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NASCAR is NOT a sport. It's more like a trailer park gathering.

Let's put you in one of these cars in 100+ degree weather for 500 miles and see how you feel afterwards... if you make it that far.

I'm all for this idea actually.

me too ... wish i could afford one of those nw flex fuel cars ... 3.35 a gallon here in Dallas/Ft Worth.

NASCAR is NOT a sport. It's more like a trailer park gathering.

Broadhead

This idiot has offended alot of people on this site.....soon to be gone under his rock again. He thinks driving his Pink Gremlin is the same thing as Nascar lol

Yes, but my pink Gremlin has flames on the side.....looks pretty cool......the chicks dig it!

Well thats different. You know Nascar fans are sick of the non-sport comment. Tell the teams that. They spend more time than most other sports preparing, and I think it involves more strategy than baseball. Damn...I responded to that comment again.

He sucked you in Jackman....He got your goat..I just ignore stupidity, and ignorance.

I think they owe it to the fans to use alt fuels, I mean if the wind is blowing in the wrong direction sitting in the stands can get you hammered in a bad way. But money will always win out, Sunaco (is that even spelled correctly, we don't have them stations around here) would have to buy into the idea.

In my hometown, we have a neighborhood were the homeowners never mow their yards, have junked out cars in the front, privacy fences that have fallen over, paint peeling from the house. Every vehicle in the driveways have some sort of NASCAR sticker. Just completely run down. THIS IS NO JOKE......the locals here refer to this part of town as NASCARville.

As far as it being a sport......How far can Jeff Gordon hit a baseball? Can Tony Stewart sack a QB, Can Dale Jarret hit a slapshot past a goalie, and can Dale Jr. slam dunk?

I'm not trying to insult anyone. I'm just pointing out why a lot of people don't think of NASCAR as a sport and why it has the trailer park image.

One thing I am curious about, and I'm not trying to be racist as I'm an African American myself, but why does it seem that NASCAR fans are all white?

I forgot to mention.......the drivers all have seriously big onions. I wouldn't want to do that.......but it's still not a sport :)

SERIOUS QUESTION:

Does Dale Jarret even race anymore? I have an ex-brother-in-law who was a big fan. I loved giving him crap.

I did not know the drivers had "big onions"...wonder how they grow them LOL
On the topic, this is a move in the right direction. I use Sunoco for my own car, which is a typical car, but next year when I am looking to upgrade, I will give much more thought to environmental impact in what I purchase.........it is time for everyone to focus more on that, especially in racing where consumption is so huge.

Okay a social comment broadhead - I like that. I assure you there are black fans. In the fall Charlotte race I saw a pretty good %, more than previous years. You just have to check out a race and see if its for you. You would be surprised how large and diverse the Nascar community is.....its a huge friendly crowd.
Where is the run down neighborhood you are talking about?

2 blocks away:(

It's kinda like hockey. Do you know what it feels like to be the only black man in a stadium of 18,000?

Are all drivers white? Just a question.....nothing racial!

Broadhead = for a Black Man you ask some real stupid questions
there ARE Black drivers,,and there ARE many African Americans
in the stands watching the races - turn your damn TV on and watch
befor making remarks like you have.

I was doing his homework for him Hawkman. Its like me making a broard generalization of Pakistan.

For the record, I like Nascar and Indy racing and
I am NOT
a redneck or a Christian
Do not live in a trailer
I HATE
Country Music
Republican Administations especially the current one
Ciggerettes and chew
I drive a brand new Mustang GT, will be switching to a 2009 or 10 Camaro and neither will have any stickers at all on them, never
I sat at the race last month and there was an entire family in the row in front of
me and guess what, they were black, and we got along just fine
Finally racing became a sport when one caveman raced another around a tree

If they're talking ethanol, they can just keep on going.

Yeah, it doesn't burn as much oil directly, and it's cheaper per gallon. But it gets worse mileage, so there's not much of a cost savings there. And a whole crapload of oil is used to produce ethanol, so combine that with its own emissions which are roughly the same as that of regular gas and ethanol actually ends up worse for the environment.

Now if they're talking some other kind of alternative fuel, like hydrogen or even biodiesel, then I'm on board. But I'm kind of sick of ethanol being touted as this great thing when all it's done is help spike the cost of food.

Hammered_everynight Well said buddy some of these dudes just
don't understand....^5@ you

This would be a great idea. There is a push for ethanol nationally, and it would be good for the sports and for the growers to see how ethanol would perform in such a scenario.