Why isn't rally racing popular in the U.S.?

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Originally posted by: KLin
Nascar has the market cornered.

Yup.

Rally racing is too complicated. It's easier to watch in person when they just go 'round in a circle.
 

Cattlegod

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check out my pic i took at a rally in michigan. the same pic (almost) was used in a mag. a few weeks later

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Wadded Beef

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and why don't we have an equivilent of "top gear" here in the u.s.? they keep stealing brilliant british shows like the office, why not top gear??
 

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Originally posted by: Wadded Beef
and why don't we have an equivilent of "top gear" here in the u.s.? they keep stealing brilliant british shows like the office, why not top gear??

Because America doesn't get any good cars.
 

sniperruff

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Originally posted by: Wadded Beef
and why don't we have an equivilent of "top gear" here in the u.s.? they keep stealing brilliant british shows like the office, why not top gear??

unlike topgear, which craps on american cars (and in some cases, for a good cause), the american topgear would have to crap on british cars... im sure they can't keep crapping on rover every episode... and they can't quite possibly say that the XKR, DB9, or the elise is crap.

it's just like what everybody is saying. people rather see a bunch of cars going around in a circle for 2 hours. whee. fun.
 

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NASCAR has the market. And not to stereo type, but can you picture the NASCAR/Muscle car billy bobs on a rally circuit?
 

Wadded Beef

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but i'm still suprised no american networks have even tried copying top gear... hell they tried coupling fer gods sake
 

boyRacer

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Originally posted by: sniperruff
Originally posted by: Wadded Beef
and why don't we have an equivilent of "top gear" here in the u.s.? they keep stealing brilliant british shows like the office, why not top gear??

unlike topgear, which craps on american cars (and in some cases, for a good cause), the american topgear would have to crap on british cars... im sure they can't keep crapping on rover every episode... and they can't quite possibly say that the XKR, DB9, or the elise is crap.

it's just like what everybody is saying. people rather see a bunch of cars going around in a circle for 2 hours. whee. fun.

as opposed to rally racing? have you seen a rally race in person? for one stage you would see one car every 3 minutes and that's it... unless it was a SS.

face it... all racing is boring unless you're in it.
 

Vich

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Well RR is great to watch on TV because u get to see the cars nonstop but, people wouldnt do it in purpose. When u have overweight rednecks, they want to sit with there beer and hotdog. Cant do that in the woods. Lol
 

sniperruff

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Originally posted by: bR
Originally posted by: sniperruff
Originally posted by: Wadded Beef
and why don't we have an equivilent of "top gear" here in the u.s.? they keep stealing brilliant british shows like the office, why not top gear??

unlike topgear, which craps on american cars (and in some cases, for a good cause), the american topgear would have to crap on british cars... im sure they can't keep crapping on rover every episode... and they can't quite possibly say that the XKR, DB9, or the elise is crap.

it's just like what everybody is saying. people rather see a bunch of cars going around in a circle for 2 hours. whee. fun.

as opposed to rally racing? have you seen a rally race in person? for one stage you would see one car every 3 minutes and that's it... unless it was a SS.

face it... all racing is boring unless you're in it.

i was talking about watching it on tv. you'd have all these nifty chase diagrams and stuff for rally but for nascar you'd just see some guy in a car going around in circles. a huge semi-circular circle.