Comments on: DVD Drives Down NASCAR’s Memory Lane http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/cftoto/2009/03/09/dvd-drives-down-nascars-memory-lane/ Sat, 11 Feb 2012 12:03:29 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: CapnAhab http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/cftoto/2009/03/09/dvd-drives-down-nascars-memory-lane/comment-page-1/#comment-291966 CapnAhab Tue, 10 Mar 2009 16:54:50 +0000 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/?p=75594#comment-291966 It surprises me how many NASCAR fans haven't been to a local track, it really is good affordable entertainment. The old street tire junkers are some of the best to watch, 3 sometimes 4 wide in the corners and bouncing off eachother the entire race. Good times. It surprises me how many NASCAR fans haven't been to a local track, it really is good affordable entertainment. The old street tire junkers are some of the best to watch, 3 sometimes 4 wide in the corners and bouncing off eachother the entire race. Good times.

]]> By: TugboatPhil http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/cftoto/2009/03/09/dvd-drives-down-nascars-memory-lane/comment-page-1/#comment-291838 TugboatPhil Tue, 10 Mar 2009 16:22:44 +0000 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/?p=75594#comment-291838 When I was a kid, I'd have to climb up on the roof of our garage to listen to NASCAR races broadcast on WBT 1110 AM out of Charlotte. Reception in daytime was less than poor, at best. But it was fascinated by the names and description of the race. I had no concept of what any of them looked like, but followed as much as I could. I joined the Army in 1975 and stopped following sports of all kinds, as I couldn't keep up being overseas. ESPN wasn't around yet, and if you missed something, you missed it. No replays every hour on the hour. The next thing I knew, Richard Petty was switching from Plymouth to Pontiac...PONTIAC?!? Car allegiance was supreme in those days. To root for a driver from Chevy and own a Ford was sacrilege. Vice versa too. God forbid that a driver would switch cars. Then they got much tighter on car construction and restrictor plates and ultimately profile templates. I had always thought the SC in NASCAR stood for stock car. I guess I was wrong. Now I'm just another old fart that longs for the days of "run what you bring." I'm glad people still enjoy it, but like the NFL, MLB and all the rest, there's too much money for it to ever be enjoyable to me anymore. Now. If you want to see some good old time racing, go to your nearest dirt or small track on a Saturday night. It still exists and it's affordable too. When I was a kid, I'd have to climb up on the roof of our garage to listen to NASCAR races broadcast on WBT 1110 AM out of Charlotte. Reception in daytime was less than poor, at best. But it was fascinated by the names and description of the race. I had no concept of what any of them looked like, but followed as much as I could.

I joined the Army in 1975 and stopped following sports of all kinds, as I couldn't keep up being overseas. ESPN wasn't around yet, and if you missed something, you missed it. No replays every hour on the hour. The next thing I knew, Richard Petty was switching from Plymouth to Pontiac…PONTIAC?!? Car allegiance was supreme in those days. To root for a driver from Chevy and own a Ford was sacrilege. Vice versa too. God forbid that a driver would switch cars.

Then they got much tighter on car construction and restrictor plates and ultimately profile templates. I had always thought the SC in NASCAR stood for stock car. I guess I was wrong. Now I'm just another old fart that longs for the days of "run what you bring." I'm glad people still enjoy it, but like the NFL, MLB and all the rest, there's too much money for it to ever be enjoyable to me anymore.

Now. If you want to see some good old time racing, go to your nearest dirt or small track on a Saturday night. It still exists and it's affordable too.

]]> By: JBnID http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/cftoto/2009/03/09/dvd-drives-down-nascars-memory-lane/comment-page-1/#comment-289370 JBnID Mon, 09 Mar 2009 22:54:39 +0000 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/?p=75594#comment-289370 My first two NASCAR races were the last beach race and the first race at the new track at Daytona and I've been a great fan ever since. NASCAR is the ONLY 'sport' I watch. I would buy a DVD set of NASCAR by the year with recaps of anecdotes and race clips when available. I think maybe now I could watch Fireball Roberts, my early hero, crash and burn, again. The Yankeefied 'capture the spirit' attempts at depicting NASCAR never seems to work. DEtails are what's interesting to me as a true fan. 'Thunder Road' with Robert Mitchum about 1951 made career changes (from running shine) easier for a lot of good drivers. Winning races also meant a regular 'night job', if you wanted it, too. Many drivers used both professions to further 'shine' up their resume'. "Bluegrass music" is American, (Bill Monroe and the Bluegrass Boys". "Country" means *any* country's songs of common truth. That's my take, your's may vary. My first two NASCAR races were the last beach race and the first race at the new track at Daytona and I've been a great fan ever since. NASCAR is the ONLY 'sport' I watch.
I would buy a DVD set of NASCAR by the year with recaps of anecdotes and race clips when available. I think maybe now I could watch Fireball Roberts, my early hero, crash and burn, again.
The Yankeefied 'capture the spirit' attempts at depicting NASCAR never seems to work. DEtails are what's interesting to me as a true fan.

'Thunder Road' with Robert Mitchum about 1951 made career changes (from running shine) easier for a lot of good drivers. Winning races also meant a regular 'night job', if you wanted it, too. Many drivers used both professions to further 'shine' up their resume'.

"Bluegrass music" is American, (Bill Monroe and the Bluegrass Boys". "Country" means *any* country's songs of common truth.

That's my take, your's may vary.

]]> By: dcase http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/cftoto/2009/03/09/dvd-drives-down-nascars-memory-lane/comment-page-1/#comment-287214 dcase Mon, 09 Mar 2009 22:09:33 +0000 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/?p=75594#comment-287214 It is both funny and ironic that the current administration actually lobbied for "NASCAR' dads to vote hugely, insanely against their own personal interests for 'The One'- and yet if there is an activity the left despises more than racing it's stock car racing... auto racing has an, ahem, 'carbon footprint', y'know. Watch for the hissing hostility to morph into outright bans. There's always pedal cars... It is both funny and ironic that the current administration actually lobbied for "NASCAR' dads to vote hugely, insanely against their own personal interests for 'The One'- and yet if there is an activity the left despises more than racing it's stock car racing… auto racing has an, ahem, 'carbon footprint', y'know. Watch for the hissing hostility to morph into
outright bans.

There's always pedal cars…

]]> By: Webutante http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/cftoto/2009/03/09/dvd-drives-down-nascars-memory-lane/comment-page-1/#comment-288846 Webutante Mon, 09 Mar 2009 21:11:33 +0000 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/?p=75594#comment-288846 Yes, Music of Nashville, you are correct about the Scotch Irish origins of country music. I co-hostessed our son's groom's dinner in Stanley, Scotland last April featuring a Ceilidh band and dancing which really took us all back to folkway our roots. Again, this particular Scotch/Irish independent/ fighting strain from the motherland may be what saves us from the ominous direction which we're now heading in this country. Yes, Music of Nashville, you are correct about the Scotch Irish origins of country music. I co-hostessed our son's groom's dinner in Stanley, Scotland last April featuring a Ceilidh band and dancing which really took us all back to folkway our roots. Again, this particular Scotch/Irish independent/ fighting strain from the motherland may be what saves us from the ominous direction which we're now heading in this country.

]]> By: CapnAhab http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/cftoto/2009/03/09/dvd-drives-down-nascars-memory-lane/comment-page-1/#comment-288802 CapnAhab Mon, 09 Mar 2009 20:57:38 +0000 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/?p=75594#comment-288802 I don't think NASCAR has been bashful about it's roots at all. The early racers were a mix of moonshine runners, bored pilots back from the war, and good old boys looking for a thrill. What NASCAR's founder Bill France (a racer himself) did was organize the races into a touring series. He also took steps to make sure the drivers got paid for the show, it was common for the event organizers at the time to sneak off with the winnings before the race was over. I've been a NASCAR fan a long time, it takes a bit of reading to get into the history of the sport, but the gritty details are there to see. Their first champion, a man by the name of Lloyd Seay, was shot and killed by his cousin a few hours after winning the championship over money owed for sugar. The winner of the first "strictly stock" event at North Wilkesboro was disqualified for illegal springs, this car was a moonshine runner. The sport's been about making money from day one, from the sponsors on the cars, to the sponsors of the races, to the check at the end of the race. I look at what's happening now to the small local tracks being sold and torn down because the land they sit on is worth more than the track itself. It paints a sad picture of the future. If they can't make money doing it, they aren't going to race. I don't think NASCAR has been bashful about it's roots at all. The early racers were a mix of moonshine runners, bored pilots back from the war, and good old boys looking for a thrill. What NASCAR's founder Bill France (a racer himself) did was organize the races into a touring series. He also took steps to make sure the drivers got paid for the show, it was common for the event organizers at the time to sneak off with the winnings before the race was over.
I've been a NASCAR fan a long time, it takes a bit of reading to get into the history of the sport, but the gritty details are there to see. Their first champion, a man by the name of Lloyd Seay, was shot and killed by his cousin a few hours after winning the championship over money owed for sugar. The winner of the first "strictly stock" event at North Wilkesboro was disqualified for illegal springs, this car was a moonshine runner.
The sport's been about making money from day one, from the sponsors on the cars, to the sponsors of the races, to the check at the end of the race. I look at what's happening now to the small local tracks being sold and torn down because the land they sit on is worth more than the track itself. It paints a sad picture of the future. If they can't make money doing it, they aren't going to race.

]]> By: Heather McFarlane http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/cftoto/2009/03/09/dvd-drives-down-nascars-memory-lane/comment-page-1/#comment-288522 Heather McFarlane Mon, 09 Mar 2009 19:44:54 +0000 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/?p=75594#comment-288522 One of my favorite essays is Tom Wolfe's "The Last American Hero" which is about stock racing, the Scotch-Irish culture in Appalachia, and especially, Junior Johnson. Is Junior Johnson mentioned in this DVD??? One of my favorite essays is Tom Wolfe's "The Last American Hero" which is about stock racing, the Scotch-Irish culture in Appalachia, and especially, Junior Johnson. Is Junior Johnson mentioned in this DVD???

]]> By: Mr. Thalberg http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/cftoto/2009/03/09/dvd-drives-down-nascars-memory-lane/comment-page-1/#comment-288518 Mr. Thalberg Mon, 09 Mar 2009 19:44:04 +0000 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/?p=75594#comment-288518 I've always felt that there was great box office potential for a picture about moonshine hauling. If I were to pitch it, I would pitch it as Bonnie and Clyde meets The Right Stuff. If I can get Matthew McConahay(?) to wear a crew cut and get that Jackie Treehorn/Brad Wesley guy to play the Federal Man, the rest produces itself. Maybe Sam Elliot guarding the still with a shotgun - that sort of vibe. The only trap I think you have to avoid is not re-making the Burt Reynolds Gator movies. I've always felt that there was great box office potential for a picture about moonshine hauling. If I were to pitch it, I would pitch it as Bonnie and Clyde meets The Right Stuff. If I can get Matthew McConahay(?) to wear a crew cut and get that Jackie Treehorn/Brad Wesley guy to play the Federal Man, the rest produces itself. Maybe Sam Elliot guarding the still with a shotgun – that sort of vibe. The only trap I think you have to avoid is not re-making the Burt Reynolds Gator movies.

]]> By: dcase http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/cftoto/2009/03/09/dvd-drives-down-nascars-memory-lane/comment-page-1/#comment-287986 dcase Mon, 09 Mar 2009 17:55:07 +0000 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/?p=75594#comment-287986 NASCAR is hugely cutlurally relevant, and the 'moonshine' thing was a justifiable response to onerous government control... we are, and always have been a 'car society'. NASCAR is hugely cutlurally relevant, and the 'moonshine' thing was a justifiable response to onerous government control… we are, and always have been a 'car society'.

]]> By: None http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/cftoto/2009/03/09/dvd-drives-down-nascars-memory-lane/comment-page-1/#comment-287734 None Mon, 09 Mar 2009 17:07:01 +0000 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/?p=75594#comment-287734 You do realize that AJ Foyt was not one of the most winning drivers in NASCAR, don't you? Please tell me you made a bad joke there. You do realize that AJ Foyt was not one of the most winning drivers in NASCAR, don't you? Please tell me you made a bad joke there.

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