Quote Originally Posted by DrivenMind
Alright RutRoe you took the time to be patient, and respectful even though we were getting our jollies off talking ****; in return I'll try to give you a real response worth reading.

My biggest problem with NASCAR is the way it unabashedly overshadows every other single form of motorsport in the U.S. Plain and simple. It's like eating the same meal over, and over again for years. I'm dying for variety. But there's little to be found anymore, and don't take this personally, but I think SPEED Channel quit helping.

I absolutely cannot stand how much I see NASCAR on the network. I used to look forward to not knowing what I was going to find on Speedvision, be it Semi-Trucks racing on Motorsports Mundial, Off Road Championships, F1, WRC, IROC, SCCA, British Pro Touring, Rolex, Le Mans, The Ferrari Cup, Indy, Cart, MotoGP, Motocross, all that ****. Then slowly NASCAR took over. I guess Speedvision was in some financial need, because NASCAR, and the advertising for it seemed to simply take over.

I have no doubt that theres technology abound in Nextel Cup cars, I mean look at the budgets going into these things.

I hate NASCAR because of what it stands for. It's not about the competition. It's not about the racing. It's really not even about the cars anymore.

It's about advertising. It's about marketability, and it used to be/still is a method by which our domestic car manufacturers would try to pass off their ****ty, poorly developed cars, and sell them to a domestic NASCAR fan base, by relating them to cars that are absolutely nothing like their ****ty showroom counterparts.

Remember all the Chevy commercials featuring Dale Jr.? Yuck.

I hate NASCAR because when I was little kid I ****ing loved it. But as I grew up it just got more, and more boring. It didn't seem like these guys were pushing the cars. It just seemed like some kind of automated mechanical giant. Juggernaut is the best word I've heard used to describe NASCAR, it's unstoppable, and it's unavoidable. It's become so big that you can't get away from it. It's like racing for commies. There are other choices out there, but in the states, this is usually the only one your gonna get.

I understand peoples love for NASCAR, I really do, and almost any gearhead can sort of get why people like it. But as an enthusiast I hate how the Juggernaut has made all other forms of motor sports fight for a fraction of their deserved spotlight.
This is spot on. Beyond the fact that I think NASCAR is in and of itself an insufferable spectacle of racing, I also loathe NASCAR because of its overall dominance that has left no choices to watch any other form of racing in this country.

I like the idea of cars from the dealer showroom racing instead of purpose built tube framed chassis stickered out to pseudo-resemble a real car. Why anyone would buy a Monte Carlo because they call a car racing in NASCAR a Monte Carlo is beyond me. No matter how "simple" someone is I find it hard to believe that they would find any resemblance between the car they see on TV and the one on the dealership lot save for the nameplate. Why go through all of the motions?

It's these simple minded, stuck thinking inside the box people that are really hurting our car market. We simply build poor quality vehicles pushed through by an older generation of simple minded executives geared to simple minded consumers who love simple minded racing. That's fine until you look at who we export our cars to - basically NOBODY. Because NOBODY outside the US has much interest buying them. Hell we can barely sell them to citizens of this country who are proud to be US citizens - myself included. Now there's some exceptions - Jeremy Clarkson would drive a ZO6 or a Ford GT, but like everyone else from his homeland Clarkson wouldn't be caught dead driving an Impala or Caliber around in place of a comparable Peugot or Nissan. That's why there aren't Chevrolet dealerships all over Asia or Europe, yet the US has an enormous list of import dealerships.