2006 race season is here!

**Drupy** · 02-08-2006, 01:44 PM

I was just wondering how many race fans are here on the site. The new season is here and I can't wait. It's going to be a great year!

**40sondacurb** · 02-08-2006, 01:56 PM

After reading that Jay Leno article in Popular Mechanics I appreciate the skill involve with NASCAR, but I still don't find myself getting the same excitement I get from other sports. Maybe it's cause the point system is so complicated.

**Drupy** · 02-08-2006, 02:16 PM

Most people don't relize everything that goes into racing. It's not just points and drivers anymore and I can see where it's hard for some people to get excited. NASCAR is a very technical sport that computers now control. And it's not for everybody. It's also a very physical sport that now requires physical training in order to be the best and stay on top of the sport. However for the true race fan our superbowl is in two weeks. This is start of our sports season and for everyone involved in the sport it's the start of 36 long weeks away from home chasing a dream that sometimes ends in tears and always gives you a feeling of satisfaction. So if you have intrest in our sport I encourage you to look deeper into the sport and look at the physical aspects as well as the skill involved. If you still do not like it well I can understand that also. Not all sports are for everybody. That's what so great about this country.

**40sondacurb** · 02-08-2006, 02:37 PM

I'm told it requires extreme concentration, and you have to stay focused for 500 miles!

bry623 · 02-10-2006, 06:14 AM

I am not the biggest racing fan in the world and I live in a conservative, religious, country music loving county! On that note, my wife and I always watch the Daytona 500. And throughout the year, we will watch if nothing else is on.

95five-0 · 02-10-2006, 06:48 AM

One thing I never got is why Daytona 500 is such a huge event. It is the first race of the year so nothing is decided. At least at the end of the super bowl the world campions are decided.

Anyway hopefuly this will be Johnson year. Go 48!!!!

02-08-2006, 01:56 PM	#2 (permalink)
40sondacurb #64 & #36 BACKBONE Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 5,677 OS: xp	After reading that Jay Leno article in Popular Mechanics I appreciate the skill involve with NASCAR, but I still don't find myself getting the same excitement I get from other sports. Maybe it's cause the point system is so complicated. __________________ Donate to keep the forum running "I know the human being and fish can coexist peacefully" -George W. Bush

02-08-2006, 02:16 PM	#3 (permalink)
Drupy Stuck in a treestand.... Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Lancaster SC Posts: 928 OS: Win 2003 Server on my Apple IIe	Most people don't relize everything that goes into racing. It's not just points and drivers anymore and I can see where it's hard for some people to get excited. NASCAR is a very technical sport that computers now control. And it's not for everybody. It's also a very physical sport that now requires physical training in order to be the best and stay on top of the sport. However for the true race fan our superbowl is in two weeks. This is start of our sports season and for everyone involved in the sport it's the start of 36 long weeks away from home chasing a dream that sometimes ends in tears and always gives you a feeling of satisfaction. So if you have intrest in our sport I encourage you to look deeper into the sport and look at the physical aspects as well as the skill involved. If you still do not like it well I can understand that also. Not all sports are for everybody. That's what so great about this country. __________________ BJH Trust me I think I know what I'm talking about! If not I can BS my way through it. A+, NET+, MCP,MCSA,CCNA,BS+ (OK for everyone not knowing! BS+ = Bull S#@ter +)

02-08-2006, 02:37 PM	#4 (permalink)
40sondacurb #64 & #36 BACKBONE Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 5,677 OS: xp	I'm told it requires extreme concentration, and you have to stay focused for 500 miles! __________________ Donate to keep the forum running "I know the human being and fish can coexist peacefully" -George W. Bush

02-10-2006, 06:14 AM	#5 (permalink)
bry623 Manager, The Conversation Pit/Analyst, Security Team Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: NW Territory circa 1787 Posts: 10,356 OS: winxp pro sp2	I am not the biggest racing fan in the world and I live in a conservative, religious, country music loving county! On that note, my wife and I always watch the Daytona 500. And throughout the year, we will watch if nothing else is on. __________________ Scarlet and Gray in L.A. 9/13/08

02-10-2006, 06:48 AM	#6 (permalink)
95five-0 Hardware Tech Team Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Plano, TX Posts: 1,325 OS: 2000/XP/2003/Vista	One thing I never got is why Daytona 500 is such a huge event. It is the first race of the year so nothing is decided. At least at the end of the super bowl the world campions are decided. Anyway hopefuly this will be Johnson year. Go 48!!!! __________________ "If it's really a supercomputer, how come the bullets don't bounce off when I shoot it ?" <<PC Pitstop>><< AVG Free>><<Spybot>><<Everest 2.0>><<Trend Micro House Call>><<HijackThis How-to>>