Nothing wrong with NASCAR, but its not my thing. I get the origin of the sport, and wish they would bring that back. I would pay good money just to see a full-up naturally aspirated 426 Hemi go up against a full-up naturally aspirated 427 SOHC Ford with top drivers on a superspeedway. Its gotten way too diluted nowadays for my tastes though. Bring back the Smokey Yunick`s, maybe you`ll get my support. Bring back the innovation. Bring back the hard-charging bootlegging/rumrunning spirit.
Much like country music today, NASCAR has been watered down to be "pop" and mainstream. Wheres the outlaws? Hank Williams, Johnny Paycheck, Merle Haggard, Waylon Jennings, David Allan Coe, Hank Jr???? Where are these type of guys at? You got so-called "country" singers out there now like Keith Urban, lookin` like a makeup-wearing metrosexual straight out of Hollywood. You cant tell me hes ever seen an honest day of hard work in his entire life. Hell, he even announces to the world that he is the exact opposite of country, with his last name! And fans buy his crap? They obviously never heard real music that`ll make even bailing hay into a good time.
Hence, why I listen to the old stuff and watch drag racing. NASCAR doesnt take skill you say? Have you ever been 200mph on a steep-ass banking turn?
NHRA has just about gotten to the point of being Nascar on a drag strip, I prefer ADRL and some of the other Outlaw Pro-Mod/Outlaw 10.5/Outlaw Drag Radial and even X-275. All of them good ole fast-as-hell doorslammer drag racing. Yeah dragsters are cool and all but I like door cars. Theres no better/closer racing in the drag racing world with a lot of innovation going on every week.
Hell, just recently the good ole boys from Georgia at Proline Racing just recently broke new ground for turbo cars in the Pro-Extreme class(no-rules/no minimum weight Pro-Mod doorslammer racing) and turbo Pro-Mods in general. They now(Proline) are behind the fastest turbo car to ever see a dragstrip in the world:
Breaking: Eric Dillard, Q80 Team First Turbo Pro Mod To The 3.50?s! - Dragzine
Thats right, just when everyone was saying the turbo cars would never catch up to the twin-screw blower cars, Eric Dillard from Proline blasts off a 3.59@216mph in the 1/8mi. Before you say that takes no skill, have you ever driven or ridden in a car thats putting down 4000 horsepower or more?
How about this one? Jerry Mitrovic saving his as well as Tim Lynch`s car(who is also from Proline Racing):
Shakedown Outlaw 10.5 AMAZING SAVE Mitrovic v TIM LYNCH Semi-Final round - YouTube
Nooo, thats not skill right? MUST be pure luck. He just probably reenacted a grand mal seizure on the steering wheel and miraculously the car came around. Yeah, I bet thats what he did...
I respect all racing drivers and all the racing sports(more so the grassroots stuff). It may take no skill to drive a 190hp Civic down a dragstrip, but I assure you its no picnic to wrestle a 3500 or 4000hp beast down the track on 10.5 inch tires. Same goes for Nascar, I recommend you try the Petty Driving Experience if its still around. I guarantee it will give a different perspective. At 200mph, a car simply pulling along next to you can move your own car quite a distance.
