Where's the fun in that? I just sit around and wait for the traffic to leave. Not going to miss the end of the race just to avoid a traffic jam. The best thing to do is take Friday & Monday off, and stay at the track the whole weekend. That way you can walk to your camp site after the race, spend the night, and leave on Monday with zero traffic. 👍
Well thats what I'm saying. The race isn't fun. So we enjoy the party and roll out while we can.
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I was talking to my old man about it a bit He's in is mid 60's and has been a mechanic/engine builder his whole life, he's one of those guys they can listen to an engine turn over and tell ya whats wrong with it. I'll tell you a bit about my conversation with him. Don't bad mouth my pops or i'll kill ya, I'm just sharing.
He used to love NASCAR. I just asked him why he didn't like it anymore while we were watching the coverage about the lasers that sense directional yaw and all that.
He said this isn't even racing anymore, the drivers aren't driving the cars the cars are driving the drivers. They may as well just pull the drivers out and let the cars drive themselves around the track. The drivers don't even have any input on car setup anymore its all done by guys sitting in the pits.
He also said something about back in the day whatever manufacturer won the race that weekend, thats who sold more cars that monday. They should run stock body cars with no spoilers and let them run any engine they want like they used to. So what if they go a little faster, no one wants to die they are going to hit the brakes for the corners.
Obviously he doesn't follow the sport anymore and some of the points could be argued with. Just sharing his point of view.
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I think it is(used to be) called
"stock car racing" was it not?
How awesome would it be if the manufactured car actually had something to do with the race car. So what if ford loses all year, you chose a ford. It shows something about the manufactures. Next year they will design a better car. It will promote innovation from the manufactures also. Would be fun.
I'm not trying to get in an argument about NASCAR because you guys like it, and I don't. Doesn't matter either way. Just thought I would share the convo I had.