Like a movie with no musical score, NASCAR returns from a two-month novel coronavirus-forced hiatus on Sunday for a race without the fans who provide the background soundtrack for sporting events around the world.
FILE PHOTO: Sep 1, 2019; Darlington, SC, USA; NASCAR Cup Series driver Erik Jones celebrates after winning the Bojangles' Southern 500 at Darlington Raceway. Mandatory Credit: Joshua S. Kelly-USA TODAY Sports/File Photo
How a sporting world without spectators in the stands is greeted will be decided by TV ratings and viewership numbers, but after months of watching virtual sports and archive of historic clashes, everyone seems ready for some live action. “But I don’t want it to get to the place where people are just comfortable with no fans there and just say, “Oh that’s the new norm”.
“It will be depressing. Nobody in the stands! What!,” Gossage, told Reuters in a telephone interview. “This whole thing is counter-intuitive. When drivers receive the command to, “start your engines” it will be a small victory for NASCAR fans, who have been waging a battle against COVID-19 and boredom from self-isolation at home.
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