With so many being bored with the snow/rain/cold situation this should spark some activity---Do REAL sports get delayed by pot holes during the competition? I don't think so !!1
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lol, now I get it. Not a big race fan, but those guys have to be in decent shape. They're pretty tired by the last lap. I bet they burn more calories than 'the 9th inning closer'.
Whats real "sport"?
Going 110% at all times?
Not taking a play off?
Beating a competitor?
Coaching and game plans?
years of honing skills?
4 hours of complete focus?
Physical conditioning in and out of season?
Sounds like if you fulfill those requirements you are participating in an athletic event. I'm not a NASCAR fan but those guys are athletes IMHO where failure is not an option.
If we use the TR criteria maybe baseball should be played in the rain and games not be suspended.
Going 110% at all times?
Not taking a play off?
Beating a competitor?
Coaching and game plans?
years of honing skills?
4 hours of complete focus?
Physical conditioning in and out of season?
Sounds like if you fulfill those requirements you are participating in an athletic event. I'm not a NASCAR fan but those guys are athletes IMHO where failure is not an option.
If we use the TR criteria maybe baseball should be played in the rain and games not be suspended.
To me,being a NASCAR driver reguires great skill and I respect that but it is not a sport---I think they , all the drivers, have a suicide wish
What about standing around all day waiting for the ball to come to you so you can throw it back?
That seemed pretty crazy yesterday for the race (Daytona 500) to be stopped more than once for the pothole repairs. I was cheering on "my" driver, Clint Bowyer in the Cheerios car, who led quite a few laps toward the end of the race. (I do some work on the Cheerios Racing website.)
It is kind of interesting to watch how the team concept comes into play, especially toward the end of the race. Sometimes when the cars get all jammed up together because of caution laps and restarts, the cars in 4th, 5th, 6th place can't find an opening to pass the leaders, but a teammate may make it up close enough to push them past the pack. There were some white knuckle maneuvers like that toward the end.
My driver Clint came in 4th after some final-lap lead changes. That's better than his 2007 Daytona 500 finish, which they showed during one of the delays: He crossed the finish line upside down and on fire.
Julie
It is kind of interesting to watch how the team concept comes into play, especially toward the end of the race. Sometimes when the cars get all jammed up together because of caution laps and restarts, the cars in 4th, 5th, 6th place can't find an opening to pass the leaders, but a teammate may make it up close enough to push them past the pack. There were some white knuckle maneuvers like that toward the end.
My driver Clint came in 4th after some final-lap lead changes. That's better than his 2007 Daytona 500 finish, which they showed during one of the delays: He crossed the finish line upside down and on fire.
Julie
While a driver must be in great shape to endure what he endures in a typical NASCAR race, the better athletes in that sport are the pit crew members.
NASCAR has changed drastically over the last 10 years.
These teams recruit hard core athletes now.
http://www.coreperformance.com...embers-athletes.html
http://sports.espn.go.com/rpm/...cgee_ryan&id=3394743
NASCAR has changed drastically over the last 10 years.
These teams recruit hard core athletes now.
http://www.coreperformance.com...embers-athletes.html
http://sports.espn.go.com/rpm/...cgee_ryan&id=3394743
GREAT links 1baseballdad
Mom, that was the race that got me hooked. Living in the south, I'm around NASCAR fans every day, but had never took a serious interest. I agreed to go to a buddy's house to watch that race, and it was amazing. Watching Clint Boyer slide across the finish line upside down and on fire was the most exciting thing I had ever seen live on TV. Been an avid fan since.
MnMom and Wayne: he's my favorite too; cuz he's a Kansan. (Emporia)
If you ever get a chance. Go to a nascar track when they are having a Petty ride along session if you really want to know what type of competitors these guys are. I had the chance to take 3 laps at 165 MPH around Daytona and cannot explain the experience. The G force in the turn is amazing. To do this for 200 laps at 190 MPH these people are real atheletes.
quote:Originally posted by TRhit:
With so many being bored with the snow/rain/cold situation this should spark some activity---Do REAL sports get delayed by pot holes during the competition? I don't think so !!1
I have experienced, on several occasions, extended delays while crews filled in holes on the mound and in the base lines, that opened and/or became worse during the course of a game, usually after a rain or during a sprinkle that was not severe enough to call the game.
Nascar is the most watched "sport" on TV.
You really can't appreciate it until you see it live. The TV gives it no justice, and watching on TV exciting. There is NOTHING like it, nothing at all. JMO.
And if you think taligating is big at football games, these races are events.
These guys are athletes. I enjoyed the articles. They have more team mentality than most pro players who play on teams and get paid millions.
You really can't appreciate it until you see it live. The TV gives it no justice, and watching on TV exciting. There is NOTHING like it, nothing at all. JMO.
And if you think taligating is big at football games, these races are events.
These guys are athletes. I enjoyed the articles. They have more team mentality than most pro players who play on teams and get paid millions.
quote:These guys are athletes.
And Danica. Best free agent pickup in years.
Alot of people enjoy Nascar. I find it very boring. I went to a race and will never go back. I cant sit through one lap watching on tv. To each his own. There are some sports I question wether or not it takes an athlete to excell at. Yard darts? Corn ball? Golf? Bowling? Nascar? Does it take skill? Of course it takes skill to be good at them. Does it take an athletic person to be good at them?
Wayne and trojan-skipper,
Clint will be here at my workplace this Thursday, the 18th. I think #33 (the Impala) will be here too!
Julie
Clint will be here at my workplace this Thursday, the 18th. I think #33 (the Impala) will be here too!
Julie
quote:Originally posted by Coach_May:
Alot of people enjoy Nascar. I find it very boring. I went to a race and will never go back. I cant sit through one lap watching on tv. To each his own. There are some sports I question wether or not it takes an athlete to excell at. Yard darts? Corn ball? Golf? Bowling? Nascar? Does it take skill? Of course it takes skill to be good at them. Does it take an athletic person to be good at them?
I also don't watch NASCAR, or any car racing. I also don't watch Hockey. To me, that doesn't change the fact that they are a sport and are very popular with other people.
Is John Kruk or David Wells and athletic person? If you want to question other sports, be sure to question baseball as well.
One of the few things I don't like about this site is the way s****r is blanked out. It reminds me of all the baseball people I've known that are afraid of s****r stealing their fields, or stealing their players, or stealing their volunteers, or stealing their limelight. If it has to do with athletics, s****r is far more of a sport than baseball.
That said, baseball is my favorite sport. I just don't find the need to dislike or blank out other sports simply because they compete with my favorite one.
quote:One of the few things I don't like about this site is the way s****r is blanked out.
I agree totally. The site should not blank out the letters. It should replace them with:
Commie Kickball!
I love Nascar as I do most sports. There has always been that question if you could call a driver an athlete or not. In today's world they are as they must work out to keep that edge over the driver who does not. And yes the over the wall crew members are athletes who do intense training. But if you want to know IMO who the top atheltes are then this is it, this requires more skill than any other sport, period and if you have not ever been on one, THEN DON'T TALK TO ME ABOUT IT!
Athlete
Athlete
S****r being blanked out is actually one of my favorite things about this site! Makes me know I am in the right company, I think its hillarious!
Julie: Ask him if he ever played baseball at Soden's Grove. It's a beautiful little ballpark in his hometown.
I love the sport where the defense "has the ball"...
Do real sports get called off due to rain?quote:Originally posted by TRhit:
With so many being bored with the snow/rain/cold situation this should spark some activity---Do REAL sports get delayed by pot holes during the competition? I don't think so !!1
Just something to think about. Every sport has it's Achilles heel.
I know NASCAR is tough, but I still don't think I'd consider it a sport. But then I won't call cheerleading a sport either...
I kind of like Hemingway's take on sports. He felt there are only three. Mountain climbing, bull fighting and auto racing. Everything else is a game...
Buzkashi
NASCAR. Is that where they drive in circles while I change the channel?
I love the interviews. "My BoJangles STP Mobil One Goodyear Pontiac was a little loose in turn 1 but then the boys in the Pit got some wedge going and it got real tight going in and came out loose but Jimmy Bob made a great decision to change some rubber on the outside and the BoJangles STP Mobil One Goodyear Pontiac found the right groove for me."
I enjoy the last 25-30 laps of Nascar.
After the final pothole delay yesterday they had 30 or so laps to go and to me it was very exciting, especially the finish when Dale Earnhardt Jr jumped out and tried to steal the show - he's an excellent driver....
That's the only part of the race I watched.
It's definitely not a sport in the sense that most want to try and compare it to football, baseball or basketball. Too many mechanical components involved and that's why it's referred to as a Motor Sport.
After the final pothole delay yesterday they had 30 or so laps to go and to me it was very exciting, especially the finish when Dale Earnhardt Jr jumped out and tried to steal the show - he's an excellent driver....
That's the only part of the race I watched.
It's definitely not a sport in the sense that most want to try and compare it to football, baseball or basketball. Too many mechanical components involved and that's why it's referred to as a Motor Sport.
quote:I love the interviews. "My BoJangles STP Mobil One Goodyear Pontiac was a little loose in turn 1 but then the boys in the Pit got some wedge going and it got real tight going in and came out loose but Jimmy Bob made a great decision to change some rubber on the outside and the BoJangles STP Mobil One Goodyear Pontiac found the right groove for me."
Coach May you kill me!
TR,
You wanna stir it up?
Talk about a game that is not a sport...try GOLF...
"Sssshhhhhh! Everybody be quite and he needs to concentrate while trying to hit a ball that is not moving."
...LOL!!!!!!
Sure, it takes some athletic skill to hit a golf ball hundreds of yards, but what's so sporting about golf? You can have just as much excitement playing a monopoly game...and it will be just as competitive...but, golf is certainly not a sport...
You wanna stir it up?
Talk about a game that is not a sport...try GOLF...
"Sssshhhhhh! Everybody be quite and he needs to concentrate while trying to hit a ball that is not moving."
...LOL!!!!!!
Sure, it takes some athletic skill to hit a golf ball hundreds of yards, but what's so sporting about golf? You can have just as much excitement playing a monopoly game...and it will be just as competitive...but, golf is certainly not a sport...
Coach Waltrip,
Golf takes more skill than, say, driving around the parking lot in a circle looking for a spot at the course...
I bet you're in great shape moving the board pieces around in the basement and that the fresh air you're breathing next to the furnace has your skin a beautiful shade of gray
Golf takes more skill than, say, driving around the parking lot in a circle looking for a spot at the course...
I bet you're in great shape moving the board pieces around in the basement and that the fresh air you're breathing next to the furnace has your skin a beautiful shade of gray
NASCAR is a sport, not one I follow closely. Then again, I don't follow rhythmic gymnastics or synchronized swimming either.
My inlaws knew everything about it, and were devastated when Dale Earnhart died. In fact, we called and checked up on them that evening, and drove up to them a few days later! Seriously, they were that upset.
imo, the best thing about this year's Daytona were the announcers. Think they wanted Jr to win?
My inlaws knew everything about it, and were devastated when Dale Earnhart died. In fact, we called and checked up on them that evening, and drove up to them a few days later! Seriously, they were that upset.
imo, the best thing about this year's Daytona were the announcers. Think they wanted Jr to win?
BBd,
Sorry to disappoint you...No, I don't have a furnace...or a basement...I play monopoly sitting in my backyard in my shorts and tee-shirt while enjoying the 78 degree warmth and fresh air...
Sorry to disappoint you...No, I don't have a furnace...or a basement...I play monopoly sitting in my backyard in my shorts and tee-shirt while enjoying the 78 degree warmth and fresh air...
I wish you many years of happiness and sunshine while you watch NASCAR events and play Monopoly in your shorts.
Sir, I would like you to know I have big shorts, but not quite that big...you're just jealous since it's cold and snowing in NJ...
Hey, maybe I'll head down to the course and a catch a quick 9 holes of a game that is not a sport...in my shorts...and tee-shirt...and sun block...with a cold beer
Stay warm
Hey, maybe I'll head down to the course and a catch a quick 9 holes of a game that is not a sport...in my shorts...and tee-shirt...and sun block...with a cold beer
Stay warm
I'm looking out my window here and wishing I could buy the beer for you.
Take a flight to AZ and I'll buy you a beer, catch a spring training game (2 more weeks, can't wait), play nine and watch a high school game...oh, I almost forgot, bring your sun block!
Sounds like a great day. I will think about it as I pick axe the ice from my driveway.
quote:Originally posted by Baseballdad1228:
Sounds like a great day. I will think about it as I pick axe the ice from my driveway.
Bummer...but, we have the flip side of that coin...in the summertime a guy risks getting sunstroke taking a stroll outside to the mailbox...I always take a couple gallons of water with me just in case...