[Frank]

Research in the '70's showed that there was more fuel consumption caused by football games than any vehicle related sports. It's not the vehicles themselves that cause the consumption - it's the spectators.

[jaws]

I'm watching the NASCAR on television, and I don't know why they haven't yet figured that they need to have some kind of rock soundtrack to make these races interesting.

[smiley]

That's why you should have watched the F1 today.

[rogerhb]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('smiley', 'T')hat's why you should have watched the F1 today.

[frankthetank]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', '"')This is a working man's sport, no matter what picture some people try to paint," said H.A. "Humpy" Wheeler, president of Lowe's Motor Speedway outside Charlotte, N.C. "The people most affected by these obnoxious oil prices are the working man."

[canis_lupus]

You meant to say "Ticket sales down for NASCAR". Champcar numbers were flat (up for Long Beach) and now the series are combined, open-wheel racing will trend up.

NASCAR's popularity crested two years ago and there's noplace to go but down.

I think with less overall disposable income and such a long season shown ad nauseum on TV, (not to mention forty year old technology, left hand turns, no shifting, and WWE-style entertainment instead of racing, and a strong hillbilly bent ) rather than solely gas prices people are choosing to stay home.

[cube]

Maybe they can start protesting high fuel prices just like the truckers.

[foo]

Rising gas prices have NASCAR feeling pain at the pump

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'A')s gas prices soar across the country, the thought of paying $6.25 a gallon would make any consumer cringe.

Yet that's what it costs in NASCAR, where race teams use a special Sunoco 260 GTX unleaded fuel to fill their cars. Although the gas is free -- part of Sunoco's agreement as NASCAR's official fuel supplier -- it doesn't mean car owners and drivers aren't feeling the pain at the pump.

"It affects all of us, anybody that's in business," said car owner Richard Childress. "Getting our cars to the racetracks costs a ton in gas money for the haulers. Bringing our people to the tracks, the rising costs of jet fuel. It's very, very expensive to do what we're doing."

[misterno]

it is time they stop this nonsense called car racing

They burn the precious fuel which can be used for more essential activities in life.

[BigTex]

I would like to see NASCAR replace all of its cars with Toyota Prius models, completely stock, no modifications.

That's what they would race.

That would be awesome (I don't mean for energy efficiency, I just mean because it would look so ridiculous).

[Ang]

I saw the word "NASCAR" and laughed out loud because if anything symbolizes how ridiculous we are and how P.O. came about so quickly, it's a bunch of cars driving around in a circle for 500 miles.

How about the first guy to till an acre of land without any power tools wins??

[Byron100]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('BigTex', 'I') would like to see NASCAR replace all of its cars with Toyota Prius models, completely stock, no modifications.

That's what they would race.

That would be awesome (I don't mean for energy efficiency, I just mean because it would look so ridiculous).

[Novus]

They should all race Tesla roadsters.

[IanC]

As a liberal, elite, west coast, Arugula-eating biker, I would like to say this to the whole NASCAR world:

DIE, DIE, DIE, DIE, DIE!!!!!!

That would have felt better if could have shouted it, but I'm at work.

What a wasteful pasttime. I don't give a s*** if peoples' jobs depend on NASCAR, this sport has to go. And it will. Talk about unsustainable Post Peak.

Wait, I've got it!!!! Just get a mega wide screen and show re-runs of old races. What's the difference - the cars go round and round, some crash, spectator's heads go side to side... Better still, just hook up the fans to car racing video games.

-Ian
Portland

[mos6507]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('misterno', 'i')t is time they stop this nonsense called car racing

They burn the precious fuel which can be used for more essential activities in life.

[mos6507]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Novus', 'T')hey should all race Tesla roadsters.

[pup55]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 't')his nonsense called car racing

[Ludi]

My husband will be helping work on a race car this afternoon (replacing an engine). Not for NASCAR, though.

[Rabbit]

I'd like to see all the race cars converted to pure solar power. Ok speeds would drop to around 35 mph, but what a statement that would make to fellow Americans.

[bodigami]

What about Formula 1? Burninng oil in races is so stupid.

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('pup55', '(')...)
What will kill it is not the fuel price, but the fact that people like Coke and Home Depot will quit forking over the big bucks for this type of advertising.
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