I was reading an article the other day talking about television networks and their advertising revenues when I came across this interesting fact. The article was giving data about the two most popular outdoor sports in the USA.

No it is not what you are thinking. Not baseball or football. Stats about how many people attend events and how many are directly involved are part of how they measure this popularity. This is ONLY for sports that happen entirely outdoors.

The first one of the 2 most popular outdoor activities or sports is birding, or birdwatching. How is birding a sport? For the most part there are no teams playing against each other. It is individual one person against nature. Both birding and fishing I can understand because even though you do not have to be an athlete to do them, you can get very competitive.

I was amazed to learn how many people are birding these days and it is a low-cost hobby or sport to participate in. Oh, the expenses? Many birders invest in a quality pair of birding binoculars and a good birding guide to get the most out of their birdwatching trips. So if you are going to do serious fishing, you will spend about the same amount.

Honest, the second most popular sport is NASCAR Racing.No wonder NASCAR is listed as one of the top two outdoor sports activities. looking at the stats I can see how they got to that conclusion. What makes this such an incredibly popular sport is that there are hundreds of thousands of fans who go long distances to attend NASCAR events. Almost every weekend there is something related to NASCAR going on all around the country.

However, what makes this such an incredibly popular event is that there are hundreds of thousands of fans attending the NASCAR events, and there are a lot of them being held all around the country. It would take 5 or 6 sold out games at Fenway Park to equal the attendance of one popular NASCAR event. That is how they came up with birdwatching and NASCAR as the top two outdoor sports

It was a little reassuring that when I told other people about what I read in the paper, they were surprised to learn the two most popular outdoor sports in America are birdwatching and NASCAR racing.

NASCAR racing is a popular topic among Daniel’s friends. So stop by and check out some articles on Nascar and get the Nascar schedule and news at his website. What a laugh! Birdwatching and NASCAR in the same sentence!