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annabanana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-02-08 05:47 PM Original message |
Why do so many people watch NASCAR? |
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UnrepentantUnitarian (887 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-02-08 05:49 PM Response to Original message |
1. I think it may be all those "left turns." |
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rzemanfl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-02-08 05:49 PM Response to Original message |
2. The same reason most of us are going to watch the debate |
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MarkInCA (403 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-02-08 05:50 PM Response to Original message |
3. For a moment I wondered why you would ask that |
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Curtland1015 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-02-08 05:50 PM Response to Original message |
4. To justify their mullet? |
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chitty (918 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-02-08 05:53 PM Response to Original message |
5. Acronym............. |
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IntravenousDemilo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-02-08 05:53 PM Response to Original message |
6. Yes, they're hoping that someone will be killed. I've never quite understood it myself. |
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Danmel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-02-08 05:56 PM Response to Original message |
7. Too see someone crash and burn |
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DainBramaged (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-02-08 06:53 PM Response to Reply #7 |
49. No one crashes and burns any more. They have on-board fire bottles, BIG ones |
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doc03 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-02-08 05:58 PM Response to Original message |
8. Why do people slow down to see a auto accident? |
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npk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-02-08 06:11 PM Response to Reply #8 |
12. Because if you are driving too fast you can't get a good look at the wreck. |
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opihimoimoi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-02-08 06:06 PM Response to Original message |
9. Hardly any thinking required?? |
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RoccoR5955 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-02-08 06:20 PM Response to Reply #9 |
21. YOU try driving a car at 150 or more MPH for three to four hours, |
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opihimoimoi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-02-08 06:28 PM Response to Reply #21 |
29. The question was::: WHY do People WATCH......???? |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-02-08 06:41 PM Response to Reply #21 |
34. You try body slamming Andre the Giant. |
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olegramps (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-03-08 07:01 AM Response to Reply #21 |
78. You have to be kidding |
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iamthebandfanman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-02-08 06:07 PM Response to Original message |
10. heh, no clue |
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WCGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-02-08 06:09 PM Response to Original message |
11. It's all about the Moonshine... |
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The Traveler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-02-08 06:11 PM Response to Original message |
13. Because there is art to it |
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DainBramaged (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-02-08 06:16 PM Response to Reply #13 |
15. They do it because they just can't suck enough |
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WCGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-02-08 06:17 PM Response to Reply #13 |
16. use to go to the local speedways and watch my buddy's race... |
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Curtland1015 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-02-08 06:17 PM Response to Reply #13 |
17. There's probably an art to putting babies on spikes too. |
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quantass (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-02-08 06:20 PM Response to Reply #17 |
22. Now that my friend is absoultely HILARIOUS!!! |
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The Traveler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-02-08 06:50 PM Response to Reply #17 |
42. The same comment could be issued against ballet |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-02-08 06:59 PM Response to Reply #42 |
54. Most people don't go to ballets for the crack-ups. |
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The Traveler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-02-08 11:04 PM Response to Reply #54 |
69. Of course not ... |
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RoccoR5955 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-03-08 11:00 AM Response to Reply #54 |
85. Nah, when I go to the ballet, I go to watch them break their legs. n/t |
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quantass (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-02-08 06:18 PM Response to Reply #13 |
19. Thanks for the explanation...Honestly, prior to your post i NEVER, for the life of me... |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-02-08 06:19 PM Response to Reply #13 |
20. Acceleration? |
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The Traveler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-02-08 06:51 PM Response to Reply #20 |
44. Ever push a car through a turn at 130 mph |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-02-08 06:53 PM Response to Reply #44 |
48. A really, really wide, steeply banked turn? |
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Ikonoklast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-02-08 07:26 PM Response to Reply #48 |
66. I've done it on two wheels at Daytona, Charlotte |
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The Traveler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-02-08 11:15 PM Response to Reply #66 |
73. "At 155 mph that ribbon of asphalt gets real skinny" |
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DainBramaged (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-03-08 06:59 AM Response to Reply #66 |
76. It takes REAL BALLS to drive Daytona, Charlotte or any NASCAR track |
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The Traveler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-02-08 11:10 PM Response to Reply #48 |
71. Give a try |
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RoccoR5955 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-02-08 06:25 PM Response to Reply #13 |
28. BINGO! I even go to the local dirt track every Friday night in the Summer. |
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The Traveler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-02-08 06:48 PM Response to Reply #28 |
39. Local tracks are a lot of fun |
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RoccoR5955 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-03-08 10:47 AM Response to Reply #39 |
82. I gave up my Dover tickets... |
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catnhatnh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-02-08 08:02 PM Response to Reply #13 |
68. Great Reply |
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The Traveler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-02-08 11:13 PM Response to Reply #68 |
72. Different skills |
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DainBramaged (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-02-08 06:12 PM Response to Original message |
14. You will never understand, but it's OK to just start a negative thread |
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Scout (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-03-08 06:51 AM Response to Reply #14 |
75. heh heh heh, good one |
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RoccoR5955 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-02-08 06:18 PM Response to Original message |
18. Hey, you forget that Paul Newman was a NASCAR fan. |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-02-08 06:21 PM Response to Reply #18 |
23. Yeah, and Paul Newman had brain cancer. |
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quantass (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-02-08 06:23 PM Response to Reply #23 |
24. Lol and Boo! |
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DainBramaged (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-02-08 06:41 PM Response to Reply #23 |
33. WTF is the correlation? Holy shit that's just dumb. |
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frylock (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-03-08 02:05 PM Response to Reply #33 |
87. well, that's what you come to expect from a dumbass |
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Forkboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-02-08 06:24 PM Response to Original message |
25. I don't get into, but this is silly. |
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QC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-02-08 06:53 PM Response to Reply #25 |
47. Yes, but it gives us an opportunity to declare our superiority to the unwashed masses. |
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Scout (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-03-08 07:00 AM Response to Reply #47 |
77. then we wonder why people think we're elitist snobs n/t |
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TheKentuckian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-02-08 06:24 PM Response to Original message |
26. NASCAR=good ZZZZZzzzzz except its too loud |
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bushisanidiot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-02-08 06:25 PM Response to Original message |
27. I'm a new NASCAR fan too. (Kyle Busch fan here.. cuz I like M&M's!) |
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erinlough (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-02-08 06:34 PM Response to Reply #27 |
30. Its kind of like the phenomenon of watching Bull Riding |
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QC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-02-08 06:38 PM Response to Original message |
31. Because they are The Great Unwashed, bereft of taste or learning, |
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DainBramaged (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-02-08 06:42 PM Response to Reply #31 |
35. Those ignorant fools come from all States and ALL incomes and educational backgrounds |
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QC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-02-08 06:51 PM Response to Reply #35 |
45. Yes, but we are superior to them all. |
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DainBramaged (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-02-08 06:52 PM Response to Reply #45 |
46. Oh yes, of course, of course, they are all meat eaters too |
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QC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-02-08 06:54 PM Response to Reply #46 |
50. Once I saw one of them drinking coffee that was not Fair Trade Certified. |
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DainBramaged (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-02-08 06:59 PM Response to Reply #50 |
53. Did a DUer run up and slap their hands? |
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QC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-03-08 09:43 AM Response to Reply #53 |
81. No, she just ran to DU and started a sniffily disdainful thread about his kind. |
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DainBramaged (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-03-08 05:46 PM Response to Reply #81 |
90. Probably never even lifted a hood |
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Geek_Girl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-02-08 06:39 PM Response to Original message |
32. Car Crashes |
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bushisanidiot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-02-08 06:45 PM Response to Reply #32 |
37. People watch crash up derbies for that stuff.. not NASCAR. |
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DainBramaged (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-02-08 06:51 PM Response to Reply #37 |
43. Do like I do, crash them into a red X! Then they don't waste brain space. |
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Geek_Girl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-03-08 06:44 AM Response to Reply #37 |
74. I know people that watch Nascar for that too. |
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TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-02-08 06:44 PM Response to Original message |
36. Because watching golf requires understanding math. |
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RoccoR5955 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-03-08 10:48 AM Response to Reply #36 |
83. Oh? And figuring fuel mileage, and drafting effects in a 400 mile race does not? n/t |
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PresidentObama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-02-08 06:45 PM Response to Original message |
38. It and FOX News is Republican TV. That and COPS. |
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Willo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-02-08 06:49 PM Response to Original message |
40. Reminicent of ABC's Wide World of Sports intro nt |
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DainBramaged (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-02-08 06:50 PM Response to Original message |
41. Let's see, what does DU hate so much? |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-02-08 06:54 PM Response to Reply #41 |
51. lulz |
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DainBramaged (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-02-08 06:59 PM Response to Reply #51 |
52. Goodbye |
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greguganus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-03-08 07:08 AM Response to Reply #41 |
79. You forgot Wal-Mart. n/t |
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DainBramaged (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-03-08 09:39 AM Response to Reply #79 |
80. I hate them too. |
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frylock (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-02-08 07:00 PM Response to Original message |
55. to give elitists like yourself something to bag on.. |
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DainBramaged (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-02-08 07:06 PM Response to Reply #55 |
56. Notice this is a typical 'hit and run' thread |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-02-08 07:08 PM Response to Reply #56 |
58. Actually, it's a thread about the VP debate. |
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vanderBeth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-02-08 07:09 PM Response to Reply #58 |
59. I'm glad somebody got it. |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-02-08 07:11 PM Response to Reply #59 |
60. Well, it is a NASCAR thread after all. |
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frylock (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-03-08 02:09 PM Response to Reply #58 |
89. good jokes don't require explanation.. |
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cherokeeprogressive (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-02-08 07:08 PM Response to Original message |
57. To piss off intellectuals? |
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SIMPLYB1980 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-02-08 07:15 PM Response to Original message |
61. NASCAR is exactly like politics to me. |
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RoccoR5955 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-03-08 11:07 AM Response to Reply #61 |
86. Actually, I don't have any favorite driver, and I have been a fan for 40 years. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-02-08 07:16 PM Response to Original message |
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DainBramaged (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-02-08 07:18 PM Response to Reply #62 |
63. Why do you 'fear' motorsports fans? |
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crossroads (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-02-08 07:20 PM Response to Original message |
64. You don't have to think! |
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President Decider (646 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-02-08 07:22 PM Response to Original message |
65. People watch NASCAR because they love watching 600HP engines getting 2 telephone poles to the gallon |
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DainBramaged (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-02-08 07:27 PM Response to Reply #65 |
67. 900 hp (you're about 12 years behind) |
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codjh9 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-02-08 11:06 PM Response to Original message |
70. It's boring as snot! Roundy-roundy-roundy (said by a former MX racer here)... I |
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Stump (808 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-03-08 10:54 AM Response to Original message |
84. I like NASCAR... |
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spanone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-03-08 02:06 PM Response to Original message |
88. same reason they watch any sport. |
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Baclava (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-03-08 06:07 PM Response to Original message |
91. Same as any sport - - if you don't have a horse in the race - - who cares who wins? |
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