F1 driver Kimi Räikkönen to the NASCAR

[Stoney]

I went to one race, it sucked.        

Which one?  Ultimately, its not for everyone.  I can't stand watching Formula 1 either.  I did however, get up at 2:00 AM in the morning to watch the Daytona 500s when I lived in Okinawa.  Different strokes, and all that...

[Masherbrum]

Michigan Raceway does suck. Try going to Bristol. I do enjoy other forms of racing, Nascar is by far the most popular in the states. Perhaps some F1 drivers could buy some charisma, instead of little pus like Fellipe Massa. JMO

Ovals are boring altogether.

[Mus51]

Are you kidding me? Ovals are really challenging! I mean, those left turns.. they are hard to get right!

[MiloMorai]

Ovals are boring altogether.

Except for the first few laps, so is F1. After that, it is just a parade.

[Reaper90]

The order of awesomeness

1. ILMC
2. Aussie V8 SuperCar Series (pure awesomeness that NAPCAR should aspire to be like)
3. FIA GT
4. European Touring Cars/DTM/British Touring Car
5. World Challenge
6. Grand Am
7. F1
8. CART
9. IndyCar
10. bicycle racing
12. tricycle racing
13. drunks chasing each other around a grass field
37. NAPCAR

[Kazaa]

Touring Car is indeed pure awesome, for example BTCC.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zXkWUCBoe4k

[icepac]

Montoya has been edging closer and closer to the front of the pack at the superspeedways as of late and I guess he will next work on his short track skills.

He's a pretty good driver regardless of his perceived personality issues.

I read an interview where he says he enjoys nascar because he can pass and get passed by more cars in 20 laps of nascar driving than his entire formula one career.

Kimi or Schumacher coming over can only help visibilty of both F1 and Nascar.

[SlapShot]

What's next Mikka Hakkinen going to NASCAR.   Sorry NASCAR fans, but I just feel like the skills of someone so talented as Kimi (World Champion at the highest level of motorsport) is wasted driving a big fat, noisy sedan around in circles.


Wouldn't be the first driver to do so in recent years, JP Montoya, Scott Speed, but he would be the most successful F1 driver to do so.

I still can't believe that Ferrari got rid of him so easily in 2009 so they could sign Alonso.

Yeah ... Juan Pablo Montoya had a pretty decent pedigree prior to joining NASCAR ... he hasn't even made a dent on the circuit.

Mikka may be great, but we will have to see how he can handle racing with the good ole boys and on tracks where you can actually pass someone at just about any and every corner.

F1 racing bores the piss out of me ... very limited amount of places to pass on those tracks. Get in front and all you have to do is block your way to the finish (at very fast speeds).

[Ex-jazz]

Need to say the F1 and NASCAR are odd. In many ways.


I'm very curious to see Kimi's NASCAR race someday.
'Honey, wake me up if something really happens or just for the 10 last laps, ok?'

BTW
I like the motor bike racing a lot. Plenty of going past and elbow to elbow fights.
I just wonder how the F1 and NASCAR drivers would do in biking area...

[MiloMorai]

Schuie would do OK in NASCAR. He could become the new [Intimidater[/i] and even give the Schrub a run for his money.

[EskimoJoe]

What, you guys keeping your innermost desires secret?
It's okay, you can all agree with me here...
WRC is where it's at!

[SlapShot]

But since Ferrari paid him nearly $200 million I still don't get it.

With that kind of cash in the bank, his move wouldn't necessarily be all about money. NASCAR drivers do make decent money ya know

Maybe he wants to try the water in a different pool. Whatever his reasons are, if he does join NASCAR, he won't be jumping up on the podium with any regularity at the start.

I can picture his first time at Daytona going into a corner 3 wide at 190+ mph, chittin' his pants and screamin' like a school girl all the way thru the corner.

[68ZooM]

if he even makes it all the way through the corner

[MaSonZ]

I can picture his first time at Daytona going into a corner 3 wide at 190+ mph, chittin' his pants and screamin' like a school girl all the way thru the corner.

start slow in practice, get a feel of the track and the car. isnt that an ironic thought...

[SlapShot]

start slow in practice, get a feel of the track and the car. isnt that an ironic thought...

Yeah ... great preparation for full racing speeds under racing conditions and into a situation (3-wide) that is never encountered in practice ... that will work out great for a newbie NASCAR driver at Daytona.

Like is said ... chittin' his pants and screaming all the way thru.