So this thread is for all the non-race fans.....Go watch a Race!

Until recently; I too was victim of the...'how can racing in a circle be entertaining' mentality. Boy was I wrong.

I started watching Nascar at the very very end of last season. I've probably watched 8 races so far but I was hooked after 2-3. This is fun stuff people.

This weekend I went to my first live race....Not Nascar but the local track.
Let me tell you; it's way cool....certainly worth the $10 I paid for 4 hours of entertainment. If you have a local track and haven't been, go check it out. If they have Figure-8 racing; go on one of those nights; it was a blast.

That's all.

 

Ready....set.....go......

Here comes the turrrnnn......phew made it....
Ok go straight.....

Here comes the turrrnnn......phew made it....
Ok go straight.....

Here comes the turrrnnn......phew made it....
Ok go straight.....

Here comes the turrrnnn......phew made it....
Ok go straight.....

Heeeeeyyyyyyy this looks familiar....there's that guy with the flag....didn't I just pass him...

Now repeat that 500 times over the next 4 hours, add sunburn, noise, sloppy drunks, and the occasionaly crash and you've got NASCAR.



I tried watching, I tried attending, and I just can't get into it....now stage a car, rip the front wheels off the ground and cover a 1/4 mile in 10 seconds....that's cool.

UC you're just weird...

 

I totally agree with you UC. NASCAR and circle track in general is very entertaining. I was a semi-fan for a while, never got really into it. Well my GF changed that last year when we met. She has attended every race at Texas Motor Speedway. I went to my first one last april, then the one in November and then recently the one earlier this month. They are a blast to watch and attend. I have been hooked ever since. She likes Tony Stewart, and I like Elliott Sadler (drives a FORD). I have also attended the dirt tracks here locally in DFW as I am from a small town, and that was what we had to entertain us. It is a working man's sport. I agree about urging people to go watch a local track race. Those are exciting. Good thread.

 

Good point. I think the description you give is boring. To each his own.

10 seconds in a straight line or 350 laps in a circle; take your pick.

 

awww crap....I expected a smart retort ....

but I agree to each his own...

 

I enjoy both types of racing. Actually all types. Watching people blow doors off at 300mph or watching a well executed pass off of turn 4 to win it by a nose. It is the thrill of competition.

 

The thing I don't understand about people who dislike racing is that they think it's all drive straight turn left. I guess there's so many variables to racing the average mind cannot comprehend, therefore they do not like it.

I could go on for 500 laps on this one. Now baseball, I'd rather listen to paint dry.

 

I could swear I just got insulted....my average mind can't be sure though...




I watched it and appreciate the engineering and skill it takes to race like they do. There have been a few finishes I've watched and enjoyed but to me the whole experience is so distant/removed. I cant get into it but mostly I was giving UC a hard time.

 

No pot shots here, just my opinion.

 

well dang....I was hoping for some excitement....

 

What's the deal vader? Does giving people a hard time make you feel tough or something? Get real. We're all friends here; no need to be mean to your fellow F150 owners.

 

See now that was a good one....

that's the UC i'm use to....

(I'm on the verge of developing a script in Active Directory if something doesn't come up to occupy ***read waste*** my time)

 

Hell, the caffeine has worn off, what shall I do?

 

I gotta agree with you on that one, Vader... If I want to watch things go in a circle I'll make my dog chase her tail...

 

It's not that fun when you know who the winner (fido) is before the race starts.