Some good news. NASCAR is dying

[deannalw]

I never understood the appeal of cars turning left really fast. But then again I like to watch baseball which is guys hitting a ball running and turning left really fast.

Hubby and I are rednecks and the years in cali didn't rub any of that off. We love anything having to do with competing vehicles. Even those dumbasses that race while towing a boat... it's just hilarious, I don't care who ya are. Mudathons, tractor pulls, asphalt or dirt track or drags... we love it all. One of our finest race adventures is going to see the big boys at sears point. (I know they changed the name) We were real close to the front and just them idling at the tree was fantastic! The smell of oil, beer, racing fuel burning your eyes and then they take off. The ground shakes, your heart stutters, the air is briskly sucked right out of there and you try and get parts of their tires out of your hair... doesn't sound like fun when you lay it out, but it is

 

[Wyatt earp]

I never understood the appeal of cars turning left really fast. But then again I like to watch baseball which is guys hitting a ball running and turning left really fast.

Hubby and I are rednecks and the years in cali didn't rub any of that off. We love anything having to do with competing vehicles. Even those dumbasses that race while towing a boat... it's just hilarious, I don't care who ya are. Mudathons, tractor pulls, asphalt or dirt track or drags... we love it all. One of our finest race adventures is going to see the big boys at sears point. (I know they changed the name) We were real close to the front and just them idling at the tree was fantastic! The smell of oil, beer, racing fuel burning your eyes and then they take off. The ground shakes, your heart stutters, the air is briskly sucked right out of there and you try and get parts of their three out of your hair... doesn't sound like fun when you lay it out, but it is

Yup I love the local tracks around here..



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[Chuz Life]

This thread is priceless....

No doubt the same litardz who are now claiming that watching a NASCAR race once a week is the reason we have so many deaths on the Highways. . . are the same ******* libtardz who deny that playing violent video games relentlessly for hours, days weeks or even years will have any affect on the players as a result at all.

 

[deannalw]

This thread is priceless....

No doubt the same litardz who are now claiming that watching a NASCAR race once a week is the reason we have so many deaths on the Highways. . . are the same ******* libtardz who deny that playing violent video games for hours, days weeks or even years will have any affect on the players as a result at all.

Excuse me. Only one person made that claim.

 

[Chuz Life]

This thread is priceless....

No doubt the same litardz who are now claiming that watching a NASCAR race once a week is the reason we have so many deaths on the Highways. . . are the same ******* libtardz who deny that playing violent video games for hours, days weeks or even years will have any affect on the players as a result at all.

Excuse me. Only one person made that claim.

Good.

Then no one else should think my comments were directed at them.

 

[deannalw]

Your comment pointed to you believing more thought that.
Don't even try to break out any meanypantzer tactics on me... I'm a woman on the edge!

 

[Chuz Life]

Your comment pointed to you believing more thought that.
Don't even try to break out any meanypantzer tactics on me... I'm a woman on the edge!

Do we agree or disagree that it is ridiculous to claim that watching a NASCAR race once a week can cause deaths on the highways but playing violent video games for days on end has no effect at all?

That is the only point I was trying to make.

I don't care if it was only one or a million dumbasses who made the claim. It's ridiculous, no matter who or how many it was.

 

[Bob Blaylock]

No, it's most likely Gremlins.

I doubt that. The Gremlin hasn't been made since 1978, and the company that made it doesn't even exist anymore, having long ago been bought out and assimilated by Chrysler. As far as I know, it was never a popular car for NASCAR-type racing.

 

[Tom Horn]

Half the season is now on cable.....who still has cable?

Here is how I'd put asses back in the seats at NASCAR tracks. Bring back the company body styles instead of the template they're all using. Kick out Toyota and bring back Dodge, maybe Pontiac too. The "NA" in NASCAR stands for North American.....Japan ain't that. I'd go back to headlights for night racing and chrome bumpers. And I'd have them run treaded tires so a little rain wouldn't delay or end a race. Then I'd plant an eight ball of cocaine in the #48 car to get Jimmy and Cheatin Chad busted and banned from the sport. I'd race twice a year at both Sears Point and Watkins Glen. No "playoffs" or this new horseshit of wining race segments....so candyass. So maybe you know who will be champ by August....so what?

And put the races back on network TV so everybody, including the rabbit ears crowd, can watch my new/old style of racing. And fights.....more fights.....I like me some ROAD RAGE on a Sunday.....oh, and more Saturday NIGHT racing...especially from Talladega and Indy. And close some of the cookie-cutter mile and a half tracks....those are like baseball stadiums with artificial turf....and give the Darlington Lady in Black her second race back. I guess that's about it...if I think of anything else I'll let you know.

 

[Manonthestreet]

IS there such a thing as unlimited racing where you can bring your own car and dont have all these rules to make it "fair"

 

[Marion Morrison]

Sports in general are having trouble attracting an audience.

People are too into themselves and their phones.

 

[Abishai100]

Diamond Deals!


I used to be a huge NASCAR fan and also a fan of the Tom Cruise film Days of Thunder, but now I'm humbled by various controversies in sports/media, which is why I intend to buy a nice classic Mitsubishi Galant for my wife and retire happily ruminating on the general value of televised entertainment.

How come the Germans never have cultural problems regarding the Autobahn (none that I hear anyway).

Hey, it can't all be Little Orphan Annie, right...?

By the way, who's Donald Trump's favorite NHL team?

HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY!!!

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CRUISE: Once upon a time, sports were perfect...
PETTY: Yeah, now you really need patience.
CRUISE: The media has demoralized fans...
PETTY: What you see is what you get.
CRUISE: Maybe it was the David Stern era of the NBA...
PETTY: Nah, it was all Kobe, LeBron, steroids in MLB, and MTV.
CRUISE: Well, it's not that clear, is it?
PETTY: Well, the proof is in the pudding.
CRUISE: What do you mean?
PETTY: Just cheer what you can...basically.
CRUISE: They should make more films like Blue Chips and Hoop Dreams.
PETTY: I like The Mighty Ducks...

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[DGS49]

Like every other sport, NASCAR is not for everyone. While I am a car nut, I don't consider the vehicles they race to be "cars." They are single-purpose demonstration vehicles with little or no relationship to anything I would ever buy, drive, or want to drive. the fact that they can go around these tracks at 200+ MPH is an amazing thing, but I just don't care.

I like to watching vintage gran prix races and autocross and other events with real cars that can be driven on the roads, driven by amateur drivers.

But NASCAR is harmless fun, and if it gives people enjoyment and stimulates the economy, go for it.