[Shotimes] NASCAR... was New Jersey... was: Subarus and stuff

[Paul Nimz]

> What I really wish is that I didn't
> feel like I was watching a WWE "wrestling" match.


I described NASCAR to a coworker last week as "WWE on four wheels"....


Paul


On 12/15/2005 7:19:04 AM, G Kerby Haltom (g.kerby@sbcglobal.net) wrote:
> Then don't tell me the car you run is a Ford Fusion.  It's  not.  And I
> really
> don't care that they have refined the carb to  its highest degree, on leaded
fuel.  That does me no good what so  ever.  The railroads refined steam engine
technology to the nth  degree also, and where did that get them?
>
> What I really wish is that I didn't
> feel like I was watching a WWE "wrestling" match.
>
> Kerby
>
> Robert Bruce <rbruce@bellatlantic.net> wrote:Oh  good grief, catch up to
> the times. NASCAR hasn't done that since the  mid 50's. Even when they
> still had the "stock body" rules
> in the 70's and early 80's, none of the cars actually had oem bodies.
> Besides, they do have a division for showroom stockcars
> already.
> It's called the Grand AM Cup Series.  Yes, the Grand Am group and Rolex
Sports Car Series are owned by NASCAR.
>
> I  will agree that NASCARs two top level series have become boring and
sterile. The extreme sponsorship dollars being pumped into
> the race  teams allows lots of cash for development (cheating). NASCAR sees
the  best way to control it is by strict rules controls.
> Unfortunately this doesn't
> permit use of more modern parts