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Cruickinator
24 Aug 2002, 06:39 PM
I rember during the world cup on alot of forums soccer fans were calling soccer haters and accusing soccer haters of liking NASCAR. What is this about is what it repesents of is it incredibley boring and there should be no logical reason to enjoy it. And is it just NASCAR or other motor sports which get this hard cold shoulder response?
skyforge
24 Aug 2002, 08:45 PM
Originally posted by Cruickinator
What is this about is what it repesents of is it incredibley boring and there should be no logical reason to enjoy it.
Could you translate this sentence into English please? :)
I, for one, like soccer and auto racing (including NASCAR but I prefer CART and IRL.)
Maybe I'm just weird.
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Cruickinator
24 Aug 2002, 09:13 PM
I'm not saying its weird I nver watched the sport. All I'm saying that I was on the Yahoo forums alot during the worldcup and when someone started calling soccer thier respoonse was along the lines of you probaly sit around allday watchin NASCAR. I was just wonderin what thier problem was with the sport.
skyforge
24 Aug 2002, 10:42 PM
99% of the stuff posted on the Yahoo forums is meaningless drivel. Or worse.
Personally, I wouldn't waste my time trying to figure out why they say the things do.
But since I don't have anything better to do... :)
To some fans of other sports, "NASCAR fan" = "ignorant white trash". So when these Yahoo yahoos want to insult someone, they think they're being witty by calling someone a NASCAR fan.
That's my 20-second "analysis." It's probably such meaningless drivel that's it's better suited for a Yahoo forum than for BigSoccer.
As far as "what their problem was with the sport" I think it' obvious: they simply don't like it. If you want to know why they don't like it, I don't know the answer.
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Ludahai
26 Aug 2002, 01:15 AM
Originally posted by Cruickinator
I rember during the world cup on alot of forums soccer fans were calling soccer haters and accusing soccer haters of liking NASCAR. What is this about is what it repesents of is it incredibley boring and there should be no logical reason to enjoy it. And is it just NASCAR or other motor sports which get this hard cold shoulder response?
Personally, I love NASCAR. In the South, NASCAR is very popular. I loved going to races at the Atlanta Motor Speedway, Talledega, Briston, and other great race tracks. There is nothing like 43 cars screaming by a several thousand horsepower.
Dante
26 Aug 2002, 09:12 AM
sorry but...
http://www.effafootball.com/jokes/nascarsucks.gif
I just can't get into a motorsport where the cars go round and round. That's why I can't watch the IRL either.
I'll stick with CART, F1 and Rally Racing.
kebzach
26 Aug 2002, 02:10 PM
I really, really like NASCAR.
So does my girlfriend.
ToddP25
26 Aug 2002, 03:20 PM
Big Nascar fan....bigger soccer fan....I live in the northeast.......I don't have alot of friends...
Auriaprottu
26 Aug 2002, 08:55 PM
Originally posted by Cruickinator
...is it just NASCAR or other motor sports which get this hard cold shoulder response?
Nah, just NASCAR. :) All other motorsports are cool, even NHRA drag racing (a close second-to-last on the I.Q. chart to NASCAR)
skyforge
26 Aug 2002, 09:32 PM
Originally posted by Auriaprottu
...a close second-to-last on the I.Q. chart to NASCAR
I guess my analysis was correct afterall.
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Own Goal Hat-Trick
26 Aug 2002, 10:31 PM
nascar blows...
rally racing is where its at.
Own Goal Hat-Trick
26 Aug 2002, 10:34 PM
Originally posted by Ludahai
Personally, I love NASCAR. In the South, NASCAR is very popular. I loved going to races at the Atlanta Motor Speedway, Talledega, Briston, and other great race tracks. There is nothing like 43 cars screaming by a several thousand horsepower.
and theres nothing better than an F1 car going by with a naturally aspirated engine raging at 16+k RPMs...
or a rally car drifting around a hairpin turn, then down a slope to go over a hill, catching air going 100+mph...
or... you could watch these bulky cars that have no right going that fast turn left... and left... and left again...
The Gribbler
27 Aug 2002, 02:12 PM
F1, CART, Rally are all real racing sports. I'll stick with the same arguement as everyone else, NASCAR is just circles.
Cruickinator
27 Aug 2002, 06:19 PM
So basically theres mixed response to it all. Personally I cannot stand any motor sports. Alos is it true that more people go to and watch NASCAR then MLS. I hope not!
The Gribbler
27 Aug 2002, 09:09 PM
Originally posted by Cruickinator
So basically theres mixed response to it all. Personally I cannot stand any motor sports. Alos is it true that more people go to and watch NASCAR then MLS. I hope not!
yes it is true, there are that many rednecks.
Ludahai
28 Aug 2002, 05:52 AM
Originally posted by BurnSoccer
yes it is true, there are that many rednecks.
I saw a survey of NASCAR fans last year. The average income of a NASCAR fan was something like 60K a year. I have been to races with well over 125k people in attendance. Most of those around me were NOT rednecks!
Auriaprottu
28 Aug 2002, 01:58 PM
Originally posted by Ludahai
I have been to races with well over 125k people in attendance. Most of those around me were NOT rednecks!
So, what were they doing at a NASCAR event, then? Masquerading as rednecks?
SABuffalo786
28 Aug 2002, 03:19 PM
I HATE Nascar with a passion. Its the only thing me and that tool Rome agree on.
Cruickinator: Have you ever seen the show "Cops"? Its basically American police officers going around on calls. Watch when they do a beat in a southern American city. There you will find your common Nascar fan.
Dante
28 Aug 2002, 03:51 PM
Originally posted by Ludahai
I saw a survey of NASCAR fans last year. The average income of a NASCAR fan was something like 60K a year. I have been to races with well over 125k people in attendance. Most of those around me were NOT rednecks!
Well I watched a show on tv where they were in Alabama at some NASCAR event and they went around interviewing the fans... there were TONS of rednecks.
They showed a shot of the parking lot with the RV's and 9 out of 10 had the Confederate flag flying right along with the flag of their favorite driver. They were interviewing a number of these people and they were the biggest rednecks in every sense. Racist, anti-North, the South will rise again rednecks.
ToddP25
28 Aug 2002, 04:46 PM
Originally posted by Dante
Well I watched a show on tv where they were in Alabama at some NASCAR event and they went around interviewing the fans... there were TONS of rednecks.
They showed a shot of the parking lot with the RV's and 9 out of 10 had the Confederate flag flying right along with the flag of their favorite driver. They were interviewing a number of these people and they were the biggest rednecks in every sense. Racist, anti-North, the South will rise again rednecks.
You watched a show about nascar fans from ALABAMA and there were rednecks? hmmmmmmmm.......Do you think it was the Nascar or maybe the Locale?
I have been to races in Delaware, New Hampshire, Pennslyvania, and Virginia....Are there trash at these events??? you betcha.......Have I seen white trash rednecks at soccer games??? damn straight......Its not the sport...its society.
I guess I understand it better since I have to defend this AND when people tell me that the only people who watch soccer are dishwashers and eurotrash......
Stereotypes are stupid.