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> > Boulderdash!!!!!!!!!

> > Nascar is where it's at! No where will you see such exciting close
racing
> > action as you do in stock car racing.

> > Don Burnette

> If you consider driving the Family Truckster around in a big circle
racing,
> you may be right. I don't- and when the competition is forced by making
the
> series basically a spec series(like NASCAR, ASA, and the IRL)close
> competition is meaningless. NASCAR is all about the show- not really
racing.

> --
> Scott Moore
> The Pits: PowerSims Magazine
> http://www.theuspits.com

> > > I'm in my late 30s, and wouldn't even consider owning one of those
obese
> > > monsters. Guess I'm in the minority, but I think NASCAR cars sound
like
> a
> > > bunch of unmuffled farm tractors...<g>.
> > > We haven't built a decent car in this country in decades. That's why
> > NASCAR
> > > keeps those antiques on the track- if they went to fuel injection,
OHC,
> > > etc.(modern stuff) Honda and Toyota would move in and blow everyone
> away-
> > > and you know that wouldn't look good.
> > > I guess I just find the whole idea of calling a 3500 lb family 4-door
> with
> > a
> > > carburetor, live axle, and a 4-speed a race car ludicrous. Like I said
> > > before, only in the good ol' USA would something so hokey,
orchestrated,
> > and
> > > contrived possibly succeed.

> > > --
> > > Scott Moore
> > > The Pits: PowerSims Magazine
> > > http://www.theuspits.com

> > > Boulderdash!!!!!!!!!

> > > Nascar is where it's at! No where will you see such exciting close
> racing
> > > action as you do in stock car racing.

> > > Don Burnette

> > If you consider driving the Family Truckster around in a big circle
> racing,
> > you may be right. I don't- and when the competition is forced by making
> the
> > series basically a spec series(like NASCAR, ASA, and the IRL)close
> > competition is meaningless. NASCAR is all about the show- not really
> racing.

> > --
> > Scott Moore
> > The Pits: PowerSims Magazine
> > http://www.theuspits.com

> > > > I'm in my late 30s, and wouldn't even consider owning one of those
> obese
> > > > monsters. Guess I'm in the minority, but I think NASCAR cars sound
> like
> > a
> > > > bunch of unmuffled farm tractors...<g>.
> > > > We haven't built a decent car in this country in decades. That's why
> > > NASCAR
> > > > keeps those antiques on the track- if they went to fuel injection,
> OHC,
> > > > etc.(modern stuff) Honda and Toyota would move in and blow everyone
> > away-
> > > > and you know that wouldn't look good.
> > > > I guess I just find the whole idea of calling a 3500 lb family
4-door
> > with
> > > a
> > > > carburetor, live axle, and a 4-speed a race car ludicrous. Like I
said
> > > > before, only in the good ol' USA would something so hokey,
> orchestrated,
> > > and
> > > > contrived possibly succeed.

> > > > --
> > > > Scott Moore
> > > > The Pits: PowerSims Magazine
> > > > http://www.theuspits.com

> > After reading all of these posts I thought I would put forth my 0.02
> worth.

> > I'm a believer that one of the reasons that Nascar is so big in the
states
> is
> > that we Americans, as a whole, have a place in our hearts for the
American
> V-8.

> > Not that other places outside the U.S don't appreciate cars, I just
> believe
> > that in the U.S., driving a firebreathing, gas guzzling, high
> horsepowered,
> > rear wheel driven ground pounding tank is the dream.

> I'm in my late 30s, and wouldn't even consider owning one of those obese
> monsters. Guess I'm in the minority, but I think NASCAR cars sound like a
> bunch of unmuffled farm tractors...<g>.
> We haven't built a decent car in this country in decades. That's why
NASCAR
> keeps those antiques on the track- if they went to fuel injection, OHC,
> etc.(modern stuff) Honda and Toyota would move in and blow everyone away-
> and you know that wouldn't look good.
> I guess I just find the whole idea of calling a 3500 lb family 4-door with
a
> carburetor, live axle, and a 4-speed a race car ludicrous. Like I said
> before, only in the good ol' USA would something so hokey, orchestrated,
and
> contrived possibly succeed.

> --
> Scott Moore
> The Pits: PowerSims Magazine
> http://www.racesimcentral.net/

> Did you get the left foot or the right foot model ?  They could at least
> give you a whole car for your money!

> Keep all those whimpering *** band wound 4 bangers and give me an
> American V8 any day.  Hell, even a solid V6 will do.   Anything but a 4
> banging hedge trimmer sound making import!

> ;)

> "USA would something so hokey, orchestrated, and contrived possibly
> succeed." - Hmmm, I didn't realize F1 was so popular in the USA.  You
know..
> with those contracts that stipulate you can't pass your teammate and the
> "races" that have 1 leader change and its considered a highly competitive
> race.   =P

> --
> Scott B. Husted
> ICQ# 4395450
> http://www.racesimcentral.net/

> > > After reading all of these posts I thought I would put forth my 0.02
> > worth.

> > > I'm a believer that one of the reasons that Nascar is so big in the
> states
> > is
> > > that we Americans, as a whole, have a place in our hearts for the
> American
> > V-8.

> > > Not that other places outside the U.S don't appreciate cars, I just
> > believe
> > > that in the U.S., driving a firebreathing, gas guzzling, high
> > horsepowered,
> > > rear wheel driven ground pounding tank is the dream.

> > I'm in my late 30s, and wouldn't even consider owning one of those obese
> > monsters. Guess I'm in the minority, but I think NASCAR cars sound like
a
> > bunch of unmuffled farm tractors...<g>.
> > We haven't built a decent car in this country in decades. That's why
> NASCAR
> > keeps those antiques on the track- if they went to fuel injection, OHC,
> > etc.(modern stuff) Honda and Toyota would move in and blow everyone
away-
> > and you know that wouldn't look good.
> > I guess I just find the whole idea of calling a 3500 lb family 4-door
with
> a
> > carburetor, live axle, and a 4-speed a race car ludicrous. Like I said
> > before, only in the good ol' USA would something so hokey, orchestrated,
> and
> > contrived possibly succeed.

> > --
> > Scott Moore
> > The Pits: PowerSims Magazine
> > http://www.racesimcentral.net/

> > Boulderdash!!!!!!!!!

> > Nascar is where it's at! No where will you see such exciting close
racing
> > action as you do in stock car racing.

> > Don Burnette
>   nono  there is plenty of close racing.  As I said in another
thread...just
> look how long Coulthard raced nose to tail with that Arrows/Bernoldi
> car...lap after lap after lap after lap he studied his obviously weaker
> oponent for lap after lap after lap after lap still the master
stratitician
> in the near invincible Mclaren pondered his move for more laps after laps
> after laps...waiting for the precise moment when all the years of
racecraft
> would dictate he make the pass  it only took a few more laps after laps
> after laps until that great nose to tail racing was completed...
> dave henrie

>> Actually, I'd rather watch the 500 moto GP or the Superbikes than either,
>> and I've never been a motorbike fan.

>Agreed, bikes you can buy (very close), at least in superbike. Close
>racing with plenty overtaking, black *** lines on the tarmac from
>the sliding in the turns, riders with personality and driving
>techniques that just make you go wow!

>What more can you want.