Why NASCAR is getting boring

[rshives]

http://sports.yahoo.com/news/nascar-...5--nascar.html

"On May 14, NASCAR admitted that the organization is considering penalties for members of the Kurt Busch and Ryan Newman teams because of the incident at Darlington Raceway. There was an altercation between the two teams at the May 12 race. Now, NASCAR claims it is evaluating the information and will probably fine both of them."


And they wonder why drivers don't want to wreck each other. They don't want to get penalized.

[TS12000]

Oh I was gonna go with it's always been boring

[Zundfolge]

I'm with TS12000 ... I've always found NASCAR to be incredibly boring.

Wish there was more coverage of WRC in the States but there is this.

[hghclsswhitetrsh]

I love me some sprint car racing. I goto the Knoxville nationals every year. Yeeeee haw!

[Ronin13]

I'm with TS12000 ... I've always found NASCAR to be incredibly boring.

Wish there was more coverage of WRC in the States but there is this.

I love WRC- and since I don't have cable I have to use my google-fu and arrr powers to see any racing I actually give a damn about- like Le Mans, GT, WRC, and MotoGP... NASCAR just seems too... easy? C'mon, a 3rd grader can do left turns all day, I'd like to see more chicanes, hairpins, and esses!
Favorite car manufacturer (ish) on my favorite track? Yes please:

[aahorn]

the only time nascar was entertaining...

[Zundfolge]

I love WRC- and since I don't have cable I have to use my google-fu and arrr powers to see any racing I actually give a damn about- like Le Mans, GT, WRC, and MotoGP

I believe there are a couple of Roku channels that get lots of motorsports. I need to hunt those down.

... NASCAR just seems too... easy? C'mon, a 3rd grader can do left turns all day...

I find NASCAR boring to watch, as boring as golf, but I'm not going to demean the competitors, NASCAR (like golf) is a lot more difficult than it looks. F1 drivers have tried to "lower" themselves to NASCAR and had their asses handed to them, so I'm not going to call it "easy".

But as a spectator sport it's pretty boring.

[speedysst]

This is why I like the American Le Mans and Rolex Sports Cars series. Different classes racing at the same time going left AND right. I want my ashes spread out on the corkscrew at Laguna Seca when I die! I just wish that Miller Motorsports Park in Utah had better success with both series. Now MMP only has a couple major events.

[Ronin13]

I believe there are a couple of Roku channels that get lots of motorsports. I need to hunt those down.

I find NASCAR boring to watch, as boring as golf, but I'm not going to demean the competitors, NASCAR (like golf) is a lot more difficult than it looks. F1 drivers have tried to "lower" themselves to NASCAR and had their asses handed to them, so I'm not going to call it "easy".

But as a spectator sport it's pretty boring.

True, not trying to demean them, but in terms of excitement and *perceived* skill (I recognize it's actually hard, not a stock car, but I did get a chance to drive a car on a speedway and it is harder than it looks) I'm not impressed, it's just not that fun to watch.

[Ah Pook]

Watching a bunch of high dollar billboards drive around in a circle over, and over, and over...

Not so much.