The hypocrisy of NASCAR

[Luke]

I didn't think this would fit in the boogery boogery thread.

With the recent suspension of driver Jeremy Mayfield for an as of yet unreported "drug" violation, I have began to notice many hypocrisys in one of my favorite sports.

Suposedly born from the transportation of illegal alcohol, the sport until recently would not allow "hard" liquor to sponsor race teams. Beer companies were OK evidently, as in Budwieser, Coors, Miller, yet no hard liquor. The Minor league as it were was named the Busch Cup, while the Winston Cup was the premium championship. I guess RJ Reynolds was not deemed "family friendly" anymore.

With drivers such as Carl Edwards hawking Claritin-D, which is as I understand on the list of prohibited substances, and the Wallace family pushing 5 hour performance enhancing juice, hypocricy seems to be reaching a new level.

I understand that piloting a ton and a half machine at 200 mph along with 42 other racers then trying to turn left is rather risky. I would not be in favor of racers injesting alcohol, meth, herion or cocain and getting behind the wheel.

NASCAR management seems to have quite a bit of flexibility in the rules when they pertain to certain racing familes. Yet they plead zero tolerence to drugs against other folks.

Maybe it is the bad economy, falling ticket sales, or lack of business financing, but for any sport to grow I feel the rules should be uniform for all.

Rant over, thank you for your time.

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That is NASCAR

[KC native]

Originally Posted by Saggysack

Oh. My bad. You've watched it on Teee. Veee. You still don't understand circle track racing.

Hamiltoon is facing quite a bit of criticism right now. I really wouldn't use him as a example. F1 is in a tailspin at the moment. Even the future of F1 is in question.

JPM didn't suck in F1. Where the hell did you come up with that? He is considered in the top 30 of F1 drivers of all-time.

Been to 4 races here in Texas too. I understand oval tracks quite well. I don't knock NASCAR drivers. They are good drivers but as a whole F1 drivers are better. To make it through a long race with 40 other cars is an accomplishment. That being said there are some drivers in NASCAR that could make the jump to F1 with no problem. Jeff Gordon could do it and they have actually tried to get him to drive in the series to pique American interest but he turned it down. I think Tony Stewart, Jimmy Johnson, and maybe a few other drivers (haven't followed NASCAR for the last 3 years) could definitely make the jump as well.

Hamilton is facing criticism for lying to race directors which he was told to do by his team. I would still hold him up as an example. He's driving a sub-par car this year and really outshining his teammate.

JPM did suck IMO (should have clarified earlier I'm a huge ferrari fan so anyone who doesn't drive one sucks to me). He won 7 races in his entire career but he was better than many of the other drivers. He only had one season where he competed for the championship (2003). He was far from a great racer but wasn't a poor one.

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