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Currently there are five PRO nascar posts:

  • I invite everyone to turn on the NASCAR TV broadcast
  • NASCAR crew members help fix a car’s bumper after it was involved in a fender bender across from the garage area on Lake Shore Drive
  • Unpopular Opinion, but i think the NASCAR races will be awesome
  • OK Chicago,this Nascar thing is fun, Now do Formula 1
  • This checks out…(Randy Sax guerilla marketing link)

and three ANTI nascar:

  • Meanwhile, we’re doing 15mph on 90/94
  • Worker dies while setting up Chicago NASCAR race
  • Chicago’s Nascar Weekend Offers Headaches, Little Economic Gain

Two of the pro-nascar posts are obvious guerilla marketing (the “LSD pit crew repair” post and whatever that Randy Sax thing is). One of the Anti-articles is just news about an unfortunate event.

I think Nascar has hired social media PR/sock puppet groups to astroturf Chicago reddit. I wonder if it’s the same people Paul Vallas hired…

  • wheresbickiEnglish
    5·
    1 year ago

    It was also controversial because of

    • A: it replacing a very popular circuit in Wisconsin: Road America. There’s a Wisconsin/Chicago rivalry with Bears vs Packers.
    • B: average age of NASCAR fans are older and more republican compared to other racing leagues. Chicago is a no go for some people due to whatever stereotypes that been fed by the Trump Campaign
    • C: It’s one of the busiest summer weekends for Chicago. Closing one of the most popular spots for tourists and residents in a city that has 3-4 months of warm weather will tick people off.