I am a yankee from way up north near canada, and I swear I get teased about loving auto racing everyday. Thanks for your comebacks, but please let me interject a few of mine that are full proof. “Second Most watched sport in the world, behind soccer.” “I’ll take a southern accent over murder charges any day (Ray Lewis).” “Id rather watch Days of Thunder instead of Bend it like Beckham” “Meet me in charlotte at the Petty Driving School and I’ll show you what an athlete is.” “What do you call 10 criminals talking to each other? The huddle for the Baltimore Ravens” “we might drive around in circles, but all you do is put a ball in a hole” And last but not least, my favorite “Chicks dig cars, not overweight men pushing each other around”

NASCAR is nothing like baseball. After 3 hours of competing, the highlight film can run for hours… not 35 seconds, like baseball.

When a football player gets hot he stands in front of a fan on the sidelines while the game goes on. A NASCAR driver gets to stuff an ice pack down his shirt and continue racing.

You know what. I’m about as southern as they come and hate to hear people bash Nascar just like all y’all. However, there is not a rule (like the rest of you believe) that you can’t watch any other sport. I love college football equally as much as I do Nascar. So, quit bashing football. Just like Nascar, there is more to it than what you think. Who are you to judge football, yet condemn people for judging Nascar? I frequently get tired of you Nascar people judging other sports. It makes you no better than the rest of them!

I agree with Lisa. I love racing – have since May 1960 – but also enjoy football from HS to NFL, soccer, hockey, baseball – they all have their good points. But racing is the best.

I used to be one of those people who thought it was absurd to watch cars go around in circles for hours on end. Since this years All-Star race I have reconsidered. I don’t know what I watched or what I did on the weekends before racing. I am still an avid football fan (UT Volunteers & Green Bay Packers), but there is no action or DRAMA like there is on the backstretch of Martinsville, When Rusty is ready to run over anybody to get back in line after being shuffled by Newman. And I saw it all from my seat in the stands. Never cared to go to a football game. wish I could win the lottery to go to every race.

Can’t wait for another idiotic halftime show by Michael or Janet grabbing their crotches or losing their clothes! I’ll take non-stop action,
opening prayer, military flyovers and good clean fun for my money anyday! Hey by the way when does hockey season start?? Ohh that’s right they are on strike right? Whatever…...

Great job as always Cheryl! I will admit, now that racing is over, I’ve migrated to Football – I now get a 3 hour nap on Sundays :)

Lisa, how many people get knocked for watching football? How many get knocked for watching NASCAR?

I like football as well. So much I have the NFL package, but most of the group that hackles football are usually women nagging on their husbands, the whole world nags NASCAR fans.

WOW!!!
I too am an avid Nascar fan, but can watch almost any other sport as well. What I think all sports fans need is BEER!!
THEN WE CAN ALL GET ALONG BETTER, NO MATTER WHAT OUR SPORT CHOICE IS.

As a Canadian who never really had any interest in sports, especially televised (o-kay, except for when the Blue Jays won the world series, but I worked in a bar then…couldn’t avoid it!! ;)) NASCAR is the ONLY sport that has EVER intrigued me enough to keep me not only tuning in weekly and chatting with buddies on Frontstretch.com message board (like the plug?? ;))but spending hundreds of dollars to go to races at least once a year (on a good year, more than once!!), I say NASCAR is the best sport on Earth! Bravo, Cheryl…I’m gonna try a few of those on my Mom, who absolutely cannot comprehend my interest! (in her defense, she lives in Canada and doesn’t have Cable…I think if I could get her to a race, she would understand in an instance!!! LOL)

Oh, and Cheri?? I happen to agree with you!! ;)

Good come backs!!! I’ll use em on my hubby!!!! LMAO!! I just got into Nascar a few years ago. I thought it was stupid until someone said “Find a driver to cheer for” I picked Mikey cuz I listened to “Michael’s Up and Down Week” audio after the world lost Dale!!! First race I cheered for him he hooked up with Jr. and they came in first and second at Dega!!! I was VERY hooked!!! Love Mikey (and Kenny W. &42,49,38, 45,99,6,25,9 etc) and Nascar, my Mom who is 80 is also a fan now and adores Mikey!! The only other sport I like is America’s Cup!!! “Go Alinghi”!!! My Dad said it all about football “Heads down a$$es up take a step and drop” etc. etc…... LMAO!!!! Nascar Rocks!!! Lexyz

Finally found this site!