this shit is just getting under my skin

media outlets have been running with the Danica angle all week

and I would expect the ratings to see a bump

but let's be real people

these crashes are the reason people watch

what's bothering me

is every interview, narrative, commentary, etc...

these dudes are almost congratulatory that nobody died

well congratufuckinglations dipshits

you still sent 30 something people to the hospital

I mean, who are these people that go to these races knowing their health is at risk in doing so

if catching a baseball at a game meant I could die, I don't think I would go

watch NASCAR get the highest ratings ever after all of this BS

at all.

But the GALL of them to not even consider calling the race...and admitting it well before the two most seriously injured people were upgraded...poor taste

he had leg injuries...no medical reason to do it....either endangering him or ruining a shirt

then i realized no body in the crowd was wearing a shirt.

i can not understand that shit at all. being in the crowd in the summer must be unbearable.

or me.

and wrecking all those parts all the time. even not in crashes, things just constantly wearing out and getting junked.


it's no fun at all to watch, the culture surrounding it isn't all that enticing and even if they're using a lot of proprietary parts and energy that aren't on regular markets it still seems wasteful to me.


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a lot of food

I never thought of the gas though

harvick/stewart/keslowski/montoya/kahne all just wrecked.

danica's sexy to me.

10 years ago

seems like she been on for a long ass time

and ain't done shit

they might have to let her get one

just to keep her fanbase interested for the next 10

even those godaddy ads got faded

real diehard NASCAR fans who sit out there in their RVs all weekend during race weekends don't spend all that money just to watch their favorite driver smash into a wall.....



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first woman to lead a lap in a Cup series race....



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Some of us gon' end up hot.....

so close for so much of the race....

Attendance and ratings were down in 2012.
http://aol.sportingnews.com/nascar/story/2012-11-21/nascar-tv-ratings-decline-fox-espn-tnt-daytona-500-olympics

You would think that if attendance was down that ratings would go up a bit but that hasn't happened.
NASCAR's attempted innovations, like the "Car of Tomorrow" (a boxier car meant for safer, closer competition used from 2007-12) and the Chase for the Cup (making a points system that only allowed the top 12 in the standings to win the championship even though races still feature 43 cars) have pushed away a chunk of the hardcore crowd.

Hell, some people probably miss when they called it the Winston Cup. Certainly they don't like this little no-winning hussy Patrick being shoved down their throats as a new star. Especially when they've got two developmental leagues full of drivers trying to push into the big time.

do in-town street courses (like Long Beach GP ).

it's crazy, w/w the new cars getting intro'd today-

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You gon' live forever
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props.

never watched an entire race before today, so I dont know who's been the biggest winners and what not, maybe now I have a sport that will get me through the long stretch between the Final Four and NFL preseason.....



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You gon' live forever
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Some of us gon' end up hot.....

JJ hasn't been dominating so much as of late, so i guess i meant that on some "he already got his".

Dude is goin crazy watchin this mess

went from 3rd to 8th in one turn.

And Martin and Earnhardt, Jr. pushed her out of the way.

-they won't call caution on the final lap if the lane ahead is clear.

.

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excited about this season. As someone who follows NASCAR and has been to an event, I will say it's impossible to appreciate it properly on tv. I disagree that crashes are the reason people watch. Maybe casual fans, but not folk who actually get into the racing aspect.

http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nascar-from-the-marbles/50-cent-goes-erin-andrews-kiss-gets-denied-192555935--nascar.html

http://card.mygamercard.net/lastgame/rjcc.png

www.engadgethd.com - the other stuff i'm looking at

that are being pushed in other sports

why does NASCAR get a pass on

racism

and

player safety

>racism

Slowly getting better.

>and
>
>player safety

What?

couple of seasons in the NFL

concussions and early onset of dementia

really don't compare to death

I feel like stories of drivers and even fans being killed appear every year

yet...

and as a boxing fan

there was even some talk about banning the sport because it was too violent

yet...

feel free to elaborate on the racism issue improving

are you talking about fans or drivers?

As a direct result of improved safety regulations instituted after that year.

>I feel like stories of drivers and even fans being killed
>appear every year

They don't. You're imagining this.

As a result of Saturday's crash, NASCAR will examine what happened to the catch fence and find ways to make improvements. Something went wrong with the tire tether (which is supposed to keep tires from leaving the vehicle) and the catch fence failed. NASCAR will make improvements, guaranteed.

>feel free to elaborate on the racism issue improving
>
>are you talking about fans or drivers?

Well, which are you talking about?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_NASCAR_fatal_accidents

Eight drivers died in the 1950s and 1960s; five in the 1970s; thirteen in the 1980s; ten in the 1990s, eight in the 2000s

no deaths this decade...yet

the 70s is interesting though

only 5

?

You need to understand what you're talking about. Basically you've just said, "there was a death in AAU. Why doesn't the NBA do something about it?"

.

>and
>
>player safety


You saw that car that got cut in half Saturday. That guy casually got out of the car and walked away without a scratch. I'd say NASCAR is doing pretty well on the safety front.

http://youtu.be/1kdKzFMh-rU

McDonald got out and walked away. No serious injuries.

they had a special exhibit on some of NASCAR's worst wrecks....

https://sphotos-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash3/526592_696356484786_1245194377_n.jpg





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Some of us gon' end up hot.....

but they don't spend hundreds if not thousands of dollars to drive their RV to a track, camp out for 3-4 days, sit in the hot ass sun drinking beer just to watch their favorite driver run into the wall on the third lap. Stop being dense.....



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Some of us gon' end up hot.....

nowhere did I say I did

I actually don't know shit about NASCAR, or racing in general

the little exposure I do have is from the media coverage, hype, etc...

thus the reason for the post

but as 50 stated in a post above

I don't see any black people

I guess that's Okay for NASCAR, just not the other major sports

and like I said

what other sport are spectators in danger by attending?

I guess that's Okay for NASCAR, as long as nobody is dying...

anymore

MFers gettin real defensive

then school me

http://images.tvrage.com/people/60/179993.jpg

http://cdn.memegenerator.net/instances/400x/26002590.jpg

http://espn.go.com/racing/nascar/nationwide/story/_/id/9002360/jeremy-clements-used-racial-slur-conversation-website-confirms

Now, is your beef more with pervasive racism in NASCAR's junior series, or with rednecks from South Carolina?

I find it strange that this was just brushed aside

no big deal

nothing to see here

BECAUSE it's NASCAR

is there another sport where this wouldn't be a bigger story?

>I find it strange that this was just brushed aside

It was covered by all the major sports news outlets, and NASCAR has suspended him indefinitely. What more do you want to happen?

>no big deal
>
>nothing to see here
>
>BECAUSE it's NASCAR

Again, they suspended him indefinitely. What do you want? Shoudl he be shot dead by firing squad? Hanged in the town square?

>is there another sport where this wouldn't be a bigger story?

It's probably not a bigger story because nobody knows who he is. I mean, I follow NASCAR, but I don't even know who he is. Some back-of-the-pack nobody in the Nationwide Series.

What you're doing right now is equivalent to complaining about a racist remark made by somebody in the Arena Football League. Yes, it's bad, but it's the fucking Arena League.

but those ARE NOT reasons to think NASCAR has safety and race issues

cool story!

Either way, you're pretty fucking stupid.

if happened every week, then you could say they have safety issues and race issues....




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payout for 3rd place (where she was) is $800,000
payout for 8th place (where she finished) is $300,000

not to mention differing point totals
she's still dead last in the points rankings
but she got more ESPN interview time than Jimmie Johnson (San Diego kid by the way)

i had a post up a while ago asking how/why is she even still relevant given that she's never won shit (after all these years)

I am sure she is getting grossly overpaid by sponsors.

>I am sure she is getting grossly overpaid by sponsors.

if a horse/jockey loses that much in a horse race then the owner feels it as well.

he don't get shit from Go Daddy.

Yes that sucks for rear wheel jacker guy.

he is winning at life if you ask me.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zr4DkT2vsec

they make between $30k and $100k tho
but i'm sure them extra $5k or $10k they would receive if she wouldnt have fucked that up would be a LOT of natty light in their fridges today!

I mean they wear all that shit too

it's like the Heat towel boys getting a check from nike because they wipe up lebrons sweat

i think jackman positions are kind of a "good ol boy" job
you get it from WHO you knoow
not just because yo're qualified

i really wonder how all their checks shake out tho:
jackman
tire man
windshield wiper guy
fuel cannister guy
sheetmetal guy
all the mechanics
machine shop guys

i'm sure a #1 (or even a pole position) in nascar is like a playoff win in NFL/NBA whereby you get team bonus checks

>it's like the Heat towel boys getting a check from nike
>because they wipe up lebrons sweat
>

Rear Jackman IS on the team.

Steve Matchett, currently an F1 commentator on Speed, wrote a book about his life as an F1 mechanic. Not NASCAR, but the paths are similar.

http://www.amazon.com/Mechanics-Tale-Life-Pit-Lanes-Formula/dp/0752827839/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1361812681&sr=1-1&keywords=steve+matchett

because i know guys that do local circle track racing
in like ford pintos and whatnots
building engines in their garages

i wonder if they ride the coattails of a driver up through the ranks into NASCAR?

or if Rick Hendrick's grandson wants to be a jackman for a summer so Hendrick puts him on the NASCAR truck series crew?