The crashes are the main reason people watch the race. Otherwise how long can you watch cars going around,around,around,around in circles?
Oh no, the crashes make it WORSE!
A race that should’ve been done by 7:45 went on until 8:30 because of the endless crashes and cautions.
I can appreciated car racing, but when it a) goes for hours in circles and b) keeps getting stopped for even little scrapes and c) gets stopped for rain (as this did - all the way to the next day!) - it’s an ~eh~ sport. If a sport at all - it’s definitely a game.
I had a friend who was a NASCAR nut. After years of him inviting me I finally went with him to a race in about 1981.
Most BORING day of my life!
First lap covered me in grit and trash from the track.
An hour later, finally getting my eyes cleaned out, I realized I couldn’t hear a dang thing because the sound of the cars had drove me deaf.
The heat coming off the concrete we were sitting on was baking me alive.
And sitting my butt on that hard concrete for half the day made the ride home painful.
On the long painful ride home I realized two things.
1. NASCAR isn’t for me. I have better things to do with a day.
2. I really, really wanted to shoot that sumbitch what kept waving that yellow flag every 10 laps.
I watch every race hoping for no wrecks. I want racing, not, wrecking. There is WAY more to NASCAR than going around in a circle.
Ever hear of Watkins Glen?