Daytona 500 - i just dont get it

Anon
Anon Posts: 11,175
edited February 2008 in All Encompassing Trip
i dont get how people get pleasure out of watching cars go in circles for hours. being from the east coast, we never really got into it and its more of a midwest thing. is anyone here nascar fans?
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  • NoCode_inMT
    NoCode_inMT Posts: 551
    Go fast!!! Turn left!!! And left, and left, and left, and so on...

    I like that the biggest race is at the begining of the season. Don't have to watch the rest of the year.
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  • tybird
    tybird Posts: 17,388
    Born and raised in the South....I also hate NASCAR...it's really about getting drunk and hoping for a big wreck. :rolleyes:
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  • Anon
    Anon Posts: 11,175
    tybird wrote:
    Born and raised in the South....I also hate NASCAR...it's really about getting drunk and hoping for a big wreck. :rolleyes:

    that might be entertainment, but i don't really agree that its a sport, like many people tend to think.
  • pjl44
    pjl44 Posts: 10,594
    It's on in my living room against my will. Ugh...
  • Ledbetterus
    Ledbetterus Posts: 592
    Racing enthusiasts will say different. They talk about how complex the point system is, how much the drivers exert themselves, and how it's the hardest, most dangerous "sport" out there.

    Me? I fucking hate it. My 16 year old cousin can drive a fucking car, and that's what worries me.

    Anyway, only one thing can fix this game, and the answer is to start half of the cars facing one way, and half the other, the last car standing at the end wins.
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  • Anon
    Anon Posts: 11,175
    Ledbetterus wrote:
    Racing enthusiasts will say different. They talk about how complex the point system is, how much the drivers exert themselves, and how it's the hardest, most dangerous "sport" out there.

    Me? I fucking hate it. My 16 year old cousin can drive a fucking car, and that's what worries me.

    Anyway, only one thing can fix this game, and the answer is to start half of the cars facing one way, and half the other, the last car standing at the end wins.

    haha now that would be something worth watching.
  • tybird
    tybird Posts: 17,388
    GlorifiedAnimal wrote:
    that might be entertainment, but i don't really agree that its a sport, like many people tend to think.
    I don't consider it a sport either.......just imagine having to live within 45 minutes of a super-speedway with two races a year......ugh....:(
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  • Anon
    Anon Posts: 11,175
    tybird wrote:
    I don't consider it a sport either.......just imagine having to live within 45 minutes of a super-speedway with two races a year......ugh....:(

    that must be fucking brutal.
  • LONGRD
    LONGRD Posts: 6,036
    I don't get it
    neither.
    I don't they're
    athletes either. I drive too.
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  • Vedd Hedd
    Vedd Hedd Posts: 4,633
    I prefer open wheel, i.e. Indy Cars. Better drivers. In NASCAR you can go 200 mph and hit someone and STILL not crash, whereas in INDY you go 225, and come within 1 inch of your life....you dont "rub" in Indy, as it means your car would go flying.

    NASCAR, where the guy in 30th place on the last lap can win.....terrible....

    But for those who have only seen it on TV, go to a LIVE race first, and see if you think any differently about racing. Its by far the worst TV sport, but a MUCH BETTER sport to watch live.

    But yeah, I hate NASCAR.
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  • Wobbie
    Wobbie Posts: 31,404
    ...and the announcers REALLY suck. "He hit that awl and near got hisself sideways" :p
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  • presenttents
    presenttents Posts: 172
    i was never a fan, until i attended a race...BRISTOL. it was a helluvah' time. but i also enjoy people watching and drinking beer, so i had plenty to keep my attention occupied.
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  • shell bell
    shell bell Posts: 337
    most "fun" you can have making left hand turns. Right now tho,I'm hateing the 500.One of the photogs that I work with (I work at a tv station) called in "sick " today.He's a big NASCAR fan,yea,he's sick......F'in bastard,it's sweeps and I'll be pulling another 12 hr. day again.
    when you get confused just listen to the music play........

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  • know1
    know1 Posts: 6,801
    GlorifiedAnimal wrote:
    i dont get how people get pleasure out of watching cars go in circles for hours. being from the east coast, we never really got into it and its more of a midwest thing. is anyone here nascar fans?

    Traditionally, it's much more of an east coast thing.

    I used to watch a lot of NASCAR, but it just seems different now. They've made it too much like a circus and all the good, traditional drivers are gone.
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  • Anon
    Anon Posts: 11,175
    know1 wrote:
    Traditionally, it's much more of an east coast thing.

    I used to watch a lot of NASCAR, but it just seems different now. They've made it too much like a circus and all the good, traditional drivers are gone.

    i should have been more specific and said that is not very popular in the tri-state area, rather than the whole east coast. i forgot about the southern states.
  • know1
    know1 Posts: 6,801
    What tri-state area? Is there only one?

    I'm not defending NASCAR, because I do not really watch it anymore, but there is a lot more action in the typical race than there is in a typical baseball or football game if you think about it. It's kind of inaccurate to describe it as a bunch of cars going in circles.

    I could describe football by saying it's 3 seconds of action followed by 25 seconds of telling the players what they're supposed to do for the next 3 seconds of action.
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  • LONGRD
    LONGRD Posts: 6,036
    The Southeast
    not the Northeast
    I allow if it interesting that the West coast enjoys more of individual outdoor sports than the East.
    true????
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  • Anon
    Anon Posts: 11,175
    know1 wrote:
    What tri-state area? Is there only one?

    I'm not defending NASCAR, because I do not really watch it anymore, but there is a lot more action in the typical race than there is in a typical baseball or football game if you think about it. It's kind of inaccurate to describe it as a bunch of cars going in circles.

    I could describe football by saying it's 3 seconds of action followed by 25 seconds of telling the players what they're supposed to do for the next 3 seconds of action.

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  • LONGRD
    LONGRD Posts: 6,036
    know1 wrote:
    What tri-state area? Is there only one?

    I'm not defending NASCAR, because I do not really watch it anymore, but there is a lot more action in the typical race than there is in a typical baseball or football game if you think about it. It's kind of inaccurate to describe it as a bunch of cars going in circles.

    I could describe football by saying it's 3 seconds of action followed by 25 seconds of telling the players what they're supposed to do for the next 3 seconds of action.
    Tri-state is known for NY/NJ/PA
    Northeast = "Tri-state + New England"
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  • stuckinline
    stuckinline Posts: 3,407
    what a WASTE of gas!

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