Originally Posted by Shawn
Um, didnt Jeff Gordon beat Michael Shumacher in an F1 car a while back? If you seriously think nascar takes no skill, you're about as stupid as they come.
people who think a certain form of racing takes no skill, usually cannot do it well or at all.
I'm willing to bet you'd be dead last if put up against nascar drivers in a nascar race, or any other race for that matter.
1st off, sorry for tripple posting here, I know, but it's so hard with all these quotes from different people...
I don't like Shumacher much, F1 is my least favorite of the racing forms I mentioned... but still better than Nascar. And as "Royalty" pointed out, I didn't say they had no skill, I said it's a lazy form of racing. Turning left 1000 times is way to repetative to require anywhere near as much skill as rally driving. Watch a video of what a rally driver does with his/her feet as they go around turns.... it's insane. Every turn is different, not all the same either.
And yes, I'd be dead last in a Nascar race. I'm not a professional driver, and I don't know how to handle those cars, I've never driven one. Guess what compadre... SO WOULD YOU! Given the ammount of training and track time those guys have... I might prove you wrong... but as it stands now, yeah, you're right. Also, I never made a claim to my driving ability... so where did these comments come from?
Not only that, I don't ever care to go anywhere near a nascar track/event since I really, really, really don't like it. Everyone I meet who's REALLY into Nascar is either a crazy, asshole, drunkard, redneck... or someone who wants to be one but can't pull off the accent, ability to crush a case of bud in 1/2 hour, or can't get their mullet to match their flanal shirt. (nothing against rednecks... just the crazy ones).
I also think you're saying these things having never seen a rally or Le Mans race. I'm not trying to hate on Nascar here. I just don't think it's nearly as difficult, and doesn't require nearly the skill these other forms of racing do.