2014 NASCAR Thread

[Blitz24]

Apparently driving a Stock car means you have no talent, you are an idiot and you race on "easy tracks".

 

[nascarfan1400]

Anyone willing to get into a 200 mph car has to be an idiot. It's in the job description...

"Has to be willing to put life in danger for a tenth of a second."

Leave the thread. You have no clue what your talking about. Of course it's dangerous to drive NASCAR, it's dangerous to race anything. Please leave.

 

[Northstar]

 

[Furinkazen]

Anyone willing to get into a 200 mph car has to be an idiot. It's in the job description...

"Has to be willing to put life in danger for a tenth of a second."

That's anyone in a high performance car.

 

[TenEightyOne]

Anyone willing to get into a 200 mph car has to be an idiot. It's in the job description...

"Has to be willing to put life in danger for a tenth of a second."

I see what you're saying but the general definition of idiot is, as I'm sure you're aware, someone who one would expect to be pretty unskilled in all areas.

Getting into the NASCAR could well be idiotic. It takes something a bit more special to survive a lap in it.

 

[nascarfan1400]

Wonder, since the 2013 500 is over, they will start airing "The 10".

Nothing like a blast from the past, right?

 

[ITCC_Andrew]

I'm not saying the drivers aren't talented. I'm saying that the track - either road course or oval - is easy, once you take the 42 other drivers out of the equation.


Edit: and I'm fine with admitting that I too, am an idiot. I'm one of those idiots who is willing to be strapped into a 200 mph car.

 

[Furinkazen]

Pretty much any track is easy if you are only one on it.

 

[Blitz24]

I'm not saying the drivers aren't talented. I'm saying that the track - either road course or oval - is easy, once you take the 42 other drivers out of the equation.


Edit: and I'm fine with admitting that I too, am an idiot. I'm one of those idiots who is willing to be strapped into a 200 mph car.

ANY track is easy if you are the only one on it, unless you decide to drive like you don't know what you are doing.

 

[Furinkazen]

ANY track is easy if you are the only one on it, unless you decide to drive like you don't know what you are doing.

I'm trying to remember, there is one driver I think who signed to drive a NASCAR car a few years back, he did one lap, wrecked, and got replaced for Quali and the race.

 

[nascarfan1400]

I'm not saying the drivers aren't talented. I'm saying that the track - either road course or oval - is easy, once you take the 42 other drivers out of the equation.


Edit: and I'm fine with admitting that I too, am an idiot. I'm one of those idiots who is willing to be strapped into a 200 mph car.

Pretty much any track is easy if you are only one on it.

Easier? Yes.

Daily drive? No.

Some of the best Nascar drivers have crashed, all by themselves, in qualifying.
Andrew, until you race in the 500, please, shut up.

 

[nascarfan1400]

That commercial with all the kids is awesome.

 

[TenEightyOne]

That commercial with all the kids is awesome.

Not the Walmart "Arbeit Macht Frei" one? That's a terrifying social statement right there :\

 

[G.T.Ace]

Not the Walmart "Arbeit Macht Frei" one? That's a terrifying social statement right there :\

Wait, what? Walmart is using Arbeit macht frei as slogan?

 

[The Bman]

I'm trying to remember, there is one driver I think who signed to drive a NASCAR car a few years back, he did one lap, wrecked, and got replaced for Quali and the race.

John Wes Townley.

 

[nascarfan1400]

Not the Walmart "Arbeit Macht Frei" one? That's a terrifying social statement right there :\

No. It was for NASCAR, they were talking about dreaming about things hinting to NASCAR, then at the end they say, "when I grow up, I want to be a Racecar driver." Pretty cool actually.

 

[Blitz24]

Now I've seen it all:
https://twitter.com/scottspeed/status/437721781353594880/photo/1

 

[nascarfan1400]

Even news casters cannot read... Unless irl Fox is that far off sync!?

 

[Roo]

Wait, Michael Waltrip is Darrell's brother? I always thought Michael was Darrell's son.

 

[GTPorsche]

Was just coming to post that as well.

 

[nascarfan1400]

Wait, Michael Waltrip is Darrell's brother? I always thought Michael was Darrell's son.

yes!
Not being mean, legit question, how long have you watched NASCAR?

 

[Furinkazen]

John Wrecks Townley.

Fixed.

 

[G.T.Ace]

That can't be real.

 

[Vagabond]

The idea of dealing with 42 other idiots, is the hard part. Driving a lap - or 200 - of Daytona without the other 42 idiots is easy. One idiot can only make so many mistakes on that course.

Surviving the race is only difficult because of the 42 other drivers.

You might want to keep those uninformed and wildly inaccurate opinions to yourself. If you have any experience of driving a stock car, then by all means share it. I doubt that however and even the great Tiff Needell admitted it was not an easy task to keep the monster under control. You are coming across as slightly trollish.

 

[ITCC_Andrew]

And, rallying is still more difficult, even when you're all by yourself, without having to deal with the other drivers.

 

[TenEightyOne]

Wait, Michael Waltrip is Darrell's brother? I always thought Michael was Darrell's son.

I thought that too, so why did he refer to him as his brother?

@Blitz24 is that for real? I hope so!

 

[IceMan PJN]

Anyone willing to get into a 200 mph car has to be an idiot. It's in the job description...

"Has to be willing to put life in danger for a tenth of a second."

Modern day race car drivers are safer at 200 than most people in road cars at 60 MPH. Their safety equipment beats the crap out of typical road cars. F1, for example, hasn't had a fatality during a race weekend, including all practice, qualifying, and grands prix, since 1994. Half the NASCAR field can wreck in the big one with cars spinning, tumbling, and somersaulting through the air, and they would all be safer than if someone crashes into me on my way to work.

If drivers are stupid for racing, anyone getting into a road car for any reason is an idiot.

 

[nascarfan1400]

Yay! Top Ten Daytona 500 on Fox finishes!

 

[LancerEvo7]

Have there even been 10 500s on Fox?

 

[Furinkazen]

And, rallying is still more difficult, even when you're all by yourself, without having to deal with the other drivers.

Relavant to NASCAR how...?????