Does anyone know that the Nascar season opens next week? I only found out after someone in my office expressed excitement about the upcoming "season." It wasn't on my calendar. I've even been told that Nascar is a sport. You gotta help me out here.
A sport usually involves some type of physical contest between players. Nothing about Nascar would even suggest that it is a sport. Do the drivers "pump themselves up" to get in shape to drive (I mean, pump anything other than gas?). Man, what a sport. 60 year olds who can still reach the gas and brake pedal can be "professional atheletes." I guess I still have time to reach the pros in something. (by the way, what is the "workout regimen" for a Nascar driver?) Well, at least we don't hear about Nascar drivers using steriods to get an edge.
Then there is the frenzied excitement about attending and watching these events. Thousands and tens of thousands of people screaming in delight as....well, let's see.....as a bunch of cars go really fast in a circle (I'm told that they also go around in oval tracks and some tracks even have lots of turns!). They go around a track over and over for say.....350 or 400 or 500 miles. Whew! Be still my beating heart! I can't imagine the excitement of a Nascar fan as his favorite driver flies by at 180 mph for the sixty fifth time that day. I mean, you can almost see the driver in the car as it tools by. If the fan is serious, he will have a stopwatch and try to time each lap. Man, it doesn't get any better than that!
As I write this and realize the profound impact the sport is having on our society, I finally realize what makes Nascar so exciting. Beer. Lots of beer. It is the only explanation for why thousands of people cram themselves around a track to catch a fleeting glimpse of a vehicle as it drives around the track over and over and over and over.
Blawgerman
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