Why NASCAR is about out of gas...
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I don't prefer one series over another to tell the truth, if it has a motor and goes fast - I love it. I do, however, prefer road racing to oval (or any other form) racing. The amount of precision and skill it takes to consistently be fast on a road course is extraordinary (I know, I have done it). With NASCAR the excitement lies with the fact that they are within inches of each other at 200 mph. F1 has gotten extremely boring over the last few years as well. Basically you have McLaren and Ferrari and then a bunch of "also rans" - YAWN!!!! I truly miss the days of Prost, Senna (my favorite driver ever) - yes I know they also drove McLarens and Ferraris. The difference back then you had Bennetton, Renault, and a few others in contention as well.
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Down here everyone talks about "who bumped who" or "did you see that wreck" last weekend. Not too much talk about the winner unless its Junior.
As far as diversity goes, NASCAR still has a way to go. The excitement of NASCAR is still strongly tied to the success and failure of its "Good ole boys".
Although I kind of follow some of its personalities, I don't really like NASCAR for a number of reasons that I won't get into here. I will say this - the "NA" in NASCAR stands for North American and its original charter only allowed for U.S. auto makers to compete in the series. so what does the name change to now that Toyota bought its way in?
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Down here everyone talks about "who bumped who" or "did you see that wreck" last weekend. Not too much talk about the winner unless its Junior.
As far as diversity goes, NASCAR still has a way to go. The excitement of NASCAR is still strongly tied to the success and failure of its "Good ole boys".
Although I kind of follow some of its personalities, I don't really like NASCAR for a number of reasons that I won't get into here. I will say this - the "NA" in NASCAR stands for North American and its original charter only allowed for U.S. auto makers to compete in the series. so what does the name change to now that Toyota bought its way in?
Down here everyone talks about "who bumped who" or "did you see that wreck" last weekend. Not too much talk about the winner unless its Junior.
As far as diversity goes, NASCAR still has a way to go. The excitement of NASCAR is still strongly tied to the success and failure of its "Good ole boys".
Although I kind of follow some of its personalities, I don't really like NASCAR for a number of reasons that I won't get into here. I will say this - the "NA" in NASCAR stands for North American and its original charter only allowed for U.S. auto makers to compete in the series. so what does the name change to now that Toyota bought its way in?
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Actually - I was wrong. The NA stands for National Association. If I can find a link referencing its charter I'll post it.
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It's all good, maybe they should change the name to ISCAR or something. I sure wouldn't mind seeing it develop into like a BTCC type series on ovals. Let them bring in the BMW's, Merc's, Caddy's, Chevy's, Fords etc and let them all compete together.BTW my faith in Junior is diminishing by the day, he just doesn't seem to have the fire and passion his dad had for the sport. Watching Sr race you knew you were watching how a REAL racer should race - like the man himself said:"The guy who wins isn't always the one with the fastest car, it's the one who refuses to lose". Junior doesn't have that fire in him. That's kind of the reason I lean more towards JPM every week, he races like Sr used to
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Barber Motor Sports Park has nothing to do with Road Atlanta. Barber is in Birmingham, Al, while Road Atlanta is about 50 miles outside Atlanta.
I have just about given up on watching races on TV. Formula One used to be a lot of fun. Now unless someone really screws up it's follow the leader and hope you can gain places with pit stop strategy. Talk about the commentators on NASCAR, all the guys on F1 seem to want to talk about is Hammilton. NASCAR, turn left, turn left oh wait, he's turning left again. If they can run Toyotas in NASCAR because they build in the states, when will we get a 5 or even a 3 series in NASCAR? WRC was great but it isn't shown here anymore.
I have just about given up on watching races on TV. Formula One used to be a lot of fun. Now unless someone really screws up it's follow the leader and hope you can gain places with pit stop strategy. Talk about the commentators on NASCAR, all the guys on F1 seem to want to talk about is Hammilton. NASCAR, turn left, turn left oh wait, he's turning left again. If they can run Toyotas in NASCAR because they build in the states, when will we get a 5 or even a 3 series in NASCAR? WRC was great but it isn't shown here anymore.
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