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In reply to the discussion: The Wheels Fall Off for Romney as Obama Leads with NASCAR Fans, 48%-41% [View all]Eleanors38
(18,318 posts)58. NHRA crowds have always impressed me as being more diverse...
All kinds of folks at NHRA events; gear heads, hippies (I was an addict to drags in the late 60s/early 70s), women, even some blacks.
I do miss the old Daytona 500s (64, 70, 84, etc.), esp. the early days when those huge-displacement engines revved up coming off the final turn toward the green flag. The crowd roared. And you couldn't hear them. I remember (1970) A. J. Foy's engine blowing up in front of us in the old Barney Oldfield Grandstand. Smoke squirted out both sides of the hood, conveniently before Pit Road. Everyone was laughing.
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The Wheels Fall Off for Romney as Obama Leads with NASCAR Fans, 48%-41% [View all]
kpete
Sep 2012
OP
I read a lot of religious right blogs, and they're having a real fight among themselves about it.
LeftyMom
Sep 2012
#26
Jr. has always wanted to eat dinner with O, many think he's a closet Liberal
DainBramaged
Sep 2012
#19
Poking NASCAR fans in the face with hot dogs he was giving out didn't win Willard more votes?
Indpndnt
Sep 2012
#11
Romney's laughing at the NASCAR 'raincoat' dude weeks earlier didn't help much either
Brother Buzz
Sep 2012
#27
Most of NASCAR's fans DON'T come from the South, and most are smarter than a potato
DainBramaged
Sep 2012
#16
When solid voting blocks begin deserting their traditional party affiliations less than two month pr
LanternWaste
Sep 2012
#54
Obama leads with voters who are or who have a family member in the military, 54%-39%
pasto76
Sep 2012
#25
Is this a misprint, from "Update to Add": "Romney’s lead is only 50% to 39% among white voters"
NBachers
Sep 2012
#29
That's because he doesn't know the fans. He knows a couple of the team owners. n/t
silvershadow
Sep 2012
#43
A lot of NASCAR fans are either 47 percenters or have family and friends that belong to that group.
appleannie1
Sep 2012
#51