You kinda go to these things expecting something to happen, so injury, even to a spectator, is kinda to be expected. Kinda like watching a hockey game and saying "Oh the puck will never go over the glass (or shatter it for that matter)". I do feel bad for the spectators, but I don't feel bad too. You go to these sporting events to see something happen. And they do. I wonder how many concusions have happened to fans in baseball from getting hit with a ball. I feel if your stupid enough to be that close, then maybe you deserve to get hurt if something does happen. I dunno, TONS AND TONS of metal, plastic, and glass flying around a track at 200mph doesn't sound too safe to me. My opinion.
i could not agree more cooter. sitting that close to cars traveling at 200 mph and making contact is putting yourself in harm's way. and sure it sucks to see people get hurt, but in my opinion, its part of the sport. the freedom to choose to sit that close to the action is awesome, and i hope that people can continue to decide for them selves if its a risk they are willing to take.
Pull the restrictors and let them string out a little bit. They've made some great advances in keeping the cars grounded when they turn around on their own, but forcing them to run in packs negates all the advancements.
Today's society craves carnage & shock factor. NASCAR is catering to that.
That's why I quit watching NASCAR in the early '90s. Once it started becoming a big money "Spec" series, I lost interest. Well, that combined with the removal of a lot of historic tracks so they could be replaced with sterile tracks like Vegas & Texas that are all owned by the same corporate group.
Pull the restrictors and let them string out a little bit. They've made some great advances in keeping the cars grounded when they turn around on their own, but forcing them to run in packs negates all the advancements.
Today's society craves carnage & shock factor. NASCAR is catering to that.
That's why I quit watching NASCAR in the early '90s. Once it started becoming a big money "Spec" series, I lost interest. Well, that combined with the removal of a lot of historic tracks so they could be replaced with sterile tracks like Vegas & Texas that are all owned by the same corporate group.
Bigger tracks = more seats= more tickets sold...I miss some of the older tracks too.
They gotta quit these damn green flag two lap sprints for the checkered.
Why do they do the green flag just before the end?
I cannot believe how many crash videos there are of NASCAR races on the last lap on youtube!
Hope the spectators or ok.
You kinda go to these things expecting something to happen, so injury, even to a spectator, is kinda to be expected. Kinda like watching a hockey game and saying "Oh the puck will never go over the glass (or shatter it for that matter)". I do feel bad for the spectators, but I don't feel bad too. You go to these sporting events to see something happen. And they do. I wonder how many concusions have happened to fans in baseball from getting hit with a ball. I feel if your stupid enough to be that close, then maybe you deserve to get hurt if something does happen. I dunno, TONS AND TONS of metal, plastic, and glass flying around a track at 200mph doesn't sound too safe to me. My opinion.
i could not agree more cooter. sitting that close to cars traveling at 200 mph and making contact is putting yourself in harm's way. and sure it sucks to see people get hurt, but in my opinion, its part of the sport. the freedom to choose to sit that close to the action is awesome, and i hope that people can continue to decide for them selves if its a risk they are willing to take.
Pull the restrictors and let them string out a little bit. They've made some great advances in keeping the cars grounded when they turn around on their own, but forcing them to run in packs negates all the advancements.
Today's society craves carnage & shock factor. NASCAR is catering to that.
That's why I quit watching NASCAR in the early '90s. Once it started becoming a big money "Spec" series, I lost interest. Well, that combined with the removal of a lot of historic tracks so they could be replaced with sterile tracks like Vegas & Texas that are all owned by the same corporate group.
Bigger tracks = more seats= more tickets sold...I miss some of the older tracks too.