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General Forums => The O' Club => Topic started by: BlueJ1 on June 05, 2005, 01:57:22 PM
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Its nice to see how NASCAR shows off our Service Men and Women. And gives them some of the limelight they deserve.
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NASCAR always broadcasts the National Anthem, too. Most other major sports don't anymore.
I noticed at this year's Texas spring race NASCAR brought in 500 soldiers from Fort Hood that just returned from Iraq and gave them VIP seating and passes. I forget which unit they were from.
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Originally posted by rpm
I noticed at this year's Texas spring race NASCAR brought in 500 soldiers from Fort Hood that just returned from Iraq and gave them VIP seating and passes. I forget which unit they were from.
Nice one.
Think out of all the motorsports outside of bikes and speedway I've always fancied giving NASCAR a go. I'm not one for watching sports but a NASCAR race woudl certainly be near the top of the list.
...-Gixer
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Charlotte always has put on a BIG show for the military for the Coca Cola 600 on Memorial Day. RCR and a couple of other teams spent thousands to take drivers and broadcasters to see the troops in the Middle East several times.
NHRA usually does a lot with the military as well.. You don't see it much because NHRA was stupid enough to stay with ESPN, and since NHRA isn't stick and ball, ESPN takes a dump on EVERY NHRA race. Why they didn't go with Speed I don't know, but as soon as NHRA resigned with ESPN, ESPN bumped their NHRA coverage to the toilet that very day. They moved qualifying coverage from primetime to 2AM.
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Non Athletic Sport Centered Around Rednecks
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Originally posted by spitfiremkv
Non Athletic Sport Centered Around Rednecks
I'd like to see you TRY to do 400 laps at Dover or Charlotte. Try asking some ballplayers about racing, and see how they did. People who TALK about racing but haven't DONE it amuse me.
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Agreed.
Non Athlethic Sport- Dosnt that contradict itself ?
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I wouldn't call Bass fishing particularly athletic, but it's a sport...
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Originally posted by Captain Virgil Hilts
I'd like to see you TRY to do 400 laps at Dover or Charlotte. Try asking some ballplayers about racing, and see how they did. People who TALK about racing but haven't DONE it amuse me.
I don't have aproblem with the sport per se, just with some of its fans :P
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Speaking of rednecks,
A filthy rich Georgia man decided that he wanted to throw a party and invited all of his buddies and neighbors. He also invited Leroy, the only redneck in the neighborhood.
He held the party around the pool in the backyard of his mansion. Leroy was having a good time drinking, dancing, eating shrimp, oysters and BBQ and flirting with all the women.
At the height of the party, the host said, "There's a 12ft long aligator in my pool and I'll give a million dollars to anyone who has the nerve to jump in."
The words were barely out of his mouth when there was a loud splash and everyone turned around and saw Leroy in the pool!
Leroy was fighting the gator and kicking its ass! Leroy was jabbing the gator in the eyes with his thumbs, throwing punches, head butts and choke holds, biting the gator on the tail and flipping the gator through the air like some kind of Judo Instructor.
The water was churning and splashing everywhere. Both Leroy and the gator were screaming and raising hell. Finally Leroy strangled the gator and let it float to the top like a dime store goldfish.
Leroy then slowly climbed out of the pool.
Everybody was just staring at him in disbelief.
Finally the host says, "Well, Leroy, I reckon I owe you a million dollars."
"No, that's okay. I don't want it," said Leroy.
The rich man said, "Man, I have to give you something. You won the bet."
"No thanks. don't worry about it."
Confused, the man asked, "Well, Leroy, then what do you want?"
Leroy said, "I want the name of the sumbitsch who pushed me in the pool!"
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Originally posted by spitfiremkv
Non Athletic Sport Centered Around Rednecks
DO you know how much strength, endurance, and concentration it takes to keep a car from crashing on a curved track going 140+MPH????? for 400+ laps???????
non-athletic my arse.
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ok, fine, I guess we'll call the NASCAR drivers athletes too. They do it for people who play video games for a living, calling them "cyberathletes"...might as well be calling them race car drivers Nasthletes.
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In the strictest sense, athletes are those who compete in athletics, which is more commonly known (in the USA at least) as track and field.
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Originally posted by spitfiremkv
Non Athletic Sport Centered Around Rednecks
not anymore:
Danica Patrick (http://www.indymotorspeedway.com/danica.htm)
(http://www.indymotorspeedway.com/05pics/danica204.jpg) (http://www.indymotorspeedway.com/05pics/danica216.jpg)
(http://www.indymotorspeedway.com/05pics/danica108.jpg)
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she doesn't race in NASCAR though
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spitfiremkv
How exactly do you define a redbeck?
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i'll watch nascar sometimes, they've done an excellent job on the speed channel with the new format.
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NECKCAR on TV, I can take it or leave it, but it would be cool to see a race live at Bristol.
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Originally posted by Captain Virgil Hilts
I'd like to see you TRY to do 400 laps at Dover or Charlotte. Try asking some ballplayers about racing, and see how they did. People who TALK about racing but haven't DONE it amuse me.
Virgil, why even give the chode attention. Chitfire is an idiot.
Karaya
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Originally posted by FUNKED1
NECKCAR on TV, I can take it or leave it, but it would be cool to see a race live at Bristol.
2 or 3 years I caught some of the Evening Bristol race on FX. Was fuggin hilarious, Rusty Wallace was whining because Jeff Gordon bumped him to win. I cannot remember if it came to blows in the garage, but it was funny.
Karaya
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Originally posted by spitfiremkv
ok, fine, I guess we'll call the NASCAR drivers athletes too. They do it for people who play video games for a living, calling them "cyberathletes"...might as well be calling them race car drivers Nasthletes.
OK, we can just classify you as a tardpostalete then. A very poor one, so how bout rookietardpostalete?
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Originally posted by Masherbrum
2 or 3 years I caught some of the Evening Bristol race on FX. Was fuggin hilarious, Rusty Wallace was whining because Jeff Gordon bumped him to win. I cannot remember if it came to blows in the garage, but it was funny.
Karaya
Gordon is whinning again because Stewart did it to him yesterday at Dover. Someone should give him a hauler of crying towels. Only difference was Tony's little tap did not look intentional.
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Originally posted by MiloMorai
Gordon is whinning again because Stewart did it to him yesterday at Dover. Someone should give him a hauler of crying towels. Only difference was Tony's little tap did not look intentional.
Now I am definitely not any kind of Jeff Gordon fan....in fact any day he gets a DNF is like a holiday for me. But to say that what Stewart did wasn't intentional is bull****. Tony knew exactly what he was doing when he ran the right front of his car up under Jeff's left rear.
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Aww c'mon. Smoke barely, I mean BARELY tagged him. It was more of an aero thing than a contact thing. What Brian Vickers did in Charlotte was a bump and run. I didn't hear Gordon chastizing him over it, but then he's a Hendrick driver so it's fine and dandy. Gordon's a puss.
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Anyone able to recommend a good driver autobiography or history of NASCAR book.
...-Gixer
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Last American Hero by Tom Wolfe is a pretty good biography of Junior Johnson. Old school NASCAR. :cool:
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I still think its a joke.
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Originally posted by sling322
Now I am definitely not any kind of Jeff Gordon fan....in fact any day he gets a DNF is like a holiday for me. But to say that what Stewart did wasn't intentional is bull****. Tony knew exactly what he was doing when he ran the right front of his car up under Jeff's left rear.
"rubbin'" is racin'.....Everytime Jeff Gordon has a bad day it's everbody's fault but his own, and he's always runnin' dryin' to the NASCAR officials about it. He should stop being such a ***** and take his lumps like a man. He already has a huge advantage being part of one of the richest/best car building teams out there(not that I can stand any of the Hendricks Dirvers but they do build awesome cars)
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When you are slower than another car, you can only hold him up so much before the faster car is going to punt you. That is what happened to Gordon, and even he admitted it.
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Like I said before....anytime #24 fails to finish is fine with me. Personally I wouldnt mind if he never finished another race in his entire life. But saying that what Stewart did was accidental is just ludicrous. He knew exactly what he was doing......its not like #24 hasnt done the same thing to others in the past.