I am sorry if I offended or hurt anyone's feelings.. But all this is in response to that thread on IS where thacker ran his mouth about how shitty my car is and how much better his GTO was because it was faster in a straight line, when my car is made for everything but straight line.. Who sin't respecting the other's form of racing, huh lank?
Lets compare the actual SPORT, motorsport, at the professional level.. If there is a proven difference of skill between these, the same applies to the level of skill at the amateur level..
Drag racing isn't my cup of tea because I feel that drag racing requires too little skill.. Lets compare racing, a little racing 101 for some of you (some of you already mentioned the difference in skill, we are on the same page).. Nascar is like drag racing to a degree.. Both take a VERY limited skill-set and refining it to a VERY high degree.. In drag racing, it is ALL and only about launching the car and being able to shift quickly.. In Nascar, it is all about knowing when it's time to draft someone (knowing that once you pull up you draft, and once you pass they can draft you).. There really isn't much skill involved in knowing about traction and how hard you can push in turns, because they are all one big pack and are rolling around the track together.. You just stick with the pack..
It is laughable to compare the skill level of Nascar (or drag racing, for that matter) with rally, F1 driving, etc.. Lets take F1 driving, F1 is about being able to do lots of different things and do them well, not taking one or two things and taking them to a very high degree of skill.. If you want to be a good F1 driver, you have to be on the verge of crash because that is the fastest.. You have to be a excellent braker, good at starting, good at high speed turns, good at passing, good at protecting your position, good at tire management, good at lots and lots of other things.. Thacker is good at one thing, launching and shifting through.. I am a relatively accomplished drag racer (ran same as the factory time executed by pro driver).. I am not saying in anyway that average joe can Drag race ( because average joe cannot parralel park into a parking spot), but I have absolutely no doubt that if you took a group of people, trained them , put them in the needed equipment, that over some amount of time you could develop a winning Nascar driver, a winning Drag racer, BUT you could NEVER develop a winning F1 driver unless that person already had "that extra something" that is required to be great..
Look at the father/son teams who do very well in both Nascar and Drag racing.. We're supposed to believe the kids just have "it" the way the dads do? Statistically impossible........ It's because it is possible to breach the highest ranks of Nascar and Drag racing without some high level of innate skill, but it is not possible to do so in F1.. That's just how it is..
Its really pitiful that some had to resort to shit arguments..
Drag racing is gay.. Who can argue that it isn't the lowest breed of automobile racing? That is why it isn't really popular anywhere else in the world.. Racing at a drag strip can't even compare to taking your car to the limits around Road Atlanta..
The average American cannot parallel park.. When the average European driver (including women) have to do it on a daily basis.. No wonder Drag Racing is so popular here and no wonder most F1 drivers are European..
