Along the lines of the Golf debate...

I don't think it is at all...



Discuss. :D

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Well, considering more participants and even spectators get killed than in any other sport... I'll give it credit as being a sport :D

Well, considering the american version has it's roots in bootleggin' It cant be all that bad. Yeah driving is physically demanding, man after a 500 mile road trip I'm bushed, and could sure go for a big bottle o bubbly to spray all over and a fine dame to kiss. Would prefer a steak and beer though to go with that dame. In all seriousness I can't accept autoracing as a sport, except for the fact that it is racing, which is probably the original sport (perhaps it is wrestling)

Let me simply be PC here and say that I dont Identify with it.
PS gimme a chew

It has incredible requirements for hand eye coordination...
Requires more indurance than most sports...
It must be physically demanding since most drivers lose an average of 10 pounds during a race.

And if you make a single mistake, it can get you killed.

Seems like a valid sport to me ;)

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Hot dang Cooter. Didja see the engine on that Ford.

Sheeeutt, Roscoe. I kin make a better car with my a$$hole.

Just because you don't think very highly of the particpants or spectators doesn't mean it isn't a sport ;)

OK. couldnt resist a lil fun.
Actually isn't the indy 500 the single most attended sporting event in the US?

If you count a bunch of hicks sitting in their trailors getting drunk while a bunch of cars drive in circles around them... I guess you can say that... ;)

The Indy 500 is the most attended sporting event, and the Brickyard 400 is the second most.

If a sport is a competition of physical skills, then yes, auto racing is a sport.

Definitely a sport (and I won't say that lightly). It has all of the demands of any other sport on the planet. And, it's a waste of gas...

Its a sport... Pick on golf again...

Of course it is a sport, at least as much as riding. It's physically demanding and needs alot of concentration as well as skills.

And Dell's right, pick on Golf again. ;)

Sure, it's a waste of gas, but that doesn't make it not a sport.

And besides that, the commercials during the races are usually not all that bad.

Originally posted by Irish Caesar
The Indy 500 is the most attended sporting event, and the Brickyard 400 is the second most.

Yawn. How boring. Going around in a cricle 500 times, who the hell would watch that?

Now, Rally cars or Formula One (Well, until this season :rolleyes: ) is proper car racing.

'Tis not a sport.
'Tis a test of skill, and they dare mightilly, but it is no sport.

Maybe if they chased cattle or the like... :evil: ;)

Originally posted by mordhiem


Yawn. How boring. Going around in a cricle 500 times, who the hell would watch that?

Now, Rally cars or Formula One (Well, until this season :rolleyes: ) is proper car racing.

Ha! The Indy 500 is only 200 laps.

Even still, the question was whether or not auto racing was a sport.

I agree that rally car racing is great racing.

I still need to be convinced that F1 can beat NASCAR or IRL, though.

NASCAR

Non Athletic Sport Centered Around Rednecks.

No, racing is just a waste of gas.

I forget who it was, but somebody in a stand-up routine said that the best way to make NASCAR a sport was to release a live deer on the track during a race.

Hmmm... I would love to see some of the people that don't think it's a sport get in a car and try it for themselves. While I have no interest in the sport, it is physically demanding, and takes incredible skill. Plus... people die... if that isn't sport, I don't know what is ;)

Originally posted by tcjsavannah
I forget who it was, but somebody in a stand-up routine said that the best way to make NASCAR a sport was to release a live deer on the track during a race.

Actually, during a race at Pocono, Pennsylvania, Neil Bonnett ran into a live deer.

And during the Daytona 500, Dale Earnhardt hit a seagull.

Originally posted by Steve Winer
NASCAR

Non Athletic Sport Centered Around Rednecks.

No, racing is just a waste of gas.

Well, first, you admit it's a sport. That's good.
Second, it's relatively athletic, considering a driver goes through several g's through banked turns, over and over. It's not uncommon to lose ten pounds during a race.
As for being centered around rednecks, what's the problem with that?
Seriously, companies, drivers, and tracks all around the country make it more than just a redneck organization.

Originally posted by Ming
it is physically demanding, and takes incredible skill. Plus... people die...

Sounds a lot like war to me ;)

What would make it more of a sport, would be if all the cars were equal. Then the real sporting test would be to see which of the athletes (drivers) were better. As it stands, most of the time, it is whichever driver has the better car wins.

It is a huge waste of gas though.

If that was the case, the best car would win most of the time.

But the same argument could be made for other sports. Bobsledding has a lot to do with the equipment as well... it's a combination of a man's skill and machine that makes it a sport.

Originally posted by Ming
If that was the case, the best car would win most of the time.


Like in Formula 1...

Yes it's a sport - why wouldn't it be? No one has really dealt with that yet :confused:

Seeing as the cars aren't all equal, it also puts emphasis on the best engine builders, the best chassis designers, the best fab shop workers, the best pit crews, etc., etc., and not just the drivers.

<dale earnhardt>

RESTRICTOR PLATES!!!

THAT'S JUST RACIN!!!

</dale earnhardt>

I think Earnhardt said something to the effect that restrictor plates were NOT racin'.