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In reply to the discussion: Huge car crash mars Nationwide Series race at Daytona [View all]Norbert
(6,039 posts)It was the final corner of the final lap. There was still a half dozen cars with a chance of winning the race. Of course there was cheering. Very, Very little of the cheering had anything to do with "Oh Boy. We're having a major wreck." PLEASE understand the distinction.
Don MacTavish, Dan Wheldon, Gilles Villeneuve, Greg Moore, Rich Vogler, Scott Brayton, Joe Booher, J. D. McDuffie, Neil Bonnett, Ayrton Senna, several race fans at LeMans in 1955, one race fan at Indianapolis in 1987, Three race fans at Charlotte in 1999: anyone who has been around the sport and are fans knows thes deaths are real and they are final. They love the sport because of the thrill, because the drivers have a story to tell on how they got there and the chance of meeting friends they haven't seen since last year. They don't go because of the chance some driver, pit crew member or fan could join the list I've made, I repeat they don't go there for that.
As for pictures of NASCAR "fans", Lets not get stupid here. For every NASCAR fan with a shaved back there are at least a dozen NFL fans dressed in "war paint". My wife had a drunk almost fall on her lap and I was challenged to a fight by another drunk because I wore the wrong teams sweat shirt, at an NFL football game. With those experiences behind us we both still think the overwhelming majority of NFL fans are normal and sane. Put away the goofy pictures PLEASE. They add nothing to the argument.
Mnpaul, my comments were not aimed at you at all. I am simply frustrated with the comments by some on this board.