What is it with NASCAR anyway? [modified]
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I just don't understand how the most plain and boring of all motorsports attracts such high numbers of fans and revenue in the states. I mean... what is dumber than getting excited for some guys driving their cars that look like boxes in circles for 2 or 3 hours(correct me if I'm wrong here)?? Have Americans even heard of the World Rally Championship? -- modified at 6:50 Monday 24th September, 2007 Let's make it a little more interesting. Please vote 1 if you love NASCAR and 5 if you hate it.
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I just don't understand how the most plain and boring of all motorsports attracts such high numbers of fans and revenue in the states. I mean... what is dumber than getting excited for some guys driving their cars that look like boxes in circles for 2 or 3 hours(correct me if I'm wrong here)?? Have Americans even heard of the World Rally Championship? -- modified at 6:50 Monday 24th September, 2007 Let's make it a little more interesting. Please vote 1 if you love NASCAR and 5 if you hate it.
Got me. Personally, I find watching freeway traffic far more exciting.
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I just don't understand how the most plain and boring of all motorsports attracts such high numbers of fans and revenue in the states. I mean... what is dumber than getting excited for some guys driving their cars that look like boxes in circles for 2 or 3 hours(correct me if I'm wrong here)?? Have Americans even heard of the World Rally Championship? -- modified at 6:50 Monday 24th September, 2007 Let's make it a little more interesting. Please vote 1 if you love NASCAR and 5 if you hate it.
I don't particularly enjoy NASCAR itself, but I find the F1 circuit and the WRC to be enjoyable.
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I don't particularly enjoy NASCAR itself, but I find the F1 circuit and the WRC to be enjoyable.
"Programming today is a race between software engineers striving to build bigger and better idiot-proof programs, and the Universe trying to produce bigger and better idiots. So far, the Universe is winning." - Rick Cook "There is no wealth like knowledge, no poverty like ignorance." Ali ibn Abi Talib
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I just don't understand how the most plain and boring of all motorsports attracts such high numbers of fans and revenue in the states. I mean... what is dumber than getting excited for some guys driving their cars that look like boxes in circles for 2 or 3 hours(correct me if I'm wrong here)?? Have Americans even heard of the World Rally Championship? -- modified at 6:50 Monday 24th September, 2007 Let's make it a little more interesting. Please vote 1 if you love NASCAR and 5 if you hate it.
You will never get a NASCAR fan to admit this, but it has got to be the possibility of horrific accidents that keeps them interested. I've heard that it's impressive in person, that TV just doesn't capture the power and speed of the cars, but it still baffles me. It is ridiculously boring... and this from someone who enjoys watching golf on TV.
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I just don't understand how the most plain and boring of all motorsports attracts such high numbers of fans and revenue in the states. I mean... what is dumber than getting excited for some guys driving their cars that look like boxes in circles for 2 or 3 hours(correct me if I'm wrong here)?? Have Americans even heard of the World Rally Championship? -- modified at 6:50 Monday 24th September, 2007 Let's make it a little more interesting. Please vote 1 if you love NASCAR and 5 if you hate it.
I don't tend to watch whole races, but highlight programs certainly cut out a lot of the suck and tend to concentrate on the exciting bits (such as rubbish drivers hitting the side wall at 200 mph +).
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I just don't understand how the most plain and boring of all motorsports attracts such high numbers of fans and revenue in the states. I mean... what is dumber than getting excited for some guys driving their cars that look like boxes in circles for 2 or 3 hours(correct me if I'm wrong here)?? Have Americans even heard of the World Rally Championship? -- modified at 6:50 Monday 24th September, 2007 Let's make it a little more interesting. Please vote 1 if you love NASCAR and 5 if you hate it.
blackjack2150 wrote:
I just don't understand how the most plain and boring of all motorsports attracts such high numbers of fans and revenue in the states.
Beer.
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I just don't understand how the most plain and boring of all motorsports attracts such high numbers of fans and revenue in the states. I mean... what is dumber than getting excited for some guys driving their cars that look like boxes in circles for 2 or 3 hours(correct me if I'm wrong here)?? Have Americans even heard of the World Rally Championship? -- modified at 6:50 Monday 24th September, 2007 Let's make it a little more interesting. Please vote 1 if you love NASCAR and 5 if you hate it.
In the south people count "1.. 2.. DALE... 4.." Kind of an American joke, but NASCAR is pretty damn boring. Auto racing in general is pretty damn boring. Watching NASCAR or F1 ranks right up with watching golf, I'd rather be bludgeoned with a jackhammer than watch either of the three...
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In the south people count "1.. 2.. DALE... 4.." Kind of an American joke, but NASCAR is pretty damn boring. Auto racing in general is pretty damn boring. Watching NASCAR or F1 ranks right up with watching golf, I'd rather be bludgeoned with a jackhammer than watch either of the three...
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VonHagNDaz wrote:
Watching NASCAR or F1 ranks right up with watching golf
I know a guy whose two favorite things to watch on TV are NASCAR and golf. :~
If liberals are not traitors, their only fallback argument at this point is that they're really stupid. -Ann Coulter
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In the south people count "1.. 2.. DALE... 4.." Kind of an American joke, but NASCAR is pretty damn boring. Auto racing in general is pretty damn boring. Watching NASCAR or F1 ranks right up with watching golf, I'd rather be bludgeoned with a jackhammer than watch either of the three...
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I just don't understand how the most plain and boring of all motorsports attracts such high numbers of fans and revenue in the states. I mean... what is dumber than getting excited for some guys driving their cars that look like boxes in circles for 2 or 3 hours(correct me if I'm wrong here)?? Have Americans even heard of the World Rally Championship? -- modified at 6:50 Monday 24th September, 2007 Let's make it a little more interesting. Please vote 1 if you love NASCAR and 5 if you hate it.
The best way to watch NASCAR is through the highlight films. Personally I love to attend drag racing. The races only last for seconds but what gets me is the power, sound, and feel of when a top fuel dragster takes off. I honestly can not put into words the experience.
God Bless, Jason
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I just don't understand how the most plain and boring of all motorsports attracts such high numbers of fans and revenue in the states. I mean... what is dumber than getting excited for some guys driving their cars that look like boxes in circles for 2 or 3 hours(correct me if I'm wrong here)?? Have Americans even heard of the World Rally Championship? -- modified at 6:50 Monday 24th September, 2007 Let's make it a little more interesting. Please vote 1 if you love NASCAR and 5 if you hate it.
Its cause Americans are fat and lazy (Yes, I'm American). If you look at a NASCAR track, you'll notice that you can see the whole thing from a good seat. There is no need to move around to see the whole thing. When you deal with a sport like F1 or WRC, you can only see part of the action at one time. That's my guess anyway. I don't watch it. You could make NASCAR better by taking away the restrictions on the motors, so they can go faster and wreck harder. Hogan
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Its cause Americans are fat and lazy (Yes, I'm American). If you look at a NASCAR track, you'll notice that you can see the whole thing from a good seat. There is no need to move around to see the whole thing. When you deal with a sport like F1 or WRC, you can only see part of the action at one time. That's my guess anyway. I don't watch it. You could make NASCAR better by taking away the restrictions on the motors, so they can go faster and wreck harder. Hogan
snorkie wrote:
When you deal with a sport like F1 or WRC, you can only see part of the action at one time.
WRC coverage is worlds better than live NASCAR coverage. Helicopter follow shots, modern, trendy music, clean modern graphics. The drivers are often college educated, speak several languages and are real athletes. The cars are far more technically interesting. The scenery is astounding. The fans are insane. Lots of drama, as cars mechanically fail or roll over on the course. Who wants to watch cars do donuts in a parking lot when you can watch them fly through watersplashes in Argentina?
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BTW the BBQ was great!!!
God Bless, Jason
I am not perfect but I try to be better than those before me. So those who come after me will be better than I am.:mad:
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I just don't understand how the most plain and boring of all motorsports attracts such high numbers of fans and revenue in the states. I mean... what is dumber than getting excited for some guys driving their cars that look like boxes in circles for 2 or 3 hours(correct me if I'm wrong here)?? Have Americans even heard of the World Rally Championship? -- modified at 6:50 Monday 24th September, 2007 Let's make it a little more interesting. Please vote 1 if you love NASCAR and 5 if you hate it.
Well, you gotta understand the history of the sport. It started with Moonshine runners out of work after prohibition was repealed. The drivers had to do something so they started racing. I doubt many of today's fans understand why they like it, but I imagine it just evolved from that internal support to the trend we have today. And for the most part it was a sport of the south. It only recently ventured out (last 10 years or so).
This statement was never false.
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snorkie wrote:
When you deal with a sport like F1 or WRC, you can only see part of the action at one time.
WRC coverage is worlds better than live NASCAR coverage. Helicopter follow shots, modern, trendy music, clean modern graphics. The drivers are often college educated, speak several languages and are real athletes. The cars are far more technically interesting. The scenery is astounding. The fans are insane. Lots of drama, as cars mechanically fail or roll over on the course. Who wants to watch cars do donuts in a parking lot when you can watch them fly through watersplashes in Argentina?
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I just don't understand how the most plain and boring of all motorsports attracts such high numbers of fans and revenue in the states. I mean... what is dumber than getting excited for some guys driving their cars that look like boxes in circles for 2 or 3 hours(correct me if I'm wrong here)?? Have Americans even heard of the World Rally Championship? -- modified at 6:50 Monday 24th September, 2007 Let's make it a little more interesting. Please vote 1 if you love NASCAR and 5 if you hate it.