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Originally Posted by Lemers
Just like you can't bash a race unless you are part of that race. You can't bash the military unless you are in the military.  |
yea my dad and i were discussing nascar (truly, the whipping boy of the auto racing industry) and while i agree, there are some more simple aspects to it (left hand turns only, carb'd N/A small blocks, etc), it takes a massive, massive amount of talent to be good at that kind of racing. i forget who the driver was but dad was talking about an interview he had heard where the person giving the interview to the driver asked "what do you have to say about the people who criticize the sport?" he replied "just think to yourself how uptight you get in bumper to bumper traffic in a large city where you've got 5 lanes moving 70mph or more. now imagine almost tripling the speed, riding 10x closer behind the person in front of you with another right behind you and doing it all day long. now imagine that every time you turn you are basically drifting towards the center line and hoping that the guy in front or behind you doesn't screw up. after you've done that, you can judge my athleticism and driving ability". that wasn't the exact words but that was the gist. i've always had a massive respect for anyone who is a professional racing drive in any field of cars or bikes. any "nascar haters" out there have probably never experienced anything
close to what those guys go through. yes FIA, ALMS, LMS, etc series races takes it that one step farther by adding more turns in both directions and doing it for longer but that doesn't mean that nascar is easy by any stretch of the imagination.
by the same token, i have respect for anyone in the military. army, marines, air force, navy and even the coast guard. nothing like that is easy, tho i might like to joke about it from time to time. their service allows me to do the things i do freely (well, at least somewhat) and i thank every person who serves.