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Old 11-23-2012, 07:01 AM   #1
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What Is Your Favorite Automotive Racing?

What do our forum members prefer? I have listed most of the different categories, I know there are about 20 others but these are the most popular. What are you a fan of?

Formula Racing
Touring Car Racing (Trans Am)
Sports Car Racing (GT)
Production Car Racing
Stock Car Racing (NASCAR)
Rallying
Drag Racing
Off-Road Racing
Dirt Track
Autocross
Kart Racing
Historic Motorsport (is this really racing?)

For me it's a toss-up between Formula and Drag racing.

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Old 11-23-2012, 07:38 AM   #2
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Old 11-23-2012, 08:23 AM   #3
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Gotta be autocross...racing is not a spectator sport!
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Old 11-23-2012, 08:43 AM   #4
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Old 11-23-2012, 08:57 AM   #5
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F1, the only real racing.
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Gotta be autocross...racing is not a spectator sport!
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Old 11-23-2012, 09:57 AM   #7
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F1, the only real racing.
A big +1 on that. My grandmother is the only other race fan in the family (she's 94) so we always get together to watch the race. She has been a race fan forever and likes to tell me about watching Fangio at Silverstone back in the day. Now she's a Hamilton fan, while I root for Vettel. Go RBR!
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Old 11-23-2012, 10:26 AM   #8
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I admire a select few racers, Kenny Roberts and the Andretti clan come to mind. I did enjoy watching the RS Spyder race but I'd much rather be somewhere in the country killing flies with my own windshield than ever sitting in front of the flatscreen.
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Old 11-23-2012, 10:37 AM   #9
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I liked Indy Car around the time Nigel Mansell came from F1 to the states. There was a great 4 year period there. Now F1 is no longer a boat race, so it is kinds fun to watch.
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Old 11-23-2012, 02:12 PM   #11
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Old 11-23-2012, 03:17 PM   #12
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Me racing is #1. Spent the day at Willow Springs Big track today.

#2 is NASCAR

#3 is sports car racing - Grand Am and ALMS.
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Me racing is #1. Spent the day at Willow Springs Big track today.
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Then F1.
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Old 11-23-2012, 05:59 PM   #14
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I've lived so near dirt tracks all my life I can hear one every Friday and Saturday night and like sprint raincing but I dont realy follow them any more.
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Old 11-25-2012, 05:00 AM   #15
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Anything but Nascar...

Go Seb and RBR!
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Old 11-25-2012, 05:20 AM   #16
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Old 11-25-2012, 05:27 AM   #17
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Old 11-25-2012, 05:57 AM   #18
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F1, never miss a race!

I actually have a pic of me as a little kid sitting on the left front tire of Dan Gurney's AAR in the pits in Spa, yes THAT year!

DTM from the '80s

CART when it was relevant

Group B Rallye

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And Vettel will be champ today.........


PS I love auto cross and canyon carving, super nice roads out here!
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Old 11-25-2012, 09:21 AM   #20
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