NASCAR fans united

NASCAR is a "sport" popular in the Deep South (uh,uh, not so fast, looks like NASCAR is abandoning much of the South for racing bevies like....California and Arizona????) where popular drivers race their cars around an oval track (except for road races), making four left turns while, on some tracks, topping their cars out at close to 200 miles per hour.

They keep standings of it, much like they do for football (soccer) in Europe. It's an official sport and makes the newspaper listed as an official sport. It doesn't bother me, but myself, I'm a football (that would be American football) guy.

by deep south you mean the south part of USA, right? coz my first idea would be africa 😕
and thank you very much for satifactory explanation.

Originally posted by Clovie
more details maybe?

a bunch of rednecks driving fast cars in a big circle.
that covers the basics, and everything else is superficial.

okay....

and one more question..
what is a difference between this thing and normal formula1 races? (except the cars of course)

that's pretty much it....the cars.

and the tracks.

formula cars turn left and right,
where in nascar you just turn left

Originally posted by Linkalicious
that's pretty much it....the cars.

and the tracks.

Originally posted by PVS
formula cars turn left and right,
where in nascar you just turn left

Originally posted by PVS
a bunch of rednecks driving fast cars in a big circle.

Including:

Martin Trux from New Jersey
Jimmy Spencer from Pennsylvania
Greg Sacks from New York
Jeff Fuller from Massachusetts
Randy LaJoie from Connecticut
Mike Bliss from Oregon
Ryan McGlynn from Pennsylvania
Jimmie Johnson from California
Casey Mears from California
Kyle Busch from Nevada
Kevin Harvick from California
Matt Kenseth from Wisconsin
Scott Wimmer from Wisconsin
Johnny Sauter from Wisconsin
Dave Blaney from Ohio
Greg Biffle from Washington State
Jason Leffler from California
Kurt Busch from Nevada
Scott Pruett from California
Travis Kvapil from Wisconsin
Kevin Lapage from Vermont
and
Klaus Graf from Germany

Originally posted by Clovie
what about tracks? and it is car-race and not motorbikes? coz we have something like this but with motors.

It's only cars, and they are usually based on a normal model that you would see on the street only they give them big engines and aerodynamic kits.

The tracks in NASCAR are usually ovals, where forumula one has courses with various turns. Nascar is a pretty constant speed, where formula one has more slowing down and accelerating.

And a "bunch of rednecks driving around in circles" is a horrible description for the sport.

That's like saying basketball is just "a bunch of uneducated n*****s throwing a ball in a cylinder"

understood at last. i think.

Originally posted by botankus
Including:

Martin Trux from New Jersey
Jimmy Spencer from Pennsylvania
Greg Sacks from New York
Jeff Fuller from Massachusetts
Randy LaJoie from Connecticut
Mike Bliss from Oregon
Ryan McGlynn from Pennsylvania
Jimmie Johnson from California
Casey Mears from California
Kyle Busch from Nevada
Kevin Harvick from California
Matt Kenseth from Wisconsin
Scott Wimmer from Wisconsin
Johnny Sauter from Wisconsin
Dave Blaney from Ohio
Greg Biffle from Washington State
Jason Leffler from California
Kurt Busch from Nevada
Scott Pruett from California
Travis Kvapil from Wisconsin
Kevin Lapage from Vermont
and
Klaus Graf from Germany

Whoah! A German Redneck! Never thought I would see sucha thing. Thanks for posting that list botankus.

There are actually about 4 or 5 road course races in a typical NASCAR schedule, also. Consider what everyday cars these stock cars originate from, engine building wise. Taurus, Monte Carlo, Intrepid? These aren't cars intended to manuever hairpin turns and regular road courses like a F1 machine. Their speed isn't as constant as some are led to believe, either, especially the road courses where the average is between 60-80 MPH, which testes individual drivers handling and maneurvering capabilities. Then there's restrictor plate racing where everyone is on an even playing field.

There's a lot of things people just don't account for, and subsequently disrespect, that these guys go through. Endurance being one of those things.I know that I could drive a car at 200 mph with 42 other guys for 300, 400, or 500 miles for a few hours, wedged in a car.

BTW, Busch League has an annual race in Mexico, and Nextel cup may follow suit. Some people just can't appreciate the evolution of a sport. Yep, I called it a sport.

Who's the racer that races for both?

A couple of weekends last year he'd race a formula one race for 400 miles, then he'd take a private plane or helicopter and go do a NASCAR race for another 400-500 miles.

That's a hell of a lot of driving for one day.

Originally posted by Linkalicious
Who's the racer that races for both?

A couple of weekends last year he'd race a formula one race for 400 miles, then he'd take a private plane or helicopter and go do a NASCAR race for another 400-500 miles.

That's a hell of a lot of driving for one day.

Boris Said and Robby Gordon both pull shifts like that. Also I meant to say I COULDN'T drive 300, 400, or 500 miles. Big typo.

Yah, i was thinking of Gordon. I just didn't want to throw Jeff out there.

There's no way I could do that. I almost fall asleep on the 45 minute drive to work everyday.

Turn left....go fast....turn left....go fast....turn left....go fast...

this is a sport?

Originally posted by Cinemaddiction
Also I meant to say I COULDN'T drive 300, 400, or 500 miles. Big typo.

I just thought you were being facetious.

Watching NASCAR makes me want to kill myself. How could anybody actually enjoy watching people drive around in circles for 2 hours?

Originally posted by KidRock
Watching NASCAR makes me want to kill myself. How could anybody actually enjoy watching people drive around in circles for 2 hours?

Goddamnit! Stop agreeing with me!!! 😂

Originally posted by KidRock
Watching NASCAR makes me want to kill myself. How could anybody actually enjoy watching people drive around in circles for 2 hours?

holy shit
not the statement i was expecting.
perhaps you are over due for your redneck reconditioning? 🤣