Mark B wrote:

Yeah, what's gonna happen to all these racist, xenophobe white trash
morons once NASCAR becomes globally integrated? They're gonna be pretty
messed up.

Dave-E wrote:


I find that statement highly insulting. There is no point to that kind
of harsh criticism of Jethro by comparing him to that unwashed trailer
trash.

"RickyBobby" <nascar42 (AT) cox (DOT) net> wrote

popularity of open wheel racing is because of drivers from other countries,
you are a xenophobe. But, of course the CHUMPS are immune from such labels
when they go on and make bumpkin comments. I feel it has less to do with
the sponsors than what the fans want to see. Do Europeans flock to baseball
and American football? No.

Carey in Manvel

Carey Akin wrote:

Please depart earth and return to your home planet. Wasn't it Uranus?

You shouldn't have to choose sides, it would be nice if we could all be
allowed to choose what we want to see or not want to see without having
to put up with childish remarks. I personally do not care for the
product or the politics behind the old cart formula. Unfortunately to
some in here it is not possible for me to have that opinion without
being considered to be something less than a normal human being. Case
in point look at the two post below, both made by the same person. In
one breath he questions the validity of my remarks about being attacked
if you do not believe as he does. Then in his next post he makes a
personal attack against someone who disagrees with his point of view.


---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Who attacked?
Or are you just so used to getting attacked for your stupidity that you

think any post with logic and common sense is an attack?
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Please depart earth and return to your home planet. Wasn't it Uranus?
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

"Dave-E" <davegto67 (AT) aol (DOT) com> wrote

America seems to be the only place on the globe where people will watch 500
identical laps in a row for four hours. Fittipaldi and Fukiyama did not
hurt NASCAR any a couple of years ago and the new guys will not hurt NASCAR
a couple of years from now. NASCAR is not going global any more than soccer
is coming to America as a spectator sport. But soccer is a good game for
kids who do not have the skills to play the real sports.

"Dave-E" <davegto67 (AT) aol (DOT) com> wrote

It is supposed to be funny, you dolt. It takes more effort to construct
funny sentences than to use proper sentence structure and grammar.

"Carey Akin" <cmakin (AT) att (DOT) net> wrote

I am not a xenophobe. I liked Emmo and Arie but it was the rest of America
who did not.

"xorbit" <xorbit (AT) nospam (DOT) ca> wrote

It was just a joke. McDonalds, UPS, Visa, and the rest are world leaders in
their fields.

I believe that the entire IRL, IMS, NASCAR, Penske, Gnassi cabal will
outlast the personal spending of the few remaining OWRS owners but time will
tell.

I hope ESPN can give OWRS and the IRL equal footing this season so we can
get some more data on what the fans prefer. The OWRS races are fun to watch
just to see half of the field knock the wings and wheels off on the first
turn. As long as nobody gets hurt it is great TV.

Public tastes do change and there is a reasonable chance that open wheel
racing can gain traction again in the good old USA. But as long as ESPN is
able to carry all of the races in both departments live things are just
fine. It really does not matter much to me who is footing the bill to put
the cars on the track.

Both things in the scenario you described would be welcome.