Nascar VS D1

Frosty_SPL · Post by **Frosty_SPL** » Mon Jun 19, 2006 9:51 pm

http://www.urbanracer.com/articles/anmviewer.asp?a=2056

pretty gh3y.

Kouki7 · Post by **Kouki7** » Mon Jun 19, 2006 10:21 pm

D1 > NASCAR by about 11ty-billlion to 1

Dr. Marlow · Post by **Dr. Marlow** » Mon Jun 19, 2006 10:32 pm

thats going to be sooooo cool! GO KASEY KHANE!

darkducati · Post by **darkducati** » Mon Jun 19, 2006 10:34 pm

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down_shift · Post by **down_shift** » Mon Jun 19, 2006 10:36 pm

I can see the NASCAR crowd really getting into it.

Kouki7 · Post by **Kouki7** » Mon Jun 19, 2006 10:39 pm

yeah, NASCAR fans are fuggin crazy!
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actually, drift fans are pretty damn crazy too...

icantdrift · Post by **icantdrift** » Mon Jun 19, 2006 11:02 pm

hahahahaha! can nascar drivers turn a steering wheel fast enough to drift? and in both directions?

Post by **andysapp** » Mon Jun 19, 2006 11:26 pm

When I FOERST heard about it... I said WALL - thinking the Nascar drivers would end up there. After I read up on it a li'l... I think it'll be interesting. A lot of the drivers who are doing it started out dirt track racing... so they've got experience. I think we may be a li'l surprised at the outcome.

Should be cool, IMO.

CodyW · Post by **CodyW** » Mon Jun 19, 2006 11:27 pm

haha, i got a press release about this at work today...i kinda wanna go watch, i suspect it will at least be fun and somewhat interesting

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rotary_drift_dreams · Mon Jun 19, 2006 11:43 pm

wow D1 is really tapping into the american market sounds kinda weird but but the exposure is good.

P.Haire · Post by **P.Haire** » Mon Jun 19, 2006 11:47 pm

here's an old picture of tony stewart

kasey kahne also got his start in midget racing.

here's what alot of midget drivers move up to

they had a dirt track an exit down from where i go to college. they had a pure stock class which means you take the interior and glass out of pretty much any car, weld in a roll cage or bolt on a door bar, and you slide around a dirt oval while drunk people yell at you. man it would've been fun.

darkducati · Post by **darkducati** » Tue Jun 20, 2006 5:03 am

My big issue is that the event sponsorship will largely come from NASCAR/NASCAR sponsors. These guys will twist whatever they have to do to make the NASCAR guys come out on top. They would not let the drifters come out and make them look bad. If it were even possible, they wouldn't propose the idea. This means the image projected will be that NASCAR drivers are better than everyone else and, more importantly, drifting is easy. So, I guess we'll see what happens, but I don't think I like where this is going.

Post by **andysapp** » Tue Jun 20, 2006 5:28 am

You raise a good point, there sir.

Greg · Post by **Greg** » Tue Jun 20, 2006 7:41 am

NASCAR sponsors>Drifting sponsors

and please don't try to argue that, because you can't.

I see this as a last gasp for D1 trying to make it into mistream middle america. drifting is a niche market.

nsanyatl · Post by **nsanyatl** » Tue Jun 20, 2006 9:33 am

this is just what the sport needs it to get more expensive than it already is.