Nascar Nascar Nascar!!!!!!

[hyena426]

lmao too funny about mark martin,,,but i like that guy,,good driver allways seems to stay in the top 10:)

i wish swerving {ernie} erving would come back:)

[john9001]

450 laps of driving around "staying near the front" with lots of full course yellows to keep the pack together and then 50 laps of racing.

when are they going to get ride of 5 bolt wheels and carburators, they arn't racing "stock" cars anymore, besides the cars they are suposed to be all have fuel injection.

[FUNKED1]

I gotta admit, after 3 months of racing withdrawal, I watched 15 minutes of that night Daytona race without flipping channels.

[FUNKED1]

Originally posted by john9001
they arn't racing "stock" cars anymore, besides the cars they are suposed to be all have fuel injection.

And OHC engines and ABS and radial tires and independent rear suspension and more than 4 gears and distributorless ignition etc etc etc.

[guttboy]

I agree that the super speedway races are a bit boring.  Daytona is by far my least favorite track to watch things at but all the hype and hoopla with being the first race of the season really makes it worthwhile.

As far as stock cars...they are not....I wont even debate that.  But it is by far my favorite sport bar none!  (well maybe Sheep Shearing is cool too....LOL)

[guttboy]

Funked.....

Just where is aztlan?  Not sure what that means

[Dowding]

WRC is where it is at now.

[TPIguy]

WRC is where it is at now.

Yup, NASCAR is boring. All the daytona 500 does for me is clog up traffic.

[gofaster]

Originally posted by guttboy
Ok NASCAR FANS!!!!!!!

Daytona is rapidly approching....

1) Who is your favorite driver?
Jeff Gordon, mostly because (a) I like the orange and blue paint job (Go Gators!) and (b) so many old NASCAR fans hate him.

2) What is your favorite track?
Actually, I have three: Daytona, Watkins Glenn, and Pocono.  My all-time fav is Sebring, but NASCAR doesn't race there.

3)  Who will win the Nextel Cup this season?
The new points system will reward the driver who can adapt the most.  Getting an early jump on the season won't be so much of an advantage as it used to be.  I think the two strongest programs are the DEI cars and the Gordon/Johnson team.

4) What do you think of the "Race for the Championship" points change this season?
I like it.  It minimizes the impact of an early lead and keeps more drivers in the hunt.  I think the biggest beneficiaries will be guys like Dale Jarett and Mark Martin, guys who consistently do well but manage to finish a few spots off the leader.  The downside is that it might take away some of the excitement of the mid-season races, since dropping a race won't be quite so harmful.  It also adds some excitement to the last 3 or 4 races prior to the "playoffs" as some of the mid-pack cars try to jockey into one of the qualifying spots on laps and points.

5) Will "Mr Excitement" Jimmy Spencer find a sponsor for the season?
A company looking for some quick exposure for 2 or 3 races might pick him up.  He can drive a race car.  The risk is whether he'll do something that would embarrass the sponsor.

6) Will you be going to any of the races this year?
No.  I'm doing the ALMS race at Sebring this year instead.

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