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PA 500 at Pocono
sst531
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Ought to be interesting with Tony Stewart on the pole and his good friend Juan Pablo Montoya right there with him.
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Should be a good race, as far as NASCAR goes. I'll start the day by watching the Redbull guys blow away the competition in Budapest [8D]
the Pocono race is in my backyard and I could not care less.
Love F1, but the hungaroring isn't the greatest race in the series.
Hope Webber kicks some German and British *[:D]
They used to even have to use 3rd. gear there....
Do they still have to shift,or have they found a way around that now?
Go Smoke!
Butch
Now, NASCAR, Now That's Racin'!!!!!
Pffft-F1 High Dollar, High Speed Parade. Buncha Nancy Boys/Girly Men simpering around the Champange, alluvem with Furrin Names You cain't speak.
Now, NASCAR, Now That's Racin'!!!!!
yeah, that's why NASCAR is crying the blues, with massive drops in attendance and TV rating.
And Formula 1 is going to build a track in, gasp, TEXAS.
YEP, "that's racin'"
NOT
[:)]
F1 is Good for technology, and is OK to watch. I've shook hands with Colin Chapman, and eat Lunch with Innes Ireland. I been in a car with Stirling Moss, before the "Sir" and talked to Mario Andretti before he was World Champion.
I still like NASCAR (and WOO) better. Closer racing, and more Competetive.
Yeah, well I've been watching F1 since Masten Gregory and Jimmy Clark days, and NASCAR, too. I KNOW that NASCAR is More Competetive, and more fun to watch.
I think F1 is more competitive, less races, and your biggest rival is your team-mate.
If you've watched it since the days of Jim Clark, you know how dangerous it was, and how it's improved to where fatalites are very rare anymore (more in NASCAR than F1 since Senna's death in 1994).
F1 is cutting edge tech, NASCAR is looking at , what, mechanical fuel injection?
F1 needs a good US venue like Watkins Glen BITD, and good US drivers like Gurney, Hill, and Andretti to spark interest in what is ther greatest racing venue in he world IMHO.
JMHO
Butch
A High-Speed Parade, with the Team with Qubic Money to spend in the Lead, and Last Year's (or further back) Top Team in Trail. Then there are Three Teams with ALMOST Good Enough, and the "POOR" Teams that are just hoping for a few Points. YEEEOOOOOYEOOOOOOOW there they went by - you actually had an eyeball on them for Twelve whole seconds!!! WOW!.
They ae using Technology that You will NEVER SEE in any car You can afford (Oval CYLINDERS, AIR SPRING Valvetrain, EXOTIC materials, etc).
NASCAR, yes is still using Carburetors, and Pushrods, Fer Heavens Sake! Yep, in both of My Cars. Gasoline - Yep, In My Car.
You can go to most NASCAR tracks, and see the cars for the Majority of the Lap! You can see Attempted Passes, Advertent and Inadvertent Bumps, Skids, and Just Balls-Out Manhood Competing shoulder-to-shoulder. Tickets to NASCAR races are LOTS Cheaper than to F1 events. NASCAR Drivers will talk to you. At any Given NASCAR Race, there are Ten or Fifteen Possible Winners, and Four (or more) Teams than might just pull it off.
Then there is the "HOME TEAM" effect - Fans Like to have Someone from Nearby to root for. A Driver from their State or Region - they might even have a choice of NASCAR Drivers from their region.
I could Easily go to Five or Six NASCAR Races without too much for Travel, even in "MY" Region (The NorthBest).
F1 requires you to be at the Income Level of a Corporate Officer in order to visit more than one Race a Year. IIRC, we have never had as many as THREE F1 races on The North American Continent during any Year In My Lifetime.
Sorry, I think most folks Like NASCAR better. Yes, I like F1, but I enjoy NASCAR (and WOO) Much more than F1.