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SteelGlider · 05-05-2004, 05:41 PM

I think some of you missed an important point.....there's actually passing in Nascar. Somebody mentioned F1.....nice in theory, but when you have the guy on the pole going from flag to flag for the entire race, it's about as exciting as wet felt. Not to mention its usually the same guy for every freaking race, I mean come on.

Don't get me wrong, Nascar isn't without it's problems, that's for sure. My main beef is the races are too long, finishing them up in 2 hours or so seems appropriate to me, but their races are in the 3-4 hour range. Which is why I watch the first few laps, turn it off, and then click it on with about 60 or 50 laps to go. And I don't care what the circumstances are, no race should finish under yellow, ever, that's the complete opposite of the idea of a race.

To me, CART racing before the Indy split was pretty cool. You had road courses and a few ovals, most of the races were finished in about 2 hours or so......and more than one guy contended for the title. But, the split pretty much killed it, Cart is known as something else now and is practically bankrupt. And Indy only races on ovals and doesn't have enough races throughout a season IMO.

Rally racing is interesting, but the problem is that it doesn't translate to TV that well. The viewer doesn't get a real feel for the course because, for all intents and purposes, they can't see the whole thing....with all it's turns, bumps and changes and the fact that it's a point to point to race. Plus, it also doesn't help that they aren't ever televised live, which is mostly due to the locations of the races.

Touring car racing is pretty cool, with all the different makes of cars available to race making it interesting. Just don't get why some of them race different speed classes at the same time too.....never could understand that. And, there's the problem that just about nobody knows who the drivers are.

Oh, and auto racing is a sport. Those guys have to have the mental toughness to concentrate for every part of a course lap after lap at high speeds (hell, look at the amount of idiots that can't even concentrate long enough to go to the grocery store at 30 mph) and they have to be able to physically handle the heat, the forces of the car, and have the endurance to do it for a whole race. Plus, as we've seen in some unfortunate events, they are putting their lives on the line.

05-05-2004, 05:41 PM	#31 (permalink)
SteelGlider Upright	I think some of you missed an important point.....there's actually passing in Nascar. Somebody mentioned F1.....nice in theory, but when you have the guy on the pole going from flag to flag for the entire race, it's about as exciting as wet felt. Not to mention its usually the same guy for every freaking race, I mean come on. Don't get me wrong, Nascar isn't without it's problems, that's for sure. My main beef is the races are too long, finishing them up in 2 hours or so seems appropriate to me, but their races are in the 3-4 hour range. Which is why I watch the first few laps, turn it off, and then click it on with about 60 or 50 laps to go. And I don't care what the circumstances are, no race should finish under yellow, ever, that's the complete opposite of the idea of a race. To me, CART racing before the Indy split was pretty cool. You had road courses and a few ovals, most of the races were finished in about 2 hours or so......and more than one guy contended for the title. But, the split pretty much killed it, Cart is known as something else now and is practically bankrupt. And Indy only races on ovals and doesn't have enough races throughout a season IMO. Rally racing is interesting, but the problem is that it doesn't translate to TV that well. The viewer doesn't get a real feel for the course because, for all intents and purposes, they can't see the whole thing....with all it's turns, bumps and changes and the fact that it's a point to point to race. Plus, it also doesn't help that they aren't ever televised live, which is mostly due to the locations of the races. Touring car racing is pretty cool, with all the different makes of cars available to race making it interesting. Just don't get why some of them race different speed classes at the same time too.....never could understand that. And, there's the problem that just about nobody knows who the drivers are. Oh, and auto racing is a sport. Those guys have to have the mental toughness to concentrate for every part of a course lap after lap at high speeds (hell, look at the amount of idiots that can't even concentrate long enough to go to the grocery store at 30 mph) and they have to be able to physically handle the heat, the forces of the car, and have the endurance to do it for a whole race. Plus, as we've seen in some unfortunate events, they are putting their lives on the line. Last edited by SteelGlider; 05-05-2004 at 05:45 PM..