2008 Nascar, who's ready?

InsomniacInkRoss · February 15, 2008

I am not a NASCAR fan, is anyone here?

I watch 2 races a year, the only 2 non-oval ones (I think there is only 2?)

Open wheel is where its at!

Danica Patrick sucks.

pitchleague · February 16, 2008

I enjoy racing on my Nascar videogame along with the season. That's about it. I can't stand to sit and watch a whole race. Although, I guess I've watched the end of some races before.

Oh, and I'm in a fantasy racing league on ESPN with a buddy who IS a big NASCAR fan and I feel kinda obligated to do it, since she does the NCAA Hoops Challenge with me.

logan82 · February 16, 2008

I know driving is difficult and all, but I really can't watch NASCAR. I wold rather watch rally racing or something where they do more than just drive in circles.

Teatoe993 · February 16, 2008

I can't stand the Nascar marketing machine. It's a shame because my cousin is the girlfriend of Truex Jr. and I have another cousin that works for DEI. I usually will find myself watching the end of Daytona and the road races. And I'll check out to see how the road racers (Montoya, Said, Villenueve, etc.) do against the good ol' boys. Open wheel racing in the U.S. is on life support. Looks like the Champ Cars will be bankrupt or will merge with the IRL. Or both. Either way there will still be many hurdles to clear in order to make open wheel racing matter again in this country. The ALMS is a series to keep an eye on. The cars are the stars in sports car racing. Manufacturers actually compete among one another with technology they develop. And the manufacturers are delving deep into alternative fuel technologies. The technology on today's race cars will be the technology used on the cars we drive tomorrow. Unlike Nascar's joke "Car Of Tomorrow" which has about as much technology as what people drove back in the 70s. Nascar finally converted to the use of unleaded fuel for this year. Whoopie!!! Go see the ALMS race when they come to Road America in Elkhart Lake this summer. You won't regret it. You'll be hooked when you hear those huge Corvette V8s roaring as they come out of the woods and into turn 5. Last year's race was a classic. The little Porsche P2 prototype held off the big bad Audi diesels for the last hour of the race. Formula 1 starts in less than a month. It has huge problems as well. Most in part due to the greed of Bernie Eccelstone. But it's the only series I watch religiously. I'll be heading to Montreal in June because Indy is out this year. Anyone else going to any races this year?

princeginterhallhelms04 · February 16, 2008

I made a promise to a friend that i am actually going to try and watch more races this year. So i actually joined a fantasy nascar game on yahoo. Would anyone be interested in doing a brewerfan.net league?

Group ID#	35449
Group Name	Brewerfan.net racing
Group Password	brewers

And That · February 16, 2008

I've started to enjoy watching Nascar more and more as I've started to enjoy ambient music more and more. There's a sort of mechanically hypnotic buzz I get from watching the races a bit at a time. I don't think I could sit through a whole race, tho.

craigharmann · February 16, 2008

I had a buddy of mine a few years back try to explain to me how great it was, and how exciting it was....I tried, and couldn't get into it. I guess I just need a sport that has a ball and something to do with it to score points or runs. Soccer doesn't really appeal to me much, but I'll watch that before NASCAR. I would watch football, baseball, golf, basketball, hockey, soccer and then any racing. But that's me.