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For those who think NASCAR is not hard nor a sport
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nascar is barely even driving. on the average track you need not shift going around the track as fast as you can.
the other thing about auto racing is, how do we know these guys are even the best at it? football, baseball, basketball, millions of kids around the world have access to them at an early age, so the guys that come out of high school and college are pretty much the cream of the crop. how many kids have access to competitive driving? not near so many.
the other thing about auto racing is, how do we know these guys are even the best at it? football, baseball, basketball, millions of kids around the world have access to them at an early age, so the guys that come out of high school and college are pretty much the cream of the crop. how many kids have access to competitive driving? not near so many.
FeathersMcGraw
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Golf is hard, too, but it's boring as eff to watch.
I wouldn't say people can drive nascar while they're asleep... 😀 it's still hard to some degree... i'm sure it isn't as boring for the people driving those things. but i do like F1 and WRC more... this country is just obsessed with seeing countless overtaking even if they are pointless until the last 10 laps. The split between CART and IRL is because of this "i wanna see some more passing" attitude. Pleease... 😛
You're forgetting that they're doing close to 200mph, are inches from each other, and on the very edge of traction in every corner. It may look simple from an observer's standpoint, but it's not. The speed factor alone is hugely intimidating; I've done about 140 on my motorcycle before and I cannot conceive of tacking 50 or 60 mph onto that. Additionally, there are a few road courses they compete on during the year. Watch the cameras they have showing the driver's footwork and then come back and tell me these guys can't drive. They can heel-toe and left-foot-brake just as well as any rally guy, belive me. You're just making the typical mistake of confusing the racing with the fans.
Ever been to rural NC? There are small tracks EVERYWHERE and lots and lots of kids competing at a very young age. It's just as hard for these guys to get a pro ride as it is for Joe Minor Leaguer to get a spot on the Yankees roster. Sure, there are fewer kids overall driving than playing baseball, but then again, there are only 40ish guys on the nascar circuit.
"Their cars also suck dick. I mean you take F1 that car is tweaked to be the best car on the planet in that environment. Same for rally, but with nascar you have these hulking behemoths. 5 million pounds of metal going around a track. "
Would hockey be better if they used carbon fiber sticks with laser sights and a robotic puck that was controlled by engineers in a truck in the parking lot ?
Would hockey be better if they used carbon fiber sticks with laser sights and a robotic puck that was controlled by engineers in a truck in the parking lot ?
its funny how some peeps get all worked up over bashing NASCAR
non athletic sport centered around rednecks, nuff said
does sitting in a sauna sweating your balls off count as a sport too? i guess there is no g force, but it's damn hard to sit in there, unless you are "trained for it"
non athletic sport centered around rednecks, nuff said
does sitting in a sauna sweating your balls off count as a sport too? i guess there is no g force, but it's damn hard to sit in there, unless you are "trained for it"
geat, in the average race a nascar guy will have to pick at gear all of about 5 times during the whole race and thats only when they're coming out of the pits. F1 and rally guys still have to pick the gear (well, except for when a williams guy has his transmission in full auto mode) and they have to do it all the time. and lots of F1 drivers have clutch pedals in their cars.
as for the two times they actually leave ovals during the year: they had to straighten out sears point and watkins glen so that those waddling cars with archaic designs could get around the track in a respectable time.
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