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I think nascar/ pro car racing needs to take a big break

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sowstochd
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just think about it, they burn SO much gas and it really isnt that awesome, a waste really.
Jun 12 2008 11:29PM
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anxju
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yeah but its the 2nd most popular "sport" in america (behind football), believe it or not
Jun 12 2008 11:30PM
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Shadows
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as long as something/someone is making money on something/someone you can never stop it.
Jun 12 2008 11:36PM
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spiegel
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racing in general in america is pretty tame on the worldwide scale.
Jun 12 2008 11:41PM
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DangerToes
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Don;t be jealous just because they're real athletes, playing a real sport.....
Jun 13 2008 4:02AM
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dave44
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Don't NASCAR drivers get dizzy?
Jun 13 2008 5:19AM
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Inbred_Redneck
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Psh... screw NASCAR, Indycar racing is where its at.  Faster, Louder, and more crashes.
Jun 13 2008 9:56AM
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Ryno
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HAHAHAH...that says a lot about you guys :P

Pro-car racing should hop on the "green" bandwagon and enforce super strict emissions/mileage regulations. That way the benefits of all their expensive R&D will actuially be useful for the future. It will eventually end up going right into our consumer cars like every other groundbreaking car tech does (a win-win situation).
Jun 13 2008 10:06AM
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TerminatorX
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i refuse to believe that. how can a sport that, the average person can't even play, be the second most popular sport. i would guess that baseball is a lot more popular than race cars.
Jun 13 2008 11:13AM
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Ryno
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he probably meant spectator 'sport'
Jun 13 2008 11:15AM
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KapitolPhoto
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Brilliant!
Jun 13 2008 11:18AM
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Bepo
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I think nascar needs to shut down for good.  Such a worthless hobby (it's not a sport you clowns in the south)
Jun 13 2008 11:23AM
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Scolson
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You could take ALL forms of auto racing and group them together, and you would only be accounting for an extremely miniscule percentage of the planet's emissions. 
Jun 13 2008 11:37AM
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Ryno
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Your missing the bigger picture though...they form a majority of the cutting edge R&D that goes into our mass produced vehicles...which is a HUGE influence

Jun 13 2008 12:02PM
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bermbuster49
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in my opinion, racing of any form shits on all other sports. but thats just the way i am.

but i agree with ryan, they deffinately have the power to enforce those regulations and those teams have the knowledge to be able to make cars that will meet those regulations.  its like free research for alternative energy strategies....except its funded by rednecks hahah
Jun 13 2008 12:13PM
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Scolson
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Well you can count Nascar out of this discussion then.  There is almost no new technology in those cars because they are so heavily restricted, it's almost all minor aero tweaks and such
Jun 13 2008 12:39PM
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Ryno
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which is why they should be re-regulated then for green purposes ;)
Jun 13 2008 2:01PM
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finssidedown
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Don't quote me, but I think formula 1 might be using hybrid technology next year.  There's also some new thing going around about using a flywheel to store energy (can't find the link)
Jun 13 2008 3:10PM
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laxstar
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i would say most of this country is embarrassed by the south...
Jun 13 2008 3:22PM
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R-Bertsch
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i think its foolish to even think that just because nascar is racing that its a huge problem with gas/emmissions. look at any professional sport. you know how much traveling those teams and players do on busses and planes? how bout musicians touring thousands and thousands of miles on their gas hogging tour busses? wake up guys, everything uses massive amounts of gas and emmissions, just because they are racing cars doesn't mean they are more of a problem than anything else.

plus nascar draws superbowl like crowds/ratings to every race, they have so much god damn money i bet they will still be racing if gas goes up to 30 dollars a gallon.
Jun 13 2008 3:38PM
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Valind
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1)Football 2)Baseball 3)Basketball 4)Soccer 5)Hockey 6)Golf 7)Tennis 8)Nascar 9)Poker (not really a sport!) 10)Boxing

Live spectators...NASCAR, no contest.

TV Ratings...American Football.

"Beginning as regional entertainment in the Southeastern U.S., NASCAR has grown to become the second most popular professional spectator sport in terms of television ratings inside the U.S., ranking behind only the National Football League. Internationally, NASCAR races are broadcast in over 150 countries. It holds 17 of the top 20 attended sporting events in the U.S., and has 75 million fans who purchase over $2 billion in annual licensed product sales. These fans are considered the most brand-loyal in all of sports, and as a result, Fortune 500 companies sponsor NASCAR more than any other sport."

"NASCAR sanctions over 1,500 races at over 100 tracks in 38 states, Canada, and Mexico."

The NFL is all about the TV Ratings, not as much so for live spectators. They actually will adjust the season because of TV Ratings.

"In recent decades, the NFL traditionally started the regular season on Labor Day Weekend and lasted through Christmas week. However, declining television ratings on Labor Day have pushed the start of the regular season ahead one week (which is where scheduling currently stands), although for the past four years, the regular season has begun on the Thursday after Labor Day."

"The television rights to pro football are the most lucrative (and most expensive) rights of any sport available. In fact, it was television that brought pro football into prominence in the modern era of technology. Since then, NFL broadcasts have become among the most-watched programs on American television, and the fortunes of entire networks have rested on owning NFL broadcasting rights."

Jun 13 2008 3:48PM
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