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bentagain
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"can we talk about this NASCAR accident aka the Daytona 500 post"
Sun Feb-24-13 01:00 PM by bentagain

  

          

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

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it's weird and something I do not understand.
Feb 24th 2013
1
Im not watching (never have)
Feb 24th 2013
2
i saw some of the pictures and i was like "why did they take dude's shir...
Feb 24th 2013
3
its not for you.
Feb 24th 2013
4
i'm in the crowd that just doesn't get burning all that gas.
Feb 24th 2013
5
like that tomato fight. I thought to myself, they sure are wasting
Feb 24th 2013
7
business just picked up.
Feb 24th 2013
6
RE: danica was sexy to me
Feb 24th 2013
8
      she's got bedroom eyes.
Feb 24th 2013
16
Crashes are the reason the casual fan watches.....
Feb 24th 2013
9
And by the way, Danica just made history.....
Feb 24th 2013
10
shit, she's in it, yo...
Feb 24th 2013
13
      she won't be happy abt 8th.
Feb 24th 2013
22
I've got it on now. NASCAR is desperate for a boost.
Feb 24th 2013
11
America should hijack the Aussie V8 Supercar series
Feb 24th 2013
38
I like NASCAR.
Feb 24th 2013
12
all of the toyota engines are blowing up.
Feb 24th 2013
14
LOL, they were all in the top four now they're all shut down.....
Feb 24th 2013
15
karma for kurt busch' bitch ass.
Feb 24th 2013
17
loooool
Feb 24th 2013
18
This has been a good ass race....
Feb 24th 2013
19
i'm tired of watching jimmie win.
Feb 24th 2013
21
      I've been a real casual watcher for years....
Feb 24th 2013
25
           U golf?
Feb 24th 2013
26
           Nope, never played other than putt putt.....
Feb 24th 2013
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           well, i was speaking in general-
Feb 24th 2013
31
Apparently lil Ceej loves NASCAR
Feb 24th 2013
20
lmao @ danica
Feb 24th 2013
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She got bodied right there
Feb 24th 2013
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all & all still a HUGE accomplishment-
Feb 24th 2013
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      Women did work this weekend.
Feb 24th 2013
30
Probably thought a caution was coming on the final lap
Feb 24th 2013
27
not if she knows the rules.
Feb 24th 2013
29
      yep
Feb 24th 2013
34
Yeah they clowned her at the end.....
Feb 24th 2013
33
what happened with jeff Gordon?
Feb 24th 2013
35
good race today..
Feb 24th 2013
36
LOL...50 on that creep life...
Feb 24th 2013
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lol at him just following her
Feb 24th 2013
39
40 posts in a NASCAR thread=record
Feb 24th 2013
40
dammit. mark martin just missed again
Feb 25th 2013
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cosign
Feb 25th 2013
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another thing that bothers me about NASCAR are the agendas
Feb 25th 2013
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Er...
Feb 25th 2013
44
the player safety agenda has been grabbing headlines for the past
Feb 25th 2013
45
      There hasn't been a death in NASCAR since 2001.
Feb 25th 2013
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      google says different
Feb 25th 2013
50
           Those are regional feeder series. They are not NASCAR.
Feb 25th 2013
51
                you really kind of are a hillbilly huh
Feb 25th 2013
69
                     I'm a little bit country and a little bit rock 'n' roll.
Feb 25th 2013
70
      what? Who's gotten killed since Dale Sr?
Feb 25th 2013
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RE: another thing that bothers me about NASCAR are the agendas
Feb 25th 2013
46
This is the one that gets me:
Feb 25th 2013
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      They had that car on display at the NASCAR Hall of Fame....
Mar 02nd 2013
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           but real fans don't care about wrecks...?
Mar 03rd 2013
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                Of course they care about wrecks....
Mar 03rd 2013
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you have no idea what youre talking about. stop.
Feb 25th 2013
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      RE: thanks for the education
Feb 25th 2013
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           http://images.tvrage.com/people/60/179993.jpg
Feb 25th 2013
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           http://cdn.memegenerator.net/instances/400x/26002590.jpg
Feb 25th 2013
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           MTV: Jeremy Clements uttered slur
Mar 01st 2013
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                Some redneck from South Carolina said the n-word.
Mar 01st 2013
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                     nah, just some observations
Mar 02nd 2013
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                          Well, I'm not sure what you want to happen to him.
Mar 02nd 2013
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                               so 30 people are injured at a race and a driver makes a racist comment
Mar 03rd 2013
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                                    You're saying racism caused the fans to get injured, or vice-versa?
Mar 03rd 2013
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                                    You act like that shit happens every week.....
Mar 03rd 2013
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           a 13 year old girl was killed at a hockey game a couple years back
Mar 03rd 2013
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Danica lost $500,000 in FIVE seconds
Feb 25th 2013
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I really doubt that even matters
Feb 25th 2013
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      i think some of that money goes to her team/car owner as well
Feb 25th 2013
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           yep...it hurt the nigga who works the jack much more than Danika...
Feb 25th 2013
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           Very true, great point., didnt think about that
Feb 25th 2013
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                dude jacks wheels for a living
Feb 25th 2013
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                     I'm sure if thats dudes thing hes havin a good time
Feb 25th 2013
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                          yeah until you get run over by a NAS car
Feb 25th 2013
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                               They have to get some piece from the sponsors, no??
Feb 25th 2013
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                                    honestly, i doubt it
Feb 25th 2013
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                                         Yea that would make sense if the towel boy was on the team, hes not
Feb 25th 2013
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                                              If y'all are actually interested in the subject...
Feb 25th 2013
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                                                   yeah im really interested...
Feb 25th 2013
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1. "it's weird and something I do not understand. "
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at all.

  

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2. "Im not watching (never have)"
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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

  

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3. "i saw some of the pictures and i was like "why did they take dude's shir..."
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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.

  

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4. "its not for you."
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or me.

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5. "i'm in the crowd that just doesn't get burning all that gas."
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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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7. "like that tomato fight. I thought to myself, they sure are wasting"
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a lot of food

I never thought of the gas though

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6. "business just picked up."
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harvick/stewart/keslowski/montoya/kahne all just wrecked.

danica's sexy to me.

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8. "RE: danica was sexy to me"
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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

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16. "she's got bedroom eyes."
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9. "Crashes are the reason the casual fan watches....."
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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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10. "And by the way, Danica just made history....."
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first woman to lead a lap in a Cup series race....



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13. "shit, she's in it, yo..."
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22. "she won't be happy abt 8th."
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so close for so much of the race....

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11. "I've got it on now. NASCAR is desperate for a boost."
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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.

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38. "America should hijack the Aussie V8 Supercar series"
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do in-town street courses (like Long Beach GP ).

  

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12. "I like NASCAR."
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14. "all of the toyota engines are blowing up."
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it's crazy, w/w the new cars getting intro'd today-

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15. "LOL, they were all in the top four now they're all shut down....."
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17. "karma for kurt busch' bitch ass."
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18. "loooool"
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19. "This has been a good ass race...."
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21. "i'm tired of watching jimmie win."
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props.

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25. "I've been a real casual watcher for years...."
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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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26. "U golf?"
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32. "Nope, never played other than putt putt....."
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31. "well, i was speaking in general-"
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JJ hasn't been dominating so much as of late, so i guess i meant that on some "he already got his".

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20. "Apparently lil Ceej loves NASCAR "
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Dude is goin crazy watchin this mess

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23. "lmao @ danica"
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went from 3rd to 8th in one turn.

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24. "She got bodied right there"
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28. "all & all still a HUGE accomplishment-"
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30. "Women did work this weekend."
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27. "Probably thought a caution was coming on the final lap"
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And Martin and Earnhardt, Jr. pushed her out of the way.

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29. "not if she knows the rules."
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-they won't call caution on the final lap if the lane ahead is clear.

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34. "yep"
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33. "Yeah they clowned her at the end....."
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35. "what happened with jeff Gordon?"
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36. "good race today.."
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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.

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37. "LOL...50 on that creep life..."
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http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nascar-from-the-marbles/50-cent-goes-erin-andrews-kiss-gets-denied-192555935--nascar.html

...I'm from the era when A.I. was the answer, now they think ai is the answer - Marlon Craft

  

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39. "lol at him just following her"
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40. "40 posts in a NASCAR thread=record"
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41. "dammit. mark martin just missed again"
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http://card.mygamercard.net/lastgame/rjcc.png

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

  

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42. "cosign"
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"You (Fisher) could get fired, Les Snead could get fired, Kevin Demoff could get fired, but I will always be Eric Dickerson.†(c) The God

  

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43. "another thing that bothers me about NASCAR are the agendas"
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that are being pushed in other sports

why does NASCAR get a pass on

racism

and

player safety

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44. "Er..."
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>racism

Slowly getting better.

>and
>
>player safety

What?

  

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45. "the player safety agenda has been grabbing headlines for the past"
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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?

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47. "There hasn't been a death in NASCAR since 2001."
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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?

  

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50. "google says different"
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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

?

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51. "Those are regional feeder series. They are not NASCAR."
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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?"

  

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69. "you really kind of are a hillbilly huh"
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70. "I'm a little bit country and a little bit rock 'n' roll."
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52. "what? Who's gotten killed since Dale Sr?"
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46. "RE: another thing that bothers me about NASCAR are the agendas"
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>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.

  

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48. "This is the one that gets me:"
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http://youtu.be/1kdKzFMh-rU

McDonald got out and walked away. No serious injuries.

  

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75. "They had that car on display at the NASCAR Hall of Fame...."
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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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77. "but real fans don't care about wrecks...?"
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80. "Of course they care about wrecks...."
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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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64. "you have no idea what youre talking about. stop."
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<--- Big Baller World Order

  

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66. "RE: thanks for the education"
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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

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

  

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

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71. "MTV: Jeremy Clements uttered slur"
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http://espn.go.com/racing/nascar/nationwide/story/_/id/9002360/jeremy-clements-used-racial-slur-conversation-website-confirms

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72. "Some redneck from South Carolina said the n-word."
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Now, is your beef more with pervasive racism in NASCAR's junior series, or with rednecks from South Carolina?

  

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73. "nah, just some observations"
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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?

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74. "Well, I'm not sure what you want to happen to him."
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>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.

  

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76. "so 30 people are injured at a race and a driver makes a racist comment"
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but those ARE NOT reasons to think NASCAR has safety and race issues

cool story!

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78. "You're saying racism caused the fans to get injured, or vice-versa?"
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Either way, you're pretty fucking stupid.

  

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81. "You act like that shit happens every week....."
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if happened every week, then you could say they have safety issues and race issues....




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79. "a 13 year old girl was killed at a hockey game a couple years back"
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*Jews you*

"this is okp tho, reading is completely optional" (c) desus

Proceed with caution. I am overtly racist.

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49. "Danica lost $500,000 in FIVE seconds"
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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)

  

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53. "I really doubt that even matters"
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I am sure she is getting grossly overpaid by sponsors.

http://i.imgur.com/vPqCzVU.jpg

  

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54. "i think some of that money goes to her team/car owner as well"
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>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.

  

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55. "yep...it hurt the nigga who works the jack much more than Danika..."
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he don't get shit from Go Daddy.

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56. "Very true, great point., didnt think about that"
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Yes that sucks for rear wheel jacker guy.

http://i.imgur.com/vPqCzVU.jpg

  

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57. "dude jacks wheels for a living "
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he is winning at life if you ask me.

  

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58. "I'm sure if thats dudes thing hes havin a good time"
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59. "yeah until you get run over by a NAS car"
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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!

  

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60. "They have to get some piece from the sponsors, no??"
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I mean they wear all that shit too

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61. "honestly, i doubt it"
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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

  

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62. "Yea that would make sense if the towel boy was on the team, hes not"
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>it's like the Heat towel boys getting a check from nike
>because they wipe up lebrons sweat
>

Rear Jackman IS on the team.

http://i.imgur.com/vPqCzVU.jpg

  

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63. "If y'all are actually interested in the subject..."
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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

  

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65. "yeah im really interested..."
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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?

  

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