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Originally posted by RACER X #99
Writerguy,
Wow a real photojournalist and you have spent many days in the Nascar pits and you still don't like Nascar.
Your not really a race fan.
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Ok here is the simple facts as i see them and I AM A HUGE FAN OF RACING
Nascar is to Racing what the WWE is to Professional combat (boxing wresteling martial arts)
It is now a pre fabricated personality driven marketing vehicle that has NOTHING to do with the cars on the road today. A simple off the lot car that bares the name Monte Carlo (just like the race car) is decades more advanced in construction and technology than the Nascar's livery.
Racing an Oval has its own technical aptatude but passing should be "diving in" or something that does not require "getting a run on him" taking over a lap to execute
As the cars have nothing to do with the road cars they represent and the amazing amount of marketing and co branding being done they are a HUGE business. The adverage person on the street can probably name a few Nascar drivers and those passionate about the series will even brand themselves with stickers tatoos and t shirts. Good for them.
Guess what. Any series that pulls the crap they do on the track like the "Debris" yellow when there is 15 laps left or trys to orchastrate close racing by trying to keep the cars bunched up should not be considered racing by a real racing fan. It is SportsEntertainment just like Wraasseling.
The fact that Nascar is so dominant in this country means that in order to make a living I HAVE to cover it. I would much rather do SCCA pro, ALMS Grand Am or starMAZDA that is where the real racing is. IRL and Cart were great when they were together but the over reliance on Oval by the IRL has resulted in LESS of a draw for the races and conversly the images I create.
well now i have to go get my Dale Earnheart jr note pad and my tony stewart pen go and sit in my greg biffel recliner and find me some of that mark martin Viagra because my stories are coming on.
notherof myshots
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