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When an engine breaks through a fence an lands in the spectator area, it's news.
Renew Deal
Feb 2013
#12
Yeah, I saw that. A 6 percent increase hardly suggests "most." And that was the pre-Chase era (2004)
fishwax
Feb 2013
#37
My youngest son manages a Grand Am team. Most people watch for the thrill of the race. Most people
appleannie1
Feb 2013
#46
What a shocker! How could that possibly have happened! Not meaning to be cruel...
Honeycombe8
Feb 2013
#14
Oh, my...I never heard of that. How truly awful! I can understand the need for speed,
Honeycombe8
Feb 2013
#57
Yep, and I don't think I saw the leader lap a car in competition during
ChisolmTrailDem
Feb 2013
#41
If NASCAR had not implemented restrictor plates at the few tracks they are (were) used....
A HERETIC I AM
Feb 2013
#65
Probably a Tony Stewart fan because he had just taken the lead when this car hit the fence.
Elwood P Dowd
Feb 2013
#61
In response to the arguments on this thread re: wrecks and whether people watch racing for them.....
A HERETIC I AM
Feb 2013
#67
No! People don't pay $100-200 plus travel expenses just because there might be a chance
Elwood P Dowd
Feb 2013
#80