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Re: Nascar

To: mike.meierle@alcatel.com
Subject: Re: Nascar
From: Askotto@aol.com
Date: Wed, 5 Jul 2006 15:16:26 EDT
In a message dated 7/5/2006 12:54:08 P.M. Mountain Daylight Time,  
mike.meierle@alcatel.com writes:

NASCAR  ought to just contract with some shop somewhere and have them build
"spec"  cars for all the teams, and then run videos of cars speeding around
the  track, and let the pit crews compete to win or lose.  More car  lengths
are gained and lost in the pits than on the track anyway!   NASCAR has
become nothing more than bracket racing in a  circle.  Instead of handicaps,
they just make all the cars run the  same!
and that's my two cents!

DickJ  




Sounds incredibly exciting! Videos of spec cars! I'm sure they would fill  
the stands like they do now. LOL
 
Gee, are you guys real hot rodders who  appreciating any  cars that goes fast 
or is your world in LSR exclusively and everything else  is sub-standard in 
your eyes???
 
Did you ever experience oval track racing first hand? I've run dirt track  
roundy rounds for years and it takes a tremendous amount of skill and cunning 
to 
 score. You not only compete against the varying track conditions but there 
are a  bunch of guys out there "nerfing" you out of position. I would say skill 
level  for an oval car driver far exceeds the skill levels going down a 
straight track.  I know it's harder that piloting a drag car and I'll find out 
what 
it's  like to dance along on the fringes of traction on the salt myself this 
year. I  grew up in Chicago and am hoping my experience driving on packed snow 
and ice  will help. From what I hear, it's a lot alike.
 
My two centavos.
 
Odd Toe 
 
I say don't knock it until you've tried it.




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