Drag Racing Videos with NHRA flair

Hi Lloyd. That was probably my video you were referring to. I was definitely going for the "at track" experience with the sound effects. I have some other ideas I will be working in eventually. But commentary was not one of them. It takes me long enough already to do all the video production and my skills as a color commentator are lacking. Lol.  I would love to see someone give it a try.  As for copying the sound effects idea, don't be shy. I won't be offended.  In fact I was hoping the idea would catch on and help everyone improve their viewership. It works well with road courses.  I just figured it's about time to bring it to drag racing. 
Chris

Just as there are Elvis People and Beatles People, so too is there a divide between Drag and Road diecast racing fans. Both formats I have respect for, though my viewing definitely skews to Road courses. 

David @ Elevation Diecast is a terrific host, he brings so much energy on par with what I find in the road racing channels. That he has a bank of witty catch phrases to pepper into his announcing really helps, in addition to the fact that he's worked hard to polish his style. Mr Mom's Racing is another drag race I don't sleep on, and it would take the most ardent road course fan only a minute to see why. Tons of effort gets poured into that show, from wildly exciting camera angles to diorama to special effects, the cars actually do burnouts before the start. Rob @ Commotion Crew, I've followed since before his gorgeous Grindlewald race course and through the time when he downsized to a drag strip. He moved on to RC truck content. Actually, I've seen plenty of racing hosts switch gears entirely, I know a guy in Australia who makes travel videos now, seems to be enjoying himself with it, too

The common thread here is it takes work talent and resources to make a show folks want to tune in for regularly, posted on a platform that honestly doesn't know what to do with our genre in the first place. If any creator's first overarching goal is channel growth, well that can be achieved so much faster under so many other genres. Really, you could take up knitting, make a show of that, and get more traction; this holds true for any new racing host. Diecast racers have everything stacked against them in terms of measurable (and certainly monetary) success. When you look at the 188K subscribers to the Hot Wheels subreddit and the paltry ~800 in the dedicated Diecast Racing section of the site, there's some harsh back-of-the-envelope math right there, showing the huge gulf in interest between a larger hobby and a niche within that hobby

Announcing is one of the toughest aspects of showrunning, even for those hosts whose work you look up to. It will be far from easy to establish your own style, but I feel you'll find it way more personally satisfying than borrowing sound clips from actual races

I am developing Goat Hill. it is a simple process to film the races, and edit into a coherant video.

but, a process has no personality.  

That is where the creativity of the host must take off.   Making it entertaining.

I have been trying to improve my voice overs.  I never did that before and it's a learning curve, 

but well worth learning it, even if you never put in a VO.  I feel it gives me an other creative avenue,

some of my vids are just music, others me yacking.  The more I yack the more confident I get, and (the big one) comfortable to listening to myself.  (I didn't know I sounded like that...lol)

Either way, it's your choice, and as chris said, growing a channel to make $$$  vs fun, and the community that comes with it.

dr

There are multiple track hosts doing drag racing in similar formats or in different formats. Find one or two that you like and emulate them in your own unique way. Or put some tweaks on them to make something different. 

There is a lot of variety out there in diecast racing land. Many different types of tracks and channels to check out and see what resonates with you. Sound effects are fine when done right. One issue I find with my own videos and on other channels is: volume. Having effects/music so much louder than it needs to be is a distraction and seems like and easy fix, turn them down. Simple enough, but that does not always happen and it can be a reason for people to not really connect with the content. 

One way to grow the channel and the hobby is to bring in other racers/channels to do some "channel visits channel" racing. Where the stakes are low, but the racing is still fun to watch. I've hostd a few of those events and I saw my channel grow in a years time from 27 subscibers to over 300 in one year. For me, I felt like a rockstar. I was ready to quit my job cuz I was on my to the big time!  

Sharing your track with others in friendly racing and also having you send your cars to anothers track is an easy way to promote the channles. Also, maybe you could try entering a few tournaments here on Redline Derby so that others began to know your name and channel. Get some stickers made with your logo and include them when you enter a race and include them when people have raced at your track and you send the cars home. Every little bit helps folks remember that your channel exists.

You are always welcome to send a few cars to race on my track and  see how they do. I promise not to unleash my fastest track cars against you. Making someone new to racing look bad because they aren't sure what to send in, is pretty lame. Putting others down to try and make myself look better is never a goal of mine. 

Maybe after your van race we can get something going.

Be well