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"...I'm the firestarter! Twisted firestarer!" _"Firestarter," by Prodigy. 1996.(?)
It is said that when a full moon rises, people tend to be more aggressive or crazy. The emphasis on this thread was inspired by most of the action at NASCAR's Bristol Motor Speedway. As you may know, I am not an oval fan, but completely HATE "short" tracks (I can sense a Leyla's Keeper tonguelashing, but it isn't the first time I've been in that position). One big reason is because all it does it means more cars out of the race, more hate among racers, and most likely more fines. There are also more cautions and very little actual racing. I've always knocked "short" track racing for this. I've always said that if people think it's a bad idea for cars to race on a temporary street circuit, how do you explain 30+ cars/trucks running on a track less than 0.6 miles with few lanes to compete with?
And now my inspiration and question... are there certain tracks and locations in which seem to breed hot tempers, lots of controversy, and that sort of thing? I'll start things off.
Bristol Motor Speedway is also known as "Thunder Valley." You can also take away the "Thunder" and get a good name to describe the course- The Valley. The abyss. I can remember the late Dale Earnhardt Sr. spinning out Terry LaBonte on the final lap in 1999. Then, the MANY fans in attendance gave Dale Earnhardt a smattering of boos and thumbs down. I believe Dale Sr. didn't try to spin him out as he said. Many "short" tracks have been more like firestarter tracks, because there always seems to be something. Either it's people forgetting it's a championship race and not a demolition derby, or that these kinds of tracks produce results highly untypical. The courses are a challenge since you have to have good brakes as well as a quick transmission setup to take advantage of the short straights and tight corners. Racing these courses against others mean you have to make sure the guy behind you doesn't try to spin you out or makes a bogus move jeaprodizing you and your opposition around you. Either the racing gets too intense around an unforgiving track, or it's just racers in a bad mood and wanting to take it out against others.
This topic is one to talk about tracks which seem to bring out the anger and hot temper in racers under great competition. So (no pun intended) fire away with replies.
It is said that when a full moon rises, people tend to be more aggressive or crazy. The emphasis on this thread was inspired by most of the action at NASCAR's Bristol Motor Speedway. As you may know, I am not an oval fan, but completely HATE "short" tracks (I can sense a Leyla's Keeper tonguelashing, but it isn't the first time I've been in that position). One big reason is because all it does it means more cars out of the race, more hate among racers, and most likely more fines. There are also more cautions and very little actual racing. I've always knocked "short" track racing for this. I've always said that if people think it's a bad idea for cars to race on a temporary street circuit, how do you explain 30+ cars/trucks running on a track less than 0.6 miles with few lanes to compete with?
And now my inspiration and question... are there certain tracks and locations in which seem to breed hot tempers, lots of controversy, and that sort of thing? I'll start things off.
Bristol Motor Speedway is also known as "Thunder Valley." You can also take away the "Thunder" and get a good name to describe the course- The Valley. The abyss. I can remember the late Dale Earnhardt Sr. spinning out Terry LaBonte on the final lap in 1999. Then, the MANY fans in attendance gave Dale Earnhardt a smattering of boos and thumbs down. I believe Dale Sr. didn't try to spin him out as he said. Many "short" tracks have been more like firestarter tracks, because there always seems to be something. Either it's people forgetting it's a championship race and not a demolition derby, or that these kinds of tracks produce results highly untypical. The courses are a challenge since you have to have good brakes as well as a quick transmission setup to take advantage of the short straights and tight corners. Racing these courses against others mean you have to make sure the guy behind you doesn't try to spin you out or makes a bogus move jeaprodizing you and your opposition around you. Either the racing gets too intense around an unforgiving track, or it's just racers in a bad mood and wanting to take it out against others.
This topic is one to talk about tracks which seem to bring out the anger and hot temper in racers under great competition. So (no pun intended) fire away with replies.
