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go to the thread in other sports and ask

NASCAR get me through the off season. I attend 5 races during the summer montrhs.

Bajan, I think ill keep it right here but thanks for playin buddy.....

I like it but not more than College Football

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there is always more than one game being played and it can consume a whole day where as nascar is a multi hour event and its the same people all the time, fun to watch cause a crash just might happen

i might get flamed for this one, but NASCAR is boring to watch on an oval track. i think there's only one road race they use, and that's the one Juan Pablo Montoya won. i honestly believe real racing isn't just about turning left all the time. that's my opinion on the subject.

Fightin' Texas Aggie Class of 2002

I watch racing where they turn both directions, and even then only rarely. It's kind of like watching the grass grow.

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Actually there are two road tracks they use. Watkins Glen and Sonoma. I watch every race, been to Daytona and Talladega this year. Yes I like NASCAR as much as college football. I do lap by lap coverage with live chat each week @ http://gsnap.com this week it is http://gsnap.com/588 This is the same site that I do the A&M Football games on!

Yeah I didn't realize they did non-oval tracks and one day I was flipping through the channels and saw them turning left AND right and I was actually able to enjoy it slightly for like 2 minutes.

I'd rather watch a giant ice sculpture of a Texas Tech Bell Ringer melt, than watch motorized billboards make left turns.

Who does a person root for and why? Do they like Target more than BF Goodwrench? Is the driver or someone in the pit crew from your hometown? Is it because you like their personality? Do they even have personality? Do you like the color of their car? Is there an underdog that you can make a quick attachment too because he is losing, much like you do when you see Marshall playing Miami and it is 39-14 in the 4th quarter?

One thing I think is funny is that Nascar has recently tried to start rivalries between drivers because there are less viewers than the past few years. The problem is, how do you do that? This particular contrived rivalry is with one of the Busch brothers and Jimmy Johnson. The problem? They like each other. They might even be the same person. When you put a camera in their faces, besides sounding kinda whiny, they just answer questions in a very blah way. WWE tactics aren't going to work with this situation obviously.

Then you got guys like Tony Stewart. he drives like a dick and he is on every commercial. Why? Is he really a cool guy? He just wears sunglasses and acts vague and mysterious. Can we all agree that beyond all the hundreds of commercials these guys are in, there really is nothing personable about them? Ooh wait... one of them does back flips! Awesome.

Please don't tell me you spend 5 hours of your weekend watching this because ther might be a wreck. Go skip a rock at a pond near your house and watch the highlights on tv. They will show any wreck several times and you can slow it down on your DVR.

The thing is that NASCAR has spent a ton, and I mean like a zillion dollars on marketing their sport. The companies that sponsor events or drivers are depending on you caring about NASCAR because they are so invested that we see nearly every commercial have something to do with a driver, a car, or Bob the Enzyte guy doing laps with his stupid face.

It is like Valentine's Day... it didn't exist until the greeting card industry wanted to make more money buy getting people to buy more of their product. NASCAR is very much the same thing - It is the same sport it was when only a few million cared, and now we all get it shoved down our throats.

If you like it, that's great. Personally I follow it occasionally and at least understand what is going on. I just can’t believe how much people like it just because all the commercials and networks are telling them too. NASCAR is the Nickelback of sports.

On another note, is the "NASCAR Dads" phenomena, or the increase in viewership over the last decade been a possible by-product of people being tired of professional athletes covered in tattoos, dancing in the endzone and getting busted for felonies ranging from torturing dogs to beating their wives... Oh wait... all while they are roided up? I would say most certainly. I just hope people are choosing to watch for reasons other than a possible wreck or because of some drummed up rivalry.

well put Zen! I am a NASCAR fan and I agree with you. If you want to see wrecks watch ESPN they will show them!

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If you want to see wrecks watch ESPN they will show them!

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And you've just summed up my entire interest in Nascar perfectly. Some of those wrecks are awesome.

I do like watching car races that require right turns though.

-Manfre

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I am sitting in the "Stock Car Cafe" in the Charlotte airport, eating a wonder boy burger. No doubt named for my favorite NASCAR driver, Jeffie Gordon!

"i want to be the guy that rides with the driver, i would just bug him the whole time. slow down, you must really like tide."

well, im not afraid to admit i like NASCAR. of course, im one of these people where there are very few things that i cant find a reason to be interested in.

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Who likes NASCAR

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Toothless rednecks that like to watch cars turn to the left for 500 miles?

People that get confused watching bowling?

More than College football... Not a chance! But I have recently gotten in to watching it with my wife. We love watching the races together. (check out that picture of us at the race the other day above)

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Anybody want to buy 2 tickets to the Bristol night race this summer (includes tickets to Nationwide & Cup)? I have season tickets in turn 3 & 4. Sitting this year out.

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Who likes NASCAR? Rednecks.

This guy just called, said he did..



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