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Post by djr18fan on Oct 17, 2014 20:05:11 GMT 12
I went to the May dega race. Parts of it were enjoyable, but I would not go again. Unless it was for the off track antics which I hear are great. Only did the Sunday race and was surprised there are no support races on the Sunday. The long tracks are a lottery with 90% just touring around and looking to team up with a drafting partner. It's all about aero. Impressive facility and glad I tried it, but would try a 1k track or similar if I'm over there again.
And rednecks! Unbelievable! Strangest site was swearing in of a few locals that had finished armed forces training. In front of over 100,000 cheering fans. Plenty of families there, but all one colour & creed.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 17, 2014 20:34:48 GMT 12
Plenty of families there, but all one colour & creed. I don't wanna go off subject but.... Not that diffo to Nz speedway really. I think it's just that oval track racing for the most part attracts a WASP crowd. Sitting next to some German backpackers at a normal meeting in Palmy about 2 years ago(they weren't race fans but were told if u go to Palmy, u should go to Speedway) they looked around near the end of the night and asked me "It's only zee white people zat go to zee races yaa?" Judith Collins also made a comment that "I really loved it, but it looks like I fit Speedways demographic pretty well" |
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Post by custaxie50 on Oct 18, 2014 11:54:53 GMT 12
Some years back someone put some plans on the table to build a Nascar track at Queen Elizabeth Park,but like WS there are always those out there who did not want this to come about.
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Post by sleepy on Oct 18, 2014 15:03:36 GMT 12
Was it maybe donny walker or could have been peter walker that owned the mobil station in mirirma back in the 70s? Sure they had something to do with the talk about the nascar track
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Post by Deleted on Oct 20, 2014 6:09:05 GMT 12
You cant really take nascar racing too seriously its sport for rednecks and drivers getting out attempting go over punch another opponent just entertainment spectacle brings people out its put on for public just like wrestling is. I cant sit watch cars go round and round tight shaped oval about 600 laps that does get BORING. If i had choose between politics f1 or entertaining bashing and crashing drawn out nascar race. F1 would come out on top every time
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Post by BarryB on Oct 20, 2014 10:26:51 GMT 12
Judith Collins also made a comment that "I really loved it, but it looks like I fit Speedways demographic pretty well" Which demographic is that? Former Honorable middle aged females? Barry B |
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Post by teamkaos on Oct 21, 2014 12:38:45 GMT 12
You cant really take nascar racing too seriously its sport for rednecks and drivers getting out attempting go over punch another opponent just entertainment spectacle brings people out its put on for public just like wrestling is. I cant sit watch cars go round and round tight shaped oval about 600 laps that does get BORING. If i had choose between politics f1 or entertaining bashing and crashing drawn out nascar race. F1 would come out on top every time lol, wow. Nascar is boring and processional but F1 is exciting? How well did Montoya go in Nascar again?? lol. Mate, F1 one is a stuck up procession that drivers have to buy their way into a seat with money, contacts and personality. If you are not 100% on either one of those you wont make it into the drivers seat for a race. You are kidding yourself if you think that F1 is a display of the best motor racing drivers in the world. Give me some good Nascar racing over the F1 Circus and their trained monkeys any day of the week. lol |
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Post by karter55 on Oct 21, 2014 14:28:34 GMT 12
Have to pull you up on that TK, you only need money and contacts cause no one in F1 has a personality!!
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