Nascars Great American Race 2010: Daytona 500

I enjoy sports like this:

1. Football
2. Basketball
3. Baseball
4. Hockey






5.NASCAR

I too have tried to get into but it just seems boring maybe if more people I knew where into I enjoy it. To add insult to injury Iam huge car nut, I love cars!

If you want to watch real racing in a fun atmosphere check out Sprint Car racing. PA probably has some of the best Sprint Car racing in the country, outside of the Carolinas.

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Nice post , I agree with your views . Nascar , is boring to sit through 3 plus hours . However it can have very dramatic endings . For those who have never driven a car with 450 plus horsepower , NASCAR and NHRA Drag Racing would likely seem to be ... left turn... left turn , snooze or " they just drive straight for 5 seconds " . Too each there own , I can't understand the love for golf or even Baseball ... guess it has to do with likes , dislikes and what you did as a kid/teenager .... we need the NFL to start up soon !!!!!

That's a good point, too. I hate NASCAR but I love watching golf and sometimes baseball. I think it's because I understand the strategy involved in both those sports because I play/played them. When it comes to cars, I barely know how to change the oil, let alone understand how all the mechanical adjustments come into play.

To many, watching the Masters or US Open probably looks like a schmuck taking forever to smack a ball around a course, just like to me NASCAR just looks like a bunch of left turns. But if I was interested in car mechanics and understood it a bit better, I might have a greater appreciation.

One great thing about being at a NASCAR race is the level of access the common fan gets to the drivers right up until the start of the race. You don't get that in many other sports.

Nice post , I agree with your views . Nascar , is boring to sit through 3 plus hours . However it can have very dramatic endings . For those who have never driven a car with 450 plus horsepower , NASCAR and NHRA Drag Racing would likely seem to be ... left turn... left turn , snooze or " they just drive straight for 5 seconds " . Too each there own , I can't understand the love for golf or even Baseball ... guess it has to do with likes , dislikes and what you did as a kid/teenager .... we need the NFL to start up soon !!!!!

To further appreciate this sport, and possibly even begin to actually "like" it, try enrolling in one of the driving schools (i.e.- Petty Driving Experience, etc.). Once you strap on a detuned Cup car with approx. 600 hp and drive ALONE around a superspeedway for about a 1/2-dozen laps...well, let me know what you think of NASCAR then. It took me two full laps for my right foot to stop shaking on the gas pedal as I followed a professional driver around Atlanta Motor Speedway at speeds upward of 150 mph +. Thrill of a lifetime and only second to riding shotgun in an F-15 I would imagine.

NASCAR is like boxing. Ask a NASCAR fan how was the race and they will say exciting it had a bunch of wrecks. Ask a hockey fan how was the game and they will say exciting it had a bunch of fights. I actually can watch some Nascar as like last night I cut over to it just as they started racing after the second pot hole so I saw the exciting part minus the other 5 hrs.

If you want to watch real racing in a fun atmosphere check out Sprint Car racing. PA probably has some of the best Sprint Car racing in the country, outside of the Carolinas.

News & Results (http://www.lincolnspeedway.com/)

or that Madhouse racing down in north carolina on the history channel.

YouTube - Burt Myers vs. Junior Miller

yeeehhaawww!

Forgot to mention, and if anyone cares...Jr. is a huge Redskin fan. I was really hoping he would drive for Joe Gibbs when he departed DEI a couple of years ago, just not behind the wheel of a Toyota. Guess those Toyota drivers didn't care last night if their throttles got stuck!!

That's a good point, too. I hate NASCAR but I love watching golf and sometimes baseball. I think it's because I understand the strategy involved in both those sports because I play/played them. When it comes to cars, I barely know how to change the oil, let alone understand how all the mechanical adjustments come into play.

To many, watching the Masters or US Open probably looks like a schmuck taking forever to smack a ball around a course, just like to me NASCAR just looks like a bunch of left turns. But if I was interested in car mechanics and understood it a bit better, I might have a greater appreciation. You " hate " NASCAR .... you don't like fast cars , do you Schneed :) . I can't sit for hours on end , truth is the only sports I can actually sit and watch are football and Mixed Martial Arts .... sometimes ... womens beach volleyball ... I just love the bikin... err I mean the competion :) . As far as golf , I appreciate the sport , I just have no patience and get bored easily . Just please do NOT take your daily driver to a NASCAR race and try and " block " them .... they really are moving too fast to stop :)

To further appreciate this sport, and possibly even begin to actually "like" it, try enrolling in one of the driving schools (i.e.- Petty Driving Experience, etc.). Once you strap on a detuned Cup car with approx. 600 hp and drive ALONE around a superspeedway for about a 1/2-dozen laps...well, let me know what you think of NASCAR then. It took me two full laps for my right foot to stop shaking on the gas pedal as I followed a professional driver around Atlanta Motor Speedway at speeds upward of 150 mph +. Thrill of a lifetime and only second to riding shotgun in an F-15 I would imagine. Man , I would love to go up in an F-15 ... that would be an awesome ride !!!

For the record NASCAR runs around 750 hp.

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