pikes Peak. Still, it is a sport that will go under appreciated but will always be in our hearts 💕 Race in peace, Colin 🚙💨
@themotorsportstory
Жыл бұрын
Thanks for the comment! Admittedly, I first got into Rally after playing DiRT 2, so similar story there. Pikes Peak is on my bucket list to check out someday for sure!
@Bluefire397
Жыл бұрын
The WRC deserves countless times more media coverage than it gets.
@BlackEnglishmen
Жыл бұрын
I’m from the Western USA. I’m an endurance racing fan who tried to get everybody I can on IMSA, 24h, and WEC. Great series where there’s never a dull moment. Ever. Great stuff.
@platypet9497
Жыл бұрын
formula 2 has always interested me because the racing is close and its great to see the next young talent making it up the ranks.
@adriWRC_
Жыл бұрын
I'm from Spain, more specifically from Galicia, the epicenter of rally racing in the country, and obviously my favourite discipline. Watch some daily cars like the Skoda Fabia, Citroën C3, Peugeot 208, Hyundai i20, Ford Fiesta or the Toyota Yaris converted into absolutely monsters is something that fascinates me (the "Win on Sunday, sell on Monday" philosophy), and you can go to a stage and watch them passing near you for free, no ticket entries. I know that rally is not mainstream like F1 and is more an european thing, but it's a shame that US don't have a good coverage of WRC at least, because is something that worth to watch.
@themotorsportstory
Жыл бұрын
That's awesome that you can just go out there without a ticket for free! And yes, I'd love to see the U.S. get better WRC coverage (as far as getting it on some major tv networks)
@drewseth_is_h
Жыл бұрын
I'm from the US and although I'll always be a nascar fan, imsa is probably my favorite. I love the different manufacturers go head to head at unique road courses, which seems like the polar opposite of nascar, but the environment around nascar for me at a young age I will always appreciate
@digitalcamaro9708
Жыл бұрын
I completely agree. I grew up in North Carolina, the NASCAR hotbed, but I seriously enjoy IMSA much more this year (and always have liked it). Imo NASCAR has too many kinks and quirks that turn off new fans and veterans alike, but with IMSA it feels like a gladiator match between teams and manufacturers. It feels more organic than the chopped up NASCAR races we have now. It's also easier to defend against haters than the "left turn" sport.
@aaronmachado13
Жыл бұрын
Something else is NHRA or dirt series like World of outlaws ( Sprint cars and late models). Seeing those cars full throttle inches from each other fighting for position is great. I love all them especially nascar and even two wheel racing like Supercross, MotoGP and Flat track
@aojracing4885
Жыл бұрын
Been into F1 for as long as I can remember, as well as MotoGP and rallying. Lately I've diversified a lot since I really got into Nascar in 2017, then Indycar etc. I still love F1 but the current fan atmosphere is really terrible and I don't engage as much in it beyond raceday. Every day I love sportscar racing more and more (WEC, IMSA, BTCC, V8 Supercars, SuperGT, you name it) and it's quickly becoming one of my favorite types of racing if not my favorite. Cars you can actually tell apart beyond the livery, generally good racing, much less annoying, tribalist fans compared to other motorsports... still, if it has wheels, it's cool.
@themotorsportstory
Жыл бұрын
Thanks for the comment! I've been getting into sports car racing myself more and more for those same reasons.
@Jorge.Painkiller
Жыл бұрын
I hear many F1 fans say that oval racing is easy AF, you have infinite space to avoid crashing, but far from the truth. Oval Racing is hard AF, and driving on an oval with an 800 Horsepower brick is gruelling. And let's not forget the plethora of amazing racetracks they drive in, NASCAR outside of the Americas is overhated and underrated.
@themotorsportstory
Жыл бұрын
Agreed!
@TransNFLGirl
Жыл бұрын
Agreed. and... HE! IS! THE PAINKILLER!!
@juanpilosino
Жыл бұрын
Argentina here. We have the oldest league in motorsports... its call TC or Turismo Carretera. Its first championship was held in 1937 and the cars and competition evolved into what we have now. They first used coupes, ford, chevrolet, dodge. Races were like dirt rally, from point A to point B and also few laps around HUGE rural/main roads closed for the event. On mid to late 60's they swap the old coupes for modern production cars like IKA Torino, Ford Falcon, Chevrolet Nova, Dodge Polara/Coronado. They still raced on public roads and tracks... until mid 90's with the same cars, but heavily modified. Now they only race in tracks, and cars are prototypes shaped as those 70's ones, with spoilers, sidepods and weird bonnets. Its still one of the most popular motorsports in South America. Drivers like Juan Manuel Fangio (5 times F1 champ), José Froilán González (First winner ever for Ferrari in F1), Carlos Reutemann (He lost the F1 championship by 1 point in early 80's) and José María Lopez (24h of Le Mans winner, WEC Champ and 3 times Champ of WTCR), to name a few, have raced in TC.
@JJKress
Жыл бұрын
Coming from Germany, I've become a huge Supercars fan and rewatched older races as they hit their channel. The Gen3 changes leveled the playing field quite a bit and the bigger teams are not as superior as they used to be. It's more about the driver and what they can achieve with the mechanical platform with their engineers. They hit the sweet spot performance wise as well. The cherry on the top is that most of the reporters and commentators are former drivers. Never knew how good that is for the viewing experience until I watched Supercars regularly. DTM should take note… Both MX-5 and even some Formula E races have tought me that you don't need over the top performance figures and top speeds to create exciting races, espacially MX-5 series is hilarious fun to watch. Spec series are in my opinion required if you want to know who the best driver is. When it comes to engineering prowes, I think GTP/LMDh/Hypercars do a better job than F1, since the multiple drivers setup already de-emphasizes the driver part and make it more about the car and the team as a whole. As you said, all forms have something to make them worth watching, so go have fun watching them all!
@thesourceofthenile
Жыл бұрын
I'd recommend watching the IMSA spec Porsche Cup and Miata series over all other current motorsports. Lots of great on-track action with contacting racing and respect among drivers on tracks that the FIA would never allow to be built nowadays.
@themotorsportstory
Жыл бұрын
Love the MX-5 series myself!
@FallingPicturesProductions
Жыл бұрын
Biggest issue for Indycar is how off and on it's schedule is. Before Mid-May you get several 2 to 3 week breaks between races, then between the first Indy Road Course race until September the series pounds out races, and then vanishes into the ether mid-September (because of a justified fear of being made irrelevant by US Football). Seems a bit...odd...to lump Multi-class/Endurance racing like WEC with the likes of touring car series. Maybe that's just a me thing, I really don't have much investment in anything that's not the Hypercar/Prototype and LMP2 classes in those series. As someone who got into Rallying really big between 2016 and 2018 before falling out of it, my biggest issue was just how impractical and hard it was to watch it like an actual event. You'll have things like the officials youtube channel or RedBullTV which can give decent summaries, but only special stages and maybe one more stage gets proper 'live' coverage, so it feels like watching only the fourth and final innings of a baseball game while some randos give you a quick summary of what's happened in all the other innings. It's just really not practical to 'watch'. But to study/read about? It's fantastic. Also shoutout to Formula E. While I do think most of it's popularity is artificial and terraformed, if you want a series that's not afraid of gimmicks and contact while being way shorter then a NASCAR race, it's a good way to go.
@garchompy_1561
Жыл бұрын
an interesting motorsport thats still around is Trials. This was essentially the origins of rally special stages, which combined with the long road rallies of the time with long routes and co-drivers/navigators to make modern rally series. Essentially trials is a sport where you either win or lose, there is no ranking, and you win by simply making it to your destination. Normal cars 2 wheel drive normal road tyres all on some of the most difficult offroad terrain imaginable without needing special suspension and massive wheels. Trials is still very popular in motorcycle racing, where the rules are "dont put your feet down" while the rider clambers over ridiculous boulders and hopping from fallen trees, but car trials are still held in britain as they have done for over 100 years. its very entertaining to see the likes of the suzuki X90 and mk3 toyota mr2 "racing" with modified cars from the 1920s that are still going, all with cars like the classic beetle and triumph TR7 running with them.
@themotorsportstory
Жыл бұрын
That's really interesting! I've seen plenty of motorcycle trials videos, but wasn't actually aware they had it for cars as well. I've got something new to look up, thank you!
@aumpauskar4653
Жыл бұрын
I'm really into Prototypes and F1 since they bring the most innovation to the table, however the racing is just insane in Supercars, FE(had 23 overtakes for the lead in the last event), MotoGP and even the Junior Formulas
@themotorsportstory
Жыл бұрын
Been meaning to get into Formula E more, but I think you've sold me to go watch it with 23 overtakes!
@stein_the_lynx3284
Жыл бұрын
favourite racing series is definitely IndyCar, got into it about a year or two ago when Stan sports became a thing and picked up IndyCar as i heard Scott McLaughlin was in the series. McLaughlin being one of my favourite drivers in the V8s i wanted to watch it so i watched a few races and got hooked
@edugj23
Жыл бұрын
Currently, my biggest draw-ins are resemblance to road cars, variety of brands, shapes and challenges (why not?), and, of course, competitiveness. I love technical development, but more in the sense of taking an everyday commuter and making it go fast. I usually watch for the cars first. This is how touring cars, hillclimbs, rallying, drifting and drag racing stick out to me, but I just get excited about motorsports in general.
@GTFan8899
Жыл бұрын
The elefant in the room here is definetly GT3 racing. Feels like every country that has more than two racetracks has its own GT3 championship...sometimes even severall. Then you can also look in the smaller niches of racing: Rally Raid, Truck Racing, Stadium Supertrucks....if there is something with an engine and wheels on it, somebody is likely racing it.
@themotorsportstory
Жыл бұрын
Agreed! Like I talked about in the video with road racing, it always amazes me how many different championships and series there are which can be both a good and bad thing. Some of those smaller niches are very underrated too! Thanks for watching!
@edugj23
Жыл бұрын
Yeah, the good thing from these global formulae (GT3, GT4, TCR) is that the same car can race pretty much anywhere, and even outdated machinery can stay active in local series
@imsid7851
Жыл бұрын
Yeah, Love GT3. Watched the Fanatec series Nurburging 3 hour race today, great race. The highlight was 24 hours of Spa though. Plus its free to watch on GTworld channel.
@AlanWiltsie
Жыл бұрын
NASCAR's stage racing is awesome btw. They give points out at the end of each stage which encourages drivers to run good throughout the race instead of just worrying about the finish.
@themotorsportstory
Жыл бұрын
That's how I feel about it. Keep the points, but maybe not the cautions.
@bw-leftturnracing7779
Жыл бұрын
It's a good idea in concept but it's kind of lame in execution
@evandrochaves9596
Жыл бұрын
I'm from Brazil, was born after Senna's death and grown up (trying to) cheer Rubens Barrichello, then the sport died here and I just started to follow it again in 2018 (before DTS btw) and got hooked ever since, but in 2021 I discovered Indycar and it was love at first sight, it has actually surpassed F1 for me now, great racing, the 2021 Indy 500 was the best experience watching a racing series I've ever had, obviously because a brazillian driver won it, but the racing was amazing either way
@themotorsportstory
Жыл бұрын
Agreed! IndyCar racing is severely underrated!
@ramcalvete5897
Жыл бұрын
I'm from México and i've been going to rally since 2011, best Motorsports ever, you get a lot of action if you get a nice spot, free to watch most of the times, great environments, you get to know the cars, drivers and teams so close that seems unreal. Also seeing a rally car in the street going to the stage is freaking awesome. Plus you get a full week of racing if you count the Mondays test, the recce and shakedown.
@joanbarreiro3841
Жыл бұрын
im from argentina and my favorite series is all endurance racing in general , i love see the teams evolve in the middle of the race , i watch a lot of argentinian motorsport like Turismo Carretera (from where canapino drived ) , tc2000 , turismo nacional , etc but i think my fav is the imsa , is like the wec but well made.
@themotorsportstory
Жыл бұрын
I really enjoy IMSA also!
@juanmaagonz
Жыл бұрын
aguante el tc locoooo
@joanbarreiro3841
Жыл бұрын
@@juanmaagonz eaea
@edugj23
Жыл бұрын
From a Brazilian neighbor, Turismo Nacional is amazing, and Canapino to IndyCar is one of the most exciting to follow moves I've seen so far.
@joanbarreiro3841
Жыл бұрын
@@edugj23 i watch a lot brazil stock car , is very cool and probably i gonne be if they race in buenos aires this year again. the only thing i dont understand from brasil is that weird nascar series , i dont get it but... if it works i think its ok.
@RollySheep780
Жыл бұрын
Americans and Aussies both have dirt oval racing, its all the insane car control, engineering and racing on tiny dirt ovals dotted around the US, its available basically everywhere here, its amazing
@Cutter0118
Жыл бұрын
From what I see in my social circles, there will always be people that will egg on others for the motorsports they like just for attention or to belittle others. My perspective as a life long NASCAR fan usually saw people who watch F1 and WRC do this a little more, but I am aware that this can apply to anybody from any fanbase - that point you mentioned about "being conditioned to a certain style of racing" outlines that well to add to that. That's at least where I think a big source of division comes from. Thanks to some neat individuals, I've been starting to follow IMSA and Indycar a little more now, and I'm greatly enjoying it! Though despite all the rule changes and landscape shifting, I feel NASCAR will always be apart of me in some way. This was a great watch! We honestly need more people like you who strive to try and bring others together. Greetings from Canada!
@awesomegumball14
Жыл бұрын
American here. I grew up starting with F1 and moving to other sports, never really got into NASCAR or Indycar, but more into rally and GT racing. Would be a dream to participate in either one someday.
@datcarboi919
Жыл бұрын
Hey man great video! I know I am 2 months late, but I wanted to say it anyways. I'm from Australia but my background is Nigeria, and I am a big fan of NASCAR I also recently started following F1 and WEC, and even started doing Go Karting for fun Honestly it is tiring when people keep on stereotyping NASCAR as just "racing in circles" when it has its own type of racing. At least you brought this up to 7.3K current viewers. Thank's for a good video man, definitely excited to see what else you got.
@themotorsportstory
Жыл бұрын
I appreciate that a lot, thank you! Go karting is great fun, glad you've been able to get into that!
@datcarboi919
Жыл бұрын
@@themotorsportstory thanks man. Great video.
@KingKrennic
Жыл бұрын
I’m a Brit who’s loved F1 for most of my life, and yet a couple years ago I discovered Indycar and can honestly say I enjoy that series so much more than F1 now. It’s such a fantastic spectacle and every race throws up something different
@Walker_41279
Жыл бұрын
I'm Peruvian, here in the continent we don't have that much of a space for racing since we're mostly focused on getting out of the "third world country" bracket and due to that, Motorsports kinda falls off, but recently it started to become something. In Perú we have the CCTC (Circuit Championship Touring Competition) and it's ok. Here at least a new wave of Formula 1 fans has emerged after Netlifx's DTS series. From around 500K Peruvian viewers in 2020 we jumped to +1.25M for the 2021 Season after all the LH44 vs MV33 Season battle for the ages. Indeed it's becoming more popular, but also it's still a long way to go before something big gets done here to boost viewership. Now me, I'm a huge Endurance Racing fan. IMSA, WEC, GTWC you name it, I watch it. The aspect of strategy across a long race which is not defined only by who has the best machine but rather the best squad, consistency and mind in the game is absolutely brutal personally speaking. I'm also into Indycar and F1, but F1 has been dying off for me a tad since they are going too far away from what made the series the most prestigious on the planet and going more for the show rather than focusing on improving the product. That's my take.
@themotorsportstory
Жыл бұрын
Interesting to read, thank you for sharing! It is quite impressive what the DTS series did for bringing in new fans. And yes, strategy is one of the best parts of endurance racing!
@RandoMandoya
Жыл бұрын
There's still so many to cover from dirt track ovals to trophy trucks and things like Dakar I think we need a 2nd part.
@theroguesailor2937
Жыл бұрын
Exactly! Stadium short course, to the Baja races!
@themotorsportstory
Жыл бұрын
There's a lot of comments like this! Maybe I'll try and put one together specifically focusing on off-road disciplines, although there's so many different kinds of dirt oval cars, that could even be its own video!
@razormc954
Жыл бұрын
As an American, we really are spoiled for choice when it comes to motorsports. Indycar, NASCAR Cup, WoO Sprint Cars and Late Models, IMSA.
@christopherbouchard4121
Жыл бұрын
I would argue that NASCAR has the most diverse schedule. Street courses, road courses, dirt oval, short track oval, intermediate oval, and superspeedways.
@christopherbouchard4121
Жыл бұрын
@@jordanfires9777 oh yeah 🤣🤣
@themotorsportstory
Жыл бұрын
Fair argument, I agree :) Chicago Street Course scare me a little in terms of how well it will race, but we can only hope it works out!
@Nedums
Жыл бұрын
i grew up as a nascar fan, but as i got older i got into other sports. and now my favorite has to be indycar, its like my sweet tooth of motor racing, once it happens its like a treat. its really hard to watch all formula one races since they are so early or late in the day for me so its a real struggle, but i really love open wheel racing. so punishing, and you gotta be smart in order to make your moves
@themotorsportstory
Жыл бұрын
Yes, some of the F1 races are on quite early in the morning for me as well! A struggle for sure.
@sam.r3577
Жыл бұрын
I honestly can’t even say there’s a bad Motorsport I love them all, from Imsa to f1; rally to Supercross it’s all fantastic
@bradsanders407
Жыл бұрын
Drag racing sucks. Yeah I get it, it's loud 10,000 horsepower blah blah blah. The novelty of that wears off pretty quick and your left watching the same 4 second race down a straight line over and over. It's terrible.
@cosmicdisaster02
Жыл бұрын
@bradsanders407 I'm not a drag racing fan, bit I'd imagine the appeal is way more about the engineering then the actual race
@molon___labe
Жыл бұрын
My favorite series is well WAS DTM I stumbled upon it in 2018 and was and still am a super fan of Rene Rast a fellow German. But now that they changed the rules its not as enjoyable to I mainly was f1/indy and endurance racing.
@themotorsportstory
Жыл бұрын
I should spend some time watching DTM!
@moralfo0109
Жыл бұрын
I'm from Hungary and a F1 fan since I was 5, so obviously that is my favorite series, however, I love motorsports in general. I always try to watch Formula 2 and 3, and it's easier because they start before F1 events. Furthermore, I try to watch IndyCar and sometimes Nascar, but they start very late for me and I usually stuck with the highlights. If I have time, I try to watch WRC and MotoGP too. If there are 24h races I usually follow them as well, like this and last year the Daytona, Le Mans, Nürburgring and Spa. Almost forgot, I watch WTCR (previously WTCC) since I dunno, 2010-2011, but sadly It looks like it will be rebranded as an entirely different series this year. In short, I love all kinds of racing.
@themotorsportstory
Жыл бұрын
Great! I have the opposite problem, haha F1 starts very early in the morning for me which can make it hard to watch live. I wasn't familiar with WTCR so you've given me a new series to watch. Thanks for the comment!
@bkbaughn
Жыл бұрын
When speed was around and they had recaps of WRC events, it really peaked my interest in the sport. I wish we had that still. I feel like the WRC are really missing out by not having similar recaps on their KZitem channel. I believe you could really grab attention by doing full recap of events.
@themotorsportstory
Жыл бұрын
I agree!
@hello_alpine1693
Жыл бұрын
Formula E is worth adding to the ranks, especially now that the popularity contest of Fanboost is gone. The new cars especially evoke the same small-car open wheel feeling that F1 did a long, long time ago, but there are some pretty big issues still plaguing the sport, like bad marshall standards and a tendency to keep old, boring street courses on the calender even as they transition to including proper racetracks as well (looking at you, Berlin airport track)
@themotorsportstory
Жыл бұрын
I hadn't realized they ditched the "fanboost" thing until I started reading some of these comments. Honestly, that was one of the things keeping me away from it.
@ajokay
Жыл бұрын
For the past over a decade now my favourite category of racing has to be anything with a GT3 category. Any manufacturer worth their salt has a GT3 model. The racing is pretty much always close, whether its a 40 minute sprint or a 24 hour endurance, and there are races of almost any length in between to suit any attention span. The class has been adopted globally, regionally and nationally so anyone anywhere can find a series and watch a race on a whole variety of circuits from every corner of the planet. But the best thing is that the teams and drivers that run a GT3 car are eligible for any of these races, so you see the same teams and drivers popping up all over the world to compete in these different races. Even when the class isnt the main event such as the GTD class in IMSA, its always where a lot of the action can be found. Even the ACO have finally given in and are using it in WEC and Le Mans from 2024. And its pretty much all free to watch on youtube. IMSA, SRO ('Blancpain'), British/Australian/French/German national GT, GT Open, Creventic 24H series to name but a few.
@themotorsportstory
Жыл бұрын
I love that it's all available here on KZitem. Really makes it accessible to new fans.
@reederwilliamson1532
Жыл бұрын
I love this content. United all motorsport communities!!! As an American, I’ll meet nascar fans and I’ll meet f1 fans but it’s so rare to find a motorsport fan as a whole like myself
@rsb363
Жыл бұрын
I love all, but my favourite does rotate year on year being from Uk nascar always intrigued me and I got hooked then after watching 2 full seasons just got fed up with all gimmicks. Now I’m full swing into Wec/Endurance racing I feel the level of drivers in pro entries are amazing.
@themotorsportstory
Жыл бұрын
Agreed on both points! As an American I grew up watching Nascar, but it has unfortunately gone downhill regulation wise. Unlike some people, I really like the current car, but the gimmicks like stage racing, inconsistencies with yellow flags and penalties, and so on get quite tiring.
@trymetal95
Жыл бұрын
Njordwegian here, i got into F1 because of the technical and driver aspects combined. Clever innovations in aerodynamics, chassis structure and engine technology makes it interesting to geek into, looking at pictures of new upgrade packages and then watching the effect on track. And then 20 drivers, all with their unique driving styles that really come alive in cars that are so on the limit as F1 cars. I know all drivers everywhere have their own quirks of driving but it feels like it's more visible in F1. Anyways that's my take
@airygoats
Жыл бұрын
I’m from the UK - I partially grew up watching F1 (because of my dad, who’s now lost interest), and I’ve recently started getting into IndyCar - I think both series have their pros and cons, but they’re both entertaining to me.
@TheSilence420i
Жыл бұрын
Never been too fond of Formula for the exact reasons you've mentioned, it's too damn engineered. The drivers have machines I'll never imagine being able to drive, and corner capability that puts me to sleep with how effective it is. NASCAR I couldn't care less about, I'm not from the US. Rally is king for me, just pure automotive PAIN. Cars break, drivers fail, the track is your greatest rival. Watched a rally back in my homeland, incredible stuff although it was just one or two cars passing every couple of minutes. I loved it. One guy ended up uninjured pulling his car out of a lake, another's Ford Focus had a good 2.6m drop of the side of the road, rolled about 6 times. EVERYBODY cheered. Best thing we had seen all day. Nobody was hurt thank God, maybe the drivers ego. Even had a modified LADA with original suspension, damn thing turned into a SWING on a corner. Had some GAZ trucks racing too, all modified V8s. 2 of them didn't survive the first race. Absolute insanity in Rally, I love it.
@themotorsportstory
Жыл бұрын
Sounds like a great event you went to! I'll make it out to watch a rally someday!
@RacersUnited
Жыл бұрын
Attending in person has got to be NHRA Drag Racing. There isn’t anything quite like 11,000 HP race cars. It’s definitely a snooze watching it on TV though, which is why IndyCar is my favorite to follow along with.
@youafruitcup
Жыл бұрын
The more I get into racing the more I think Indycar is so underrated
@AkiriSu1
5 күн бұрын
I'm from PH and a fan of WRC and Rally Cross, when I found it when i was like 10 yrs old, I fell in love with it instantly and became a fan, even considering becoming one but I have no balls to commit.
@anthonydpearson
Жыл бұрын
I think most of the “division” you speak about comes from F1 fans who think they hold a level of eliteness. Most other motorsport fans respect and enjoy a bunch of different types of racing
@JReaLBiz86
Жыл бұрын
Okay, second comment: I appreciate what you're doing here, and you've earned my subscription to the channel! I'm a racing/motorsports enthusiast, so any kind of speed-over-distance competition interests me. I've been watching F1 steadily for about 10 years now. It can get tiresome seeing the same 3 manufacturers at the top, and seeing one team dominate most of the season. But the beauty in F1 comes mid-pack. Those teams who are fighting to be in the points. I do love seeing the fights for the win (when they happen), but the best action isn't usually up front. I've watched NASCAR for nearly 30 years. I even own a number of NASCAR racing simulators, and got my first one at 8 years old. The appeal of NASCAR is definitely the close quarters racing and the variety in possible race winners. I doubt any other racing series can boast the number of race winners NASCAR can (partly because of the 36-race schedule), and it's neat because, especially now, nearly any car on the track has a shot at a victory. Indycar I've watched for almost as long as NASCAR. My introduction to open-wheel racing came from Indycar, and now that I've become a bit of a motorsports historian, it's cool learning how many drivers (and even teams) have gone back and forth from Indycar to F1. Plus there's no oval racing more exciting than these things sustaining 210 side by side. Heart-in-your-throat racing. I've gotten more into road racing recently, but I watch races from IMSA, WEC, Supercars, MX-5 Cup (probably my favorite), etc. WRC and other rally events I probably watch the least, but I have great appreciation for that form of motorsport. In all honesty, rally drivers are the best drivers on the planet, bar none. They're also the most insane. Because a wrong move isn't just contact with the barrier. It could mean flipping into a forest, through someone's house, or off the side of a mountain. I can't wait to see more of your content! As I mentioned in my last comment, I'm also a fan of drag racing, but there's also dirt track racing, short track racing, motorcycle sprint track racing, MotoGP and World Superbike, Motorcross, boat racing, drag boat racing... there's so much motorsport out there, I'm interested in seeing what topics you bring up!
@themotorsportstory
Жыл бұрын
Thanks for sharing all of that and the subscription! Love hearing about peoples' experiences and what lead to their enthusiasm for each kind of motorsport. And I'm with you on the simracing side, I always have the most fun driving NASCAR cars!
@CoLiC2
Жыл бұрын
Sweden. F1 and previously WRC. I grew up next to the Swedish Rally stage, so that's where I got my taste for motorsports. Later on I grew to love F1 due to the televised spectacle and the on-track action (and the end of Group B). Honestly, it's not that other motorsports are bad, it's just that there's something inherently visceral about watching drivers pass each other at 340kmh in cars worth more than most people earn in their entire lifetimes. Watching triple my yearly salary spread out over the track from just a front wing getting damaged isn't a negative for me, it adds flavor. Watching more money than I will make during my whole career go up in smoke when Charles LeClerc touches a gas pedal is just pure fun. I'm weird, but hey, I love the sport for all the other reasons as well.
@kyleerickson7489
Жыл бұрын
Grew up watching nascar, and Indy. my neighbor was a big f1 fan so i found that from him but i didn't follow every race until around 2015. my favorite series is probably IMSA. I've been to the races at Road America the last 2 years and its great. i love multi class racing, it produces a lot of overtaking which is what i enjoy.
@whiterex06
Жыл бұрын
Floridaman here. Live about just over an hour drive away from Daytona. I'm just a petrolhead. Whether it is road course racing or oval, I'll go watch it. People watching the different crowds that show up is cool too. I've been to a dozen or so nascar tracks, the rolex 24hr, and even made a stop in Perth Australia for a V8 supercar weekend. It's all good for me. Only problem,for me, is that formula 1 ticket prices are way to expensive. Miami grand prix tickets were almost 2k per seat.
@Exponaut_R-01
Жыл бұрын
What's sad about a lot of these series is they can be really hard to watch in North America. It's improving with the whole "Post the race on KZitem a week later" thing but before the last couple of years? Your main, options usually were: 1. Pay a bunch extra for a big package of TV channels, only to care about 2 of them. If you have TV at all. 2. Pay for an expensive subscription service to watch a season, only to find out the service is dreadful in some way, on top of the fact that you probably have to spend more on another big subscription, to watch a second series. 3. Highlights. A quick summary for those who missed half a race? Fine, I guess. But when you have hours of content you could've watched and got a 2 and a half minute recap, it gets painful after a while. Again, glad things are picking up, but for a long while it got pretty terrible... RIP Speed Channel.
@themotorsportstory
Жыл бұрын
RIP Speed for sure. I remember ESPN even having a lot more racing coverage than they do now. You brought up a big issue for sure. Can't get new fans into your sport if they can't even access it.
@MidsouthCupSeries
Жыл бұрын
It killed me how much COTA (my home track) was in this video for NASCAR I saw both Next Gen races here and they were great
@themotorsportstory
Жыл бұрын
Must have been awesome to see them run there! I have yet to make it out to a NASCAR road course race. Been to plenty of ovals, but no road courses yet :)
@jj22ftw
Жыл бұрын
i like all of these racing series, im from canada so we get more nascar type stuff here nascar and indycar are probably my favourites but i still like all also i like how indycar kinda takes a bit from both nascar and f1 at the same time
@satifi24
Жыл бұрын
Argentian Turismo Carretera also uses a elimination format, and its very exciting too
@MyNameIsNidos
Жыл бұрын
American here, and my favorite motorsport is by far rally. Wish there was more coverage of the ARA, and I wish that WRC was more accessible to everyone else. I've gotten a handful of my friends into it already, and I'm proud of myself. I plan on going to Poland one of these summers and seeing Rally Poland, it's not even an hour from my family's hometown and I missed it by a few weeks when I visited this past summer. Hopefully one day🤞
@owenoseroff
Жыл бұрын
Im from the US and this is my introduction to your channel, and it was a great video! you've just got a new sub I would also have to say my favorite racing series are INDYCAR and IMSA but I also like the engineering aspect of f1. also rally sometimes is something I will either watch highlights of or watch whole events depending on what else im doing. As well as WEC, I also watch the 24 hours of Le Mans every year no matter what.
@ondraspendlik9759
Жыл бұрын
I'm from the Czech Republic and my favorites are F1 and rallying. I also try to follow WEC a bit, and rallycross (though even less than WEC). As for the American based racing series (as well as most others), I never really felt the connection to them, since I didn't have any means of watching them in the past or even following them (before I had Internet, as these series simply aren't covered at all in my country). I watched F1 since the mid 2000s when I was a kid, it was always sort of a dream for me (I wanted to race in F1), it went away when the standard channels stopped covering it and I no longer had a way of watching it, so I fell out for a bunch of years, though at the start of the pandemic, I started following it again. Hopefuly one day, I get to go to at least one race. As for rallying, our country is a bit of a rallying nation, and not far from me, the traditional Barum Czech Rally Zlín is held every year, as part of the European Rally Championship (and formerly part of Intercontinental Rally Challenge), so my parents were taking me there every year for a part of my childhood, as well as to other local rallies. Same as with F1, I started having other interests, so we weren't going anymore for a bunch of years, but same as with F1, the pandemic made me find rallying again, and I absolutely fell in love. I started playing a bunch of racing games again and in 2021, got myself a wheel and started sim racing. The next year, I started collecting scale models of rally cars too! I went to Barum Rally in 2021 and 2022 and I'm going again this year! Apart from that, I recently went to an amateur rally and to another round of our national championship, and will be going to one more next month. And of course, the big one in October, finally, for the first time, WRC will visit my country and I obviously won't miss seeing those Rally1 cars and all my favorite drivers with my own eyes!
@mylexicon2
Жыл бұрын
I’m a fan of engineering, but I’m mostly interested in what engineering can do to make the vehicle better for the driver. Since the late 80s, a great deal of the allowable engineering has been to augment or improve the drivers inputs, which opened new areas of development since the limitations of the driver were no longer binding. The decision to allow a wide array of driver aids, and the inability of regulators to control these systems has led to a sharp decline in viewership and participation. Motorcycle racing is one of the last bastions of motorsport but it’s unclear how much longer it will hold on. The racing series that solves the driver aids problem without turning to NASCAR spec rules will have my respect.
@themotorsportstory
Жыл бұрын
I'd never really thought about it like that, but you have a good point in terms of the driver aids. I think that a small amount of them can be useful given just how fast some of todays cars are, but they can certainly be overdone. It's interesting how even in video games, less experienced players will often choose to drive faster, more advanced cars for exactly that reason; they're easier to drive.
@xtlm
Жыл бұрын
The closest things that are popular in the states that are kind of like Rally would be stuff like Pikes Peak hill climb or the Baja 1000.
@SteelR4t
Жыл бұрын
From the UK.. favourite series other than classic car racing is truck racing. 1000hp, 5.5 tonne 12 litre diesel powered monsters that can get to 100mph faster than a Porsche 911 going three wide into a hairpin never gets old. Watching them drifting round that same hairpin on their victory lap after the race, never gets old either.
@themotorsportstory
Жыл бұрын
I've watched a few videos of that truck racing, it's an absolute riot!
@SteelR4t
Жыл бұрын
@@themotorsportstory I live about 45 minutes away from Brands Hatch and up until relatively recently would go and watch the opening and closing rounds of the BTRC that are held there. Standing up by the outside of the Druids hairpin was the best spot. The videos are cool, but there's nothing like actually being there; although I guess thats pretty much the same for any motorsport!
@rmgaming1990
Жыл бұрын
Great video 👍 as an F1 fan since the early 2000's I always find other forms of racing to get my fix when there is no F1 on a particular weekend I've been following both Nascar and Indycar especially since Grosjean moved over to Indy but I must admit I find myself only watching the road or street courses because I just can't understand the whole oval circuits and watching cars turn left the entire time 😅 I can fully appreciate the skill and courage required to race on ovals though.
@1eyedwillie
Жыл бұрын
Grew up on Nascar, but as I learned to drive tracks myself I now fully appreciate Indy and IMSA much more.
@craigstephenson7676
Жыл бұрын
Local dirt racing is probably my favorite type. Sprint cars, dirt late models, dirt modified, midgets, super modified everything. It’s really accessible to both watch and participate in. Consistently great racing in your hometown (if you live in the US.) there’s truly innovative engineering, absolutely ludicrous hp to weight ratios. F1 level hp to weight ratios, with straight up goofy levels of down and sideforce. There’s some next level skill, cars are hard to control, dirt makes them harder to control, the track can change throughout the race as drivers create grooves, and to top it all off there can be plenty of lead changes. And some of these cars are so cheap that it’s not out of the picture for you and your buds to just start racing.
@themotorsportstory
Жыл бұрын
The local racing scene in the U.S. really is something else! There's no dirt ovals near where I am, but there's plenty of paved short tracks and even just watching guys bang doors in hobby stocks is so much fun to see.
@dovydasburneika5836
Жыл бұрын
Rallycross is a great middle man between rally and roadracing, the track is almost always mixed surface (asphalt/ gravel). The cars are even crazier than the ones in WRC. And the best part is that they use slicks in those conditions. In general the sport pushes drivers and cars to their limit or beyond.
@themotorsportstory
Жыл бұрын
Love rallycross! I've been to one event (they never came back to the track near me unfortunately), but it was a great time! Thanks for watching!
@JReaLBiz86
Жыл бұрын
I'm simply a motorsports enthusiast. So I watch a bit of everything you've mentioned in this video (except maybe BTCC, because I never think to look for it). However, one form of racing that I think you overlooked is professional drag racing. Although it only gets about 1/4 of the viewership as NASCAR does, NHRA Drag Racing has a long, storied history, and easily the quickest, fastest land vehicles on the planet. The races are much, much shorter (literally just 1000ft, or 1/4 mile, depending on the class), but the top professional classes feature vehicles that make over 11,000 HP EACH, and can reach nearly 340 mph in just 1000 feet of asphalt. Even the Pro Stock class features 2,000 HP cars that can take 1/4 mile in less than 6.5 seconds. Professional drag racing is the motorsport that started my love for fast, loud, and competitive. My earliest memory is of me being 3 years old at a drag strip. I know this video was meant to highlight the "major" racing series', but American drag racing pulls the same viewer numbers as IMSA, and there are drag racing associations in other countries like the UK and Australia too. So I'm not knocking you for not pointing out drag racing. I just thought I'd make mention of it.
@themotorsportstory
Жыл бұрын
I've just started watching NHRA myself, would love to see it in person!
@Chris-nl8iu
Жыл бұрын
As a German growing up in the 90s and early 2000s F1 was omnipresent and one name instantly comes up: Schumacher. I started to watch WRC and DTM and eventually found my way to Rallycross as well. In 2022 I also got into Indycar which right now might be the most interesting open wheel series. Formula E for the close racing on tracks that are so narrow you have no idea how they can go 3 wide. The most fun series to me is Australian Supercars. NASCARs points system is not my cup of tea so I don't watch the playoff format only the regular season. In the end the series I always return to still is F1 no matter how boring or close the season. The cars are special and seeing what the engineers designed is part of the sport. Oh and then there is the ultimate open wheel weekend. Nothing like watching F1 Monaco GP for the technical demanding track that has no straight and demands perfection and right after that Indy 500 where the high speed and long distance put the drivers in a different but equally difficult race.
@themotorsportstory
Жыл бұрын
Ultimate open wheel weekend for the win :) And yes, there will never be another motorsport that does engineering quite like F1!
@elkorno-renk-2300
Жыл бұрын
Personally I like every series, I grew up watching Nascar and F1 back in 2010-2013. I moved to Rally and RX as my focus during 2014-2015 and rn I mostly watch F1 and Indy with sum important races of other series as my must watch (Le Mans, Bathurst 1000 or Daytona 500 for example) and if i have free time I watch sum drift series or Super GT. I'm also entering MotoGP as a regular watcher for the first time in my short 19yo and I rlly like it and i even had the chance to be in the local pro kart scene of my country (Perú) for a few years. Motorsport ia so rich and there literally something for everyone. I think the top 2 japan racing series and the Australian racing series are very underrated cause they give a lot of show everytime. Also RX is too underrated casue that is wild af. I feel that for people that are fans of cars like purists and love super close racing with less politics into it like the 90s stuff yall should try series like that which live out of the media focus or also watch feder series for the biggest series too
@sqweeps.03
Жыл бұрын
I’m from the United States. I’ve been watching NASCAR since I was in diapers(according to my mom) I got into F1 and Indycar in 2010. F1 really caught my attention because it was nothing like I had ever seen before, from the sounds to the stage. And with Indycar, I loved the close battles and stuff. Occasionally I’ll watch endurance and rally. But my big 3 are nascar, Indy, and F1. I’m 19 btw
@Jdog2201
Жыл бұрын
As a NASCAR fan who grew up watching in the Gen 4 era, a lot of NASCAR fans hate stage racing and never really liked the playoff format. The points system from 2004 - 2013 was really good, the original points system was generic but the biggest issue happened in 2003 when Ryan Newman won 8 races yet lost the championship to Matt Kenseth who only won 1 race, but was more consistent, and fans at the time didn't like it. I do feel with the pre 2004 points system, wins weren't valued enough. Other than those two things, NASCAR is awesome, to get the full experience you definitely need to go to a race, to experience the power of these cars. Finally, I may be biased, but the Gen 4 NASCAR was the greatest imo, they looked fast, were fast, and sounded amazing, the combo of X-pipes and Boom Tubes is just amazing
@mini696
Жыл бұрын
My problem is they keep changing the streaming channel on all sports. I was just getting back into Indy and they changed to a streaming channel I dodn't have. So I don't watch it anymore. Another point is I am invested in some sports through having a great general knowledge of their drivers, teams, and history. I don't watch some (even when they have great racing) simply because I don't care about any of the teams or drivers.
@themotorsportstory
Жыл бұрын
Those are both really good points. Network agreements can really ruin the reach of some series. And to your other point, it's certainly easier to get invested in a racing series when you follow/care about the outcomes for a specific team or driver. Thanks for watching!
@Phonixrmf
Жыл бұрын
Indonesian here, I've fell in love with NASCAR ever since I played NASCAR Rumble as a kid. I used to wake up on ungodly hours to watch a race live for some of the races. But then the local channel stop broadcasting the races live. I then followed the 2009 F1 closely more than the other seasons before. There was something about Brawn GP that I really like, so much that I bought a shirt of the team. After that I don't really follow any motorsports closely, until I get the chance to watch them live (legally and illegally). Now I try to watch any kind of motorsports, whether it's live or with highlights videos, with NASCAR and F1 still on top of my list (though I don't really have any teams I support, maybe SHR and Haas). Also personally I don't really enjoy drag racing, drifting, and motorcycle racing (the latter which is quite popular here in Indonesia, especially MotoGP. I do like motorcycle Speedway racing, though). They are amazing for what they are, but I don't actively look them out.
@noahthesarcastictd
Жыл бұрын
Wow, indonesian nascar fan? I thought i was the only one..
@Phonixrmf
Жыл бұрын
@@noahthesarcastictd hahaha and there's at least another one. They were mentioned on Ryan Blaney and Kim Coon's podcast a while back
@themotorsportstory
Жыл бұрын
Thanks for sharing! That's really amazing that NASCAR's fan base extends that far away!
@ILentz
Жыл бұрын
An American who watched NASCAR in the 90s and early 2000s. Started watching F1 4-5 years ago and it got me interested in my current favorite racing series, NTT Indycar. But still love trophy truck racing. And miss the big rigs flying up the dirt on Pikes Peak.
@themotorsportstory
Жыл бұрын
Pike's Peak on dirt was something else!
@sonnydog830
Жыл бұрын
As an American who grew up first with NASCAR it'll always be my favorite in that I focus on it more often, but I absolutely adore Indy-Car and have a soft spot for the endurance IMSA races, though I often only catch bits and pieces or put it on in the background. F1 is something I've desperately tried and failed to get into time and time again, I don't think it's necessarily because its boring, I think it's simply because it's hard for me to find someone to root for. And rally isn't something I necessarily follow but something I'll see highlights of on social media and gush over the talent of the drivers for a few minutes then go on with my day.
@Ligier_JS-P217
Жыл бұрын
Imsa is easily my favorite series. The GT classes are almost always close together, and with multi class racing, there is always action on track
@gregrowe1168
Жыл бұрын
My favorite type of racing to watch is supercross. It’s amazing the skill those riders have flying over those jumps. No cage to protect you in a crash either. Local dirt track racing is great too. That’s the grassroots of NASCAR, most of them got their start racing locally on dirt. Go kart racing would be fun to watch too.
@PSC-ll2dn
Жыл бұрын
Aussie here of course love the supercars go to the Bathurst 1000 every year. Also like the WEC going to Le Mans this year cant wait But to me most exciting racing are sprintcars & speedcars Great video by the way
@mikejohnson5900
Жыл бұрын
Another type of racing we don't have in America that I discovered on KZitem is Hillclimb. I don't mean a huge dirt hill that motorcycles and cars attempt to climb (though that is cool too!), but climbing a paved road section of a hill to mountain that is closed to traffic. While we do have Pike's Peak, I'm referring to smaller hills and racing open to all sorts of cars, from home-garage built smaller cars to specialized prototypes which are powerful and fast, and motorcycles as well - open to amateurs and professionals.
@themotorsportstory
Жыл бұрын
Hillclimb is awesome! I live closer to the east coast where there's some mountain areas and there's actually an amateur hillclimbing club not too far from me. I really want to make it out and film some of their events!
@motorsportmoments
Жыл бұрын
I started watching NASCAR in 2010 (when I was 5, but I remember 5 seconds of a COT Richmond race in like 2008 or 2009 for some odd reason so I don’t know when I really started watching) and I loved it. My dad always rooted for Dale Sr but didn’t watch every week (and still doesn’t) but then I gave F1 a shot in 2014 and then INDYCAR in 2015. Ever since then I’ve been watching ever race series at least once when I find out about it. I normally try the big races first since it will be more likely to be talked about more. Since then, GT and Endurance racing has slowly over taken my American series. I’ve started to enjoy the 24 hour races and the likes of WEC, IMSA, and GT racing. MX-5 cup is still the best. I feel like I started out watching ovals but now I’m more of a road racer now. Dirt isn’t really my thing. Video games definitely help out a little bit with discovering new racing series and tracks. I think the main reason why Americans don’t really get involved with European racing because not a lot of it is televised in America. A lot of the GT races are on GT World (KZitem) and the 24 hours of Spa and Nbr are only available to Americans on KZitem, which no one will see an advertisement for on TV or KZitem either. Nobody really knows they exist unless someone tells you or you find out about it. I’m sure more people would get involved with road racing a little bit more if these other championships tried to advertise themselves to Americans. Just my opinion.
@mk_annan22
3 ай бұрын
Nice insight on every major racing series. As a Bangladeshi 🇧🇩, motorsport culture isn't big here. It has very niche fandom (we have Avik Anwar who races in UAE 🇦🇪 organized races), perceived to be a rich man's sport because of it's barrier to entry involving a vehicle. From 20 years ago, I have casually watched almost all the racing series you mentioned here except the Mazda series maybe. Been watching Formula E since around 2015, awaiting this series to become the pinnacle because FE is great to watch from an Engineering perspective.
@lagremitsake5049
Жыл бұрын
I’ve been a huge F1 fan my entire life (also other motorsports but primarily F1) and the elitism and gatekeeping of F1 fans is so annoying
@themotorsportstory
Жыл бұрын
That's what honestly made it hard for me to get into early on. People are people and I won't group all F1 fans into that category, but there's certainly some of them that can be off-putting towards new fans.
@DragonFury-gq5zo
Жыл бұрын
Honestly motocross and supercross are the most exciting motorsports at the moment. Bar to bar action and there are just more techniques to get a dirt bike to go faster than a car it’s more dependent on rider skill
@superninja252
Жыл бұрын
I am from Brazil and i like all types of Racing, all of those are fun in their own ways and i like how they have their own twist, making them unique in their own way
@foneco
Жыл бұрын
Loved the video cause it really matches what i think. Congrats from Portugal. Snd Yes; the Mx5 racing is insane. Hope you can also start thinking to do one about racing classics cars nowadays.
@themotorsportstory
Жыл бұрын
Thank you! Yes, some videos on the classics would be fun!
@illdeletethismusic
Жыл бұрын
been an F1 fan since childhood, i think it"s unfortunate we lost the small, light cars and strategic element of refueling, as well as the sometimes almost a whole race long fights for one position. still keep watching it. but, one series, or rather collection of series, that really impressed me was torc pro trucks, though i only got to see it when motortrend streamed it on youtube. this could have become a major series had it been streamed more than just one year. on one hand, stereotypical american with massive V8 powered pickups on dirt tracks and contact racing, on the other very clever racecraft with a focus on lines through the corners for getting ahead.
@pinarrioqwer2933
Жыл бұрын
This Chanel deserve more audience
@ethanhoffer7239
Жыл бұрын
I'll toss drag racing's hat into the ring for this one. I don't know much about foreign sanctioning bodies, but NHRA over here in the states is probably the most open motorsport I can thjnk of. I've walked up and talked to the drivers and team members on qualifying days. The only thing keeping you from touching the cars in the pits is a rope (and even that is probably negotiable if you ask nicely enough). Granted, it gets more serious during eliminations, but during down time, they'll still talk to you. Sure, a quarter mile and 2-4 cars, and a light doesn't sound exciting on paper. Frankly it sounds like golf on paper, but it truly isn't something to watch on TV; it is something you have to experience. The sights, the sounds, the feel of 4 nitro cars launching is nothing short of insanity (just bring some earplugs for your ears' sake).
@Illinois_racer
Ай бұрын
I love everything racing. I’m from Illinois in the states and here dirt oval racing is huge. World of Outlaws and Dirt car is king. Late models, sprint cars, modifieds, and midgets are extremely popular. Flat track motorcycle racing is also popular.
@Emploon_Yeesly
Жыл бұрын
There aren't any motors involved, but downhill barbie jeep racing is hard to beat
@themotorsportstory
Жыл бұрын
Can't believe I forgot the most intense type of racing of all time haha!
@petarspajic7648
Жыл бұрын
Croatian here. I love watching SuperGT. The tracks are fenomenal and the racing is allways tight due to two classes and BOP
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