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CMcAllister · 01-29-2016, 12:55 PM

Stuff happens when mechanical parts and assemblies are stressed to the limit. 10,000 horsepower from a 500 inch V-8 and they don't want any parts or oil to come out of them?

They market the speed and the power. Turn on a drag race show and often the first thing you see in the opening credits is an engine blow up in a ball of fire. I don't see how you can have it both ways and I'm not in favor of "fundamentally transforming" the sport for the purpose of making it good TV for the uninformed.

NASCAR has yellow flags, we have oil downs. It's a part of sport. Things have gotten much better since the days when it would take a bunch of guys with brooms an hour and a half to clean up a mess.

01-29-2016, 12:55 PM	#7
CMcAllister Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Fulton County, PA Posts: 616 Likes: 17 Liked 920 Times in 259 Posts	Re: I don't think we're Stuff happens when mechanical parts and assemblies are stressed to the limit. 10,000 horsepower from a 500 inch V-8 and they don't want any parts or oil to come out of them? They market the speed and the power. Turn on a drag race show and often the first thing you see in the opening credits is an engine blow up in a ball of fire. I don't see how you can have it both ways and I'm not in favor of "fundamentally transforming" the sport for the purpose of making it good TV for the uninformed. NASCAR has yellow flags, we have oil downs. It's a part of sport. Things have gotten much better since the days when it would take a bunch of guys with brooms an hour and a half to clean up a mess.