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Originally Posted by JohnnyQuik
Going to a NASCAR race is sort of like going to the world's largest outdoor Wal-Mart. My favorite NASCAR moment was Darlington around 1992 or so. Bill Clinton was running for President and he was the grand marshal of the race that year. As he rode around the track in a convertible, waving to the crowd, two-hundred thousand sunburned rednecks simultaneously stood up and flipped him off. Growing up in the heart of NASCAR country, I've gotten into many arguments about what constitutes real racing. NASCAR isn't about the cars, or the technology, or the strategy. It's about the drivers and their personalities. You can see the entire race from anywhere in the stands (unlike a road course). It's simple to watch and to understand. There aren't separate classes for the cars racing at the same time (like road racing). The cars look something like the cars available at the local Chebby dealer and are the same brands as the trucks they drive (unlike F1).
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Dead on! I spent almost 8 years in Greenville,S.C. as a teenager and I can tell you this is true. NASCAR is for a much broader market than "car people". Have you been to the grocery store lately? I don't think the women I see there in their "Tide" and "M&M" jackets give much thought to cross weights and jet sizes. But those same women and their significant others will argue forever over one driver's compared to another based solely on their personna. A spectacle? You bet! For us stuck up gear heads,(who still cry at night over the passing of the Camel GT
), we usually find other series more technically engaging. Not that either one is better or more pure-each one serves it's purpose.