Why do you like NASCAR

[gear junkie]

This is not a slam but I'm trying to understand this sport. What's the fascination? Just cars going around in a circle minus the occasional crash. I think NASCAR fans are only outdone by proffessional wrestling fans in terms of loyalty. What's the big deal?

[gear junkie]

If I'm asking this question, would it bother anyone to know when I was 20, I won Dale Earndhart's autographed windshield and tires. I didn't know anything about who he was so I sold them for I think 100 bucks. Just thought you might like to know.

[MrsSeatDown]

Ben, why don't you just call Robert:p:D:eek::eek:

[garager]

Why do you like NASCAR ????

I don't...... I'll watch the very ending, thats about all...... Other words, its just round and round and round, kinda like watching a tennis ball, back and forth, back and forth, back and forth.

[gear junkie]

Ben, why don't you just call Robert:p:D:eek::eek:
Because then I'd only get his opinion.

[MrsSeatDown]

You mean to tell me other opinions count:confused:

[drtyhands]

I think for me it's a few things.

Number one it's the speed.I've gone 140mph in a straight line on two wheels in the middle of the night with no one around,I can imagine the rush doing 190 in a corner with other racer's cars a few inches on all sides.

The many changing variables making a car a few thousands of a second faster per lap and how the car team communicates with each other to achieve this.

The changing of each tracks personality as the race matures,temperature of the asphalt due to the sun,and how the teams can adjust the car in 15 seconds to these changes.

Short gladiator tracks where cars play demolition derby,no brains just driver guts.Long high bank or low bank tracks where it's all in the strategy of the teams.

Ever been to a race and heard those things roar by............Me neither I don't want my girlfriend to see tears in my eyes.

[drtyhands]

Why do you like NASCAR ????

I don't...... I'll watch the very ending, thats about all...... Other words, its just round and round and round, kinda like watching a tennis ball, back and forth, back and forth, back and forth.
I also play at tennis want me to tell you why I like watching a ball go back and forth for three hours.:p




Guns?

[mrs. westcoast]

Why do i like nascar?:confused:

Because it is always about compromising...

If i let Robert watch it i get a massage in the evening:D:):p

It is the most involuntary massage someone can get:eek:

[mrs. westcoast]

I also play at tennis want me to tell you why I like watching a ball go back and forth for three hours.:p



Guns?

Tennis??


I like pete sampras,boris becker,and my favorite croatian goran ivanisevic:)

[drtyhands]

Tennis??


I like pete sampras,boris becker,and my favorite croatian goran ivanisevic:)

Your to young for Becker and his Funny foot roll when he serves:p

Sampras and Aggassi,those were the days.

Aggassi was a tough little quick shlit.

OK NASCAR:cool:

[mrs. westcoast]

Your to young for Becker and his Funny foot roll when he serves:p

Sampras and Aggassi,those were the days.

Aggassi was a tough little quick shlit.

OK NASCAR:cool:

I was 12 when i had the crush on sampras..used to watch it wiht my grandma:)

[oldslowchevy]

why does any one like anything?

i like nascar not as much as i once did it is now so politcly correct that is isn't much fun any more.

[Frankiarmz]

This is not a slam but I'm trying to understand this sport. What's the fascination? Just cars going around in a circle minus the occasional crash. I think NASCAR fans are only outdone by proffessional wrestling fans in terms of loyalty. What's the big deal?

Professional Wrestiling ( Sport of Kings), the only sport so pure and honest you can't bet on it! No sissy protective gear like football, just mano y mano in the squared circle. I respect the ability of NASCAR drivers and the folks who build the cars but I get nothing from watching. People are drawn to watching all sorts of things, when I was a kid I saw a guy who was 8' 9"'s. Now he was a Big deal. True story.

[Newman]

I can't stand nascar. I think car racing is so adolescent. I guess to each his own. :rolleyes:

[DUNBAR PLUMBING]

Uh-oh crash in turn 3!

It all follows the same simple concepts:


A guy hits a ball and everyone chases it, then tag these bags?

A group of people take a ball and cross a line, nearly killing themselves?

A group of people put a round ball in a round ring, how simple is that?

A group of people take a real small ball, hit it, then put it in a real small hole hundreds of feet away?

Groups of people run aimlessly in the streets with numbers on their shirt?

Two people fight to hit a ball over a net 5 foot high?

Two people fight till their health fails?

People roll a ball on a floor to hit pins 40 feet away, repeatedly?


Same simple concepts


Turning left for 500 miles crossing a line numerous times but only one time counts only if you're first in line....what a design!:eek:

[oldslowchevy]

Uh-oh crash in turn 3!

It all follows the same simple concepts:


A guy hits a ball and everyone chases it, then tag these bags?

A group of people take a ball and cross a line, nearly killing themselves?

A group of people put a round ball in a round ring, how simple is that?

A group of people take a real small ball, hit it, then put it in a real small hole hundreds of feet away?

Groups of people run aimlessly in the streets with numbers on their shirt?

Two people fight to hit a ball over a net 5 foot high?

Two people fight till their health fails?

People roll a ball on a floor to hit pins 40 feet away, repeatedly?


Same simple concepts


Turning left for 500 miles crossing a line numerous times but only one time counts only if you're first in line....what a design!:eek:



gee just take the fun out of it all:D:D:D

[drtyhands]

I can't stand nascar. I think car racing is so adolescent. I guess to each his own. :rolleyes:

Thank you.....

[plumberscrack]

I also play at tennis want me to tell you why I like watching a ball go back and forth for three hours.:p


I know why I watch tennis. Because of Maria Sharapova, Chrissie Evert, Anna Kournikova, Stephie Graff, Gabriela Sabatini.

I don't get the same warm fuzzy feeling watching NASCAR

[oldslowchevy]

go to the dover race next year and i bet you will change your mind pc. but tell your wife and her gun to stay home

[mrs. westcoast]

I know why I watch tennis. Because of Maria Sharapova, Chrissie Evert, Anna Kournikova, Stephie Graff, Gabriela Sabatini.

I don't get the same warm fuzzy feeling watching NASCAR

They are all ugly except anna kournikova..


She is hot.

[biscuit]

I watch Nascar events (and try to make it to 3 or 4 every year) just because I like, I grew up around it.

My uncle worked for Glen Wood (Know as Wood Brothers Racing now) in the 70's and early 80's and then went to work for Rick Hendrick (Boy has that man grown his business!). He retired in 1994. So I guess that is where I got my fascination for the engineering that goes into a race car. Heck, its the reason I chase mechanical engineering as my course of study for college. I loved being around the cars and the shop.

Its obvious that my career path did not work out in motorsports since I am here. (The only good offer I got at the time out of college was from Jack Roush Racing working in a R&D shop in Michigan. Not what I wanted, but sometimes do reget not taking that road.

Oh well,

Regards,

[plumberscrack]

They are all ugly except anna kournikova..


She is hot.

Ugly? I don't think so
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But I am intrigued that you found another woman hot:cool:

[mspaugh24]

I like Nascar cuz it's real. Real cars,real people,real live action.I used to make fun of it when i was younger,but in '96 i started watching,and have missed very few races on tv since.Sometimes the middle part is boring,but thats to be expected when an event goes on four + hours.

To each his own,and thank heavens for that!!:cool:

[res057]

If you want to know why I like Nascar, go to a local Saturday night race next spring. Get a pit pass if allowed. Go early and walk around. Ask a few questions. Most will be happy to talk if they're not too busy fixing a broken toy. Sit in the family section (if they have it) and observe the fact that it's a family oriented sport.
Then, go to a big time race and let 43 cars with 800+ horsepower rattle your fillings as they bo by at speed.
Then you will probably be able to tell us why YOU like Nascar.

[mspaugh24]

Craftsman truck series last night,another reason why i like Nascar. Anything can happen and sometimes does! Championship leader Mike Skinner had a left rear tire come off the truck.He never recovered and lost the championship.

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[mspaugh24]

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[DUNBAR PLUMBING]

92 days until it all comes back to daytona!

JJ took the championship, Kenseth took the win. I watched the last 3 laps and loved it.


This is where the true NASCAR fans have the most difficulty :crying:

Off season :eek:

[Gofor]

I quit watching NASCAR when it went from being who won the most won the big prize to a numbers game. When everyone on the track was putting it all out to win instead of playing it safer to get into the right numbers slot, it was true racing.

JMO

Go

[Wild Weasel]

I quit watching NASCAR when it went from being who won the most won the big prize to a numbers game. When everyone on the track was putting it all out to win instead of playing it safer to get into the right numbers slot, it was true racing.

JMO

Go

I dunno... I'm only a recent fan, but I don't really see them playing it safe rather than going for the win. Just look at Jimmie Johnson over the past few races!

I suppose he was playing it safe yesterday but he sure as hell wasn't a couple weeks ago racing for the win!

Ultimately, while Gordon probably played it safer over the whole season to get the points lead he had before the Chase, in the end it was the guy with the wins that took home the big prize, and those bonus points he had going in certainly helped him along with that!