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Monday, January 16, 2006

re: Hit-her Locklear

Posted by on January 16 at 18:26 PM

While I could care less about football, Tom I have to comment on your write-off of NASCAR as a way to rope in the rednecks. I went to Evergreen Speedway last summer for a huge demolition derby blowout that included figure 8 racing, school buses, cars towing boats, and scores of Repo Man-style racers spitting fire….it’s a fucking blast (with a big fireworks finale). If that’s redneck fun, count me in that lot…it’s a good old fashioned party watching fast vehicles nearly explode upon contact (and drinking cans of cheap beer while you’re at it).

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A demo derby is a long way from Nascar. Imagine a bunch of cars going round and round a track, nearly forever. No figure 8 crossovers, no dragging old boats behind them, no rollover contest. Just lap after lap of monotony.

NASCAR, the new All-American pastime.

Posted by Paulus | January 16, 2006 6:59 PM

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Thing is, Jennifer, you're right. Figure 8 races and demolition derby IS fun. Watching stock cars waste gas while making 800 left turns, however, is not.

Posted by Gomez | January 16, 2006 7:16 PM

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Good for you, Jennifer! The noise!
The people! It IS great fun!

Which is the perfect reason to
ensure that a road course in the
order of an updated Watkins Glen
be constructed in Kitsap County IF
the NASCAR lobbyists and the Kitsap
County Chamber of Commerce
convince the state legislature
to cough up funds for a track.

If correctly built, it could be
an inducement to Formula One to
stage a race. Ever been to Monacco,
Silverstone or San Marino for a Formula One race? It beats a demolition derby and a perpetual
left hand turn NASCAR race by a country mile.....last year's U.S. Grand Prix at Indy being the exception.

There isn't a NASCAR or demolition driver alive that wouldn't like a seat in a Formula One machine....Oh, you can drink beer at a Formula One race
too! Lots of it!

---Jensen

Posted by J. Interceptor | January 16, 2006 7:26 PM

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Jennifer, I grew up in a small town in the Midwest where every guy in school had a favorite NASCAR driver. He'd wear the car number on his jacket and slap the sticker in the back window of his pickup truck. I can remember in speech class having to listen to dissertations on the virtues of Dale Earnhardt or Bill Elliott. And I wasn't exaggerating when I implied that drag racing was a public safety problem that led to towns building racetracks.

I've got no objection to the sport, per se. Seems rather dull to me, but if people get a kick out of it, fine. It's just that I'm all too familiar with the culture. Maybe they're not all Bible-thumpers who blow their paychecks at Wal-Mart and vote Republican, but that sure as hell sums up the NASCAR fans I've known.

Posted by Tom Francis | January 17, 2006 8:56 AM

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Tom, you've got me on coming into contact with the fans more than I have, I give you that. I think the meatheads who drove me crazy growing up in the Northwest were just generally conservative and lame--and tied to the sporting world in general, not so much any one event.

Posted by jennifer m | January 17, 2006 9:22 AM

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