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Originally Posted by mattdavis11
I never understood the love affair with F1, Cart, Indy or whatever it's called. I've never seen a car that resembles them on the street, outside of the prowler, and occasional hot rod. What's the point? OTOH, I see drivers wrecked on the road while trying to beat the others to work every day. I also see the Michael Waltrips and Dick Trickles driving in the "groove" congesting our highways. NASCAR can be related to everyday life, making sense of its existence, high horsepower go carts, not so much.
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The love affair is about pushing automotive technology to the limits which is why F1 and the likes were created/evolved. To me, F1 has become so advanced that it doesn't relate to "real world" cars. True the technology might trickle down but I doubt all the aero-aids would.
Conversely, saying that Nascar can be related to real life is wrong. The cars are as much like every-day cars as are F1 cars....they're not. What Nascar has done phenomenally well is they learned how to market themselves. They do it better than probably any sporting outlet on the planet. And they do it without the greed of F1 (thanks Bernie). Nascar adapted extremely well to their changing landscape (i.e safety, manufacturers going to front wheel drive, etc.) Does this make great entertainment? Sure, but it does nothing to improve the automotive breed which is one of the reasons manufacturers went racing.