NASCAR

[ERDoc]

Some guy making a lot of left turns. I don't watch NASCAR.

Hey, there are two races each year where they have to make right turns. They are also making those left turns at almost 200mph with only a few inches between them and every car around them.

[ERDoc]

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What's NASCAR????????

Being from Alaska I guess we can forgive you for not knowing what NASCAR is. North American Stock Car Auto Racing. It's the most popular stock car racing series in the world.

[Medic2588]

Where's the choice for "Who Cares?"

I never understood how racing could be a "sport" when all yo do is drive straight and turn left. But that's just me.

I do love the highlights on ESPN for the crashes though. Does that make me a bad person?

Devin

[emtbcmvfd]

If all the cars could run out of gas every week Jeremy Mayfield would be the man. Mayfield and Jr are my favorites but I gotta go with Stewart winning this year.

[ERDoc]

Where's the choice for "Who Cares?"

I never understood how racing could be a "sport" when all yo do is drive straight and turn left. But that's just me.

I do love the highlights on ESPN for the crashes though. Does that make me a bad person?

Devin

I used to feel the same way, until I started watching and realize what is actually involved. While I would not classify it as a "sport" it is just as physically intense, if not more, as most sports. Imagine driving your ambulance code 3 at almost 200mph for 500 miles. Imagine the amount of mental concentration it takes to avoid getting into one of those crashes (hey, eveyone loves to watch a good crash, anyone who tells you they don't is lying). Unlike those athletes in the traditional sports, the drivers don't get many breaks. They are running on adrenaline for hours on end. It's not like football or baseball (if you consider that a sport) where you have a few seconds of play followed by a longer lull in the action. There are no time outs, no half time show, no 7th inning stretch. Once it starts, with very few exceptions it goes till it's over. I'm not trying to convert anyone, but just respect the fact that there is more to it than just go fast, turn left and that is just as physically and more mentally demanding than traditional sports.

[Medic2588]

Hey, I'm not saying I wouldn't love to do it and get paid to drive that fast. But I'll never understand how people can watch a car go around and around for an afternoon. :roll:

Devin

[Skuter]

Ummm.... Nascar?!?!?!?!?

NHL training camps open this weekend!!!! :lol:/ =D> :lol:/ =D>

Go Habs Go

[Asysin2leads]

Yeah, its not really the same watching auto racing until you get tobacco juice dribbled down the back of your neck.

[Guest]

Yeah, its not really the same watching auto racing until you get tobacco juice dribbled down the back of your neck.

[Richard B the EMT]

Let's be honest, here. A lot of race fans don't go to see the fancy cars, root on the drivers, or to get that tobacco juice down the back of their necks.

They go to see someone crash spectacularly!

There are those who do go for the first bunch of reasons, too.