Its that time of year again. Budweiser Shootout, and the Daytona 500

Any other Fans out there.

#8 Fan myself

 

Not since they sold Winsoton and Fed up all the rules. Besdies right hand turns are much more fun.

 

I love driving around in circles! Roundabouts are fun...but to watch it on TV...I'd rather watch seniors golf. Just my humble opinion...I do appreciate all motor sports for all of the innovation and new products that come of them though! And road racing is a blast to watch.

 

I am counting down the days.

#44 fan ( # 88 UPS)

 

NA$CAR?

If you mean a densly packed bunch of cars running nose to tail, I get to do that everyday. It's called my commute!

F1 baby!

I never worry about insulting NASCAR fans, I can go faster and turn right.

 

I like all kinds of racing also. Trucks are also fun. Short tracks are killer.
Grew up around go-karts and open wheel Super Modified.

 

I'd love to drive one, but I hate to watch it.

Sorry... driving in circles seems so... limited.

 

I love watching NASCAR. A friend starts a Nascar fantasy board on Yahoo that I get on every year. If you wanna join our fantasy group PM me & I will give you the details

 

It has wheels and an engine and they are being raced. Of course I watch it !

 

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Count me in! I can't wait for the 500! I try to attend several races every year.

 

You have a good selection of tracks in your area.

I want to make a Bristol Race sometime.

 

To those who dis the "go fast, turn left" stuff....don't knock it 'til you've tried it. It really isn't as easy as it looks.

 

Don't care too much for Nascar. It is just a big publicity money making machine owned by the France family. Followed it for a few years, but quite frankly it bores me to tears.

Give me American LeMans racing series, F1, Indy, WRC and I am there. But Nascar?

 

I'm a little bit hooked on NASCAR, but much less so since they implemented the incredibly cheesy Race to the Chase "playoff" system. (It's kind of the automotive equivalent of playing the Super Bowl with all 32 NFL teams on the field at the same time, but only two of them are eligible to win the game).

I don't mind watching cars go in a circle (I also sometimes enjoy open wheel racing on oval tracks), and I enjoy the fact that the NASCAR drivers tend to have a lot of personality which adds a certain soap opera element to the whole spectacle. (I.e. seeing rednecks throw beer cans at Jeff Gordon every time he wins... ). But the points system, which barely rewards winning and instead makes it a priority to "not come in last", is completely lame, as is NASCAR's overriding priority to make sure that they have an "exciting" finish to the season by resetting the standings 10 weeks from the finish. (Sorry, but if somebody wins 15 races in the first half of the year and runs away with the title that's a lot more exciting than some articificially arranged "close finish" at Homestead).

It's kind of comical that NASCAR admitted that they needed to emphasize winning more and then... gave an extra 5 points this year to the race winner . (With their point system previously awarding 180 points for a win, that's about an extra 2.7% emphasis on winning. Gee, thanks!)

Anyway, not to detract from your enthusiasm for the sport. I imagine I will be watching the Daytona 500 as usual, and it will look like this:

:impatient

 

Yeah but Radio, that only on the second full moon of the month at high tide and after the chicken is sacrificed!

 

Yep, I'm a fan. But I can't watch every race. But the Daytona 500 is on my must watch list as well as Talledega, Bristol, Lowes and Darlington. Visited the Daytona track last year whilst seeing my folks. Man that thing is amazing! Don't have a favorite driver. My friend works at the Goodyear facility that produces the NASCAR tires. Not much rubber on the tread. Anyways, I'd rather watch the Daytona 500 than the Super B*wl. (Can't say the name without violating somebodies trademark thing.)

...Les

 

I've been a #24 fan since the first quarter of '95. Will be sure to catch all the racing this year

The bud shootout turned out to be a dud at the end. Hopefully the COT will change that this fall at Talladega

 

20 for me. Tony will drive anything. His Chili Bowl win was awesome!

Rich (who will watch or race anything with a motor. Large or small.)k

 

Daytona, we have a problem!

 

That is an understatement if you are hoping that Toyota are going to make a (positive) impact.

So, how is Juan Pablo going to do ?

I have a feeling that he will either crash out real early, or be a contender in the last few laps - I'd like to see him win it, but Stewart has a point to prove......

 

Dosnt mean its any easier to watch....

 

My interest in NASCAR waned in the late 80s about the same time it became overly popular everywhere else. Road course racing holds more interest to me as there tends to be more action. I tend to like drag racing for instant results.

 

I gotta go with #17. Kenseth hails from just down the road a few miles. As far as the races, I usually have them on in the background so I can watch when something exciting happens and of course the last 10 laps or so. It can get a bit boring at times.

 

NA$CAR. Watch the first lap and the last lap.

It's like not watching a soap opera for awhile, and when you come back to it, things haven't changed.