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NASCAR 2013 - Everyone's Favorite Sport!!

Kong76 Feb 24 2013 09:16 AM

Debatable that's it's even a sport. Daytona today, only race I watch in it's entirety.

metirish Feb 24 2013 09:27 AM Re: NASCAR 2013 - Everyone's Favorite Sport!!

Kong76 wrote: Debatable that's it's even a sport. Daytona today, only race I watch in it's entirety. it's weird because unless there are multiple crashes and pileups it's boring, who would have even known there was a race yesterday unless that huge crash occurred?

John Cougar Lunchbucket Feb 24 2013 10:05 AM Re: NASCAR 2013 - Everyone's Favorite Sport!!

I only saw a few minutes of yesterday's race but the thing that struck me was how few fans were in the stands. You've got to be an idiot to sit so closely at a NASCAR event. The sound is deafening, you don't get a good view of the corners or the overall race except where it passes you and then there's the danger from flying transmissions. I will try to view some today but Lunchpail will be dominating the house with a playdate who knows.

Kong76 Feb 24 2013 10:11 AM Re: NASCAR 2013 - Everyone's Favorite Sport!!

Ya gotta do that oogly googly thing ... it's a CPF tradition! Yeah, you couldn't pay me to sit that close to the track.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Feb 24 2013 11:27 AM Re: NASCAR 2013 - Everyone's Favorite Sport!!

Boogity, boogity, boogity boys, let's go racin'! I predict Danica's gonna wreck. I think 18 or 29 will win but would like to see Stewart (Tony or Jackie) or Jeff Gordon take the checkers. Also have a thing for the 21 car.

Kong76 Feb 24 2013 12:34 PM Re: NASCAR 2013 - Everyone's Favorite Sport!!

My guy, Kasey, is done for the afternoon.

Fman99 Feb 24 2013 01:16 PM Re: NASCAR 2013 - Everyone's Favorite Sport!!

NASCAR blows.

Kong76 Feb 24 2013 01:33 PM Re: NASCAR 2013 - Everyone's Favorite Sport!!

You're obviously undecided on this, Fman .. let us know when you're off the fence!

John Cougar Lunchbucket Feb 24 2013 01:34 PM Re: NASCAR 2013 - Everyone's Favorite Sport!!

Kids and their Skylanders are keeping me from watching this thing.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Feb 24 2013 02:36 PM Re: NASCAR 2013 - Everyone's Favorite Sport!!

Restart with 7 laps to go-- Johnson, Keselowski, and Biffle lead... Patrick 6th, Jeff Gordon 8th, Earnhardt, Jr. 9th. This is exciting, I think, maybe!

Frayed Knot Feb 24 2013 03:02 PM Re: NASCAR 2013 - Everyone's Favorite Sport!!

I was about to ask if they had started the race yet or were still in the midst of their multi-hour pre-game show. Only the NFL does excess to a greater degree than these folks.

Ashie62 Feb 24 2013 03:04 PM Re: NASCAR 2013 - Everyone's Favorite Sport!!

Frayed Knot wrote: I was about to ask if they had started the race yet or were still in the midst of their multi-hour pre-game show. Only the NFL does excess to a greater degree than these folks. It is their Super Bowl...

John Cougar Lunchbucket Feb 24 2013 03:14 PM Re: NASCAR 2013 - Everyone's Favorite Sport!!

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr wrote: Restart with 7 laps to go-- Johnson, Keselowski, and Biffle lead... Patrick 6th, Jeff Gordon 8th, Earnhardt, Jr. 9th. This is exciting, I think, maybe! eh, twas a wimpy finish. Needed a more serious challenge for the lead.

cooby Feb 24 2013 03:20 PM Re: NASCAR 2013 - Everyone's Favorite Sport!!

I think it's a big waste of fuel and was somewhat annoyed that NASCAR went on when a couple of years ago, we as a nation banded together to drive less to save on fuel. Heaven knows though, NASCAR fans seem to see something to love.

Frayed Knot Feb 24 2013 05:05 PM Re: NASCAR 2013 - Everyone's Favorite Sport!!

Ashie62 wrote: I was about to ask if they had started the race yet or were still in the midst of their multi-hour pre-game show. Only the NFL does excess to a greater degree than these folks. It is their Super Bowl... Yabbut, the telecast came on at like noon (without any indication that it was all fluff and not the actual race) and I think they finally got the green flag shortly before 2:00. At one point they had a clock counting down and when it reached 0:00 ... nothing happened; the drivers were still just walking around without their gear on sipping drinks. Maybe NASCAR is competing with the Oscars to see who can have the longest show before the show of the weekend.

Ashie62 Feb 24 2013 06:19 PM Re: NASCAR 2013 - Everyone's Favorite Sport!!

Ya gotta have drinkin and chillin time. Every sport has its own quirky and odd traditions. I enjoy it..It's all good.

Mets – Willets Point Feb 24 2013 07:24 PM Re: NASCAR 2013 - Everyone's Favorite Sport!!

When I went to the Danbury Fair Racearena as a kid, the noise was about 90% of the fun.

Ashie62 Feb 24 2013 07:39 PM Re: NASCAR 2013 - Everyone's Favorite Sport!!

I remember that feeling...We used to go see the 3/4 midgets on Rt. 46.. Gotta say, I'll take racing over soccer..thats beyond boring..

MFS62 Mar 05 2013 08:25 AM Re: NASCAR 2013 - Everyone's Favorite Sport!!

Mets – Willets Point wrote: When I went to the Danbury Fair Racearena as a kid, the noise was about 90% of the fun. We moved to the Danbury area a few years before they tore the Racearena down. We had friends who lived on the hill overlooking the place, and when the races were on, they had to leave their house because of the noise. While we're on the subject of NASCAR, this news doesn't come as too much of a shocker: http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nbc-yahoo ... 36246.html Later

John Cougar Lunchbucket Mar 05 2013 08:37 AM Re: NASCAR 2013 - Everyone's Favorite Sport!!

Awful, but when you sell naming rights to the highest bidder, this is what happens. (link refers to a NASCAR race to be renamed the "NRA 500" thanks to a deep-pocketed sponsor anxious to open fire on a barrel full of fish.

metirish Mar 05 2013 08:40 AM Re: NASCAR 2013 - Everyone's Favorite Sport!!

Me I think it's in bad taste to say the least but I'm not the average NASCAR fan who drives to the track with a shotgun hanging in the back window.....

Vic Sage Mar 06 2013 02:04 PM Re: NASCAR 2013 - Everyone's Favorite Sport!!

look at their sponsors over the years... tobacco, alcohol and now firearms. It's the ATF trifecta; and discussing "bad taste" for a sport that began as illegal bootlegging and now is only enjoyed if there are spectacular (and hopefully life-threatening) accidents, is sort of besides the point; and those are no more "stock cars" than the space shuttle is a plane; and watching guys make 4 left turns 500 times at 200 MPH is not my idea of a good time.

Ashie62 Mar 06 2013 04:40 PM Re: NASCAR 2013 - Everyone's Favorite Sport!!

A little hyperbole here perhaps... Are they much worse than Citibank?

Vic Sage Mar 06 2013 09:40 PM Re: NASCAR 2013 - Everyone's Favorite Sport!!

I'd say "no", which still doesn't speak well for NASCAR.

Ashie62 Mar 06 2013 11:16 PM Re: NASCAR 2013 - Everyone's Favorite Sport!!

lol..All I really know is I went to two Sprint Cups at Dover Delaware and had a great time..