I find Nascar to be a completely pointless and loathsome "sport." I truly cannot wrap my mind around the fact that there are drivers who do this competitively, going around and around; constantly turning only left. What's more perplexing is the fact that so many people watch Nascar races or attend the events. Here in Mooresville, NC, there is an entire museum dedicated to Nascar; where fans can get their pictures taken with life-sized cardboard cut-outs and might even be lucky enough to win a boxcar replica of their favorite car. This is supossed to be the Nascar capital of the world and the truth is, I've lived here all my life and deemed it useless long before it became the Nascar capital.
I think that some people attend the races specifically to get so drunk that their minds won't have to do anything too complex; after-all, watching fast cars go around in circles isn't the most mentally challenging sport. Or there are people like some of my relatives who watch or listen to the games to hear the crashes and laugh at the idiots in the cars. It takes racing to a whole new level of stupidity and I often wonder if placing a "TURN RIGHT" sign on the track would ruin the whole game.
Nascar to me seems like one of the lazier ways for people to play a brand of Russian roulette. They put their lives in danger, and maybe that's where the thrill is, because they want to go in lefty circles around a paved track to see if they can pass other cars. We have the Nascar Technical Institute as well, training people to want to be as dumb as their so idolized race-car drivers. It would probably be more appealing if the drivers weren't so arrogant the majority of the time and if it was more off road than anything.
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Steven K. said: I completely agree. My dad got into Nascar about 6-7 years ago and he's a very lazy person. It didn't surprise me he picked Nascar as his "sport" (it's not a sport and Nascar drivers are NOT athletes) of choice, given Nascar requires almost zero brain activity to watch. All that "shop-talk" from the commentators sorta puts me to sleep. Don't get me wrong, I am in IT and love science and knowing how things work but listening to these guys drone on about how tight or loose a car is makes my brain fall asleep. Some of these racers are colossal douche bags also. And for the record, Danica Patrick isn't that hot. She's alright at best.
Round and round in a circle...*yawn* I'd rather watch golf and that`s another stupid "activity". (i refuse to call it a sport)
fuckthatshit said: personally I couldn't care less about all the simple people driving cars around tracks. if they want to waste their lives doing something so utterly pointless, that's their business. it's the legion of fans that worry me. it takes a certain type of person to follow that shit, and this is a prime example of why our society is failing.
JP said: Funny how only the people who haven't raced a car around a track at 185MPH think it's easy.
Enter your Reply replied to JP : So you dont think that driving around circles is boring
F1 fan said: This is why the best Nascar drivers are Knocked out of the race of Champions every year in the first round and make our country look bad. the winners are usually Rally drivers, Endurance drivers or F1 drivers. The Mobil 1 Hamilton Stewart commercial says it all
The author is comparing Nascar to other type of racing
F1 fan said: Indy car is much more entertaining than Nascrates especially when they race in circuits not Oval, American Le mans is also entertaining. I went to the GP of Bmore and it was the best day of my life. Also SISSY NASCRATES CAN'T RACE IN THE WET.
MajMajestik said: Formula 1 and WRC are light-years ahead of NASCAR in terms so technology, skill, class of people, and exciting entertainment... The problem with Americans is they are myopic and ethnocentric in their general thinking ... just look the terms up!
f150 replied to MajMajestik : That's the point NASCAR has rules to keep it basic so the skill of the drivers is sharper and racing is better. You may think NASCAR is just going around an oval but there is more than just oval tracks. Oh yeah don't sit up all night and look up big words to offend us. I'm not even out of high school and i know what those mean. So why don't you go and waste the rest of your life not on a website talking about fake problems. GO USA!
f150 said: If your to dim witted to "wrap your mind around the sport"(sentence 2) then you should not bother with writing an article on it. Also, NASCAR is not just around an oval track if you watched more than probably one race you would see it is around all different types of tracks.
CoolStoryBroDontTellItAgain said: NASCAR was started by a buncha drunk honks/crackers who didn't know how to smuggle alcohol quietly. And it didn't waste half the day to smuggle that shit. Therefore, by virtue of what I like to call "Common ***ing sense", it's the most retarded "sport" on this earth and the one that's deviated most from it's true origins.
Save brain cells, *** NASCAR. For those of you technical ***s who are gonna argue about "changing tires fast" and crap like that: Everything get's technical after 4 hours. Hell, when I take a shit for 4 hours, I think it's technical just to stand up in 14 seconds. EVERYTHING get's "technical" after any given amount of time doing it.
Again. ***. NASCAR.
since birth said: notice how there are a lot more people defending nascar than those who hate it? WOW Maybe that's a clue people. GET A LIFE!!!! Long Live NASCAR
The Author replied to since birth : Notice how I haven't really responded to anybody in a LONG time? Maybe that's a clue that I could care less about who's defending it or not. MAYBE you're all a bunch of redneck idiots who have nothing better to do than rant about an article that really has no impact on your pathetic lives. WOW, there's a clue for you.
thadd said: another idiotic statement , if our sport is so stupid and you are so above us . what is front end geometry , what does a track bar do , it takes 5 times the intellectual smarts than you will ever have just to turn left. if you hate our town of mooresville so much get the hell out you dam socialist. i do not want you in it any ways.