“There’s No Point of Tuning in!” Carson Hocevar Rants on Social Media Over NASCAR Poor Broadcasting Standard

Spire Motorsports’ Carson Hocevar has made a name for himself in NASCAR as one it’s most talented racers and one of it’s boldest, who doesn’t hesitate to speak his truth. During the NASCAR off-week, the Spire Motorsports driver talked about one key issue involving the sport, the drop in overall entertainment value of NASCAR broadcasting and he was unapologetically blunt about it.

In a rant shared on Facebook initially, the No:77 Chevy driver admitted that he is really furious with how the stock car racing product on TV right now isn’t matching the standard it used to keep in Its peak years. He had the realization after watching the 2000 Talladega race.  From all angle, the old races more visually appealing for the fans.

Sitting here watching the 2000 Talladega race. It’s insane; we as a sport produce the product we give to fans, and wonder why fans have lost interest. This race (2000 Talladega) is beautiful. The sights, the sounds, the cars, the production, the commentators. It’s clear as day why the sport is where it’s at and not where it once was. The entertainment value of this race is so much better and so visually more appealing.

Carson Hocevar ranted on Facebook.

The casual fans aren’t watching NASCAR to learn about the aero or engine packages, they are seeking entertainment and the sports has failed to realize that according to Carson Hocevar. He admitted that the sport is in ventilator as it has failed to offer something new for the casual fans and many sees no point in tuning in to watch a race.

Casual fans just wanna be entertained. They don’t care about aero, engine packages, downforce, drag, tire wear. They truly don’t care. They just wanna be visually entertained and feel like they’re not wasting their time watching something that’s not prestigious… We’re on the ventilator and asleep at the wheel of what the real problems are…There’s nothing new. Eventually they’ve seen it all, or it’s a shell of what it once was, and there’s no point of tuning in.

Carson Hocevar added.

Carson Hocevar also ranted on Instagram as well

The racer didn’t keep his rant just to Facebook, as he went on Instagram and shared his thoughts as well. This time he used the example of the Daytona 500 and highlighted how in the past people used to watch even the post0race interviews with full attention unlike now where it is nothing more than an afterthought.

Everything about this is better. The racing, the visuals, the commentary, the paint schemes, the sounds. 7.489 million watched the Daytona 500.  150k-ish went to the Daytona 500.  Yet the Victory Lane isn’t prominent and is just an afterthought…The majority of people watched an interview with nothing around it other than concrete on a track.  Not confetti and his team splashing him while fireworks go off, and looking like it’s of importance of what they just watched.

Carson Hocevar ranted on Instagram Stories.

The Chevy driver believes the sport desperately needs to change things from a broadcasting standpoint and there are needs to have some significant innovations. He highlighted that with the an entertaining race product, the fans won’t even care about where their favorite driver finishes and the causals will be hooked to racing.

Based off what I’ve watched, they always tried to one-up their last broadcast or the last year back in the day.  Or try and just make visual gains and innovation. Now the bar is to cut everything they can to move their bottom line and give just enough to make it okay and wonder why people lose or lost interest. At the end of the day, casuals don’t care about aero…They just wanna be entertained.  They don’t even care where their favorite driver runs.  They just wanna be entertained, whether they ran 1st or 34th.

Carson Hocevar added.

The comments from the young racer are on point and shows how much he cares about the sport. NASCAR needs to invest more into how the broadcast the sport to the masses, as they are falling behind in terms of attracting the young demographic. Hocevar can be one of the many drivers that could play a key role behind it.

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