Comments on: Why NASCAR is Not a Sport

By: Fred Palowakski

Fred Palowakski — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 14:30:12 +0000

The ad campaign clearly isn’t working as well as they hope. Why? It’s the “Tostitos” Fiesta Bowl, not Totino’s. Tostito’s makes really salty chips that make me want to drink 40 beers at once. Totino’s makes crappy pizza turds that make me crap for 40 minutes.

By: Bobby Finstock

Bobby Finstock — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 13:13:59 +0000

If you go by that definition driving a large truck is a sport, flying a plane is a sport…. nope.

By: Brian

Brian — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 07:42:18 +0000

sport [spawrt, spohrt] –noun 1. an athletic activity requiring skill or physical prowess and often of a competitive nature, as racing, baseball, tennis, golf, bowling, wrestling, boxing, hunting, fishing, etc.

While NASCAR may not be the most physcially demanding type of auto racing in terms of athletic requirement (Formula 1 and various Sports Car classes that are involved in Endurance Races would rank tops here), there is still a requirement of skill, precision, and physical ability involved. Driving a car at it’s limits is not at all like similar driving on the street, which is probably the key reason many people seem to think that the skills involved or ordinary or easy. Simply keeping a car balanced and in control, while at the limits of it’s grip is tough. Doing so while driving and manuevering with other competitors is tougher still.

Autoracing can require great physical endurance, competing in layers of fireproof clothing in cockpits where the temperature often is well in excess of 100 degree F. And doing this for hours, while having to stay 100% focused and alert. Providing the correct amount of steering/throttle/brake input can require careful control (and in some cases where the rules do not allow for power assistance, quite a bit of strength!). Yes, the athletic requirement in NASCAR is less than some other forms of auto racing, but it is there, and is very real.

So, there is a definite athletic element, and there is competition. It meets the definition of a sport.

By: Starfox

Starfox — Wed, 13 May 2009 18:56:44 +0000

Were starfox we dont need roads we fly
Take that society
For you Heimer

By: midwesterner

midwesterner — Wed, 28 May 2008 02:37:09 +0000

people from the midwest…most of them ARE stupid white trash. I’m from Wisconsin. Do you realize how many damn f’ing beat up trucks I see driving around pouring out black smoke from their damn exhaust pipes because they don’t realize they’re trucks are burning oil by the mile? Every mile you’ll see a few. Cheerleading is more of a sport than Nascar is. lol

By: fahq

fahq — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 03:08:31 +0000

Oh, and people from the midwest ARE stupid white trash!

By: fahq

fahq — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 03:07:48 +0000

No ball or athletic abilities needed, therefore NOT A SPORT!

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Jimmy — Tue, 05 Jun 2007 19:16:59 +0000

I agree with you that NASCAR is not a sport… but your reasons are just plain stupid.

Jeff Gordon is from Pittsboro, Indiana, by the way.

NASCAR has a sponsorship name as their title – that’s because they want money. You’re soooooo right, no other sport does that at all. Now please excuse me while I go turn on the Totinos Fiesta Bowl.

“Driving billboards.” No other sport does that? Remember when baseball had their Spiderman promo bases? Does that mean that’s not a sport? Ever been to a baseball game? There are so many promotions that it drives

Your entire post shows how closed-minded you are. You basically make the statement that everyone who enjoys NASCAR is white trash, and everyone that lives in the midwest is stupid white trash. This “I’m better than you attitude” is what holds the country down and makes you look like a huge asshole.