NASCAR bashing (no Audi content)

["Jeff Loh" <jeff.loh@fluordaniel.com>]

     Recent posts have hit a sore point with me. Sure, the jokes are 
     funny and given the roots of Stock Car racing, that's 
     understandable. However..
     
     It seems that some folks think it takes less skill to turn left 
     than to run a road course, implying that NASCAR drivers are 
     somehow less talented than their road racer brethren. 
     
     Well that's just not true. You mean to say that Mario Andretti -

     F1 world championship w/ Lotus, or AJ Foyt - Winner at LeMans, 
     who BOTH came from the ovals, are not talented? Or that ex-road 
     racers Dorsey Schroeder (SCCA Trans-Am) and Robbie Gordon 
     (INDYCar) who drove NASCAR when they didn't have their regular 
     ride had somehow lost their senses? I don't think so.
     
     Think of the skill (and guts) to pilot an Indy Car at 200+mph, 
     in traffic, for 500 miles. What is that.. an OVAL race.
     
     As a competitive driver, I do not subscribe to the theory that
just 
     because the track turns a particular way, that it takes less
brain 
     cells to drive the car. Like the other racers on this list, I 
     believe that these drivers are probably good at what they do,
but no 
     less talented. (Todd C, Steve V.. care to comment?)
     
     Yes I've driven on an oval, it just wasn't for me. Different
skills for 
     different applications I guess, but not any easier or harder.
     
     My $0.02 IMHO, YMMV etc. 
     
     /J.
     (Nomex undies on)