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BigBlueDownTheShore : 2/18/2018 2:04 pm
The one race I watch a year. Rooting for Truex. Peyton Manning is in the pace car.
NASCAR  
BocaGiants91 : 2/18/2018 2:25 pm : link
Still don’t understand why people like this “sport”, and never will, just seems like a bunch of left turns going fast. Alas I probably never will get it being a ignorant northern yankee.
RE: NASCAR  
mrvax : 2/18/2018 2:27 pm : link
In comment 13835692 BocaGiants91 said:
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Still don’t understand why people like this “sport”, and never will, just seems like a bunch of left turns going fast. Alas I probably never will get it being a ignorant northern yankee.


Me too. I love custom cars/hot rods, etc. Also like 1/4 mile races.
Watch Formula 1  
Trainmaster : 2/18/2018 2:31 pm : link
All road courses or street circuits. Left and right turns. Highest technology cars. Down side is not nearly as much passing as other types of racing.
Honestly I wouldn’t have gotten into it  
BigBlueDownTheShore : 2/18/2018 2:37 pm : link
If it wasn’t for a friend of mines Dad. There are things to root for as far during the race. Getting a caution when your car is a lap down or when they go 3 wide at 200 mph there is bound to be an accident. It’s fun. I watch it one time a year.
RE: Watch Formula 1  
mrvax : 2/18/2018 2:39 pm : link
In comment 13835697 Trainmaster said:
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All road courses or street circuits. Left and right turns. Highest technology cars. Down side is not nearly as much passing as other types of racing.


Formula 1 is pretty cool.
RE: Honestly I wouldn’t have gotten into it  
Blue21 : 2/18/2018 4:09 pm : link
In comment 13835699 BigBlueDownTheShore said:
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If it wasn’t for a friend of mines Dad. There are things to root for as far during the race. Getting a caution when your car is a lap down or when they go 3 wide at 200 mph there is bound to be an accident. It’s fun. I watch it one time a year.


Pretty much the same for me. I don't stay home for it if I have something to do but a boring Winter afternoon it fits the bill.
Pretty big crash  
BigBlueDownTheShore : 2/18/2018 4:23 pm : link
At the end of Phase 1
One change I'd make to  
mrvax : 2/18/2018 4:30 pm : link
NASCAR is I'd change the track to figure 8.
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I am Ninja : 2/18/2018 4:47 pm : link
i wont disagree w the arguments that theres plenty of strategy and even that its physically taxing, but when you can not do anything wrong and not even be anywhere near the guy who does, and you get wrecked out, i just have a hard time with that concept
I have been a Nascar fan for a while...  
EricJ : 2/18/2018 5:06 pm : link
and for those who say it is just a bunch of left turns, there is more to it than that. There is a huge technical aspect and strategy to it. 1/4 lb of air in one of your tires makes a huge difference for example.

When you watch the superfast restrictor plate races like Daytona and Talladega, you can see how much the manipulation of the draft can make a huge difference too.
RE: One change I'd make to  
DennyInDenville : 2/18/2018 5:59 pm : link
In comment 13835731 mrvax said:
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NASCAR is I'd change the track to figure 8.

That would be incredible.

The accidents would be insane.
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section125 : 2/18/2018 6:05 pm : link
In comment 13835769 DennyInDenville said:
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NASCAR is I'd change the track to figure 8.


That would be incredible.

The accidents would be insane.


jackass.....no lack of stupidity.
War of Attrition 500  
Mike in NY : 2/18/2018 6:22 pm : link
Damn and it was almost over with some small teams poised for great finishes
Not a huge fan of Nascar.  
halfback20 : 2/18/2018 7:04 pm : link
I am a huge fan of Dirt Track Racing though. Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series, and World of Outlaw Late Models are extremely fun to watch. Not to mention local dirt track races too.

I've never been to a Sprint Car dirt race, but I plan on going to one eventually.
I enjoyed it.  
Giant John : 2/18/2018 8:38 pm : link
NASCAR has a number of younger drivers. Great to see Dillion win with his Earnhardt family. Some amazing accidents and glad no one hurt.
RE: Not a huge fan of Nascar.  
section125 : 2/18/2018 8:49 pm : link
In comment 13835790 halfback20 said:
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I am a huge fan of Dirt Track Racing though. Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series, and World of Outlaw Late Models are extremely fun to watch. Not to mention local dirt track races too.

I've never been to a Sprint Car dirt race, but I plan on going to one eventually.


Sprint cars are outlandish. Heck of a lot faster than the mods.
People talk about..  
FatMan in Charlotte : 2/19/2018 8:20 am : link
football being at a crossroads. NASCAR has lost almost a third of viewership in the past 5 years.

They keep tweaking things, but they aren't bringing in new fans, and are instead losing them.
RE: People talk about..  
eli4life : 2/19/2018 8:38 am : link
In comment 13835903 FatMan in Charlotte said:
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football being at a crossroads. NASCAR has lost almost a third of viewership in the past 5 years.

They keep tweaking things, but they aren't bringing in new fans, and are instead losing them.


Guys like Stewart Gordon and jr retiring the past few years don’t help. There are a bunch of young drivers coming up with more talent than anyone has ever had but just don’t have the draw yet
RE: People talk about..  
EricJ : 2/19/2018 8:51 am : link
In comment 13835903 FatMan in Charlotte said:
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football being at a crossroads. NASCAR has lost almost a third of viewership in the past 5 years.

They keep tweaking things, but they aren't bringing in new fans, and are instead losing them.


It is like what Eli4life said... the popular drivers leaving has really hurt Nascar. I am a Jeff Gordon fan and after he retired, the only races I really watched were the ones where he came back and filled in for Dale Jr. If Dale Jr was still racing I would tune in to watch him. I put the race on yesterday and looked at the driver lineup and I had zero interest in any of them. Who is left? Kurt, Kyle and Martin... that's it.

I agree to a point on what you said about the rules being tweaked. The only thing that I believe added some interest was creating the "chase" playoffs at the end of the year. It kept the fans of at least 10 drivers still interested when in the past their driver could have been mathematically eliminated before October if ONE driver was way out in front in points. The stages for the races like what they had yesterday is just ridiculous.
RE: RE: People talk about..  
BigBlueDownTheShore : 2/19/2018 9:01 am : link
In comment 13835911 eli4life said:
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football being at a crossroads. NASCAR has lost almost a third of viewership in the past 5 years.

They keep tweaking things, but they aren't bringing in new fans, and are instead losing them.



Guys like Stewart Gordon and jr retiring the past few years don’t help. There are a bunch of young drivers coming up with more talent than anyone has ever had but just don’t have the draw yet


I had no idea who to root for yesterday. I used to like certain drivers, but everyone was so young yesterday. I ended up rooting for Treux since he’s a Jersey guy. It was excellent back when you Gordon, Stewart, Rusty Wallace, Junior all out there. I even used to root for Elliot Saddler because a friend of mine is cousins with him.
NASCAR lost me  
Jeever : 2/19/2018 9:58 am : link
When they went away from "If you race it on Sunday you can buy it on Monday." Now every car is the same. Are the Toyota Camry's front wheel drive? No.

I'm sure you can still find this kind of racing at some of the smaller tracks but NASCAR has lost what used to make it unique.

I prefer the World Rally Championship racing.
RE: NASCAR lost me  
BigBlueDownTheShore : 2/19/2018 11:13 am : link
In comment 13835969 Jeever said:
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When they went away from "If you race it on Sunday you can buy it on Monday." Now every car is the same. Are the Toyota Camry's front wheel drive? No.

I'm sure you can still find this kind of racing at some of the smaller tracks but NASCAR has lost what used to make it unique.

I prefer the World Rally Championship racing.


What do you mean by "If you race it on Sunday you can buy it on Monday."?
Win on Sunday, sell on Monday.  
oldhemi : 2/19/2018 2:25 pm : link
Here is the info:
Win on Sunday, sell on Monday.

It might not be the oldest adage in motorsports, but it’s certainly the granddaddy of motorsports marketing catchphrases.

Back in the 1950s, when "Win on Sunday, sell on Monday" became popular, the phrase was self-explanatory. If a Pontiac won at Darlington or Richmond or Martinsville on any given Sunday, sales of new Pontiacs would spike on the day after, especially at dealerships in close proximity to the race tracks.
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