Online petition aimed at Speed TV

[Toecutter]

From another motorcycle forum......

Sign if you want....ignore it otherwise

Thx

"The below link is a legit petition in bringing back motorcycle racing venue's, as well as other non-nascar programming to the Speed Channel. The petition has over double since last night, and has been fowarded to me from two different riding groups I belong to. Please take just a couple minutes to peruse the petition, and sign. Thank you all. Feel free to cross link this to any other mailing list's in the USA that you feel would have interest."

https://www.petitiononline.com/SpdTV/petition.html

 

[NoCage]

Signed. Maybe I'll win the free NASCAR jacket they're giving away. :bleh:

 

[dcarver]

Done. Thanks Toecutter.

 

[650cent]

Signed

Thanks for getting the word out

Bill

 

[twowheelnut]

Saw that one, too. I signed up, but sorry, NASCAR is too big a draw for advertisers. 75,000,000 fans is a big chunk-o-folk to market to... the Davids ain't gonna slay Goliath anytime soon.

 

[sparky3008]

Would it be smarter to just put motorcycle racing on a different channel?

Competing with Nascar just seems to be an uphill battle.

If all those home improvement shows that get Lowes and Home Depot to sponsor them can stay on and shows like Trucks and Xtreme 4x4 surely MX can get their own station...???

 

[twowheelnut]

Would it be smarter to just put motorcycle racing on a different channel?Competing with Nascar just seems to be an uphill battle.

If all those home improvement shows that get Lowes and Home Depot to sponsor them can stay on and shows like Trucks and Xtreme 4x4 surely MX can get their own station...???

No where near enough of an audience to pay for it. Now, if you called it, The Motorcycle Racing and ****ie Channel, I'd think we'd have a wiener, er, winner!

 

[sparky3008]

Would it be smarter to just put motorcycle racing on a different channel?Competing with Nascar just seems to be an uphill battle.

If all those home improvement shows that get Lowes and Home Depot to sponsor them can stay on and shows like Trucks and Xtreme 4x4 surely MX can get their own station...???

No where near enough of an audience to pay for it. Now, if you called it, The Motorcycle Racing and ****ie Channel, I'd think we'd have a wiener, er, winner!

Well, you have to start including a bunch of how to repair shows that advertise aftermarket parts.

The sponsors are what pay for all those home improvement shows.

So many different motorcycle racing markets.

There is currently a ATV show on one of the channels. I don't like it much as it is geared more for Western courses and only big 4x4 atv's but the point is the same.

Shows that demo dirt bikes and street bikes like they do SUV's and such so people could get information video instead of having to read like you use to do for cars.

Many on this forum have bought most of the parts on their bikes simply because they started following forums like these and heard people like Warchild and others talking about all of their gadgets, foot pegs, seats, risers, audio etc that they probably would never have bought if they hadn't stumbled across fjrforum.com.

This is where marketing to all of these parts manufacturers to sponsor a channel would pay off for them.

You telling me Mens Channel or the Womans channel has more to offer?

Are we underestimating our sport?

 

[twowheelnut]

You telling me Mens Channel or the Womans channel has more to offer?Are we underestimating our sport?

Men's Channel? You mean ESPN? Then, Yes.

Women's Channel (WE)? Yup, lots of girly shows, movies and ****. Women need Maxi Pads, ya know...

Underestimating? I think not. Look how Two Wheel Tuesday has been pared down to about what, an hour for Greg's Garage? Why? No one gave a **** about MC racing. There simply is not an audience of suffiecent size to support the programming.

Oh and this petition has been up for a while now and there is less than 8,000 sigs as of today. I think that says it all...

 

[steve]

Signed, hope it gets the exec's attention.

 

[sparky3008]

You telling me Mens Channel or the Womans channel has more to offer?Are we underestimating our sport?

Men's Channel? You mean ESPN? Then, Yes.

Women's Channel (WE)? Yup, lots of girly shows, movies and ****. Women need Maxi Pads, ya know...

Underestimating? I think not. Look how Two Wheel Tuesday has been pared down to about what, an hour for Greg's Garage? Why? No one gave a **** about MC racing. There simply is not an audience of suffiecent size to support the programming.

Oh and this petition has been up for a while now and there is less than 8,000 sigs as of today. I think that says it all...

Ok, but I will say I didn't sign because I already know how the head people of that station feel. They have been saying it for years. They aren't going to budge.

Going somewhere else seems easier, maybe I don't know where but there has to be some market that see's its potential?

How come the Texas Hardtail's, Biker Buildoff shows, and the OCC's can do so well?

My wife even mentioned the other day when Carmichael won that she liked watching Motocross.

Someone just needs to figure out the exact market it's in and what else to add to it to make it profitable. In my neighborhood alone, Maryland very hard on dirt bikes, I know at least 5 families that have dirt bikes and only as many have street, Harley's mostly.

Oh, well I guess I will just have to keep going to the races in WV and see them live

 

[sparky3008]

Hey TWN,

It wasn't that long ago that NASCAR wasn't that popular.

It is like the Simon Cowal's of the world. The product is out there and exists and these people figure out a way to make them huge. Someone just needs to come along with the right idea...

 

[twowheelnut]

Hey TWN,It wasn't that long ago that NASCAR wasn't that popular.

Huh? Whatchotalkinbout, Willis?

From About.com about the 1979 Daytona 500.

The 1979 event was the first time that the race was broadcast live. On the last lap Donnie Allison and Cale Yarborough had a huge lead over third place when Cale dove low to pass. Donnie blocked, they banged fenders and wrecked in turn 3. Richard Petty took the win. After the race Allison and Yarborough got into a fight with Bobby Allison also stopping to join in, all on national television. This incident helped spark an interest in NASCAR that no amount of advertising could ever match.

Shortly thereafter, NASCAR became the largest spectator sport in the US. Internationally, I think only World Cup Soccer and F1 out rank it. Not too shabby for a bunch of good ole boys chawin' on wads of bacci and runnin' hooch...

 

[sparky3008]

I must be getting old

 

[gr8eyes]

Well they got 1300 more in the past 24 hours

 

[Bluebullet]

Its moving along: After living overseas for 3 years I'm a bit more addicted to MotoGP and F1 even if I do live in Indy and just was talkin to Darrel Waltrip at the airport last week.

11297 Total Signatures

 

[sparky3008]

I went ahead and signed the petition. Signature number is 9155.

Anyway I just chimmed back in to say last night around 10:00 on speed I watched Arenacross and loved it. The entire stadium was full, maybe not sold out but full.

All three races were awesome... Just wish it was earlier and more. Of course afterwards was the show Chop, Cut Rebuild :dribble:

 

[OrangevaleFJR]

11,607

 

[Windjammer]

One of the main reasons that MC racing does so poorly on TV is because the production quality of the broadcast is ****. Donnie and Cale and Bobby helped NASCAR, but what helped even more is the way the TV crews gave their audience a real inside view of the race. They got inside the cars, inside the pits, and showed people the technical and personal side of racing. In short, they found a way to make 4 left turns interesting!

Having seen what's happened to NASCAR as a result of mass market appeal, maybe I'll just quietly pray that TV and the mass market never figure out what a great show bike racing is. The *******s would just ruin it.

But then I've still got my tape of the Daytona race where Scott Russell fell at the beginning and came back from 2 laps down to win the race. That was kewl to watch.... B)