DiggerDan 0 #1 August 4, 2006 I don't watch NASCAR anymore because I think it has become increasingly dull over the years with very little passing and very few cars finishing on the lead lap, but every week I read about this guy or that guy who is mad about someone bumping him so he bumped him back or ran into him on pit road, or got into a shouting/pushing match. Every week you read quotes like, "He ran into me on purpose, so I had to pay him back." And you hear the same old story of "You hit me first." Seems to me, NASCAR drivers are just a bunch of spoiled, multi-millionaire brats, driving expensive cars around a track, whining and crying about how someone ran into them on purpose, then pouting and running their car back into that person because "they hit me first." No wonder I stopped watching it. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
waltappel 1 #2 August 4, 2006 That is ridiculous. I'm proud to say that skydivers are *nothing* like that! hehehehehehehe Walt Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DiggerDan 0 #3 August 4, 2006 Yeah, except for the part about being multi-millionaires and having a staff of dozens to wait on our every need, have huge sponsors knocking on our door, and our only job to drive a car around a racetrack. Other than that, pretty much the same. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
grue 1 #4 August 4, 2006 NASCAR should thank xenu or whomever for the existence of drag racing, because that's the only thing keeping them from having the most boring motorsport in existence.cavete terrae. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BillyVance 34 #5 August 4, 2006 QuoteI don't watch NASCAR anymore because I think it has become increasingly dull over the years with very little passing and very few cars finishing on the lead lap, but every week I read about this guy or that guy who is mad about someone bumping him so he bumped him back or ran into him on pit road, or got into a shouting/pushing match. Every week you read quotes like, "He ran into me on purpose, so I had to pay him back." And you hear the same old story of "You hit me first." Seems to me, NASCAR drivers are just a bunch of spoiled, multi-millionaire brats, driving expensive cars around a track, whining and crying about how someone ran into them on purpose, then pouting and running their car back into that person because "they hit me first." No wonder I stopped watching it. Are you kidding? That's part of the fun of watching it! Mind you, what you see out there is nothing compared to what they used to do before NASCAR became mainstream, with every race on TV. There were legendary brawls, one involving Cale Yarborough and the Allison brothers. Those old-timers could teach today's drivers a lesson or two. "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
micro 0 #6 August 4, 2006 if it weren't for the crashes, i'd never watch it at all. (before anyone jumps my shit, I say it tongue in cheek... i hate to see people hurt in crashes, etc etc etc...) it's a very boring "sport" I miss Lee. And JP. And Chris. And... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Doogie320 0 #7 August 4, 2006 It went down the toilet in the 80's once the France family became more focused on advertising dollars and less on the actual product. It has also become more of an engineering challenge than one of driving. You still need a driver, but the engineering is as esential. 20 years ago drivers won races with most of the sheet metal torn off in wrecks. Try that today. The bumping, shoving, and pushing isn't a big deal. Well, it used to not be. Now if your car suffers the slightest damage or alteration to its setup you are out of the race. So, drivers tend to get the ass about it. I grew up around the sport as a fan, went to numerous races, follwed the history....it is just plain boring now. Wrestling on 4 wheels...and probably about as real. YM(in 500-mile increments)MV. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NickDG 23 #8 August 4, 2006 I watch drag races just to critique the parachute deployments. NickD BASE 194 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nicrussell 0 #9 August 4, 2006 QuoteI watch drag races just to critique the parachute deployments. NickD BASE 194 It seems to me they have the nagging problem of multiple canopy out type situations. nic Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
masterrig 1 #10 August 4, 2006 That's NASCAR! Been like that since day one. I get tired of Tony and Jeff whinin' all the time about rookies not respectin' the 'veteran' drivers. Then, the veteran drivers go out and do exactly what they been bitchin' about. "That's just racin' " To quote Daryl Waltrip. NASCAR racin' is great! Chuck Chuck Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
waltappel 1 #11 August 4, 2006 Quoteit's a very boring "sport" Kind of like baseball? Walt Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
comslayer 0 #12 August 5, 2006 You should watch Formula 1 instead, much better racing and they don't go round in stupid circles. Its no wonder why these guys are the best drivers on earth, watch the Hungarian Grand Prix on the Speed channel tomorrow morning at 7-30am EST. NASCAR - Not A Sport Created Around Rednecks.....lol Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MrHixxx 0 #13 August 5, 2006 Nice point, I was going to recommend GP500 motorcycle races. No petty squabbling with guys draggin' a knee around a corner going 80 mph, 180 in the straights. I would say just one of their balls would clear the field of Nascar if you threw it into the ring playing marbles... -Hixxxdeath,as men call him, ends what they call men -but beauty is more now than dying’s when Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
grue 1 #14 August 5, 2006 QuoteYou should watch Formula 1 instead, much better racing and they don't go round in stupid circles. Its no wonder why these guys are the best drivers on earth, watch the Hungarian Grand Prix on the Speed channel tomorrow morning at 7-30am EST. NASCAR - Not A Sport Created Around Rednecks.....lol F1 is going seriously downhill as well, with standardized ECUs now and all that crap becoming the norm. Let them do whatever they want, otherwise it's just going to be EuroNASCAR. WRC is still the one true way as far as I'm concerned cavete terrae. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mayberry 0 #15 August 5, 2006 QuoteWRC is still the one true way as far as I'm concerned Amen brother! Now THAT'S some serious driving!! Don Here's to friends! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Viking 0 #16 August 5, 2006 QuoteQuoteWRC is still the one true way as far as I'm concerned Amen brother! Now THAT'S some serious driving!! HERE HERE!!! when someone can fling a 1 ton car around a dirt road at 60+ mph with the tail sliding out the whole time and not even thing twice that person can drive!!!!!I swear you must have footprints on the back of your helmet - chicagoskydiver My God has a bigger dick than your god -George Carlin Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
masterrig 1 #17 August 5, 2006 QuoteQuoteit's a very boring "sport" Kind of like baseball? Walt _________________________ ...or golf. Chuck Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kallend 2,026 #18 August 5, 2006 QuoteQuoteQuoteit's a very boring "sport" Kind of like baseball? Walt _________________________ ...or golf. Chuck Golf's a sport?... 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
BillyVance 34 #19 August 5, 2006 QuoteQuoteQuoteQuoteit's a very boring "sport" Kind of like baseball? Walt _________________________ ...or golf. Chuck Golf's a sport? It is when you curse and fling your clubs. "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
masterrig 1 #20 August 6, 2006 QuoteQuoteQuoteQuoteit's a very boring "sport" Kind of like baseball? Walt _________________________ ...or golf. Chuck Golf's a sport? ____________________________ Not to me! I just never understood guys chasing a little white ball dressed in funny looking clothes. Chuck Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cocheese 0 #21 August 6, 2006 Friends don't let friends watch NASCAR. We can do 200mph on our heads remember? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
grue 1 #22 August 6, 2006 QuoteFriends don't let friends watch NASCAR. We can do 200mph on our heads remember? You have to go to your head for that? Weak. I can damned near do it in a sit cavete terrae. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gawain 0 #23 August 6, 2006 Yep, the perpetual-left-turn-four-on-the-floor-carb-engine-inside-a-plastic-shell-of -pretend-stock-car couldn't keep me watching after the first race some decades ago... NASCARSo 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
caress 0 #24 August 6, 2006 I have to agree that things aint been the same since Dale E Sr. died. The true intimidator and now they are sniveling babies because thats what Dale would be calling them I think. I watch it because I love it and try to ignore the brats or laugh at them. You don't have to watch it though people it is still a free country-Caress I've learned.... That being kind is more important than being right. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
caress 0 #25 August 6, 2006 I really think that I love you (as long as it is okay with your wife) I've learned.... That being kind is more important than being right. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
