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Originally Posted by chunder
TYpically narrow minded post there R59
HAve you actually been stock car racing in teh UK, or is REAL racing not our cup of tea!
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I will stand up here and say NO, I haven't raced on a short oval. I have tested however. Many years ago, when I was a boy, I tried a GP Midget around Northampton. It was fun for a couple of laps, then my interest waned. I wanted more.....
I own a NASA Class II Mk2 Escort, now that IS my kind of fun. Off the line, flat chat, trying to keep it going as fast forwards as you can while navigating out of the side window! You only lift when you've passed the chequered flag, or the green/brown stuff becomes "up", instead of "down".
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Originally Posted by chunder
Watching 10 cars rod around an oval never built right in the first place is hardly my idea of fun!
Hope this series comes off, but am not gonna wait up, if based in Europe maybe, but UK too MSA biased for this kind of series.
Do what I do, stay away from MSA series, they just ruin everything!!
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I agree, the MSA don't know how to handle an oval series. The 10 cars bit has been debated to death on here, so I won't decline into another one.
I hope it continues to grow (because it IS growing), I really really do and more circuits are built. My love is the bigger faster oval, it's one hell of a buzz. In the UK, I'm sure the MSA will try to poke their nose in if other circuits over 1 mile are built.
So no, I'm not narrow minded Mr Chunder. It's me looking at it from the "punters" point of view here.
When I said to someone that I raced a Stock Car (while touting for sponsorship) they immediately came back and said "We don't do banger racing mate, try your local scrap yard". It's the persona that it's got in the UK, if not in Europe. In the 'States it's different, but for some reason you can't get that through to people over here, no matter how hard we try. And I did try, and still do try.
When I changed my tack to say that I raced in the "UK's answer to NASCAR" it got a more understanding response, or a "what's that", where "Stock Car" always got "oh, what? like Bangers?"
So, do you understand where I'm coming from here? Or is that chip on your shoulder too big?
Calling it Late Models will bring a "What's that then", rather than a "no, not interested"
And that in my opinion is a good thing.
Rob.