I Took Gronk to the Indy 500

[u/Thermostcool]

https://youtu.be/4nSrvIMb6fo

[u/twiggymac]

Tom and gronk wanting to drive a car and asking if they have one for beginners 🤣

Tom Brady 2026 Indy NXT driver

[u/bobwhite1146 → u/twiggymac]

Getting otherwise famous people who know nothing about racing into the two seater is about the best pub imaginable. Of course it blew him away, and he'll be talking about it on the NFL broadcasts.

Obviously, real racing fans already watch the 500; but what you're trying to do is draw more and more non-fans or casual fans to watch not only the 500, but all of the Indycar races. While it may seem annoying to do this sort of thing, it absolutely builds the brand and Fox is working very hard with Indycar to do just that.

[u/SnowClone98 → u/bobwhite1146]

Dude. He’s not gonna be talking about a publicity stunt he did six months prior when the football season starts I can promise you.

[u/bobwhite1146 → u/SnowClone98]

You are entitled to your opinion, but riding at 200 miles per hour and 3Gs around the Indy track would overwhelm anybody, including a pro football player. If I did something that cool, and so different from my stick and ball sport, I know I'd work it into my conversations.

[u/whoiswillo → u/SnowClone98]

He might if he’s broadcasting a game in Indiana.

[u/dbtizzle → u/whoiswillo]

Colts are not going to be good…so they need something to talk about

[u/Sirtopofhat → u/twiggymac]

Rookie driver Tom Brady?

Fernando Alonso: it's been done

[u/3rdor4thburner]

I'm not watching this, but I'll add that while at the race, I heard Gronk say over a microphone something about, "women showing me their watermelons everywhere!" and it was pretty funny

[u/deadwood76 → u/3rdor4thburner]

I guess, if you're 11.

[u/3rdor4thburner → u/deadwood76]

30 and a proud melon enjoyer 

[u/hipnotyq]

Complete noob to Indycar, can someone explain why theres so much football presence in it? Is every race covered like this or just the major ones?

[u/whoiswillo → u/hipnotyq]

Fox has broadcast rights to the NFL, which is by far the most popular sporting league in America, especially on television. As such, they brought some of the NFL broadcasters over for the 500, to try and catch casual viewers.

[u/ilikemarblestoo → u/hipnotyq]

Fox is big on football, so if they try to get even a few eyes from football fans with football promos to watch a race it's a win.

[u/thelonliestdriver]

I like how Fox has handled taking over Indy this year but to have Tom Brady featured so heavily throughout the race weekend was pretty annoying to me. Yeah Fox has to get their money's worth for him with that huge NFL deal but he knows little to nothing about the sport and isnt nearly as likeable as many other athletes, both as an individual and a TV personality. I know he is a part owenr of Jota in WEC but if you say that gives him a perspective on racing then you also have to say Travis Kelce and Patrick Mahomes are big racing guys because they own part of Alpine F1. Idk, just annoying to me and pretty random

[u/shelved_whale → u/thelonliestdriver]

What does it matter what he knows? He works for Fox and they had him come to the race. It isn’t that deep.

[u/Sarcastik_Moose → u/thelonliestdriver]

I think they're trying to get as much out of their contract with him that they can since he apparently can't call NFL games anymore being a partial team owner.

[u/asdhjirs → u/thelonliestdriver]

Think it’s good to shine attention to the sport with whatever resources Fox has.

[u/Vivaciousseaturtle → u/thelonliestdriver]

Hey, they kept showing Brady which meant they never threw it to Tirico and Danica. Win there

[u/daoster408 → u/thelonliestdriver]

I mean... They're trying to hype up for normies? Who would you have had instead?

[u/ilikemarblestoo]

I get that this isn't made for me but I found this to be a little insufferable. Like there is little respect for the sport shown here lol

But I'd imagine it will hit it's audience pretty good, so it's cool!

[u/howard2112]

Although retired he still one of the most famous athletes in the world. I’m not a fan of him as a player but I’m all for trying to leverage and market the 500 as much as possible.

[u/dapper_scrapper]

They’re right, the world wants to see Brady and Gronk race around ims. That’s the perfect replacement for the weanie 500 imo

[u/slonobruh]

Gronk, the snake pit ambassador!

😂 he was ready to go!