Why the hell is Nascar so popular?

[Demon-Xanth]

Originally posted by: dullard

Originally posted by: iamwiz82
I seem to remember hearing about the Grand Prix of Long Beach having a whopping 3 lead changes among 2 drivers. WOO!

That is the problem. You watch for so many hours to see a total of 3 exciting events. Many races probably have fewer than that. The excitement to time ratio is pitiful for NASCAR.

Take football as a comparison. A football game may last as long as Nascar, but there are likely to be ~10 different scores during that same time. That is more than tripple the number of exciting moments per time spent watching.

1: You missed the quote.
2: The Grand Prix of Long Beach isn't NASCAR. There was 12 people or so that held the lead in Sunday's race.

 

[kotss]

NASCAR is about as much fun as watching Golf.
They are both more painful then having your manbags trampled on by a horde of
of overweight whales rushing for the candy machine.

 

[dullard]

Originally posted by: Demon-Xanth
2: The Grand Prix of Long Beach isn't NASCAR.

Edited to say races in my post. More general that way. I have no clue how I missed your name in the quote. Edited that too.

 

[Whitecloak]

its easier for americans to understand compared to more "complex" racing sports.

 

[gigapet]

red necks have to hang out somewhere, they need something to call their own.

 

[sonoma1993]

i like watching nascar. When they goto taladega or daytona. It exciting watching those 43 car go into the corners 3-5 wide at 190+ mph, each car being only 2-3inches apart from each other.

 

[Muse]

Originally posted by: Schadenfroh
Admittedly I grew up in an area where Nascar is worshiped by all those around me. When did watching cars go around in circles for hours ever stop being repetitive?

I've asked a few of my cousins why they like it and the majority of the time the answer I hear is "because it is cool." Umm, ok I suppose. A couple of them have even told me they like other forms of racing, but that those aren't cool to watch.

It's a real good question: Why the hell is Nascar so popular?

And you nailed it - all these people watching cars go around and around the same track. I won't watch it, you'd have to pay me to, and you'd have to pay me to go to a track. Once I saw a live motorcycle race - the kind where they're in the dirt, jumping hills, I guess. It was so long ago I really don't remember. I wouldn't consider going to another motorized vehicle race. I think it's entirely retarded. I think it's amazing that Americans have become so fascinated with this in recent years especially in light of the ever growing problem of fossil fuels, the rising price of oil, the ever increasing instability in the Middle East, the ever increasing problem of global terrorism. The fascination, or more precisely stated, the increasing fascination with the automobile is evidence of denial - the reelection of GWB, another case in point.

 

[Saulbadguy]

Crashes.

 

[cw42]

Why does Nascar only use these lame lookin american cars? If I was forced to watch some kind of racing, which i dislike, i'd prefer to watch Lemann's or w/e. It's nice to see different cars, and nicer ones too. Vipers, Vettes, Porchse, etc...

 

[Muse]

Originally posted by: kotss
NASCAR is about as much fun as watching Golf.
They are both more painful then having your manbags trampled on by a horde of
of overweight whales rushing for the candy machine.

The difference is that you can go play golf, there's nothing stopping you. It's actually a fascinating game and there's a lot to recommend it. But you can't just go out and race cars, not at 190 MPH, anyway. If you do get into golf, watching golf on TV can be interesting. I have two cars, but I figure I put more miles on my roller skates than my cars. I'm not interested in watching some guy try to drive faster than some other guy. It's a bunch of BS, AFAIC.

 

[Demon-Xanth]

Originally posted by: Muse
[And you nailed it - all these people watching cars go around and around the same track. I won't watch it, you'd have to pay me to, and you'd have to pay me to go to a track. Once I saw a live motorcycle race - the kind where they're in the dirt, jumping hills, I guess. It was so long ago I really don't remember. I wouldn't consider going to another motorized vehicle race. I think it's entirely retarded. I think it's amazing that Americans have become so fascinated with this in recent years especially in light of the ever growing problem of fossil fuels, the rising price of oil, the ever increasing instability in the Middle East, the ever increasing problem of global terrorism. The fascination, or more precisely stated, the increasing fascination with the automobile is evidence of denial - the reelection of GWB, another case in point.

Thank you for turning the entire motorsports genre into political propoganda. Can I say that baseball is communist because two guys (pitcher+catcher) do 90% of the work on the team and everyone gets the same credit?

 

[lozina]

Yeah I can't understand the entertainment value behind NASCAR either

But I do enjoy a Rally race- ones where they race rally cars through twisty dirt roads sometimes in snow or mud, and psycho spectators are standing like right at the edge of the edge almost getting run over by the racers.

 

[Valkerie]

It's a sport. Only those who like it will understand.

 

[Ausm]

Because rednecks are soon becoming the largest minority in the U.S




Ausm

 

[OutHouse]

100 bucks to the person who pickets the next NASCAR race with a sign saying NASCAR is a waste of fuel and lives to tell the tale.

 

[Drakkon]

Nascar is like a decent football game between the patriots and the steelers
F1 is like a soccer match, and not a good soccer match, like chech republic vs latvia

 

[gsellis]

Rednecks like longnecks. They serve beer.

 

[Fritzo]

Here's my famous impression of a radio annoucer broadcasting a NASCAR race:

"And it's the green flag! There they go.....and there they go around again....and there they go around again...and there they go around again....and there they go around again...and there they go around again....and there they go around again...and there they go around again....and there they go around again...and there they go around again....and there they go around again...and there they go around again....and there they go around again...and there they go around again....and there they go around again...and there they go around again....and there they go around again...and there they go around again....and there they go around again...and there they go around again....and there they go around again...and there they go around again....and there they go around again..."

 

[Toasthead]

Originally posted by: hypn0tik
1) Don't know what to say about the parody.

2) Nascar is single handedly the most boring thing I've had the displeasure of watching. I guess the only worse thing to watch on TV is Curling.

I think curling may be even more exciting

 

[MikeyIs4Dcats]

Nascar sucks....the only auto racing I enjoy is Indy-style cars

 

[thirdlegstump]

I dunno why I like it but then again I was born in the backseat of a Pontiak.

 

[sonoma1993]

it exciting because you are watching cars racing at some of the tracks they goto going close to 200mph and they are only inches apart from each other. watching cars 5 wide with 20 other cars stack up behind them going into turn 3 & 4 of taladega at 190mph only inches apart is awesome.

 

[Stuxnet]

I usually just catch the highlights on Sports Disasters.

 

[bleeb]

Originally posted by: MikeyIs4Dcats
Nascar sucks....the only auto racing I enjoy is Indy-style cars

 

[Accipiter22]

Originally posted by: hypn0tik
1) Don't know what to say about the parody.

2) Nascar is single handedly the most boring thing I've had the displeasure of watching. I guess the only worse thing to watch on TV is Curling.

odd point: the swedish and the american national women's curling teams have, between the 2 of them 4 of the hottest women i've ever seen on them...and 2 of the ugliest.