17.5.09

How do you build and run an auto racetrack?

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  • Most of the short racetracks 1/4, 1/3, and 3/8 dirt or asphault are part of a fairgrounds in a county but what about the ones that are private property?
  • First you would have to have the property, and then you would have to go to your local City Council and show plans and get an Environmental Impact report and present it to the planning Commission.

    Then you have to have the money to operate for at least three years to be safe as it would take a while to get a fan base.

    Also need to go with what ever type of cars can race in your area. These days it is almost impossible to do unless you have huge backing and a huge amount of money behind you.

    Then there are Sanction fees for Nascar and your local City or County Govt. Uncle Sam Dang sure will get his share off the top.
  • Wow good question, I don't know...beauty of the week jet
  • How could a banned substance benefit someone who drives a car?

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  • I don't think any driver is taking steroids. Sure you need strength to drive that car but not like steroids type strength. Racing is more about how and when you turn the wheel and not how hard you turn it. That kind of stuff plays a role in strength-based sports like baseball and football. Strength isn't a defining factor in NASCAR.

    I don't think Mayfield was using steroids. I read somewhere that it was a recreational drug that was detected. I can't remember where I read it; I've been reading a lot of NASCAR news this weekend. If I find out where, I'll post it.
  • Driving and racing are two different things.

    The average baseball or football player couldn't do 10 laps without their arms burning.
  • nothing
  • Um driving takes a lot out of a driver, there are pounds of preasure on a driver at each turn and hitting that wall at 200mph hurts you need a lot of strenght to avoid it
  • No athleticism or strength needed, am i right?

    Please explain
  • I don't understand why everybody is on the steroid bandwagon, nobody said it was steroids, could have been almost anything.
    The reason people do drugs is not always to enhance performance and more often than not they don't.

    But thanks for asking this question for the 85th time, it's hardly getting old at all.
  • I'm not saying anyone is on steroids but just using this as an example ... they could use it to boost their feelings of invincibility on the track.

    Side Effects of Steroids:
    Users may suffer from paranoid jealousy (Kyle jealous of Dale)
    Extreme irritability (Kyle wrecking Dale)
    Delusions (Kyle thinking someday he'll be as popular as Dale)
    Impaired judgment stemming from feelings of invincibility (Reflects how he tries to wreck Dale any chance he gets).

    Running from the track so NASCAR can't test him. (Truck Series)
  • Okay, Athleticism is needed and strength is also needed, but a banned substance will not benefit a driver in any way.
    And If you are talking about Jeremy Mayfield, he did not, nor did Nascar admit to Steroid use.
    So Who is the Driver that you think is using Steroids.
    All they said in His case was that he tested positive for a banned Substance. Nascar is not saying what it was and Mayfield is Not Gonna Man up and Admit what it was Either.
  • Not necessarily a benefit, but more of a danger to the other drivers, crews, and fans on or around the track. But you are wrong about the athleticism or strength needed part. The drivers have to be in shape, able to endure extreme temperatures, and have the ability to drive a race car at high speeds.


    GO 24!!!!
  • Who needs drugs when you don't need talent.
  • Steroids are prominant in the recovery of injury and just athletic advantage. No NASCAR isn't that athletic but steroids can benefit as far as stamina and again injury recovery.
  • Wow. Go delete this question and get out of the Nascar section. I'm tired of people acting like idiots and being like, "It's just driving a car around." Nascar is most certainly not just driving a car around. We all do that every day to go to Wal mart. Speed up by 150 mph + and put 42 other cars running a foot away from you. Wear 2-3 layers of clothes, and put on a limited vision helmet. Strap your neck in so you can only see forward, and heat up the car to 120 degrees or more. Now drive around for 4 hours feeling 4+ gforces every 20 seconds. No athleticism or strength needed? I don't think so. Probably endurance enhancing drugs would benefit drivers most.
  • i think your talking about Mayfield and it wasn't roids.. it more than likely was a hallucinogenickrishners
  • Junior nation, aren't you proud...?

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  • it must be somebody's fault besides Jr. maybe everyone else shouldn't try so hard
  • He was in the Top 10 for beginning of the race, then (and I'm not TRYING to blame his crew, but this is true) all of a sudden he's back in 18th after a horrible pit stop. He worked his way back up and was almost in contention at the end, only to get passed by a bunch of other guys and finish 10th. That doesn't mean anything in the All-Star Race, but for Jr. Nation it's a helluva lot better than most of the races we've seen.
  • Yeah, he has wrecked SOOOO many other drivers. He is the only driver to cause any wrecks this season.

    But, yes, it would be nice to see him continue that through the next races.
  • MR. HENDRICK SHOULD HAVE LAID THE LAW DOWN WITH JR FROM THE BEGINNING A LEFT EURY JR BEHIND. JUST THINK HOW GOOD JR COULD BE DOING IF MR HENDRICK HAD DARION GRUBB AS JR.'S CREW CHIEF..........HMMMMM.
  • junior only runs well on non-points races. He worries that he will wreck on points races so he doesnt give it his best. BTW Tony Eury is an idiot!
  • My guess is it's just because it wasn't a full length race. *shrugs*
  • that Jr. is "developing"! He actually made it through a race with all the fenders on the car and didn't wreck out another driver!

    Maybe we should blame his crew and crew chief for this too, what do you think???
  • Man you are right on the money. Get rid of Eury!
  • ya lets be proud of a mediocre driver at best.....
  • yes lets hope this continues
  • Maybe it's time to get off his case!


    STEWART HAAS RACING WINS THE ALL STAR RACE!!!
    WOO HOO!foot severed
  • Junior nation, aren't you proud...?

    May be...

  • yes lets hope this continues
  • He was in the Top 10 for beginning of the race, then (and I'm not TRYING to blame his crew, but this is true) all of a sudden he's back in 18th after a horrible pit stop. He worked his way back up and was almost in contention at the end, only to get passed by a bunch of other guys and finish 10th. That doesn't mean anything in the All-Star Race, but for Jr. Nation it's a helluva lot better than most of the races we've seen.
  • Yeah, he has wrecked SOOOO many other drivers. He is the only driver to cause any wrecks this season.

    But, yes, it would be nice to see him continue that through the next races.
  • Maybe it's time to get off his case!


    STEWART HAAS RACING WINS THE ALL STAR RACE!!!
    WOO HOO!
  • My guess is it's just because it wasn't a full length race. *shrugs*
  • it must be somebody's fault besides Jr. maybe everyone else shouldn't try so hard
  • MR. HENDRICK SHOULD HAVE LAID THE LAW DOWN WITH JR FROM THE BEGINNING A LEFT EURY JR BEHIND. JUST THINK HOW GOOD JR COULD BE DOING IF MR HENDRICK HAD DARION GRUBB AS JR.'S CREW CHIEF..........HMMMMM.
  • junior only runs well on non-points races. He worries that he will wreck on points races so he doesnt give it his best. BTW Tony Eury is an idiot!
  • Man you are right on the money. Get rid of Eury!
  • that Jr. is "developing"! He actually made it through a race with all the fenders on the car and didn't wreck out another driver!

    Maybe we should blame his crew and crew chief for this too, what do you think???
  • ya lets be proud of a mediocre driver at best.....le bouchee south kensington
  • Kyle busch is the biggest @$$ hole in nascar?

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  • He does not need to drive like that to win.
    to take jeff gordon out like that is just ignorant.
    he should be penalized for that
  • Yes he is, but he didn't wreck Jeff Gordon. Gordon wrecked himself and said so in the interview after the race.
  • kyle "pee wee"busch is the most stupidest,goofiest looking,eratic,ignorant,whiny little jack @$$ in the history of auto racing.he should most deffinatelly be penalized for that and the restarts he was doing throughout the race.
  • I'm not the biggest Kyle Busch fan, but he did nothing wrong. They were racing three wide, and something had to give. I was surprised Kyle and Ryan didn't wreck either.
  • Umm no.
    It wasn't Kyle's fault. And it's racing, so if you don't like it don't watch it.
  • I am a dedicated Jeff Gordon fan and all I have to say is that was just racin'. Jeff said in the interview that he did not know it was three wide and he was already wide open. He went in hard and slid up the track and Kyle had no where to go because Ryan was there. It was unfortunate, but that is how racing goes.


    GO 24!!!!
  • Jeff Gordon took himself out, by making it 3 wide in a corner!
  • For a Million I would have done the same.
    Seems to me Gordon did that once also think it was to Jeff Burton.
    Get over it , Jeff did.
  • ....Checker or Wrecker..........3 wide ,all out that was racing.
    Kyle did nothing wrong ,the aeriel shot Jeff comes up the track.
    This was a really good allstar race,best since '92.
    Congrats Tony
  • he is an awesome driver. everyone boos him because their favorite drivers dont win as much as he does, and theyre jealous @$$holes themselves.
  • I'm no fan of either driver
    but you must have been watching a different race?????

    Jeff just came up into Kyle

    all Kyle did was hold his line,
    (he had nowhere to go)

    it was a racin' thing,
    with drivers racing on cold tires

    go crawl back into yer hole
  • He is NOT the biggest @$$ hole in Nascar!! Its a fun Saturday nite race, he did nothing wrong, get off him!!
  • This is big boys' saturday nite driving not yo mamma takes you shopping to KMart.
  • I dont fault Kyle for the wreck, it was just hard racing!
  • Give me a Million $$ and I'd made Kyle Busch look like a real wussy. I'd be his worst enemy ever. Heck theres a Million $$ at stake you go all out no matter what, theres a race to win get outta my way.. Its all out for 10 laps whooooooo hoooooo. Congrats Smoke. No penalties needed for Rowdy, theres no points at stake, its a race your A** off and the best or worse driver wins....Tonight Smoke was the Best.

    Go Dale Jr & Hms
  • first off, its the all-star race. driving like an @$$hole is what you are supposed to do.

    secondly, wtf did kyle do wrong? There was no room for Newman, no room for Kyle, and Gordon has half the track but he's too dumb to check up, runs full throttle up the racetrack and then loses the air and spins out.

    I hate Kyle Busch with a passion, but you make him look like gold to me. HE DIDN'T DO ANYTHING.
  • Suuuuuuuurprise suuuuuuuuuurprise. We found a whiny anti-Busch fan!

    It was Gordons fault he wrecked. In case you didn't notice, Kyle got sandwiched between Gordon and Newman. Jeff ended up ruining the night for both Kyle and Newman.
  • Looked to me like Kyle was more in control that JG was. Kyle didn't come down, JG went up high. Sorry for the Gordon fans.
  • It's All-Star racing. Even Jeff said as much. It's supposed to be like this. It's a treat for the drivers and the fans. The fans get to see an exciting race with the drivers racing all out and screw the big picture.
  • he is the biggest @$$hole in nascar. for a million bucks i would drive like that :)
  • he is but not because of that....he drives over his @$$ every race couldnt expect anything less.....Congrats to TONY!!!!!!!!!
  • Drop the crack pipe. Kyle is lucky Jeff didn't wreck him out.
  • Hell I drive like that to get home after work
  • Yes, he probably is. BUT he had that honor before tonight.
  • Well I'm dissapointed but Kyle did nothing wrong. It's just what happens in the All-Star race. Every driver is going all out trying to win. Kyle, Gordon and Newman just ran out of race track. 3 wide coming out of turn 4 at Lowe's is a wreck waiting to happen. Someone was going to wreck, there just wasn't any room to race.
  • Kyle was not in the wrong here tonight. It was Gordon who came up. there was no where for Kyle to go, he had Newman on the other side of him. Was he supposed to take Newman out for the "all wonderful" Jeff Gordon? (who, btw, i think is the biggest *** in nascar)
  • Well, if I were racing for a million dollars, I would do whatever it takes to win!

    Quite frankly, I've always thought Kyle Busch was an A$$HOLE. He is a talented driver, but his personality is abrasive to say the least.
  • The biggest @ss hole is DARREL WALTRIP! Fire this moron already!
  • Jeff was getting hard into the turn and Kyle kept him pined down and Jeff slid up the track. That's perfectly legal. Tony Stewart's car was probably the only one that would run on the bottom and that won him the race. Now Kyle didn't mind squeezing his car in between Jeff and Matt on the previous restart.
  • IT IS IGNORANT I AGREE WITH YOU 100000000000000%
  • How did he take him out? You're just looking for reasons to feel bad. Jeff Gordon came up, Kyle came down just a little, to stay off Newman who came down off the corner, and all three of them hit. It's called R A C I N G. Jeff Gordon said it was the All Star race, and he didn't even know they were three wide. That stuffs gonna happen, it made it exciting, which is something that has lacked a lot in NASCAR lately. You are just looking for something to get upset about. It's a non points race, no penalties are gonna happen for wrecks.

    Oh yeah, and there's a million dollars on the line, do you think with 8 to go they are just gonna wave each other by?
  • Rubbin's racin'.homeopathic laborator
  • 16.5.09

    Is your driver in the All Star Race?

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  • Yes

    Tony Stewart
  • Yes, he started 4th. Of course I'm gonna say he'll finish 1st!. Right now he's in 8th. And hasn't missed a pit stall yet!
  • If so, where does he start and where will he finish?
    If not, who are you rooting for?
  • Yes! 15th start
    Tony Stewart #14
  • yes he is.............starting second

    GO BLUE DUECE
  • ,,,Tony is hanging on
  • Unfortunately No.

    Scott Speed - 19th
    Brian Vickers - 34th (Blown Tire - DNF)


    I will be pulling for Jeff Burton
  • Yes, Jimmie Johnson, starting on the pole, finishing first..
  • Yes Kyle is in...not sure where he starts...I was too busy screaming for Joey winning the fan vote!! WHOO HOOO!!!!

    Either one has a great chance of taking the win. I am rooting for either equally.
  • Yeap!!! Kasey Kahne is in there!!!
    Kasey started 8th and I am hopeing he will finish by winning the race!!!
  • <<<<<Starts 5th and I hope he finishes 1st.
    Good luck to all drivers but especially mine.lol

    GO MARK GO!!!!!
  • Yup, Jamie raced his way in, I was rooting for him to win, but its over now and Tony Stewart won. Which isnt bad. Jamie got 9th! :)
  • No. :(

    Go Roushies, not watching.
  • Yep, Denny started at the rear of the pack after a broken transmission, he unfortunately finished 4th, better luck next year...
  • YES!! HE'll be in it for the rest of his career!!! Bring that 29 Chevy Impala to the front Harvick!!!!!!! and take out a few Toyota's along the way!!!
  • I have 3!

    Tony Stewart, starting 15th

    Denny Hamlin, starting 18th

    and now Joey Logano, starting 21st


    idk where they will finish but I think they will all be in the top 10!!!!




    P.S. I'M SO EXCITED AND HAPPY JOEY GOT VOTED IN!!!!!!v accesories
  • Do you have an autograph?

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  • I have several: Mark Martin, Jimmie Johnson, Kurt Busch, Kyle Busch, Dale Earhardt Jr, Carl Edwards, just to say a few current.

    As for old racers, I have Bobby Allison, Richard Petty, Bennie Parons, DW, Ned Jarrett just to name a few
  • Wow, I really like da signature. I only have autograph's from Carl Edwards, Reed Sorenson, and Denny Hamlin.
  • How do people get these really cool autographs like Jeff Gordon, Jimmie Johnson, Dale Jr, Mark Martin, and others? Did you actually meet them or what?

    All of the autographs I have I got from going to the souvenir haulers at the race. I have Sterling Marlin, Casey Mears, Robby Gordon, Travis Kvapil, David Gilliland, Dave Blaney, Michael McDowell, David Reutimann, Marcos Ambrose, and Brian Vickers. I really want a McMurray autograph but he never has anything scheduled every time I go to a race.
  • Here's mine:
    http://photos-c.ak.fbcdn.net/photos-ak-s...
    I stole the T from Tony Stewart, it's cool, don't tell him.
  • I have Harry Gants

    Man thats a Sweet Signature.. Mind mailing that too me? haha
  • ....sure do. makes it harder for people to sign my name.
    Between NASCAR,Nationwide,Trucks,NHRA,ASA,Hooter... Cup,ARCA,USHRA,AMA,Rolex have between 225 and 275 autographs.
    You have a cool signature.
  • I have a poster from 2007 signed by David Green another poster signed by Jamie Mc Murry Dave blaney poster signed
    I have Mike wallace Camping world truck Sheet Metal And a Richard Petty and tony stewart signed diecast A Kurt bush signed hood of his No 97. David stremme on a coors light cossie and a clock and a poster of his 2009 ride

    My best is Cale Yarbrough and Dale jr.
  • I have a bunch of drivers autograph's but not a presidents. How might one go about getting that and I have the perfect place for it too :P
  • That's cool Prez. I have several of Jeff Gordon's,Jimmie Johnson,Dale Sr,Dale Jr,and The King.




    H E N D R I C K~M O T O R S P O R T S~R U L E S ! ! ! ! !
  • Pretty soon, my autograph will be as useless as Joe Nemacheck's
  • I have several but not one is as cool as yours. Now keep practicing it so you sign that way all the time...
  • I do. I also have many NASCAR drivers' autographs:
    Sterling Marlin
    David Gilliland
    Travis Kvapil
    Jeremy Mayfield (my favorite driver, for those of you that don't know. He's the only auto that I have that I didn't meet him, except Casey Atwood, Harry Gant, and Dan Pardus)
    Casey Atwood
    Harry Gant
    Dan Pardus
    Clint Bowyer
    Denny Hamlin
    Carl Edwards
    Kurt Busch
  • that's purty cool man!
  • Yeah, I got a autograph from Kurt Busch in 2005.
  • Well, mine isnt as cool as yours. But I do have a collection of : Tony Stewart, Kasey Kahne, Jamie McMurray, Matt Kenseth, Greg Biffle, Mark Martin, and Carl Edwards :)
  • Davey Allison ( was killed 3 months after)
    Jimmie Johnson (iroc die cast
    Ernie Ervan
    Ryan Newman( several cars, and pics)
    Kevin Hervick
    Brendan Gauhan
    Harry Gant
    favorite crew chief of all time Larry Mcreynolds
  • i have a few Camping World Trucks series driver's autographs and i also have Paul Menard's autograph. i got Paul Menard and Matt Crafton's autographs this past March. they where at the new Menards store that had just open here in town.
  • I just have one, and it's DENNY HAMLIN'S!!!!
  • That's a pretty cool signature, Prez. I have autographs from the Gordons (Jeff and Robby), Johnson, Mears, Kenseth, Sorenson, and Menard. I also have Mike Helton's autograph.plaut vincent angina
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