Road Weary

I raced home from vacation for this?

After a week with the family in Orlando, we arrived back home late Sunday afternoon and I was able to get back to homebase to watch most of Sunday's race in Sonoma.

Unfortunately I missed the best part of the day, Kyle Petty's expletive on live television, which will surely end the TNT experiment of putting a live microphone on one of its driver/analysts.

The rest of the day was a mind-numbing experience. Fuel strategy added to the already boring sight of watching NEXTEL Cup cars drone around a road course made my post-travel/flight nap all the more enjoyable.

Yeh, I watched a pretty good batle between Montoya and McMurray for a few laps, but really, this is not what NASCAR racing was created to do.

If you enjoyed Sunday's race and like NEXTEL Cup events on road courses, more power to you.

As for me, I'm thinking about squeezing another couple days vacation out around August 12, if you get my drift.

Pete Pistone
Posted: 6/25/2007 10:08:00 AM
Comments:
It was like watching mud dry.  Yeah, Kyle's OOOPS, made for a little excitement.  At least at the Glen they do go a little faster.  But then you have to remember where the race was, in laid back, wine drinking Northern California.

I am not a JPM fan to begin with, but his attitude after the race was down right rude.  Not a thank you to his crew, his fans, just "I am JPM, watch me roar." Yuck!!!  I got more excitement doing my ironing for the week.  Just someone else to add to my boo-list.
Posted On: 6/25/2007 10:08:00 AM
road racing in NASCAR needs to be increased and included in the chase. more road coarses would insure the regular drivers learned this skill not be replaced by ringers. Look at the first sanctioined NASCAR race the ROAD COURSE at Daytona Beach.  
Posted On: 6/25/2007 10:08:00 AM
I couldn't agree more. Watching a race car go 30 or 40 miles per hour is just not my idea of sporting excitement.

:{
Posted On: 6/25/2007 10:08:00 AM
Although I love doorhandle-to-doorhandle battles for the checkers, I can respect that it takes a diffiernt animal to win at a roadcourse. If you don't like it please join the rest of the NASCAR bashers and just don't watch. We won't miss you and your Shcleprock rain cloud.
Posted On: 6/25/2007 10:08:00 AM

Report Inappropriate Content

Select the reason that best describes why you think this content is inappropriate, and then click Submit. We'll review the content to determine if action is required. Thanks for your input!
 
Submit
Cancel