SO I'm not going to hate on NASCAR.  I'm not saying the fans or drivers or moronic, but I just don't get it.  Do people follow it because they like a certain driver or company...A LOT. They like the crashes.  They like the strategery.  Do naked models walk across the screen when I'm not watching?  Are people living vicariously through the drivers because they want to drive fast too.  I just don't understand the draw.\n\nI realize that NASCAR is the #1 endorsing gimmick and please know that I'm not hating on NASCAR I just don't understand.  \n\nI'm from the Northwest and the only reason people follow it up here is because they have a rubbery one for Greg Biffle our local son.  So I don't have a single friend up here who I can ask.\n\nDon't respond with "Yeahs" or comments that hate on me for hating NASCAR because I don't hate it.
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Well for me personally I am a big fan of the suspense.  Nothing better than a nice tight race right down to the end.  Also for car lovers it's a chance to hear about new technologies and learn things about tweaking a car out.  I love the drivers, the suspense, the action of the passing and yes - the crashes...lol.  I will admit I do prefer Football or Hockey....but racing works too.
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I've been a NASCAR fan since I was a little kid and I'm glad to see Toyota come into the scene, gives the American made teams something to compete against aside from their own egos. I guess the hatred goes to the "NASCAR is an American sport" mentality, hard to believe that other countries race cars and lets not forget that NASCAR races in Japan on occasion so what not let them have teams here?
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*Sigh* I've come to the conclusion that ignorance until you run full force into the stupid tree and land directly on your keister. \n\nSeriously, if people think that all fans of NASCAR are uneducate they have some learning of their own to do. First, let's start by mentioning, that a piece of paper means honky dory horse poo. A degree in something does not make you any better than another. A lot of fans are blue collar job workers..and that's a crime how?? I'm pretty sure that getting out there doing something to raise your family, and provide is smarter than sitting on you tush waiting for someone else to take care of you or daydreaming about hitting it big one day. Some people enjoy their daily lives and if one feels its necessary to look down on their choices than it's a sad pathetic life one leads. You also have some very white collar executive type fans. The NASCAR world is very unique. Neither fan is better or smarter. It's all about how people chose to live their lives, and last time I check it's what life is all about...choices. The choices we make to lead our own lives. \nMost fans are die-hard. To people like me it's not a sport, it's a way of life.\nSince when has the dwelling of a fan decided their intelligence life?? So are you telling me that those people who chose to live modestly are stupid.. Interestng.. *Scratches head* Okay, so I have a family of 2.5 (two adults and a dog) and I can buy a 200k+ house..so I should do that just to prove my worth, and have more space than I could even spit at?? Uhh yeah, I'll pass. I'm pretty cozy in a smaller house.. thanks. \nBefore people fling insults they should research a bit better or at least use a damn spell checker. Good gravy.. I could go on for days, but yeah, it's like 230, and my brain is frying up...oh yeah, and I have to be up for a full day of racing tomorrow.. In closing I would just like to mention that all of those who think us fans are stupid.. it's going to be a fun day when we are running the world, huh??
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yeah, they probably would.. nascar haters don't get us or the sport.. ahh well, sucks to be them.. hate it for them. my life is good. i enjoy my sport, and i give a yawn if someone hates the sport i love. i don't really enjoy wwe, but i don't wish death upon their fans..and really, if people got nothing better to do than bag on a sport  that has gone far above proving it's success and popularity than yeah, i suppose they need to move on, cuz we ain't goin' nowhere..
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Amen, Brother! You score BIG points with me for mentioning David, Bobby, and Davey. I miss Cale, too.\n   I find myself missing televised races a lot more these days: I don't much care for the current crop of rude, foul-mouthed juvenile delinquents(The Busch boys, Tony Stewart, etc.) Jeff Gordon is in a separate class by HERself.\n    I like Kahne, Edwards, and Biffle, though.\n    What really gets my goat is when they talk about '60's and '70's races and refer to them as Nextel Cup races instead of Winston Cup races.\n    I think France and Helton are selling out the fans who built NASCAR in favor of TV ratings and advertising dollars. The audience they are attracting now are fickle, and will soon turn from NASCAR to the Next Big Thing, mark my words. I raise a glass to you, friend.
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Wow, I wonder if it hurts to be that big of a moron (a select few above answers)\n\nI think the go or go home policy is good, but it should be done by driver points. I give a darn that your teammate is really good and can save your rear..No, prove your dang self.. \n\nSome of the times they really need to reevaluate the double file restarts. Hello.. last race in the chase in 2004 anyone?? Yeah, I rest my case. I know they have made some adjustments..but sometimes it still realy irks my bubble. \n\nI think they should really re-format the chase. Three years, and I still can't get to it. It makes Nascar more about luck than ever before. A great skilled driver can miss the chase b/c of some crappy luck. Jeff Gordon last year. Tony Stewart is sitting in the do or die seat right now, b/c he's had some bad luck with accidents, but not b/c of his skill as a driver. \n\nYa know, I really don't have a great answer to this..b/c quite honestly, I don't know. I mean, it's hard to say as a spectator what would be better for the well-being of the sport. I suppose that's why I sit in front of my tv screen everday, and don't sit in the big exec chair.
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I don't understand that one but... I happen to like nascar\nI am a very big fan but you know in my hometown people say that I am crazy just because I am black and their aren't many black nascar fans My favorite driver happens to Dale earnhardt Jr. and his Dad and I also like Ryan Newman.\nPeople just are crazy.
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Because people have a love for speed! There is nothing like being at a track and have a line of cars whipping by you at 180+ MPH! (Depending on which track you might be at )... the bigger the track, the faster they go. And to me that is an awesome, awesome feeling! Also, to pick one guy to win the race... stick with him through thick and thin, not throwing him to the curb should he decide to change to a new team ( like the 18 to the 43 ), yep, thats right I am sticking with my driver... been with him since he was in the 22, then the 18, and now the 43... the fan appreciation is nascar is huge! How many times have you gone to a baseball game and got on the field to meet your favorite player? hmmmm... I can't count one time thats ever happened to me. I have met many, many drivers over the years... Including my man, Bobby Labonte. I just hope that as it continues to grow that part of meeting the drivers doesnt close down. We are devoted fans... pulling for one guy, one team, looking forward to every race weekend. Go 43!
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OMG i totally agree with you. everyone that likes Formula one hates/insults NASCAR/NHRA. They reasons are pretty dumb they are rednecks they only turn one way.... and well to all the haters I LOVE NASCAR & NHRA and i live on the west cost thank ya. anyone whos is dumb enough to change there mind is NOT a tru fan.
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I love Kasey Kahne and Jimmie Johnson!  They are both awesome drivers and are both very hot!  My fiance likes Jr. so I can't down him, he's a pretty cool guy, just not the driver his daddy was!\n\nI don't like Tony Stewart because he is a chunky hothead, Kyle Busch because he's a rodent who whines too much, Kurt Busch because he is also in the rodent family and is an a--hole, Jeff Gordon because he cries all the time, Greg Biffle just something about him!\n\nAnyone who said they hate Jimmie Johnson are just haters!  The only real reason anyone can hate him is because he is on the same team as Jeff Gordon (heck give me the paycheck he gets and I would team up with Gordon too...as much as I'd hate it) and beacuse his crew chief tries to be sneaky (yes...it seems Chad Knaus tries to get away with cheating)...but none of that is Jimmies fault!\n\n...and as for you NASCAR#8 above, you shouldn't cheer for ANYONE to hit the wall!
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All we can do is pray. It seems there are not that many of us GORDON fans out there but I will always stand up for it. Here's some good news, go to NASCAR.COM this sunday and they are letting anyone log on and listen to Gordon's radio transmissions the entire race. That's what I call getting as close as you can get!
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*sigh* it's late, and one must ponder how they get a reputation on yahoo answers... don't know if it's good or bad (hope it's good), but hey, you'll get my answer anyways.. \n\nonce again..let's break in down into simple terms, esp since most of the ignorance of the haters of our sport thing we are stupid rednecks, i won't wow them with my fancy vocabulary, b/c the average bear can easily get a thesaurus and make up spiffy verbage.. so simply put PEOPLE ARE SCUMBAG LOSERS!!!!!!!! i could go into further detail, but yeah, simply put people need a good old fashion street beating. i vote to rule that into law to make it legal the ignorance can legally be beaten out of people with a repeat it beater and a good iron arm. \n\nI mean, really, you have to be mentally f*ered up to say stupid crap like that. "yeah, he deserved to die" gosh that's a pretty thought. it's got to be a dark place in that head of theirs to actually have thoughts like that and then to actually think it's okay to speak those thoughts out loud. \nI don't know if it stems from a dark scary life that people have these thoughts, or if it's just out and out jealousy, but most people who wish ill health on others will get what's coming to them. Either they are so insecure in themselves, yes cliche, i know, but it is the truth.. Or they are just that evil and need beaten. Once again, cruel I know, but seriously, if you are going to go around being that nasty you will get your arse handed to you eventually. \nHow does one besides God actully think they can determine who decides to die or not?? Now seriously, wishing the death upon a driver just b/c you don't like him or what you think you know about him..b/c I"m assuming that most of these sickos have never once met these people they are wishing death upon.. is just plain wrong. Simple as that. These people are people. They grew up in similiar lifes to you and me. They put their underwear and firesuits on one leg at a time. They have families and most of all they have feelings. They are people and regardless of how they get in and drive that car they need some of that basic human respect, just like the guy you pass on the street. \n\nIf you need to be nasty nad not have an ounce of basic human respect for people than by all means go out and play in traffic and stop wasting my time. \nI do believe that some people honestly need a high dose of anti-psychotics, b/c like I said you do have to be pretty well off your rocker to think it's okay to wish someone else's death.\n\nAlso, a lot of people talk trash on places like this to get other's goat. Sweetie, keep your goat. Don't let them get to you...be better than them, and don't give them the pleasure of getting to you. Most of these people will always be cowards who hide behind a screen and would never act like this when they know they coul get their a$$ handed to them. \n\nOkay, I could probaly write a whole nother novel, but I think you get the gist.
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OK- If i have to copy and paste this one more time.........\n\nI freaken hate when people say this. Here's the story STRAIGHT FROM JEFF GORDON:\n\nThis is a few paragraphs from 'JEFF GORDON: Racing Back to the Front-My Memoir' page 95(for those who are interested)\n\n"The more I won, the more fans I attracted, and the more people pulled against me. A lot of people loved that I was a young guy with a new team. Others might have thought I was destroying the fabric of the sport. This is when the first 'GORDON SUCKS' signs came out and the boo birds turned up again when I was introduced."\n\n"At some point during this time (I have no idea exactly when), anti-Gordon fans started passing around the rumor that I was gay. I can only guess that it had something to do with my driving a rainbow colored car. I also figure some folks took a joke Dale Earnhardt made during my rookie year out of context: I had been dating Brooke throughout the season, but because Winston employed her, we had to keep our relationship secret. After her stint as Miss Winston Cup ended, we came out at the banquet as a couple. Dale, being witty as ever, said, 'Whew, Im glad to see you've got a girlfriend. Some of us were beginning to wonder if you liked girls.' Of course, Dale and a lot of other drivers had known about Brooke for months, but they hadnt said anything out of respect for our privacy. Once we showed up in public together, Dale felt comfortable making a joke about it. I can only guess that a few folks took him seriously, and the rumors about my sexual orientation spread like wildfire."\n\n"The controversy(such that it was)never bothered me, but I was a bit puzzled by it. I'd like to think that if I were gay, I would be comfortable enough to say so and get on with my life. The fact is I'm not, and I never quite understood wh so many people wanted to believe otherwise."\n\nTHERE YOU GO PEOPLE...Get over it. He's not gay. So stop.
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By no means am I a Tony hater! I think he is one of the best drivers, not to mention he will probably win the championship...again.  I think Tony is an awesome driver, and I think everything he does is part of racing. We can't blame him for being aggressive, he only gives what he gets.  bumping is just a part of racing, and to be #1 you have to get in there and do what you gotta do.  Smoke has what it takes to win.  I am personally a Biffel fan, however, I have to give credit where credit is do.
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I am a Jimme fan and it did annoy me a little bit, but then again it was to be expected, but youre right 42 other drivers yet it seems like every week they only talk about 1 or 2 but this week was just Jimmie, although like i said to be expected.  \n\nAnd I agree with you whole heartedly can't wait untli Boogity Boogity Boogity again.
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I have an overall positive opinion of Jeff Gordon.  I watch every race and I have never seen him cry...I've also never seen him with a man on his arm, so I think the people out there calling him a f** are just insecure about their own sexuality.  I have heard Mark Martin whine repeatedly though, about how if he's on the lead lap or in The Chase, the lapped cars and lower ranked drivers should get out of his way.  I guess he wants the Cup handed to him on a platter instead of earning it......\nAnyway, Gordon is an excellent driver - with 4 championships there is NO WAY you can deny that!  It's crazy the way everyone wants to cut him down all the time.
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Maybe country people don't like you either.?!  You are one reason why the world is full of hate and prejudice-Loser........  And for the record I don't know any person that isn't country that likes nascar.    \n\nShut up- the reason I wrote was because of your stupid response to a different question