Iowa Posted July 9, 2005 Share Posted July 9, 2005 http://msn.foxsports.com/nascar/story/3744894 Tornado tears apart Atlanta Motor Speedway HAMPTON, Ga. (AP) - The Atlanta Motor Speedway looks as if it was in a high-speed crash after a tornado caused as much as $40 million in damage. "Everything but the track surface has suffered some kind of damage, said speedway president Ed Clark, who estimated damage of $25 million to $40 million from the storm Wednesday night. "There are some buildings that will have to be torn down." Entire sections of the grandstand and luxury boxes are shredded. Oak trees, flagpoles and light towers are snapped. On some of the speedway's condominiums, the roof is caved in and windows are shattered. Every structure at the facility, which hosts NASCAR races and smaller events, was roughed up by a half-mile-wide tornado spawned night by the remnants of Tropical Storm Cindy. While the speedway's races for the next week have been canceled, NASCAR's Bass Pro Shops MBNA 500 - set for Oct. 30 - will go on, Clark said. "We'll be here and we'll be running the race as scheduled," he said. The bowl shape of the speedway helped the tornado form and it eventually remained on the ground for about four miles, also hitting the Tara Field airport in Hampton, the National Weather Service said. Four planes were overturned and two hangars were damaged at the airport. Lans Rothfusz, the meterologist in charge at the National Weather Service's Peachtree City office, said a preliminary investigation indicated the tornado was a category F-2 with winds up to 157 mph. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Madman81 Posted July 9, 2005 Share Posted July 9, 2005 :lol Great title to the thread. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Fritz Posted July 9, 2005 Share Posted July 9, 2005 Hillbillies everywhere will not be able to sleep with their sisters tonight. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig Posted July 9, 2005 Share Posted July 9, 2005 The headline of this thread=SO TRUE Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Das Texan Posted July 9, 2005 Share Posted July 9, 2005 considering that NASCAR gets the second highest ratings of all sports on tv.... i'd say that is totally untrue. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flamarlins3 Posted July 9, 2005 Share Posted July 9, 2005 Man the place got torn to bits, some crazy stuff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Fritz Posted July 9, 2005 Share Posted July 9, 2005 considering that NASCAR gets the second highest ratings of all sports on tv.... i'd say that is totally untrue. 847899[/snapback] Lots of hillbillies + once a week = Ratings Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Passion Posted July 9, 2005 Share Posted July 9, 2005 considering that NASCAR gets the second highest ratings of all sports on tv.... i'd say that is totally untrue. 847899[/snapback] Lots of hillbillies + once a week = Ratings 847939[/snapback] Why the hate? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Fritz Posted July 9, 2005 Share Posted July 9, 2005 considering that NASCAR gets the second highest ratings of all sports on tv.... i'd say that is totally untrue. 847899[/snapback] Lots of hillbillies + once a week = Ratings 847939[/snapback] Why the hate? 847942[/snapback] Because of the jerkoffs that call it "The last true American sport" because it's made up of good ol' boys and doesn't have "colored folk" and outside of that, the racing is flat-out boring. Going around in a circle for 3-4 hours is boring as hell. Formula 1, JGTC, DTM, BTCC, WRC, MotoGP are all superior forms of racing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Das Texan Posted July 9, 2005 Share Posted July 9, 2005 NFL games are generally once a week too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin Posted July 9, 2005 Share Posted July 9, 2005 Haters, NASCAR is a good sport. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D-Train35 Posted July 9, 2005 Share Posted July 9, 2005 Nothing worse than Nascar. The country rednecks can keep it to themselves. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dodge Posted July 9, 2005 Share Posted July 9, 2005 considering that NASCAR gets the second highest ratings of all sports on tv.... i'd say that is totally untrue. 847899[/snapback] Lots of hillbillies + once a week = Ratings 847939[/snapback] Why the hate? 847942[/snapback] Because of the jerkoffs that call it "The last true American sport" because it's made up of good ol' boys and doesn't have "colored folk" and outside of that, the racing is flat-out boring. Going around in a circle for 3-4 hours is boring as hell. Formula 1, JGTC, DTM, BTCC, WRC, MotoGP are all superior forms of racing. 847960[/snapback] Superior racing machines, sure. Super forms of racing, NO. You can sit through and entire F1 or Grand Prix or what the f*** ever race and see about 0.4892 total passes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flamarlins3 Posted July 9, 2005 Share Posted July 9, 2005 Nothing worse than Nascar. The country rednecks can keep it to themselves. 848031[/snapback] If you had ever been to a race you would realize that Nascar definitely is not just country rednecks. Yes the majority of fans are made up of 'rednecks'. I think that many people hate on Nascar just because of the stereotype alone that only rednecks follow racing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jiggy Posted July 9, 2005 Share Posted July 9, 2005 Haters, NASCAR is a good sport. 848028[/snapback] :thumbup Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dodge Posted July 9, 2005 Share Posted July 9, 2005 Nothing worse than Nascar. The country rednecks can keep it to themselves. 848031[/snapback] If you had ever been to a race you would realize that Nascar definitely is not just country rednecks. Yes the majority of fans are made up of 'rednecks'. I think that many people hate on Nascar just because of the stereotype alone that only rednecks follow racing. 848078[/snapback] You've basically summed it all up. Some of the more ignorant posters of the board would be very surprised at the actual NASCAR demographic statistics. Oh, and 20 bucks says they've never been to a stock car race and/or have never watched one on TV. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iowa Posted July 9, 2005 Author Share Posted July 9, 2005 I actually tried to sit down and watch a "race". Couldn't stand it. NASCAR blows. /expert opinion Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Posted July 9, 2005 Share Posted July 9, 2005 I don't like basketball because there are too many black people. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flying_Mollusk Posted July 10, 2005 Share Posted July 10, 2005 Formula 1, JGTC, DTM, BTCC, WRC, MotoGP are all superior forms of racing. :notworthy NASCAR restricts the cars that can race right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Das Texan Posted July 10, 2005 Share Posted July 10, 2005 Formula 1, JGTC, DTM, BTCC, WRC, MotoGP are all superior forms of racing. :notworthy NASCAR restricts the cars that can race right? 848503[/snapback] you mena in terms of the engines? only on 2 tracks are there restrictor plates. other than that, its not any different than any other series in terms of the templates and specifications allowed for a series. and ps.... of the current active drivers i think 25% of them at most are from the 'deep south' and thats erring on the high side big time. way to buy into the old 1980s sterotypes. :thumbup Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig Posted July 10, 2005 Share Posted July 10, 2005 NASCAR isn't really a sport. Driving for a few hours around in circles isn't a sport, and the drivers aren't "athletes". It's unwatchable on TV and the fans are drunk rednecks that love country music, so NASCAR can blow me. (And Fritz is right, they hate black people, which makes them even worse). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Passion Posted July 10, 2005 Share Posted July 10, 2005 Id love to see you steer a 200 mph car for hours at a time and shift and not be athletic. And what a f***ing ignorant statement 'the fans are drunk rednecks that love country music'. Coming from Chicago I doubt you know many 'rednecks'....and if one of the reasons you dont like NASCAR is because the fanbase is drunk rednecks that love country music dont you dare watch the Texas-Oklahoma game this year or any southwestern College Football this year... And how do they 'hate black people'? Explain... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nugget Posted July 10, 2005 Share Posted July 10, 2005 NASCAR isn't really a sport. Driving for a few hours around in circles isn't a sport, and the drivers aren't "athletes". It's unwatchable on TV and the fans are drunk rednecks that love country music, so NASCAR can blow me. (And Fritz is right, they hate black people, which makes them even worse). 848971[/snapback] What a tool Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin Posted July 10, 2005 Share Posted July 10, 2005 Yeah, I don't get the racism defense. Where is there evidence that they (whoever they is) hate anyone specific??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Passion Posted July 10, 2005 Share Posted July 10, 2005 Yeah, I don't get the racism defense. Where is there evidence that they (whoever they is) hate anyone specific??? 848989[/snapback] Exactly an entire (and very large) fan base is being generalized and stereotyped here... My father (a black man) has lived in the south for a while now and alot of his co-workers have gotten him into this sport a bit...so is he able to tune out the hate being thrown at him or is he missing all this racism??? :thumbdown Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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