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> Trying to watch the Daytona 500..., and just can't do it. They should call it the Danica 500
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post Feb 27 2012, 06:20 PM
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First of all I'm not a fan of NASCAR. But, even more importantly, it's all about Danica....just can't stand to listen to all the hype
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post Feb 27 2012, 07:02 PM
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I was only going to watch long enough to watch her spin. Didn't take long. Of all the cars that wrecked they only talked about her.
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post Feb 27 2012, 07:10 PM
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Last three race periods, 6 min of race coverage then 4 min of commercials, 6 min of race then 4 min of com, then 2 min of race and back to commercials. Damn fox!! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sad.gif)
OK I'm done.
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post Feb 27 2012, 07:11 PM
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QUOTE(blitZ @ Feb 27 2012, 08:02 PM) *

I was only going to watch long enough to watch her spin. Didn't take long. Of all the cars that wrecked they only talked about her.


That's what I mean. For those who watched, you could hear them setting up a story of how expertly she steered her car between two other cars when they went in the grass. Then, they made the mistake of showing her with her hands off the wheel while she was going off road!

Maybe she was steering withe her knees...lol
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post Feb 27 2012, 08:12 PM
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I just flipped to it a few times to see how bad she is doing and every time I do it is in caution. I just don't get NASCAR.
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post Feb 27 2012, 08:38 PM
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Jon,
I don't either anymore. Sure used to a few decades back. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)
Who in their right mind would want someone to perform a modified pit maneuver on them at 190MPH? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/blink.gif)
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post Feb 27 2012, 08:50 PM
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I think its a problem with media, or sports-media today. Instead of reporting on the action with some color, the 'analysts' nowadays are just concerned with the marquee names/players.

i.e. Any Broncos game this year was all about Tebow. Doesn't matter if he was even playing.

All golf tournaments are about Tiger. After mid-rounds, they barely mention the leader, just comment on what Tiger is doing/doing wrong.

it appears we have the same with Danica now. I don't fault the athletes, but it is damn maddening. I can barely stand to watch some sports any longer.
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post Feb 27 2012, 08:57 PM
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I disagree with you guys
You must secretly like her you seem to mention her at least as much as the announcers. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/bs.gif)
She is a talented driver why hate?
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post Feb 27 2012, 09:13 PM
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Montoya just had his car hit the track drying truck, causing a major fire from the jet fuel and a red flag for the race! We'll see what happens next when (if) the race restarts.
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post Feb 27 2012, 09:15 PM
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Nice fire! Looks like everybody's okay.
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post Feb 27 2012, 10:25 PM
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Did anyone see the "patch" they put down? Looks sketch as hell. This should be interesting (IMG:style_emoticons/default/popcorn[1].gif)
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post Feb 27 2012, 11:09 PM
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post Feb 27 2012, 11:48 PM
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House got postponed because of this race. Lame.
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post Feb 28 2012, 02:39 AM
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My wife is The Nasty car fan in our house sooo, while supporting her interest.....
Note to jet dryer drivers, when poring out jet fuel down the track, Pleas pull to the bottom of the track.

I changed wheel hoops and then went to bed at the fire. Who Won ????


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post Feb 28 2012, 07:49 AM
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QUOTE(AZ914 @ Feb 27 2012, 09:50 PM) *

I think its a problem with media, or sports-media today. Instead of reporting on the action with some color, the 'analysts' nowadays are just concerned with the marquee names/players.

i.e. Any Broncos game this year was all about Tebow. Doesn't matter if he was even playing.

All golf tournaments are about Tiger. After mid-rounds, they barely mention the leader, just comment on what Tiger is doing/doing wrong.

it appears we have the same with Danica now. I don't fault the athletes, but it is damn maddening. I can barely stand to watch some sports any longer.



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post Feb 28 2012, 07:58 AM
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QUOTE(AZ914 @ Feb 27 2012, 09:50 PM) *

I think its a problem with media, or sports-media today. Instead of reporting on the action with some color, the 'analysts' nowadays are just concerned with the marquee names/players.

i.e. Any Broncos game this year was all about Tebow. Doesn't matter if he was even playing.

All golf tournaments are about Tiger. After mid-rounds, they barely mention the leader, just comment on what Tiger is doing/doing wrong.

it appears we have the same with Danica now. I don't fault the athletes, but it is damn maddening. I can barely stand to watch some sports any longer.



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Me too.
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post Feb 28 2012, 08:22 AM
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The cure is to turn off the tv and go support your local track where people race with their hearts and wallets.

If your only opinion of oval racing is what you have seen on tv then you haven’t watched oval racing.

Go to your local bull ring or the nearest one that offers some type of open wheel racing – midgets, modifieds, super-modifieds, silver crown, sprint cars or even legend cars and be prepared to have a great night out watching local heroes!

My brother back in the 80’s (notice the air-cooled Autocraft-VW motor)…


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post Feb 28 2012, 10:43 AM
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scott is right.
I go to the local paved 8th every summer
a day (and night) out there is an interesting experience

as a previous snob who thought only sports car racing was real racing...
I can tell you it was an eye opener
its real racing folks

I still won't/refuse to watch nascar or any oval racing on TV
but live racing is absolutely something to see
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post Feb 28 2012, 12:13 PM
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NASCAR is not real racing. NASCAR is an entertainment industry that happens to use cars for the entertainment. That is evidenced by the mysterious "debris on the track" yellow flags used to bunch up the field. Now they have the cars so restricted the only difference between the Ford, Dodge, Chevy or Toyota is the badge on the front. When there are 24 cars within a half a second after 300 miles of "racing", I figure that it is all about the TV ratings and the money.

The same goes for Formula 1.


Real racing is when the good driver with the good equipment can win by a bunch of laps, or the medeokre driver can win with great equipment. Or when the racing team with the shoestring budget can pour over the rule book and find that one loophole that allows them to clean up on the track. Mark Donohue called that the "Unfair Advantage", and he was always looking for it.

Real racing is the guy with the old open trailer and older truck driving hundreds of miles to races with his race car. He is the driver, the crew chief, and the whole pit crew. He knows he will be eating cheap fast food and sleeping in his truck. But he does it every weekend he can afford to, because he loves racing. He wants to win, but knows in his heart that the guy with the bigger wallet but less talent will beat him. But he keeps going anyway.

Real racing is the woman who wants to race so badly that she is willing to give up a family, a spouse/boyfriend and friends because they say it isn't "Lady Like" to race.

Just for comparison, I would rather watch a little league game than the World Series. By the time anyone gets to that level of a sport, they are so consumed by the system that they are there for the money and fame, not for the love of the sport. Racing is no different. I won't attend a NASCAR race, but I will go to the 1.4 mile dirt track or the 24 hours of LEMONS races in a heartbeat.

Just my $.02.
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post Feb 28 2012, 12:21 PM
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(IMG:style_emoticons/default/agree.gif) your 2 cents are spot on Clay.
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