Originally posted by blakbuzzrd
Hmm. My brother was a WERA Superbike champion, and my father is a long time autocross enthusiast with a state SCAA title under his belt in the most competitive racing class.
You're right -- I probably know very little.
Put bluntly, NASCAR is the laughingstock of motorsports. You don't have to take a few laps around Talladega Motor Speedway to know that driving in a circle isn't remotely as challenging as managing, say, an F1 course.
You must be confused - or are you saying that since you have relative who race motorcycles (i.e. you have not) that you are an expert on Nascar (they drive cars you know -dissimilar to motorcycles).
Acting like you are totally sure about something 1) you have never done 2) relate to racing a different vehicle altogether really leaves a credibility issue.
Now, if someone came on and said they themselves (not a family member) raced motorcycles, Nascar, F1, etc, and still said Nascar was not a sport, it would interest me.
You are simply amoung the millions of people in this world who spout off with strong opinions on topics where they have no first hand knowledge.
Again, I am not a Nascar fan, but have enough common sense to realize it is probably more challenging than a non-driver realizes. It may be less challening than motorcross, F1, etc - but is still a sport, and hardly a lauging stock, judging by the millions upon millions of fans. I think it ranks amoung the top 3 spectator sports and gross revenue sports in the world.