A.J. McCarron watches NASCAR

[BigSlick]

Hey if it puts UF in a national title game, I'll watch it too. Maybe Driskell needs some NASCAR!!!

[tommyuf21]

Originally Posted by Dreamliner

Hackneyed, overdone. Besides, F1 drivers invariably fail at NASCAR.

We've never seen the best F1 drivers attempt Nascar because there is no financial incentive to do so.

The only F1 drivers who have made any serious attempts at Nascar weren't very successful overseas(Scott Speed, etc), even Montoya was driving for a lesser team (although he did win a few times over there).

[Dreamliner]

Originally Posted by tommyuf21

We've never seen the best F1 drivers attempt Nascar because there is no financial incentive to do so.

The only F1 drivers who have made any serious attempts at Nascar weren't very successful overseas(Scott Speed, etc), even Montoya was driving for a lesser team (although he did win a few times over there).

I don't know. Before he came to NASCAR Montoya was considered a legit threat to Schumacher. And Kimi Raikonnen was no slouch. And essentially he couldn't make it in NASCAR's junior league.

Again, I like F1 too. But I get s-o-o-o tired of this "boring, go around in circles, only turn left" crap. It gets silly. No, nutty. Besides, NASCAR does do road courses as well.

[tommyuf21]

Originally Posted by Dreamliner

I don't know. Before he came to NASCAR Montoya was considered a legit threat to Schumacher. And Kimi Raikonnen was no slouch. And essentially he couldn't make it in NASCAR's junior league.

Again, I like F1 too. But I get s-o-o-o tired of this "boring, go around in circles, only turn left" crap. It gets silly. No, nutty. Besides, NASCAR does do road courses as well.

When Montoya left F1, he was out of ride. He wasn't going to be kept by McLaren. I'm sure one of the lesser teams would have picked him up, but his F1 career wasn't moving in a positive direction. He knew Chip and drove for him before successfully. It was an easy decision for him to come back to the US. The Montoya of 2006 wasn't the same driver from the previous years.

As for Kimi, I was around when he made his attempt (if you want to call it that). He ran two races (one in Truck, one in N-wide) and basically bought the ride. He didn't have a F1 deal that year or the year before.

There is no way to say with conviction that the best of F1 couldn't hack Nascar or vice versa.

IMO, Tony Stewart can drive anything on wheels and do it with the best.

[Dreamliner]

Originally Posted by tommyuf21

When Montoya left F1, he was out of ride. He wasn't going to be kept by McLaren. I'm sure one of the lesser teams would have picked him up, but his F1 career wasn't moving in a positive direction. He knew Chip and drove for him before successfully. It was an easy decision for him to come back to the US. The Montoya of 2006 wasn't the same driver from the previous years.

As for Kimi, I was around when he made his attempt (if you want to call it that). He ran two races (one in Truck, one in N-wide) and basically bought the ride. He didn't have a F1 deal that year or the year before.

There is no way to say with conviction that the best of F1 couldn't hack Nascar or vice versa.

IMO, Tony Stewart can drive anything on wheels and do it with the best.

The point is - and I would direct this towards F1 elitists - no NASCAR drivers have tried F1 in recent years. A number of F1 drivers have tried NASCAR and have either failed, failed to make an impact, failed to show early promise or, in the case of Montoya, have simply languished.

I do agree on Tony Stewart. I'll bet he'd tear F1 up.

[tommyuf21]

Originally Posted by Dreamliner

The point is - and I would direct this towards F1 elitists - no NASCAR drivers have tried F1 in recent years. A number of F1 drivers have tried NASCAR and have either failed, failed to make an impact, failed to show early promise or, in the case of Montoya, have simply languished.

I do agree on Tony Stewart. I'll bet he'd tear F1 up.

Jeff Gordon, in his prime, would have done very well. It was in the Schumacher era, so I couldn't say that he would have tore it it, if he had gone over there. Michael would have had something to say about that, but man that would have been one helluva rivalry. It would have given Americans a reason to pay attention to F1.