tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27662400.post115517053952542168..comments2024-03-17T02:20:03.772-05:00Comments on Riding With The Top Down: NASCAR Anyone?Kathleen Eaglehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13561028604927993773noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27662400.post-1155241218454629962006-08-10T15:20:00.000-05:002006-08-10T15:20:00.000-05:00Kathy, I can't stand pro basketball, but I do love...Kathy, I can't stand pro basketball, but I do love horses. I guess it's a good thing there are so many different sports to watch, huh?Helen Brennahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08680081195181747377noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27662400.post-1155240661485215232006-08-10T15:11:00.000-05:002006-08-10T15:11:00.000-05:00I don't get the appeal, either, but I have no inte...I don't get the appeal, either, but I have no interest in cars. I go to horse races periodically only because hubby and I love horses. We could look at horses until the cows come home. And have, many times. But I don't often go to horse shows. They're pretty boring unless you know someone who's showing, imo. Racing is quick and exciting.<BR/><BR/>I'll go to a rodeo once in a while, but the competitive element doesn't interest me that much. (For competition, for me it's basketball.) Now that professional bullriding has become its own sport, there's more of that on TV than regular rodeo, and I was always ready to leave by the time the bullriding (traditionally last) got started. Hubby loves it. I guess part of the thrill is that the risk is greater, so the audience can anticipate some blood spillage eventually. Unless somebody gets hurt, one bull ride is the same as another. But hubby says that about basketball games. He has his favorite riders. I have my favorite team. (Go Wolves! From my teaching days: Go Warriors! And before that: Go UMass! Go South Hadley High!)<BR/><BR/>Vicarious competition must be part of the appeal. I'm not about to trow my body into the fray, but I can declare my side and taste the thrill of victory. And I can see it when you're watching a beautiful athlete, be it horse or gladiator, lone cowboy or gutsy team. But a dumb car? Eye of the beholder, I guess.<BR/><BR/>There's a bit about horseracing in RIDE A PAINTED PONY. Come on, now, who can resist a horse?Kathleen Eaglehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13561028604927993773noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27662400.post-1155227169944666812006-08-10T11:26:00.000-05:002006-08-10T11:26:00.000-05:00Exactly, Betina, white collar professionals are ho...Exactly, Betina, white collar professionals are hooked, so NASCAR marketing is doing it's job. Good point about the Western craze.Helen Brennahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08680081195181747377noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27662400.post-1155222470003728692006-08-10T10:07:00.000-05:002006-08-10T10:07:00.000-05:00Who sits for 4 hours watching cars go round and ro...Who sits for 4 hours watching cars go round and round? My lawyer son and his corporate-CEO-in-training best friend. Go figure. He sure didn't get it at home. <BR/><BR/>I don't think it will go totally mainstream, but will have increasing credibility and viewership. I think it's like the country Western craze of the early 80's "Dallas" era. That died down after a while, but judging from the popularity of the "cowboy" theme in romance, it left a lasting mark and will probably surge again when the "Dallas-- Return to Southfork" movie comes out.Betina Krahnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11379124690406269848noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27662400.post-1155222237901537512006-08-10T10:03:00.000-05:002006-08-10T10:03:00.000-05:00helen, i was just going to ask about that. most o...helen, i was just going to ask about that. most of the addicts i know are guys, so i wondered about women.anne frasierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13044828332429421657noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27662400.post-1155218924476426032006-08-10T09:08:00.000-05:002006-08-10T09:08:00.000-05:00What I find interesting is that 40% of NASCAR fans...What I find interesting is that 40% of NASCAR fans are women. That's huge!Helen Brennahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08680081195181747377noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27662400.post-1155218312902560282006-08-10T08:58:00.000-05:002006-08-10T08:58:00.000-05:00"shudder" I've got a Nascar nut in the house. Se..."shudder" I've got a Nascar nut in the house. Sent the hubby and the boy to watch a race in FL last year. He's got an entire room decorated for Nascar. I just...don't get it. But I've never gotten any sport.Michele Haufhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12255612473985897103noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27662400.post-1155212270629397742006-08-10T07:17:00.000-05:002006-08-10T07:17:00.000-05:00Anne, NASCAR is considered a sport, especially the...Anne, NASCAR is considered a sport, especially these days where the drivers actually work out extensively. They spend hours in those hot cars and need to stay fit to stay alert.<BR/><BR/>I don't know anyone who's into it other than my sister and her husband, so it seems to me as though it could fizzle out. Who has time on a Sunday to sit for 4 hours watching a race?Helen Brennahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08680081195181747377noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27662400.post-1155183098577686202006-08-09T23:11:00.000-05:002006-08-09T23:11:00.000-05:00helen, i'm not into nascar, but i'm not into anyth...helen, i'm not into nascar, but i'm not into anything. haha. as in not into anything you view like sports. is nascar a sport? i think so. BUT almost everybody i know is into nascar. it's just exploded over the past few years, so i would think the books could do really well. i'm anxious to see how that all plays out.anne frasierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13044828332429421657noreply@blogger.com