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MichMan

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18. Wasn't it the F1 race at Belgium when they drove a few laps behind a pace car under caution in rain?

Reply to Brother Mythos (Reply #17)

Sat Oct 30, 2021, 07:18 PM

Oct 2021

and called it official, with the drivers scored according to how they were lined up behind the pace car? I'm sure that was mesmerizing for the fans who paid hundreds of Euros for tickets, and the promoter who paid millions in sanctioning and rights fees.

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Wooing Newcomers to 'NASCAR Nation' [View all] brooklynite Oct 2021 OP

They have to want a diverse audience first uponit7771 Oct 2021 #1

They can ban confederate flags at NASCAR races, but you will still likely sit next to rubes. Hoyt Oct 2021 #2

They lost me when some Bush voters were called "Nascar dads". I couldn't have anyone thinking brewens Oct 2021 #3

I was trying to imagine a NASCAR race with all electric cars, might be cool Walleye Oct 2021 #4

How would the crew chiefs cheat then? Eliot Rosewater Oct 2021 #7

Why would the type of powerplant matter? MichMan Oct 2021 #13

true Eliot Rosewater Oct 2021 #20

or maybe souped up Priuses DBoon Oct 2021 #11

Jeff Gordon became a liberal when he married his 2nd wife. Eliot Rosewater Oct 2021 #5

:) Nice. Nascar's changing because the old ways lost the "culture wars." Hortensis Oct 2021 #26

If NASCAR suddenly became the most open and inclusive Aristus Oct 2021 #6

If it were that simple, a whole lot more folks would do it. Eliot Rosewater Oct 2021 #8

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Don't know. Misbehavior by part of the audience. Read that audio's Hortensis Oct 2021 #27

I'd sooner watch... 3catwoman3 Oct 2021 #10

:) Me too, but my husband still watches some and chats with friends Hortensis Oct 2021 #28

Formula 1's popularity is starting to eat into Nascar's ratings. FSogol Oct 2021 #12

No it isn't Darwins_Retriever Oct 2021 #14

WAPO reported the other day that F1 ratings were up 51% over last year. FSogol Oct 2021 #23

F1 and NASCAR competed head to head last weekend at the exact same time MichMan Oct 2021 #16

I watch Formula 1 racing, as I have no interest in that roundy-rounder stuff. Brother Mythos Oct 2021 #17

Wasn't it the F1 race at Belgium when they drove a few laps behind a pace car under caution in rain? MichMan Oct 2021 #18

At least it wasn't an incredibly boring circle track, and they actually drove in the rain. Brother Mythos Oct 2021 #19

Shortened? It was only 3 laps behind the safety car at 35 mph or so. MichMan Oct 2021 #22

Non-redneck? Eliot Rosewater Oct 2021 #21

Obviously my use of the term 'redneck' has touched a nerve with you. So, ... Brother Mythos Oct 2021 #24

You are the one with the touched nerve, I merely pointed out that not all NASCAR fans are rednecks. Eliot Rosewater Oct 2021 #25