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**irrelaAnnekly** · 02-04-2010, 02:53 AM

"Supposedly" is the operative word there. Witness the popularity of Alex Zanardi and Juan Pablo Montoya when they ran in the CART series. I don't believe the public here is anywhere as parochial as has been suggested, and not just by you. The problems CART had were much more political in nature and I don't want to get into that here, it's not the proper forum. But I truly don't believe Americans have any problem embracing foreign drivers. Look how well Juan has done building a fan base in NASCAR. If ANY American series is going to exhibit that sort of thinking it would be NASCAR. But fans love him, and they have embraced Marcus Ambrose and "Mad" Max Papis as well.

Gary

That may be true but could anyone name one internationally popular sport besides Olympics which is popular/has ever been popular in the States? You guys obviously want to do your thing, have your anthems and sports catered for you. If it's different, not controlled by Americans and not catered for the American tastes, it won't be popular. It's the same in everything, television is a good example. How many people watch French movies or quality British TV-series over there? F1 will never be popular in the US unless it becomes a US series.

02-04-2010, 02:53 AM	#23
irrelaAnnekly Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 445 Senior Member	"Supposedly" is the operative word there. Witness the popularity of Alex Zanardi and Juan Pablo Montoya when they ran in the CART series. I don't believe the public here is anywhere as parochial as has been suggested, and not just by you. The problems CART had were much more political in nature and I don't want to get into that here, it's not the proper forum. But I truly don't believe Americans have any problem embracing foreign drivers. Look how well Juan has done building a fan base in NASCAR. If ANY American series is going to exhibit that sort of thinking it would be NASCAR. But fans love him, and they have embraced Marcus Ambrose and "Mad" Max Papis as well. Gary That may be true but could anyone name one internationally popular sport besides Olympics which is popular/has ever been popular in the States? You guys obviously want to do your thing, have your anthems and sports catered for you. If it's different, not controlled by Americans and not catered for the American tastes, it won't be popular. It's the same in everything, television is a good example. How many people watch French movies or quality British TV-series over there? F1 will never be popular in the US unless it becomes a US series.
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