Car Opinions – Hold your ground drivers, only whiners drive in Nascar.

How the hell is this considered a "stock" car?!?

Is it just me, or has Nascar turned into a weekly episode of the “Young and the Restless”?  As if the sport, which is honored by a horde of redneck, left turn loving morons was worse enough, you add all the unnecessary drama into it.  Thank god for all the wrecks because this would be, in my opinion, the worst racing on earth.

Now, before I get crucified by the million+ hillbillies in their over sized pickup trucks with either the #3 or #88 plastered all over their back windows, let me explain why this is a horrible sport:

1.) The cars:  who the hell designed these monstrosities?  And who the hell said these cars are “stock cars”?  The last I check a “stock car” should look like something that you rolled off the dealership lot.  These things look like tanks on those stupid oval tracks.  They are way to boxy, and way to heavy.  The damn things weigh over 3800 lbs.  That has got to be a pain in the ass to take in and out of corners.  I have to give those drivers credit for actually being able to handle these things.

2.) Oval Tracks are overrated:  come one, how can you run 90% of your season on oval tracks?  Let’s get those drivers out on some more road courses other than the 2 that is already being done.  What’s funny is, Nascar fans think that road courses are boring.  I think the exact opposite.  I think they are brilliant.  Let’s get these drivers out there, make them do the right turns more and see how they do.  They become better drivers in the long run.  It’s also funny how the road course ringers that come in do better than the regular Nascar drivers.

3.) Races being rained out: if there is one thing that annoys me the most, it’s when Nascar rains out races.  Now, I can understand that during a good thunderstorm you don’t want the cars out there, but postponing races and not making these drivers run in the rain in unacceptable.  This goes back to the way the car is designed: it’s too damn heavy, which Nascar claims is the reason they don’t.  Let’s lighten these cars up another 1000 lbs., slap some rain tires and wipers on and get them out there.  If the IRL, F-1 and Rolex series can do it, so can Nascar.  And regardless of how much whining you get from those drivers, make them do it.  It makes them better drivers in the long run.

4.) Drama, Drama, Drama: I can’t believe people like hearing “he hit me, he’s an ass, and doesn’t belong on the track” is entertaining.  Come one, it’s racing, things like that are going to happen.  You can’t run a perfect season with the way these guys drive and expect not to wreck.  A good driver would realize that, move on and get ready for the next race, not whine about it like a spoiled little crybaby.  But I guess when you get paid millions of dollars and pampered by all the sponsors daily you would end up that way sooner or later.

5.) The fans: good lord, these people are certifiably psychotic.  If you’ve ever been to a Nascar race, people are wearing nothing but driver clothing (which looks ridiculous by the way), 1/3 of them are drunk within an hour into the race, and are ready to throw punches at each other if you say one bad thing about their driver.  Then you go out to the trailer parking area where people have like dozens of flags on these extremely tall poles that have the various car numbers on them, drinking heavily and playing games where you throw bean bags into holes on a wooden board.  The only thing I like about them, is the drinking….. but not during the race.

So, put simply Nascar “could” be a good sport, but the way I see it things need to change in order for it to be better.  The biggest thing I see is having less drama and more road courses.  If they changed all that crap around, things would be little more interesting, but not a lot.