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Originally Posted by Jetée
I've been jingling this around in my head for a while, though I was wondering all this time, if you partake in motorsports, do you also enjoy watching it televised, (selectively) and if so, to what genre do you more gravitate towards, if any?
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yes sir, Mr. Jet. I highly enjoy watching sports car racing on TV. For example the Grand-Am Rolex series; I prefer watching the sports car classes over the prototype classes even though TV converage seems to spend most of their time on the prototypes...as if "fastest" was likely to be most popular. Most car guys I know prefer the "lower" sports car classes since we can more easily relate what we're watching to cars we drive.
This is probably why I also find Formula 1 racing to be just "OK" for me. While it is technologically the most advanced, with a very high level of driver talent, the stupid high budgets and money involved detract from it as far as I'm concerned.
I also wish SCCA sports car racing was more widely covered. The "World Challenge" gets some coverage but NASCAR coverage is still dominant and nudges out the available time for other competition...I have almost no interest in NASCAR though I even watch that occasionally.
Of course when there are world class events, such as LeMans or Sebring or Daytona, I try to watch as much of that as possible.
I also love vintage car racing but not much of that makes TV.