F1 open wheel is real racing. None of that bumping crap. Never got into NASCAR.
F1 doesn't have the fan base of NASCAR because of the road courses used vs a round track with bleachers so you can watch the entire race from your seat.
F1 doesn't have the fan base of NASCAR because of the road courses used vs a round track with bleachers so you can watch the entire race from your seat.
I like gt and f1. I find the interesting part of gt is having multiples classes out there running at the same time.
nascar is for liberals and dumb conservatives, they only turn left.
. Actually, the only 2 nascar races I’ll watch are the two road races of the year.
nascar is for liberals and dumb conservatives, they only turn left.
. Actually, the only 2 nascar races I’ll watch are the two road races of the year.
I've seen that video, it's awesome. I followed F1 pretty close for a couple of years till covid happened.
That is some serious racing, 6 G's under braking, 5 G's in the corners, lap after lap. That takes some serious focus.
That is some serious racing, 6 G's under braking, 5 G's in the corners, lap after lap. That takes some serious focus.
World Rally racing is what I love to watch. Those drivers are the most skilled imho. They race the clock on any type of surface. Back when Group B was still being ran the cars were the most advanced anywhere. Lancia had a supercharged turbo Delta with 1000 HP that was supposed to do 0-60 mph in 2.6 seconds on gravel with a 4 cylinder motor. Those guys invented drifting. Several rally drivers set record times on Pike's Peak.
What really got me years ago was a helicopter was above an F1 race covering it for the TV network. The F1's left it in the dust and the network announcers were making fun of the helicopter not being able to keep up.
I remember the same thing happening during the filming of the Rockford Files with James Garner in a Firebird.
Those guys are beyond the well above average range on their reaction times. Back in the mid to late 90’s, I had an opportunity to race factory road bikes in the 1000cc class. I road a factory Ducati 916 SS/RS and wasn’t half bad, but no where in the league of these guys. You have to be so mentally into it, it’s unreal. You can’t take a split second to make a decision because if you do, you already 100 yards passed the oh crap point. I started at 16 and quit when I was 18, I just walked away from it, sponsors and all. I had a mishap at 120 mph going around a curve at the race track in Peoria, Illinois. A guy had ran off the course and hit the pea gravel a lap before but they didn’t clean the track super good during the caution. Under green the next time around, I came whipping through there dragging my knee and saw the patch of light sand on the road ahead right where I was going to be passing through. I had just enough time to process that I was going to go down no matter what. I don’t remember taking my hands off the bike but I remember as soon as we left the road way laying side ways I pushed off from the bike. I don’t remember tucking my hands under my armpits but I remember skipping across the gravel before the darkness. I got lucky. According to my dad and the race officials, when I pushed off from the bike it was enough to send it a few feet farther passed me where it hit the hay bails about the same time I did. I managed to hit the bails flat on my back with my legs straight out which allowed me to walk away with only bruising - my back and legs were black and blue for a couple weeks. No concussion, no cuts, no broken bones. It’s a testament to the riding gear and how good that stuff actually is. I never raced again after that, I never could mentally get back in it. Now I just watch in awe at what those riders can do, it really is a magnificent feat when you consider the speed, timing, and how little of the bike actually makes contact with the ground.
