Ok so half of you on this thread apparently listen to those two afternoon idiots on NJ101.5 that constantly make fun of NASCAR racing. I work in the sport of auto racing as a videographer. I have been to Daytona and Dover, but have been to many local short tracks in the area. TO a certain degree, nascar is skill. Like driving 4 wide at Talladega 3 weeks ago for 186 laps without wrecking until the final lap. Can you out there drive 4 wide inches apart at 192 mph? I think not. On some of the other tracks, I think anyone can get behind the wheel of a race car, and with a good pit crew, have a legitamate chance of winning. I think nascar, and all racing is a sport, since it involves so much with so many different people. The driver, the crew, the crew chief, the spotter. However, the BEST SKILLS are found at your local short track. I have worked at the Central NJ speedplant known as NEW EGYPT SPEEDWAY for the past 4 years as a videographer. Our track is a 1/2 mile TRI-OVAL DIRT. Skill? TO keep a car sideways at 100 mph through the corners without spinning, flipping, or wrecking into other cars takes a LOT OF SKILL. AND, FURTHERMORE, our local tracks are more exciting than the high dollar sport of NASCAR RACING. Here we see over 130 drivers and cars compete in 3 different classes of racing on any given saturday night from april to october in front of 2-3000 local fans. IN fact in the springtime I invite anyone from the board to witness dirt track racing at New Jersey's finest, cleanest, and classiest speedway, NEW EGYPT.
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