Daytona 500

[mjderstine]

i lived in daytona for 8 years. and even living there it was boring. now the cool race. when the Rolex 24 hour race came into town. you could get in for a couple bucks, they had a carnival going. there is nothing like watching those prototype cars from a giant ferris wheel.

they should do the same track for the daytona 500. i bet half the racers would like road racing better anyway. specially stewart, robby gordon, and montoya.

[nascarfan3199]

Boring or not, I am glad to see Harvick blow up.

[JERRY2KONE]

To each his own as the saying goes. All forms of racing have their apeal. From drag racing, to NASCAR, to F1, to rally racing, all forms of motorbike racing, and yes even snowmobile racing. No need to bash on any of them just because they are not your cup of tea, unless you have actually been out there ripping up the track showing us your talents to prove that it is boring. I found it most interesting watching them drive 200+ mph with their foot to the floor 90% of the time, bumper to bumper with another car. Try that on the highway for a 100 miles and then come back in here and tell us how boring it is.

It's the thrill of being able to do something that no one else in the world can and live to share the experience. I am sure that most people would not even be able to drive over 100 mph without pissing themselves. 200 mph for 4 to 5 hours trying not to get caught up in a wreck seems pretty exciting to me whether it is left turns, right turns, or no turns.

It's also funny how all of these F1 drivers are jumping over from F1 to NASCAR and not only are they having a hard time keeping up, but they are having the time of their lives doing so. I would be willing to bet that most of us could jump into a car and drive the a$$ off of it around town near 100 mph, but would also believe that most of us would not last ten minutes on the Daytona track and most likely never even reach 200 mph. But then why get into a pissing contest over your opinion of NASCAR when you can just do it yourself and then come tell us that it is for sissys.

So sorry if I offend someone but I don't think I could stay awake through a NASCAR race even if my life depended on it. I have never gone past 5-6 laps of viewing before changing the channel. Just around and around and around and......... Yeah, the stacks (I believe you guys call them wrecks) are kind of cool but not enough for me to watch. If they set the cars up to turn both ways and put them on a street based circuit then you couldn't get me away from the TV. Might even get on a plane couple of times a year just to watch a couple of races in person.

I think with the amount of money that is being poured into NASCAR it could be made way more interesting and for sure it would have a much larger world following too. If our Aussie V8 Supercars had the same amount of money as NASCAR being thrown around they would dominate the world racing scene in popularity stakes.