Comments on: Fans At The Banquet? Come On

By: Journo

Journo — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 21:44:21 +0000

Christina – I appreciate your comment and I’m well aware of how this thing is working. I’ll be honest I’m a little insulted you would insinuate that people with money have more class. That’s beside the point though. I understand the money that’s being raised with these tickets is going to good causes, but this is not an event for the fans. It’s a times for teams and sponsors to celebrate the season they had. We are on a slippery slope that ends with anyone being able to buy tickets to this event and that in my opinion is wrong.

By: christina

christina — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 20:12:08 +0000

Hello. I came across this blog by accident, but I felt the need to post, considering my family owns a condo at the TMS and are pretty close friends with several drivers and even sponsored a few drivers.

Here is how this works. You get the tickets at the auction. These fans pay up for these tickets. You will not see the traditional “redneck” at this event, unless they sold their double wide in order to go. The people attending this event have paid good money (hints: having money in the first place) therefore, these men and women attending have been to many of these events and know how to behave themselves.

The drivers and owners do not have a problem with this, or they wouldn’t hold auctions for fans to buy the tickets in the first place. I know a couple that are going and they go to these galas and banquets all of the time. There is nothing new here.

Just letting you people know. I wouldn’t really see why anyone would have a big deal over this, it was a charitable thing to begin with, a good dead.

By: Marc

Marc — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 22:23:12 +0000

Journo – “People can buy tickets to award shows and performers don’t get hassled and they don’t get booed when they win.”

Um, two words:

Kanye West.

That said, who cares regardless, the NASCAR Banquet isn’t any different than all the others, a made for TV spectacle.

By: Michael

Michael — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 06:51:59 +0000

Actually,I could not think of a more dull place to be than to a banquet,any banquet! Well…maybe a wedding!

I had a tough enough time sitting thru My Boy scout banquets. I could not imagine having to put on a tux and attending one of these functions!

By: nasgal

nasgal — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 21:41:40 +0000

I think very few “actual” fans will make it in to this event. I believe of the tickets, many will go to driver’s charities and those who run the team fan clubs.
I do think that for those lucky to get in they will be expected to act with class. I belive folks conform with the suroundings. If you are at a race you can yell cheer, when you are in a library you whisper. I also think opening up this event like other awards shows will be a good thing for the fan’s and the sport. I live in Miami and our Miami Dolphins put on an awards event with sit down dinner and such and the fans that attend spend good money to be there and behave. The dress code is spelled out and you are turned away at the door for anything less than buisness/ cocktail attire. This event is a sell out every year. They introduce the rookies, honor the veterans, and give out the MVP, community service awards, along with many others.

I guess only time will tell if this will work, but if I could go…
sign me up, I got my heels and dress ready to pack!!

By: Jim

Jim — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 19:54:27 +0000

Who has a banquet anyway?? Sounds like something my Grandma would attend back in the day. I don’t see the NBA, MLB, NHL or NFL holding a banquet. Why can’t we just crown the winner at Homestead and then maybe have a ticker tape parade in Charlotte or something. Banquets are boring and the people who attend are boring – just ask anybody who has attended or watched on TV.

By: Neon

Neon — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 17:28:08 +0000

Who is the MC? I may, or may not, watch based soley on that alone.

By: knobcreekfan

knobcreekfan — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 16:42:41 +0000

Zieke – I agree completely – BORING! I do nto even go to the banquet. I go to the parties before & after. A bunch of us would go a get a nice dinner in the city, relax and wait by the clock in the Waldorf for it to be over. Then head upstairs for more parties.

By: Zieke

Zieke — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 16:16:37 +0000

I would’nt waste my time going to somebody else’s award ceremony, unless it was a relation or etc.
Never even watch the NASCAR banquet on TV. The races are the only exciting thing about NASCAR, not the usual bs that accompanies it.

By: T.C.

T.C. — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 14:50:24 +0000

Kim & riterchick: We aren’t trying to come down on fans here, and for every bad fan there are probably 100 or 1,000 good ones, but this is a group that has been known to throw full beer cans onto the race track when somebody they don’t like wins a race. Do you really think booing during the banquet is unrealistic to expect? I certainly don’t. Fans boo at other award shows, and if you’ve ever watched an NFL Draft in Radio City Music Hall you have definitely seen booing…