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> Although I do admit i don't like watching any type of vehicle just going around in an oval. I do always tune in to the road race ones like Watkins, etc.
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> Personally, tho, my favorite form of racing is autocross. (since it's not televised anywhere, i participate in it ;) More fun to yank the car around like crazy than it is to muck around on the straights ;)
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> > > > Well, stock car racing season starts in a few weeks. That's all that's left.
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> > > let's talk about skillful racing. You know, where you don't just drive around in a circle ;)
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> > Go fast. Turn left.
> > Oh, you mean like Sears Point and Watkins Glenn? Anybody can drive a road course in an F1 car. But try it in a big, fat, heavy, stock car. That would keep your blood pumping. Did you know they even race pick-up trucks on tracks like that? It must take guts.
> > Howard

Autocross is fun to watch. I've seen it on TV a few times on Wide World of Sports, but not lately.
I've also watched it live. They had one in the parking lot of a closed outlet mall not far from here and I was close enough to see the expressions on the drivers' faces when they spun out. They ran a lot of VW Rabbits and English cars. I saw one driver rip the transmission out of an MGB. Talk about facial expression! Those Rabbits would go around a turn on three wheels.

I like stock car racing because it is so complicated. The casual viewer misses most of the good stuff. They change the air pressure in two tires a pound or less and the car takes on completely different handling charactistics. The pit stops alone are more exciting than a drag race. Some forms of racing don't even have pit stops unless something breaks. The rules, both written and unwritten, are complicated, too. You can bump another driver on the straight and nobody cares, but tap him going into a curve and you cause a big wreck and get mean-mouthed in the interview. But I wish the number went with the driver instead of the car owner. Number 21 could be David Pearson, Dale Jarrett, Michael Waltrip or any number of other drivers. It's the same with number 11. Half the drivers out there have been number 11 at one time or another.
Howard