Daytona 500

[burleytog]

Remember when it was just a race? I guess the one hour pre-race show wasn't enough for Fox, they have to spend another hour showing BS cartoons.

Start the d**n race at 2 and get it over with. Fox has ruined Nascar.

[Jake.]

I don't know what they're thinking showing that dumb little gopher cartoon for this long.

[Fisher of Men]

Sounds like the superbowl. Have they interviewed the president yet?  Which artists have performed?   :

[=Matt 5.0=]

Remember when it was just a race? I guess the one hour pre-race show wasn't enough for Fox, they have to spend another hour showing BS cartoons.

Start the d**n race at 2 and get it over with. Fox has ruined Nascar.

Agree 110%

[ejtaylor822]

I agree.  Enough already.  Let's drop the flag and get going!  geeez....

[Sam]

Hey guys, its all about the money.

The longer the pre-race show the more commercials.

The more commercials, the more money.

Get it?

Simple.

Always, no matter if it is politics, TV, radio, business, etc., follow the money.  

[Bassn Blvd]

Racing sucks!!!!!!!

Calm down, I'm kidding.  I just trying to stir yall up.

[FD.]

I am soooooo tired of that d&^% gopher.  We need a stick of dynomite.

[burleytog]

I can still remember when every race save for the Sears Point race started just after 1PM.

It was nice being able to watch the race and still do something on a Sunday.

[burleytog]

I am soooooo tired of that d&^% gopher. We need a stick of dynomite.

Between the gopher and Waltrip's antics, the Fox broadcast is almost unwatchable.

[roadwarrior]

Junior just got busted for a lap...I'm not his biggest fan.

8-)

[cart7t]

Now Junior starts the first Big one.  Hope he gets busted a few laps for that little move.  

[daviscw]

It's Digger, guys. The gopher has a name! Gaaaaahhhhh!

[1inStripes]

Jrs a moron.  Did they give him the lucky dog?  Im trying to listen on the radio, and went and caught a replay in the break room.  If he got the lucky dog, its a joke.

[utser]

have the tv off, listening to it on the radio. fox is terrible. i'll see the highlights later.

[Maxximus Redneckus]

plenty of wrecks furrr suuuureee

[daviscw]

Well that was lame.

[thetr20one]

NASCAR to me is booorrriiinnnnggg ! I would much rather watch drag racing ,open wheeled F-1 or CART, or rally racing. I guess the experience off be AT a NASCAR is something  special. A couple of guys at work go to At least a couple races a year and claim "You have to be there". I have to admit though I have watched a race all the way though but, only after I got a 50" hdtv and a 7.1 surround sound system. That made it somewhat watchable but not enough to bring me back. I have never cared for NASCAR so I don't really have an opinion on their transition to FOX.

[=Matt 5.0=]

You don't HAVE to be there at a NASCAR race.... but you DO have to be at an NHRA event. Something about Funny Cars makes me giddy like a little girl.

[KU_Bassmaster.]

You don't HAVE to be there at a NASCAR race.... but you DO have to be at an NHRA event. Something about Funny Cars makes me giddy like a little girl.

I went to my first NHRA race a couple years ago.  A buddy of mine had been going every year for a long time and he was all over my butt every year to tag along.  Reluctantly I went.  Probably one of the top 10 coolest experiences in my life.  Just no words to describe it.  I plan on going back every year.

[=Matt 5.0=]

You don't HAVE to be there at a NASCAR race.... but you DO have to be at an NHRA event. Something about Funny Cars makes me giddy like a little girl.

I went to my first NHRA race a couple years ago. A buddy of mine had been going every year for a long time and he was all over my butt every year to tag along. Reluctantly I went. Probably one of the top 10 coolest experiences in my life. Just no words to describe it. I plan on going back every year.

Once you've experienced a dragster or funny car seating the clutch in the pits, you'll never be the same. :D

[roadwarrior]

I think I'm done anyhow, but if Junior doesn't get some kind of

disciplinary suspension, I'm out for sure. This clown is a "Clear

and Present Danger" to every driver on the track. His ego makes

him a threat, his lack of driving skill makes him an accident waiting

to happen.

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[KU_Bassmaster.]

My first time I went the first place we went was to the pits. John Force was doing his warm up thing and my buddy told me to go up there and watch. So I did. I had the best seat in the house. Front row and center. Had no clue what to expect. So first off I see most of the guys on his crew put on gas masks. That alarms me a bit, but there is tons of other people standing around me without so I think I must be safe. So they start 'er up. It's loud, but not really what I was expecting. About 30 seconds in or so I see the people around start to plug there ears. I am like ... jeez what a bunch a pansies. Then it happens!!!! They goose it (or set the clutch like you say). I don't know what was worse .... my heart skipping a beat, the paint running down the front of my leg, or the crap running down the back up my leg. ;D ;D Then the Nitro starts hitting me and I feel like I am about to suffocate. The gas masks and ear plugs all make sense now. ;D All the while my buddy and his dad are in tears laughing at me from a distance. I got to repay the experience to a first timer last year. Yeah it was pretty d**n funny to watch.

[=Matt 5.0=]

YES!!! You are now officially a NITRO JUNKIE! I saw a grown man in Joliet fall down on the ground when Kenny Bernstein whacked the throttle in the pits. It is the loudest sound on the planet I think.

I sat less than 10' away eating a fine BBQ chicken lunch as Ron Capps warmed up his funny car. We had hospitality passes. No gas masks, no ear plugs.... Ron came over afterwards and says to me and my friend Jason with a big smile: "You guys are either die hard, or just dumb"

I think both maybe.  

[1inStripes]

I haven't been to an NHRA event yet but want to.  Every time they have been to Bristol something has come up. Hope to make it happen soon.