quade 4 #26 February 15, 2010 Quote Quote Quote They don't have banjo music as an anthem. I will admit I could do without the "country" music, which also bears no resemblance to its origins either. Last time I checked cowboys didn't use electric guitars. Last time I looked, cowboys don't ride cars either. I was talking about the music. Cowboys sitting around a fire, strumming a guitar . . . acoustical.quade - The World's Most Boring Skydiver Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
popsjumper 2 #27 February 15, 2010 Only the rhinestone ones.My reality and yours are quite different. I think we're all Bozos on this bus. Falcon5232, SCS8170, SCSA353, POPS9398, DS239 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JohnDeere 0 #28 February 15, 2010 Sorry but I must put some links up! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1tqxzWdKKu8&feature=related Really gets going after 2 min. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_n9prNixjbg&feature=related http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-U3YHsNrwtcNothing opens like a Deere! You ignorant fool! Checks are for workers! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gawain 0 #29 February 15, 2010 Quote Quote Quote They don't have banjo music as an anthem. I will admit I could do without the "country" music, which also bears no resemblance to its origins either. Last time I checked cowboys didn't use electric guitars. The only similarity between the cowboy and the NASCAR driver is that they work sitting down. But the cowboy had to do it in all weather, around smelly animals, for little pay. The driver does it a few hours a week, in a custom fitted seat, with a bunch of people waiting on his every need, and god forbid it rains. While I am not a fan of NASCAR either, professional teams work out and train a sh!t-ton to do their bit, including the drivers. 500 miles in just a few hours is pretty hardcore.So I try and I scream and I beg and I sigh Just to prove I'm alive, and it's alright 'Cause tonight there's a way I'll make light of my treacherous life Make light! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rick 67 #30 February 15, 2010 I got some comp tickets from a friend last week. It was a fun time. I started watching Nascar a few years ago when we began doing an annual demo into David Reutimann's charity golf tournament. He did good yesterday started 20th and ended up 5th.You can't be drunk all day if you don't start early! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
regulator 0 #31 February 15, 2010 So I suppose they should keep the race on the beach with some old 50's cars or something? You should elaborate more on your post rather than just saying they have igored their roots. I was expecting more from a moderator. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
quade 4 #32 February 15, 2010 Quote So I suppose they should keep the race on the beach with some old 50's cars or something? You should elaborate more on your post rather than just saying they have igored their roots. I was expecting more from a moderator. I didn't say they ignored their roots. Follow the thread (paraphrasing Guy #1 and #2); Guy #1: Did you see that race! It was great! Guy #2 referring to Guy #1's post: Pssh . . . the moonshiners wouldn't have let a little pot hole stop them. Me referring to Guy #2's post: "NASCAR today has zero relationship to its origins." I'm sorry you couldn't follow that but the average and reasonable person understood that a NASCAR CoT travels at +200 mph and, yes, at those speeds potholes matter. I'm sorry I don't live up to your expectations as a moderator -- deal with it.quade - The World's Most Boring Skydiver Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AggieDave 6 #33 February 15, 2010 Quote the average and reasonable person understood that a NASCAR CoT travels at +200 mph and, yes, at those speeds potholes matter. Sure, but we can still make fun of them! Quote I'm sorry I don't live up to your expectations as a moderator For nearly 10 years you've had to say this...--"When I die, may I be surrounded by scattered chrome and burning gasoline." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
regulator 0 #34 February 15, 2010 Personally they should come up with a new aero package and get rid of those lame splitters. Yes I know it generates more downforce, but its also easier to get loose with them if someone bump drafts you and interrupts the chamber of air behind the car. And there's no need to get pissy quade...all I was saying is instead of just stating Nascar has zero relations with their origins...use your moderation skills to give what YOU think would be a better race configuration that would provide more competition. Thats like saying...oh nascar sucks...why...it just does. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kallend 2,106 #35 February 15, 2010 Quote But, THAT Daytona 500 was great! Truly a joy to watch! Even tho it took a while.. Looked like a procession rather than a race to me. Tracks that only turn one way are for wussies.... The only sure way to survive a canopy collision is not to have one. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
regulator 0 #36 February 15, 2010 I used to be exclusive to Formula 1 until they adopted all those stupid rule changes and now Nascar is a better race venue...imagine that! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kallend 2,106 #37 February 15, 2010 Quote Quote Quote Quote They don't have banjo music as an anthem. I will admit I could do without the "country" music, which also bears no resemblance to its origins either. Last time I checked cowboys didn't use electric guitars. The only similarity between the cowboy and the NASCAR driver is that they work sitting down. But the cowboy had to do it in all weather, around smelly animals, for little pay. The driver does it a few hours a week, in a custom fitted seat, with a bunch of people waiting on his every need, and god forbid it rains. While I am not a fan of NASCAR either, professional teams work out and train a sh!t-ton to do their bit, including the drivers. 500 miles in just a few hours is pretty hardcore. Meh - Le Mans winner last year covered over 3,200 miles on a track with turns in both directions.... The only sure way to survive a canopy collision is not to have one. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Squeak 17 #38 February 15, 2010 Quote Personally they should come up with a new aero package and get rid of those lame splitters. Yes I know it generates more downforce, but its also easier to get loose with them if someone bump drafts you and interrupts the chamber of air behind the car. And there's no need to get pissy quade...all I was saying is instead of just stating Nascar has zero relations with their origins...use your moderation skills to give what YOU think would be a better race configuration that would provide more competition. Thats like saying...oh nascar sucks...why...it just does. Comprehension is not your strong suit is itYou are not now, nor will you ever be, good enough to not die in this sport (Sparky) My Life ROCKS! How's yours doing? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Squeak 17 #39 February 15, 2010 Quote Quote Meh - Le Mans winner last year covered over 3,200 miles on a track with turns in both directions. If it's got more than 2 wheels on the ground it's a YAWN festMotoGP, Superbikes (and Super sports, formula extreme etc..), Speeway4 wheels notYou are not now, nor will you ever be, good enough to not die in this sport (Sparky) My Life ROCKS! How's yours doing? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CanuckInUSA 0 #40 February 15, 2010 Never thought I would say this, but ... All the NASCAR lovng Americans are just a bunch of Lefties. Just kidding ... I am more of a road racer, but I do respect the skill oval racers posses. Try not to worry about the things you have no control over Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
futuredivot 0 #41 February 15, 2010 Don't tell anyone-but I'm not a nascar fan even though I live in the heart of nascar land. Wheeled racing is done in 1/4 mile increments. Real racing happens when you have a prop in front of you :-)You are only as strong as the prey you devour Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AggieDave 6 #42 February 15, 2010 Did I tell you that a few months ago my friends and I took our BMW 1150 RTs to a well known road course track in Texas to work on our road handling skills? The road course was pretty cool, but there is also a large NASCAR style track that circles the road course. The road course finishes on the NASCAR straight away and we ran it out to turn 1. We would stop on turn 1, turn and ride straight down the hill to ride back to the staging area on the bottom. The scariest thing we did all day was stop on the top of turn 1 and turn to go down that 22deg slope! You had to simply turn your wheel and trust the bike. I do some incredibly technical things with my BMW, but that had me pulling foam donuts!--"When I die, may I be surrounded by scattered chrome and burning gasoline." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Squeak 17 #43 February 16, 2010 Quote Did I tell you that a few months ago my friends and I took our BMW 1150 RTs to a well known road course track in Texas to work on our road handling skills? The road course was pretty cool, but there is also a large NASCAR style track that circles the road course. The road course finishes on the NASCAR straight away and we ran it out to turn 1. We would stop on turn 1, turn and ride straight down the hill to ride back to the staging area on the bottom. The scariest thing we did all day was stop on the top of turn 1 and turn to go down that 22deg slope! You had to simply turn your wheel and trust the bike. I do some incredibly technical things with my BMW, but that had me pulling foam donuts! You are not now, nor will you ever be, good enough to not die in this sport (Sparky) My Life ROCKS! How's yours doing? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BikerBabe 0 #44 February 16, 2010 Quote Quote Quote Meh - Le Mans winner last year covered over 3,200 miles on a track with turns in both directions. If it's got more than 2 wheels on the ground it's a YAWN festMotoGP, Superbikes (and Super sports, formula extreme etc..), Speeway4 wheels not AMEN. seriously, i can't understand why MotoGP isn't more popular...it's way more exciting, "dangerous", they turn left AND right, and there's actually, yanno, passing in turns. *gasp* so much better than even F1 now.Never meddle in the affairs of dragons, for you are crunchy and taste good with ketchup! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
popsjumper 2 #45 February 16, 2010 Quote ....Meh - Le Mans winner last year covered over 3,200 miles on a track with turns in both directions. Averaged 133 mph for 24 hrs straight and did them all himself, eh? My reality and yours are quite different. I think we're all Bozos on this bus. Falcon5232, SCS8170, SCSA353, POPS9398, DS239 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
EvilEagle 0 #46 February 16, 2010 What did you guys think about the flyby? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BillyVance 34 #47 February 16, 2010 Quote What did you guys think about the flyby? One of the benefits of living close enough to a NASCAR race track is getting to see the military aircraft doing the fly-by fly directly over your house on the way to or from the track. It's happened to me a few times. "Mediocre people don't like high achievers, and high achievers don't like mediocre people." - SIX TIME National Champion coach Nick Saban Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
EvilEagle 0 #48 February 16, 2010 Well we love doing the flyby's - and this was my first trip back to Daytona with a jet. Glad we got the timing right! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
futuredivot 0 #49 February 16, 2010 Quote Your thread title is correct. And you take the time to post in nearly every thread referencing a televised sport to point out that you don't like it.Admit it-Secretly you dress in a cheerleader skirt and scream while watching the Seahawks.You are only as strong as the prey you devour Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BillyVance 34 #50 February 16, 2010 Quote Quote Your thread title is correct. And you take the time to post in nearly every thread referencing a televised sport to point out that you don't like it.Admit it-Secretly you dress in a cheerleader skirt and scream while watching the Seahawks. And he should change his sig line to "go local sports team, rah" "Mediocre people don't like high achievers, and high achievers don't like mediocre people." - SIX TIME National Champion coach Nick Saban Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
