B_Skurka said:
Me either. Never watched a NASCAR race on TV. Used to get free VIP tickets to some NASCAR race every year, every year I give them away, good seats too, they were from the folks who make Winston. (Winston Cup, was that NASCAR?)
I casually watch Formula 1, not a great big fan of it but I enjoy that level of racing. IRL is OK but the cars still just go around a loop, which seems like a waste of the cars potential.
Having North Wilkesboro as a territory, I can't help but get grief (sp?) from some of my customers for being a "non-NASCAR" fan from yankeeland. This town is the home of Junior Johnson (he still lives there), and the local speedway here was "moved" to N.H which really ticked the locals off.
That being said, we have had some meetings at Lowes motor speedway (which is really amazing in size), and I was able to be down on the track and watch some practice runs by the cars. It really is amazing to see, hear and feel those cars go at the speeds they do. I have never watched a NASCAR race in my life and at this point don't intend to do so, but...when you're there in person seeing it, I can now see why people go.
When you see the parking lot/lots around Lowes, and see how many people go to those races, god, it seems like it would take ALL DAY AND NIGHT to get out of that place (one reason why I still won't go, hate to deal with crowds).
We have an office about two miles away from the Bristol speedway, and as luck would have it I had to be in that area during a race day. Never again due to the traffic.