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which top NASCAR drivers are "fat and old"?
Posted by John in Bismarck (more from John in Bismarck) on Thu, 2 Aug 2012 07:16:16
In Reply to: If you want to see a test of driver/rider skill, MotoGP, AeroEd, Wed, 1 Aug 2012 09:30:33
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The top drivers all look pretty fit to me. Many of them have been top drivers in other kinds of race cars (Stewart, Montoya, Hornish). Lots of NASCAR is silly, including calling the cars "Chevys" and "Toyotas" when they're all pretty much spec cars with decals. The "debris on the track" cautions are also stupid. However, there is no way that anyone but a skilled, experienced race car driver could take one of those cars through a turn at Indy or Daytona at anywhere near the speeds they do in race conditions. Also, NASCAR includes a few road course races; they are the ones I really like to see. In the old days, the teams would bring in road racing drivers to fill in for the regular NASCAR drivers on those courses, but these days, it's almost all the same drivers, and they do a mighty good job of braking and shifting, using real manual transmissions!
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Posts in this Thread:
- Empty seats at Indy, John in Bismarck, Mon, 30 Jul 2012 05:56:01
- I would watch more NASCAR but only if.., pushrodsaab, Wed, 1 Aug 2012 10:26:36
- Economics and boring racing, Noel, Tue, 31 Jul 2012 06:41:59
- Maybe they finally got bored of it., B Millar
, Tue, 31 Jul 2012 05:01:51 - Lots of empty seats at the Olympics too, Chadwick
, Mon, 30 Jul 2012 15:39:15 - NASCAR fan's disposable income, MI-Roger
, Mon, 30 Jul 2012 10:41:01
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