And geez, if I was there, bought the ticket, parked the car, got the family
all up in the stands ... I'd at least wait out those last 10 freakin' laps
no matter how boring it was.
Hell, the leader might spin!
:-)
(I'd bet he really just wanted to beat the crowd to the parking lot. Like
football "fans" who leave in the 4th quarter)
--Rocky (I wouldn't buy a whole ticket to see just half the show).
-----Original Message-----
From: Matt Murray <mattm@optonline.net>
To: autox@autox.team.net <autox@autox.team.net>
Date: Wednesday, September 27, 2000 4:35 PM
Subject: Re: F1 vs NASCAR
>They call it marketing. Both NASCAR & WWFE (the E is Enterprises) are
>extremely adept at appealing to the lowest common denominator, just as the
>major television networks.
>
>I think those folks left because they didn't have an easy script laid out
>for them. Pabulum for the masses.
>
>Matt Murray
>
>mattm@optonline.net
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Ross Fortini" <ross.fortini@excite.com>
>> About 10 laps from the end, a family packed up and shuffled right
>> in front of us as we tried to spectate. The well-lubricated guys behind
us
>> yelled/slurred, "Hey, there's a race goin' on here...this ain't NASCAR,
>you
>> know!"
>>
>> To which the father of the family replied, "No, it isn't--and that's why
>> we're leaving." Call NASCAR the WWF of motorsports if you like.
>> Ross Fortini
>
>
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