NASCAR insider goes off on fans ‘b****ing’ about Prime race broadcasts

A NASCAR insider had a message for the fans who have been complaining about races being on Prime Video. After the Nashville Cup Series race, Jeff Gluck of The Athletic went to X/Twitter to sound off on the fans who don’t like live racing being on a streaming service.

“The people in my mentions bitching about races on Prime are so exhausting,” Gluck wrote. “OH NO, possibly the best NASCAR TV coverage ever is on a streaming service with a free 30-day trial! But I wanted to watch more ads and have no post-race and pay for my Amazon shipping. You bastards!”

Prime Video coverage of NASCAR has received rave reviews from critics and fans. But there are some people who either don’t have Prime or don’t want to subscribe to the streaming service, leading to some complaints. It’s no different from what we have seen with the NFL streaming games on Prime, Netflix and Peacock.

The good news for the non-Prime lovers is that NASCAR will have just three more races before TNT takes over. In NASCAR’s new media deal that was signed in November of 2023, Prime Video will cover five races each year until the end of the 2031 season.

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“NASCAR is the most popular motorsport in the country, and we can’t wait to deliver Cup Series racing to Prime members in the U.S. for the first time,” Jay Marine, vice president and global head of sports at Prime Video, said in November 2023. “We are excited to find ways to get NASCAR fans closer to the racing than ever before, and we are proud to contribute to the growth of the sport in the years ahead.”

After Prime Video made its NASCAR coverage debut last month, Jeff Gluck praised the streaming service. “People across my feed have just been raving,” Gluck said on The Teardown podcast. “Even when NBC took over and everybody’s really excited about them coming in, I don’t know if I’ve ever seen my social media feed rave about a NASCAR broadcaster to that level. People were just thrilled with the product that they got from every facet, it seemed like.

“…It was such a high-quality product, and you could tell that they put a lot into it, and it was just really great. I also think it’s very important in a sense for NASCAR to see that the fans do like something and will all love something when it’s worth loving. There’s a narrative in NASCAR that the fans hate everything, they’re so cynical and they’ll complain about everything. There’s a lot of complaints, but when you see something like you saw with the Prime broadcast the other night, people just genuinely loved it.”