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Originally Posted by PR_Tom
F1 has never caught on in the US and it's somewhat weird, but then again neither has world cup football/soccer.
I can tell you as a general race fan (nascar, indy, motocross, supercross), F1 can be very hard to find on tv here in the US. There are a few races on the SPEED channel, but it's on at odd times, not in HD, and it's generally a paid cable channel.
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I think NASCAR had the superior marketing strategy and TV coverage which brought them to the top in US motor sports. Open wheel racing has fallen far behind and it doesn't help that they are losing many of their top drivers like Juan Paplo Montoya, Sam Hornish Jr., Jacques Villeneuve, Patrick Carpentier and Dario Franchitti to NASCAR.
F1 gave the US a try but it's probably not worth the effort since NASCAR has such a strong hold on race fans and would fair better to concentrate on other parts of the world where F1 is as popular as NASCAR is here in the US