Nascar

[Sigarms]

Been to one race at Lowes for "work" (inside, NICE). You'll wait for HOURS to get out with the traffic to I85. I hate large crowds and traffic.

However, since I only live about an hour north of Lowes, every once in a while when going down to the Bass Pro shop (across I85 from the race track), I'll drive by the race track and walk up to the gates. Don't know what they are doing, but they are running cars around that track with the stadium empty (during a weekday). Once in a while they'll have some gates open, and took my dad in for a "walk" and got to see a bunch of cars running around the track. THAT was a blast.

Funny story. First month when in N.C for work, went over some prints and went to see a house for work. Asked the Engineer what this homeowner does for work (long story, you had to see the prints and house). He told me it was Richard Childress (sp?) and I asked him "who is Richard Childress" (sp?). His mouth dropped open and couldn't believe I didn't know who he was (me, a relocated yankee who has no interest in Nascar).

 

[redlevel]

I stopped following NASCAR after Fireball Roberts and Little Joe Weatherly were killed. It just wasn't the same.

 

[crbr]

I stopped following NASCAR after Fireball Roberts and Little Joe Weatherly were killed. It just wasn't the same.

Age defined. I started NASCAR when Richard Petty was still drag racing the hemi-Cuda.

I wish I could have seen more of Fireball and Joe. I was a young boy then and was just beginning to realize that I liked the sport with authentic and genuine interest.

I can almost see your point of losing interest, as I too have lost tons of interest in late NASCAR drama. It has now taken a new turn of appeal, albeit those that are not old enough to have seen the baseline of NASCAR will never know the difference.

Speed is speed. I am vey glad I didn't miss the likes of Elliot, Martin, Earnhardt, Ned Jarrett, Bennie Parsons, the Allisons, David Pearson, Cale Yarbrough, on and on....... Fireball only set the path for the future drivers of their era.

A lot of folks stopped following when Davey Allison passed. Then the #3 car driver. But as I have said, I'd be disappointed in myself to have not seen the likes of the great drivers in this era.... Stewart, Gordon, Johnson, LaBontes, and others of greatness.

All said and done, based on a world-wide enthusiam for the sport, they all are great. Even the ones at the back of the field every week. If they weren't, they would not have made the filed of 43 elite drivers each race.

NASCAR is a sport that one either gets it or they don't.

High tech, high dollar, high speeds, and a loyal fan... doesn't get much better, if indeed one can believe that a race is won or lost in the pits....

 

[8561]

Charlotte is a good track and Humpy Wheeler always puts on a good show. Try to stay in the front stretch and get as high as you can. The advice you've gotten about getting a scanner is good advice. You'll need noise cancelling headsets, nothing else will do. I've been to Charlotte, Bristol, Daytona, Richmond and NH. Bristol is the best, although Richmond is very, very good. I would rank Charlotte third.

I miss Davey Allison.

 

[AMP762]

I pretty much gave up on Nascar when they quit running real car bodys. Doesn't really matter where you set,there are tv s everywhere so you can see all the action better and you can watch the replays.