Quote Originally Posted by RutRoe
As a guy who works for the SPEED Channel, who goes to every race, and who loves NASCAR....

I"m guessing that most of you guys who are making fun on NASCAR have never been to a race. 2turbo4u, 2fast4whatever...

If you've never been to a race, to be frank, you have zero idea of what you're talking about. It's not your fault, but you just don't comprehend what goes into these cars, or the races, or why so many people love it.

Have you guys even been down in the Cup series garage after a practice? Have you seen the technology that people use to race? No. You haven't. and that's ok. But just because you don't like the SPORT, doesn't make you an expert.

For the people that don't think Toyota should be in NASCAR, that's the attitude that people make fun of the USA for. It's a dumb thing to say....why ?

Because the Camry is the only car model in NASCAR's Nextel Cup Series which is actually produced in the US. Yep.

Ford Fuzion, Monte Carlo - both made in Mexico....the Charger, in Canada. So techincally, until Toyota came in, there was no real American made car in cup. Certainly there were American manufacturers, but no cars.

The arguement that the racing sucks because they aren't cars in stock conditions is weak.

That hasn't been the case since the 60's. True that the cars seemed more similar until the late 80's, early 90's, but that's the extent of that arguement. They've almost never been STOCK.

If you are curious about things in NASCAR, ask... or do some research. But don't just spew lies and make stuff up because you think there's no skill in what they do.

Sure most of the tracks, well all but two races, have only left hand turns, that's true. But to imply that it's easy to do what these guys do every weekend is assanine.

For me, the best part about NASCAR is the people. The fans. They show up in numbers every weekend and support these guys that they relate with, and monetarily speaking, it's much larger and more powerful than almost any other motorsport. F1 is a more expensive sport, but clearly, they don't have the fans or the viewership here in the US to really compete with NASCAR.

Just know that when you guys say this stuff you're doing two things.

1. You're not being PRO-motorsports, which in the end, hurts all of us. Wether you like drifting, dirt track, go-karts, SCCA, or anything else, when you support one of them, it affects how the others are seen. Taking a positive view on them makes a difference. You don't have to love NASCAR by any means, but it paves the way for a lot more things than you can obviously comprehend.

2. You're just like the people who lie and BS about their cars and you get mad at for not knowing what they're talking about. Seriously, how many times has somone told you "Yeah it's a stock civic, but it runs 11's, cause it's an ex, we got some secret stuff done..." In the end, it's all crap, and you guys are no different.

Just because something's not your thing doesn't mean you need to rail it and make it something it's not.

I mean, I don't like sushi, but I'm not calling you a assface because you do, or say sushi in america is nothing like fresh sushi in one of Japan's ports. (I've never been to Japan-see what I mean)

And the COT was designed to be a safer, more affordable race car in the LONG run. Not in the SHORT run, meaning this year.

Rutledge
Amen.

+1.