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Jan 7^th, 2010 at 9:59pm

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Anybody here like it?

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Reply #1 - Jan 7^th, 2010 at 10:08pm

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I heard Fozzer is a huge fan.

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Reply #2 - Jan 7^th, 2010 at 10:16pm

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Thud wrote on Jan 7^th, 2010 at 9:59pm:

Anybody here like it?

A few of us, but we try not to upset the locals with it.

Grin

Who am I kidding, I love NASCAR!! But in all seriousness, only a couple of us here really follow it. It would be nice to have more people to discuss it with.

Tcco94 ran a great fantasy Nascar league last season, and I'm hoping to see it return next season. Cool

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Reply #3 - Jan 8^th, 2010 at 11:08pm

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#48 fan over here Cheesy

I do happen to like some other drivers to Wink

and Shane we will be running it again. Im pretty sure the ESPN.com will keep us all in the league inless someone chooses to leave so we wont even need to do the joining process but I will be kicking out my step brother as he never played. Grin

He was Team Wendys---last place...

Although the league got carried away as I had Johnson and Stewart who mostly held first place in the standings the whole season Grin

. Ill inform everyone when we start it back up.

I think there will be an open slot, or maybe 2. Care to join if your a nascar fan? Cool

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Reply #4 - Jan 8^th, 2010 at 11:12pm

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If we're talking favoites, #33, #42.

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Reply #5 - Jan 8^th, 2010 at 11:42pm

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Love NASCAR. Fan of any of the Roush drivers, especially Edwards and Kenseth.

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Reply #6 - Jan 9^th, 2010 at 4:18am

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i love NASCAR!!!

oh they days of when it was out here...my dad was telling me all his stories about if it spins you go with it if you try nd correct it youll end up backing it into a wall Cheesy

oh i have lots

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Reply #7 - Jan 9^th, 2010 at 3:13pm

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We get the races live on Sky Sports here in the UK.. if it's on I'll watch it.. but I wouldn't class myself as a fan.

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Reply #8 - Jan 9^th, 2010 at 3:18pm

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Sport? NASCAR? Fastest advertising hoardings in the world, mind you! Grin

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Reply #9 - Jan 10^th, 2010 at 11:02am

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I used to watch nascar, but then got spoiled by cooler forms of motorsport and haven't gone back.

"If you would not be forgotten, as soon as you are dead and rotten, either write things worth reading, or do things worth the writing" -Ben Franklin&&&&"Man must rise above the Earth to the top of the atmosphere and beyond, for only thus will he fully understand the world in which he lives." - Socrates&&&&" Flying is a religion. A religion that asymilates all who get a taste of it." - Me&&&&"Make the most out of yourself, for that is all there is of you"- Ralf Waldo Emerson&&

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Reply #10 - Jan 11^th, 2010 at 6:54pm

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I just so happen to live for NASCAR......been a diecast collector for 20-ish years now....my wife calls the basement 'The Museum'.......collection is insured, and valued, in the low six-figure range.

Soooooooo, I reckon you could label me a fan! Cheesy

Football uses one ball, baseball uses one ball, Nascar drivers use two....!!! Wink

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Reply #11 - Jan 13^th, 2010 at 1:48am

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By the way.......I'd fully equip myself and root for Juan Pablo before I'd EVER cheer on the 48!!! Tongue

Or 24!

Although I do have a "mixed" marriage....she's 24 and I am one of the remaining dozen or so 88 fans!

HEY! There's still hope.......... Cheesy

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Reply #12 - Jan 16^th, 2010 at 9:00am

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NASCAR fans rejoice , the wing is going away!!

@ C: Since Indy & F1 use faster cars, also plastered with sponsor decals, I have to disagree, it's the world's 3rd fastest commercial. Grin

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Reply #13 - Jan 17^th, 2010 at 11:56am

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ShaneG wrote on Jan 16^th, 2010 at 9:00am:

NASCAR fans rejoice , the wing is going away!!

That should slow them down a bit. I wondered how long it would take. It was either that, or bigger tracks with longer straights and runoff areas.
Yes, I am a fan, though I have not watched in a while. Gordon, Junior, and a few more are my favorites. I never really liked it until I got the sim years ago. I found out it is not as easy as it looks. But I still prefer road racing, preferably with 'stock' appearing vehicles. I don't really like any open wheel version. I know, I know, F1 is #1 in Europe. Sorry, I just don't like it. Now give me something with Corvettes, Camaros, Mustangs, Aston-Martins, Porsche, Ferrari, etc, with a lot of twistys and I am happy.

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Reply #14 - Jan 17^th, 2010 at 12:43pm

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ShaneG wrote on Jan 16^th, 2010 at 9:00am:

NASCAR fans rejoice , the wing is going away!!

@ C: Since Indy & F1 use faster cars, also plastered with sponsor decals, I have to disagree, it's the world's 3rd fastest commercial. Grin

You haven't watched an indycar race recently have you? lol, not too many sponsors have the money to plaster anything anywhere Roll Eyes

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Reply #15 - Jan 17^th, 2010 at 5:39pm

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The Ruptured Duck wrote on Jan 17^th, 2010 at 12:43pm:

ShaneG wrote on Jan 16^th, 2010 at 9:00am:

NASCAR fans rejoice , the wing is going away!!

@ C: Since Indy & F1 use faster cars, also plastered with sponsor decals, I have to disagree, it's the world's 3rd fastest commercial. Grin

You haven't watched an indycar race recently have you? lol, not too many sponsors have the money to plaster anything anywhere Roll Eyes

Sadly, I have noticed.

Just as the racing is getting good again, the economy tanks, & sponsers bail.

What would happen to racing today , if all the sponsors left?

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Reply #16 - Jan 17^th, 2010 at 9:02pm

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Simple. It would die, very quickly.

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Reply #17 - Jan 18^th, 2010 at 4:58am

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specter177 wrote on Jan 17^th, 2010 at 9:02pm:

Simple. It would die, very quickly.

Or would it become pure again ?

Pre WWII style.

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Reply #18 - Jan 18^th, 2010 at 10:34am

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It cost way to much money to field a Cup car without sponsers. Racing would continue, but nowhere on the scale that it is now.

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Reply #19 - Jan 31^st, 2010 at 5:55pm

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It could go back to what it was when us old-timers loved it..

STOCK car racing..

Aside from from some intake/exhuast modifications, and race-sturdy transmissions and rear-ends.. they were pretty much the same car you could go buy on Monday (there's a slogan in there somewhere), with massive roll-cages installed.

Now (or last time I checked), a Ford could be exactly the same chassis as a Chevy, underneath a not-so-stock sheet-metal shell.

Of course, this would mean going to front wheel drive, V-6 cars..But if you get away from these ridiculously expensive motors, and computer/wind-tunnel designed bodies.. you could make it so that grass-root teams could be competetive.. and sponsors wouldn't have to invest millions to field a few cars..

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