"NASCAR is NOT a Sport" Hm?

Noise Chopped · 08-24-2007, 07:17 PM

What do you guys think about NASCAR?

I'll be honest here - I stick NASCAR on the same tier as checkers and poker when it comes to it being a bonafide sport. The only reason I don't go so far as to not call it a sport is because the term can be so generic.

Hell, if I typed at a quick enough pace, for a predetermined period of time - I'd be as much an "athlete" as Tony Stewart.

I just don't get it. Am I alone here?

2mcgrath · 08-24-2007, 07:38 PM

its one of those things that would be hell of alot of fun doing, but sucks to watch

evilkane165 · 08-24-2007, 08:04 PM

Yeah I watch it when im visiting my cousin, but not on my own time lol. It's a good reason to drink and it goes long enough where u can get pretty trashed watching it

killerinstinct · 08-24-2007, 08:25 PM

Watching people drive laps around a track 600 times can be a bit boring, but going to the races can be a little fun. I go every now and again and you can feel the cars fly by you and it can be fun. I never stay the whole time though and I only go during the night time when it's cooler outside and I don't go very often, but it can be a cheap way to spend your time every now and again and there's usually a crash where I go. With all that being said it's definitely not a sport. Also you compared it to poker, but in my opinion poker takes a lot more skill than racing.

((Also what ever happened to the moster truck shows they used to have on TV??? Those were much cooler than racing. I wasn't really a big fan of the monster trcuk races, but I used the think the freestyle monster truck competition was badass.))

Thaistylist · 08-24-2007, 08:53 PM

I do not enjoy Nascar and rarely watch the races. However, to put the sport on the same level as checkers is ignorant. I am guessing that few people, if any, have been in a race car. How can a person judge it without actually trying it? The skill needed to maneuver a vehicle at 180+ mph is determined by hand eye coordination, hand speed, and balls. Also, driving a stock car isnt like driving a cobalt. It takes alot out of you and prior to power steering it was even harder. Like I said before I do not watch Nascar and in fact used to say the same shit as you but if you only know certain facts i.e. its level of boredom caused, you cannot make a fair judgement.

Noise Chopped · 08-24-2007, 09:39 PM

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Originally Posted by Thaistylist

I do not enjoy Nascar and rarely watch the races. However, to put the sport on the same level as checkers is ignorant. I am guessing that few people, if any, have been in a race car. How can a person judge it without actually trying it? The skill needed to maneuver a vehicle at 180+ mph is determined by hand eye coordination, hand speed, and balls. Also, driving a stock car isnt like driving a cobalt. It takes alot out of you and prior to power steering it was even harder. Like I said before I do not watch Nascar and in fact used to say the same shit as you but if you only know certain facts i.e. its level of boredom caused, you cannot make a fair judgement.

I hear that point being made time and time again - And I just find it to be so flawed. To criticize it, you have had to try it? A drivers license, then. The skill needed to drive a car. Don't you need all those things to just drive on the freeway? I mean, literally - It's a difference of speed. Power steering or not, it's the same thing Granny's doing on her way to bingo night.

I just...Don't see it. I mean, it's a sport all well and good - But to me it's just a novelty. About a rung above chess without the megalomaniac corporate sponsorship and the same sitting-stamina. Hope the flavor wears off and ESPN makes room for the aforementioned MONSTER TRUCKS - I remember that shit too! GRRRRRAVEDIGGER > Jeff Gordon.

TheBonger · 08-24-2007, 09:44 PM

lets just get one thing straight Poker is not a sport, it is a game IMO the best game ever thought of but it is a game. It tests your mental capabilies not your athletic ability. Whoever said poker was a sport is a dumbass, it is a game obviously.

As far as nascar, I don't think there is any question that the drivers are athletes. It takes a helleva lot of athletic ability too do what they do week in and week out. The question really comes down too, do you consider any form of racing (besides track and field) too be a sport? Horse racing,Auto Racing, Chariat racing whatever the case personally I just don't see it being a sport in the truest sense of the word if some third party object or animal is just as responisble for winning as the human. Whether it be a automobile or horse it definitely takes away from the purity of sport and I would consider it a highly athletic competition but not a sport.

Thaistylist · 08-25-2007, 08:08 AM

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Originally Posted by Subj. & Noise Chopped

I hear that point being made time and time again - And I just find it to be so flawed. To criticize it, you have had to try it? A drivers license, then. The skill needed to drive a car. Don't you need all those things to just drive on the freeway? I mean, literally - It's a difference of speed. Power steering or not, it's the same thing Granny's doing on her way to bingo night.

It is no where near the same as driving a car on the freeway. It takes tremendous upperbody strength to drive a stock car. I'm not trying to flame you but your argument is stupid because you have know knowledge whatsoever of the sport. It was like me awhile back talking shit about soccer...as soon as people with any knowledge came to its defense I could see that I was wrong. In this case you have no idea what you are talking about, only what you perceive as boring and exciting.

Also, Bonger I would say it is a sport because a team works on your car and each car is held to specific standards. I could see if one person could go out and buy a something real fast and another person is screwed and has to buy something slow but everyone is on an equal playing field. The car is merely a piece of equipment such as a baseball bat or a hockey stick. I can, respect your argument, because it does make sense. I can see how people think the automobile assisting a driver ruins it as a sport. But each team gets team points along with driver points and they, too, are recognized in post season awards.