Trying to understand NASCAR

**P-funk** · 08-06-2006, 01:10 PM

*if you are going to post stuff like NASCAR is shit or something like that please don't. just let it be and exit the thread*

I am watching the Indy 500. This is the first time I have watched this event as there is nothing else on (desperatly awaiting football season).

Somethings I don't get.....

1) Why is it that sometimes a car will come out and make the guys slow down and get behind it and drive in a line? What is the point of this?

2) when that car does come out and the guys are driving slow, how come some of them weave back and forth? to keep people from passing them? are you allowed to pass during this time?

3) Jeff Gordon just had to check into the pit because his tire went out. Now, why would he even bother coming back into the race? The guys are going to be 1.5-2 laps ahead of him when he finally gets back in. Why would he not just drop out? How can he ever catch up and make up for the ground he lost when they are all going so fast?

thanks. I'll probably have more....

**fufu** · 08-06-2006, 01:10 PM

They weave back and forth to clean their tires I believe.

**TJ Cline** · 08-06-2006, 01:11 PM

I am now exiting this thread

**fufu** · 08-06-2006, 01:12 PM

The pace car with come out if there is a wipe out or obstruction on the track.

**fufu** · 08-06-2006, 01:12 PM

I hate watching Nascar but my friend loves it so I end up watching it alot.

**P-funk** · 08-06-2006, 01:15 PM

Originally Posted by ForemanRules

I am now exiting this thread

I hear ya. I am not a fan of it either but it is on so I want to understand what the hell is happening.

**P-funk** · 08-06-2006, 01:16 PM

Fufu- can they pass when the pace car is out or no?

also, how does Jeff Gordon get back into the race after missing so much??

**bigss75** · 08-06-2006, 01:16 PM

Originally Posted by P-funk

*if you are going to post stuff like NASCAR is shit or something like that please don't. just let it be and exit the thread*

I am watching the Indy 500. This is the first time I have watched this event as there is nothing else on (desperatly awaiting football season).

Somethings I don't get.....

1) Why is it that sometimes a car will come out and make the guys slow down and get behind it and drive in a line? What is the point of this?

They drive a line because it usualy has better grip and its more aerodyanmic to follw behind

2) when that car does come out and the guys are driving slow, how come some of them weave back and forth? to keep people from passing them? are you allowed to pass during this time?
You cant pass during a caution, they weeve to keep their tires warm, again for grip

3) Jeff Gordon just had to check into the pit because his tire went out. Now, why would he even bother coming back into the race? The guys are going to be 1.5-2 laps ahead of him when he finally gets back in. Why would he not just drop out? How can he ever catch up and make up for the ground he lost when they are all going so fast?

It is easy to make up that kind of laps especially since they are only done 15 laps, Also dropping out you miss alot of points, every point counts in nascar

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**P-funk** · 08-06-2006, 01:17 PM

How do the points work for you?

thanks!

**P-funk** · 08-06-2006, 01:22 PM

alright.......

now there was a crash and they caution flag came out and the announcer said that Jeff Gordon is lucky because he will get one of his laps back (being scored 4 down). How or why would he get one lap back? He should still be behind, no?

**bigss75** · 08-06-2006, 01:22 PM

You have the points race, and the top guys have a playoff type thing and the winner gets the championship

**P-funk** · 08-06-2006, 01:24 PM

Originally Posted by bigss75

You have the points race, and the top guys have a playoff type thing and the winner gets the championship

really...so like the top 10 at the end will jsut race against eachother to see who wins?

this is cool. i am starting to like it.

**bigss75** · 08-06-2006, 01:24 PM

Originally Posted by P-funk

alright.......

now there was a crash and they caution flag came out and the announcer said that Jeff Gordon is lucky because he will get one of his laps back (being scored 4 down). How or why would he get one lap back? He should still be behind, no?

Everyone else is going to pit during the caution but since he already did he can get a lap back

**bigss75** · 08-06-2006, 01:25 PM

Originally Posted by P-funk

really...so like the top 10 at the end will jsut race against eachother to see who wins?

this is cool. i am starting to like it.

Everyone still races, but the top ten can only win the championship

**P-funk** · 08-06-2006, 01:28 PM

excellent! this is fucking great. thanks for the info.

**fufu** · 08-06-2006, 01:31 PM

Originally Posted by P-funk

Fufu- can they pass when the pace car is out or no?

also, how does Jeff Gordon get back into the race after missing so much??

Nope, I don't think so.

**bigss75** · 08-06-2006, 01:35 PM

You can pass the people who go to the pits while you'll still on the track

**KelJu** · 08-06-2006, 01:40 PM

Originally Posted by fufu

The pace car with come out if there is a wipe out or obstruction on the track.

OMG holy shit! Its a cute demon kitten. I must have it.

**fufu** · 08-06-2006, 01:41 PM

Originally Posted by KelJu

OMG holy shit! Its a cute demon kitten. I must have it.

It's municipal.

**Vieope** · 08-06-2006, 02:16 PM

I dont get nascar on tv, only Formula 1 but it is so boring!

I dont want to see anyone dead or hurt but it is more fun to watch when accidents happen there.

**MyK** · 08-06-2006, 02:51 PM

NASCAR is shit or something like that!!!

**P-funk** · 08-06-2006, 02:54 PM

Originally Posted by MyK

NASCAR is shit or something like that!!!

read the first post in the thread you stupid fucking cocksucker.

**MyK** · 08-06-2006, 02:56 PM

Originally Posted by P-funk

read the first post in the thread you stupid fucking cocksucker.

I did you homosexual nimcompoop!!

**P-funk** · 08-06-2006, 03:00 PM

so then don't comment on it you jack fuck retard. stay the fuck out.

**MyK** · 08-06-2006, 03:03 PM

this is open chat you skinny little pansy, I can say what I want, to whoever I want, whenever I want! shouldnt you be molesting little boys at fat camp???

**P-funk** · 08-06-2006, 03:05 PM

Originally Posted by MyK

this is open chat you skinny little pansy, I can say what I want, to whoever I want, whenever I want! shouldnt you be molesting little boys at fat camp???

this is open chat. Start your own fucking thread if you want to talk about your homo-erotic fantasies.

**MyK** · 08-06-2006, 03:06 PM

are Nascars able to make right turns??

**P-funk** · 08-06-2006, 03:08 PM

nope only left turns.

**MyK** · 08-06-2006, 03:11 PM

Since when is NASCAR this huge trend? Since when are non-redneck, non-incestual, non-Bush voting assbags who smell like a monkey trapped in a Budweiser watching this horseshit? NASCAR is the most boring, mindless, pointless, needless, lessless waste of three hours since the direct-to-video Titanic 2: Oceans of Change.

First off, it's not a sport. Hey Cletus, do you hear me? Not a sport! Any jackoff can drive in a circle for three hours and not crash, especially since the only participants are white males. Where's the fun in that? Let's get Asians, old women with three kids in the car, 16-year-old girls driving Mustangs.... At least that would provide a challenge, and serve some entertainment value.

And furthermore, what possible athletic ability does it take to drive? At least in golf, you have to be able to swing a club and wear tight pants while walking 18 holes. What the hell do NASCAR drivers do? Do you have to work out in the off-season? Hell no. All you have to do is drive fast. Still, some people try to make the NASCAR drivers come off as great athletes. Who gives a rat's ass if a guy wins a race? That's not his victory. That's the car. Shower the car in milk.

NASCAR is so damned boring. Seriously, they drive in circles for three hours. How is this exciting? Can't they drag race down the Mass Pike? Or do donuts in front of Taco Bell? "Fast and the Furious" was an appalling, nearly unwatchable film steeped in homoeroticism, but it had a neat idea: street racing. I'd definitely watch some Mexican in a wifebeater and his $500 Civic, complete with $3,000 nitrous oxide exhaust careen into a wall. I'd pay good money for that.

Instead we get to watch a bunch of hicks drive stock cars around and around while an eight-person trailer family sits in the stands chugging beer and spending welfare dollars paid for by poor college students like yours truly.

And finally, my biggest problem with NASCAR is all those hockey haters claiming this redneck waste of time is going to replace hockey as a major sport. No chance. Hockey is fast-paced, fun, and requires athletic ability. NASCAR is a bunch of Southern shit, and the South is a waste of land and should be shipped to Mexico along with their Confederate flags and sister-boning. It's bad enough the South gave us Bush, now they are trying to shove NASCAR down our throats? Well not me. Fuck the South. You lost the Civil War. You are our bitch. We wanted you to be industrial, and we kicked your ass for having a smart mouth. Go sit in the corner you ugly, inbred assholes. And take your lame-ass "sport" with you.

**P-funk** · 08-06-2006, 03:15 PM

I am not here to argue whether it is a sport or not. I am not here to talk about whether it is good or not or fun to watch.....ALL I WANTED TO KNOW WHERE SOME OF THE RULES....SO SHUT THE FUCK UP.

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