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Does anybody really care?

I didn't know if you meant here in particular, or around the world....(And I am not a big motorsports fan) But anyway, from the Ombudsman of ESPN(Never even knew of her til today!)

Stick-and-ball fans may not understand its appeal, but neither can they deny the popularity of NASCAR, whose race-day ratings, despite a recent dropoff, routinely exceed those of baseball and basketball, including most NBA playoff games and those highly rated Yankee/Red Sox games that are the source of so many East Coast bias complaints.

http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/columns/sto...&id=2866241

Interesting column overall as well...

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I know it's popular but I do have that east coast bias and frankly how can you call it a sport?

I used to agree with it not really being a sport. But thru the years of living in the south, and ESPN I have caught enough inside the car footage to realize it does take a lot of concentration to drive at such a high rate a speed for so long a period of time, without crashing. And they are in a oven for 3-4 hours, with other guys all driving too fast, following too closely. For the most part, older drivers don't seem to do as well as you would thing, since they have so much experience. You have to be in some decent condition.

Some call golf a sport as well! ^_^

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