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Offline BlueJ1

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« on: June 05, 2005, 01:57:22 PM »
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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« Reply #1 on: June 05, 2005, 02:50:20 PM »
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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« Reply #2 on: June 05, 2005, 04:12:01 PM »
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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.


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« Reply #3 on: June 05, 2005, 04:26:26 PM »
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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« Reply #4 on: June 05, 2005, 04:42:46 PM »
Non Athletic Sport Centered Around Rednecks

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« Reply #5 on: June 05, 2005, 05:46:23 PM »
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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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« Reply #6 on: June 05, 2005, 05:54:39 PM »
Agreed.

Non Athlethic Sport- Dosnt that contradict itself ?
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« Reply #7 on: June 05, 2005, 06:05:07 PM »
I wouldn't call Bass fishing particularly athletic, but it's a sport...
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« Reply #8 on: June 05, 2005, 06:06:54 PM »
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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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« Reply #9 on: June 05, 2005, 06:29:03 PM »
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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« Reply #10 on: June 05, 2005, 07:36:24 PM »
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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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« Reply #11 on: June 05, 2005, 07:53:52 PM »
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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« Reply #12 on: June 05, 2005, 07:55:59 PM »
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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« Reply #13 on: June 05, 2005, 08:14:08 PM »
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Non Athletic Sport Centered Around Rednecks


not anymore:
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« Reply #14 on: June 05, 2005, 08:22:56 PM »
she doesn't race in NASCAR though