Axiom Home Page Forums General Discussion The Water Cooler Honda Takes Pole Position at San Marino!

Of all the races that I have ever been, F1 was honestly the most broing race of them all. There was excitment for about 15 seconds at the start of the race, after that, nothing happened. They drove, they pitted, they drove, they pitted. Notice, no passing. there porbaly was, but the top ~7 positions stayed the same throughout.

The most exciting race that you will ever go to in my opinion, is either some form of dirt track racing or shifter karts. I used to race shifter karts with a buddy of mine back when we were 14-16. Going over 100mph 3 inches off the ground is quite the rush for anyone. Now we have an old 1st Gen RX7 that my buddy preodimately races now.

And I wouldn't say that I am anti-Gordon, I am just more pro-DEI. I hvae a cousin who went to high school with Jr. Another cousin went to school with Jimmie Johnson and Ricky Hendrick. I grew up an hour from some of the best garages in Nascar, DEI, Hendrick, RCR, etc, etc. I also grew up going to races at CMS/LMS, Rockingham, Darlington, Bristol and Wilkesboro. I know a thing or two about this whole racing business I guess. I went to Earnhardt Sr.'s funeral. To say I am not a little bit partial would be a lie.

when i was in the military, and stationed in NC in the early 90's, that was my first real experience with nascar.. got to go to richmond, charlotte, darlingtonx2, and rockinghamx2.. loved every minute of it.. i have been to the texas track in dallas several times, but it is probably my least favorite of all the tracks i have been to. i liked the rock and darlington the best. my wife and i wanna go to bristol.. of course, EVERYONE wants to go to bristol.. you cant hardly even find tix to the summer night race.. and if you find them, they are way tooo expensive.

dirt trackin is awesome.. V8 sprint cars on a 5/8 oval.. now that is some fun.

bigjohn

Nothing can compare to the action at Bristol. It is crazy every lap! Lots of fun...til you got to leave with everyone else

All my Dad ever took me to was sprint cars at Ascot (and one Nascar? race at the old Riverside Raceway). Sprint cars and karts are both awesome to watch (I heard the best karts lap Laguna Seca quicker than the Nascar cars!).
For pure racing thrills I like motorcycles. The big dirt track bikes on one mile ovals (like at Del Mar ) make for pretty harry racing. AMA road racing,too, of course.
But I just can't stomach NASCAR and their takeover of the programming on Speed. Always used to be some good racing on there, now it's all about Nascar.

Precisely. I think they should pick up their cars from the local dealership a couple weeks before the race -- just so they have time to break-in the seals and such before torturing them on the track.

Maybe we let them put in a roll cage, pmb.

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now, i have never been to a F1 race.. who knows, i might really like it.. i always tell people that if you have never been to a nascar race, you are missing sooooo much.. the smoke, the smell, the sounds, the energy.. its just like a drug or something.

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Bigjohn, you forgot little bits of rubber floating in your beer. Can't leave that out!

God, I love the smell of hydrocarbons in the morning...

Sure. And I suppose they can tear out the seats, trim, stereo, and A/C as well. But that's it.

Gotta change their own tires with the included spare as well?

I wonder how those little spare tires handle in the corners at 200mph....

I'll bet that would make for a fun ride. Lots of pucker factor.