Have you ever noticed  NASCAR drivers pour liquid on them at Victory Lane?
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because they're really hot. in some racecars, the temperature can reach 130 F and you can loose 10 pounds in one race. crazy but i love it. many start to see double. they have now(thank god) installed something to drink inside the helmet so that they get LESS dehydrated. Those guys are sooooo great! think about it...
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They don't know what NASCAR racing is really about. They think it's just what they see on race day, what's shown on television. They probably have never read any books on NASCAR(and there are plenty of books out there)that tell people what really goes on behind the scenes, how the drivers got into racing, how those cars are built(not on an assembly line!),qualifying, point standings, tracks(especially since all haters ASSUME all tracks are just 'turning left' there are two ROAD COURSES, Infineon and Watkins Glen)...\nand some people just aren't into racing. Of any kind. Period.
216706
When someone pours a glass of water on you...
1180660
Nascar all the way!!!!
997165
To the person who said 'a lot of guys turning left'....Today's Nextel Cup race was a ROAD COURSE, meaning they were turning both right and left..they were racing at Infineon, which if you actually WATCHED today rather than make the usual assumption...you would know the answer!
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Actually, this is not true. NASCAR is controlled by Hendrick, Roush, Yates, Childress, and possibly DEI. They all own at least 5-10% stock in ISC, and bought it when Bill France Jr. gave up control of it. Everybody should know this.
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I am an absolute diehard fan! Something about that sport just clicks with me...I watch all the races I can and don't move an inch until it's over! I love the suspence and the action, and rooting for my favorite drivers. My love for the sport is pure...I don't watch because any drivers are attractive...I watch because of driving skills! I'll admit that you have to get used to the sport before you really know what's going on...when I first started watching it, I had no idea what was happening! But I kept watching more races and caught on to all the racing terms, car parts, and drivers. Now, I know a whole lot about it and can't imagine not knowing at one time! NASCAR is a great sport that, in my opinion, couldn't get any better if they tried. It's not a redneck sport, either. My life couldn't be more non-hillbilly...and I just love NASCAR. It's a sport anybody could get into and enjoy. NASCAR is #1!!!
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i think Nascar is gettin wayyy over board on this .. I mean at a restrictior plate race bump drafting is a must to pass .. I know I dont wanna watch a race with no passes .. you know how boring that would be ..\nNascar needs to go back to the way it use to be ... Good ole Boys racing ..!!!
406052
The entire business is founded on the redneck moonshiners of the prohibition era.  It shouldn't surprise that Americans want to watch an event with American drivers in American cars, and won't watch real motorsports.  NASCRASH fans watch for the accidents, not for any supposed "skill".\n\nThere's something inherently wrong with a "sport" where duct tape is considered a vital tool.
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I don't know for sure, but:\n\n1) These drivers get very hot and often dehydrated during these races. It's possible they just don't have to go.\n2) On the occasions that they DO have to go, my guess is they go in their jumpsuits.\n\nIf you contact NASCAR and get an answer to this question, let us know!
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Ken Schrader was the first to perform that feat early in 1995 when he secured a Craftsman Truck Series victory.  He had already had victories in the Busch Series and Cup Series previously. \n\nThe second to do the same feat was Terry Labonte later in the 1995 season.
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Drivers will sometimes lose up near 10 pounds during a race despite sucking on drinking tubes or getting water bottles.  A lot of times you just don't have to go. (sickness aside a la Tony last year when he had to change his uniform before coming back to victory lane).
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lol, very cute question. But yes, I do. But only when you try to pass them and they speed up, just like cars on the road. Then you gotta race them for sure. And it gets really awkward because you both know you're racing but are trying to pretend like you don't notice, even though there's no way you couldn't notice because you're both moving faster than anyone else on the sidewalk. People downtown are very competetive.
568425
Nascar racing? Honking their horn?
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k..let me get on my box for a second. \nyes, i'm getting very annoyed with a lot of things, including fellow nascar fans. \nthe haters/basher will always be there. oh well, their loss. they are missing out on a great thing. i am amused that they find it in their time to deal with something they claim to hate so much.. personally, i have better things to do with my time than focus on something i do not enjoy. to me, it's easier to let it slide off my back then to get annoyed with it. they have no impact on my life and i can watch my tv or sit at a track w/o their approval so i can happily go aklong my merrily nascar way.  however, you have to look at what some fans are putting out there to the public. i say some, b/c i know there are still some TRUE fans out there.\n\nfirst, let's get something straight: nascar is about racing. it's not about sex. so can we please of the love of all things holy in racing stop throwing underwear at driver's like jr or kasey kahne. yeah, we got it..some people think they are easy on the eyes. pretty does not pay the bills unless you are dancing on tables. driver are drivers. they are there for the talent and the sport. let's stop demeaning them like a freakin' piece of grade a meat. now, as i said, yes, there are some that are easy on the eyes. i lvoe tony, i think he's gorgeous, but if he could drive a car i wouldn't hae one piece of #20 gear.. if fans put it out there like it's all about something so shallow people will take that and use it.\n\nsecond things are getting just ugly inside the sport. personally, i'm getting really extremely tired of everyne being ridiculous about the rivalries. i mean, yes, there are rivaliries and you can bag on other driver's a bit..but in the past years it has gotten to the extreme. it's gone from my driver can outdriver you driver.. to your driver is a lying cheating, homesexual, whinng scumbag..and it's just not nescessary. \npeople just can't admit when they are outraced, and it's irritating. i mean when someone besides their driver wins it becomes a matter of cheating an blah blah blah.. how about you just admit that you got outraced on that one. every driver would rather win against the best and have it be considered as a good win b/c they truly outraced.. and every driver would rather lose to a good driver than one who just got lucky. \nit's getting really disgusting that people are like wishing harm, actual bodily harm on other driver's..Now that's just plain sick and wrong.\nseriously, my two favorite driver's are probably on the top of the hate list..so i've gotten used to it over the years..but i still think it's gone way overboard and really makes me want to be escorted out of the tracks in handcuffs. i mean some people just need their stupidy stuffed right down their throats sideways.. \n\nnow we take all that and put it out there for the non nascar people to view and what do you think thy are going to take from it?? it's all about representing things better. \nk i will jump off my box now..thanks.
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I don't know for sure, but I bet Walmar.t does. Many of their costumer look like they may like NASCAR>
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the try to skirt around the grey areas in the NASCAR rulebook to give their driver an advantage i.e. bigger fuel lines that will hold more so they will have that extra little bit of gas, having smaller drivers strap metal to their bodies so when they weigh the driver and car it meets the minium weight and then take it off for race day so there car is lighter and faster and the glass is to give them an aerodynamic advantage for the draft and better sticking ability or downforce for turns.