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Comments on: NASCAR https://civilwarcavalry.com/?p=689 Bringing obscurity into focus Thu, 11 Apr 2019 15:39:26 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.0.22 By: Richard Williams https://civilwarcavalry.com/?p=689&cpage=1#comment-19752 Thu, 21 Feb 2008 15:19:31 +0000 http://civilwarcavalry.com/?p=689#comment-19752 Let’s forget NASCAR for the moment. If you REALLY want to watch an “auto sport” go to a demolition derby at a county fair.

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By: Art Bergeron https://civilwarcavalry.com/?p=689&cpage=1#comment-19699 Wed, 20 Feb 2008 13:09:04 +0000 http://civilwarcavalry.com/?p=689#comment-19699 An episode of “The Simpsons” some years ago said it all. The crowd was totally bored until there was a crash.

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By: Richard Williams https://civilwarcavalry.com/?p=689&cpage=1#comment-19666 Wed, 20 Feb 2008 03:21:24 +0000 http://civilwarcavalry.com/?p=689#comment-19666 “I can’t help but think about how much gasoline is wasted during the course of one NASCAR race.” True, but take comfort in knowing that we are lifting oppressed peoples out of their poverty by buying their oil at over $100 a barrel.

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By: Sean Dail https://civilwarcavalry.com/?p=689&cpage=1#comment-19636 Tue, 19 Feb 2008 19:15:51 +0000 http://civilwarcavalry.com/?p=689#comment-19636 It’s ridiculous, isn’t it? I grew up here in North Carolina in the heart of NASCAR country, but I would rather take up knitting than watch a NASCAR event.

In addition to all of your arguments, I can’t help but think about how much gasoline is wasted during the course of one NASCAR race.

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By: Brooks Simpson https://civilwarcavalry.com/?p=689&cpage=1#comment-19634 Tue, 19 Feb 2008 18:08:38 +0000 http://civilwarcavalry.com/?p=689#comment-19634 “They sit in a car. I sit in a car, but that doesn’t make me an athlete. A commuter, yes. But an athlete, no.”

Clearly you’ve never driven in New York or Boston.

NASCAR makes for a cool video game. 🙂

Super Bowl Champion NY Giants. I like that better.

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By: Tom Perry https://civilwarcavalry.com/?p=689&cpage=1#comment-19612 Tue, 19 Feb 2008 12:20:08 +0000 http://civilwarcavalry.com/?p=689#comment-19612 Eric

Come on and down to Ararat and we will take you out to the Rolling Thunder Raceway and let you embrace your inner dirt track.

http://www.freestateofpatrick.com/pcracing

I even sell books at the racetrack.

Hokie Tom Perry

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By: Scott Smart https://civilwarcavalry.com/?p=689&cpage=1#comment-19589 Tue, 19 Feb 2008 00:33:16 +0000 http://civilwarcavalry.com/?p=689#comment-19589 Sounds like you dislike all motor sports and not just NASCAR in particular. I prefer sports car racing. I find NASCAR rules seem designed to make it like pro wrestling.

ISTM a distinction can be drawn between sportsman and athlete. I suspect at least 50% of the olympics would not count as sport under your requirements.

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By: Bridget https://civilwarcavalry.com/?p=689&cpage=1#comment-19587 Mon, 18 Feb 2008 23:46:58 +0000 http://civilwarcavalry.com/?p=689#comment-19587 I actually used to go to the Indy 500 every year when I was in high school. Maybe it was just because I was young and easily impressed but I loved it. We had seats in the grandstand just past turn 4, right where you could watch the cars going into the pit. It was fun watching the strategy of who was pitting when. We also had a nice view down the homestretch. Of course, we made it a bit more interesting by having a gambling pool where for $5, you were randomly assigned drivers. It was a fun way to get out of Chicago for a day, get a sunburn and participate in a happening.

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By: Richard Williams https://civilwarcavalry.com/?p=689&cpage=1#comment-19550 Mon, 18 Feb 2008 15:22:18 +0000 http://civilwarcavalry.com/?p=689#comment-19550 I’m a lifelong, multi-generational Southerner, but I, like you Eric, find modern Nascar VERY boring. However, I LOVE the history of Nascar and how it all started out as moonshiners suping up their cars in order to outrun federal agents, a.k.a. the despised “revenuers.” As you know, most native Southerners instinctively dislike the feds. Its in our genes, so we can’t help it. 🙂

Watch this clip and if you’re not familiar with the moonshine/Nascar connection, you will find it very interesting and it will help you understand the romanticism and bravado that is still connected to Nascar:

http://channel.nationalgeographic.com/channel/moonshine/

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By: J David Petruzzi https://civilwarcavalry.com/?p=689&cpage=1#comment-19548 Mon, 18 Feb 2008 15:08:51 +0000 http://civilwarcavalry.com/?p=689#comment-19548 Personally, I haven’t watched more than 30 seconds of any race in my entire life. I don’t get it either.

But I think you alluded to it in your post when you mention the rush attendees get – the noise, speed, etc. Just as many are fascinated with sports cars, such a race is the ultimate performance rush.

Yep, I’d buy tickets to watch moss grow on rocks before watching a race, but I guess I can understand others’ fascination with it.

I do drive a Corvette, after all 🙂

J.D.

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