Only reason I watch NASCAR is .....
 

To watch the cars crash.....

Hehehhehehe

Fixed it for you.

You're not alone there. Lots of racing series have become a bit dull with the crashes being the only exciting part.

ADG

Indy 500 today, leader crashes into wall coming off of turn 4,

just can't write that stuff

Make it a rookie trying to pass lapped traffic and the story is even better! AND his car grinds to a 3 wheel 2nd place finish.

That's all anyone watches it for i think :D

I've shot my share of wrecks, when I was one of the primary photographers for the Atlanta Motor Speedway...
Crazy stuff CAN happen!
http://www.fitzmulti.com/bfwall3.jpg


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That must have been an interesting job!

It was...I can't even begin to describe the intensity...although the above pics, are a pretty good sample! LOL!

Of course, it wasn't ALL wrecks!

http://www.fitzmulti.com/ams/ams537.jpg
http://www.fitzmulti.com/ak7ams1192.jpg

haha, you were being paid for a job most fans would pay to have.

Hey, that #7 car is going the wrong way :winkwink:

what they do if they gotta take a piss?

From where I was shooting (on the wall, with part of the fencing cut out {by NASCAR} so that there were no fence blurs in the shots...NONE (and I literally mean NONE) of the other track photogs, or even NASCAR "regular" photographers (Winston Cup Scene, etc...) had the balls to do it...Once. one of the guys from Winston Cup Scene came up (after I had done it for like 4 years straight), looked over my shoulder during the pace laps...tapped me on the shoulder, told me I had the biggest set of balls he'd ever seen for shooting from there...and left.

Never came back in future years, and neither did anyone else! LOL!
:P

I bet ya before long there will be a Brazzers branded Nascar car sittin right next to the Home depot /Fed ex and so on cars lololololol

LOL!
I am going to assume you DO know the story behind that! ;-)
AK R.I.P.

Right now in the Charlotte race the cockpit temp is 135 degrees. I don't thing you need to piss when you will sweat off 20 lbs in a few hours.

They just go.

A few years back the driver of the now # 14 car crapped his pants and won the race.
He got out of his car and had to go change before accepting his trophy and everyone knew what happened.

NASCAR decides who you can have as a sponsor so the day Brazzers shows up on a car is the day after Manwin bought NASCAR.

they got them Helmet AC's though ...

I once dated the girl that handed him the Winston Cup that year at Atlanta :winkwink:

If any of you are watching the race now...check out car number 32...Mike Bliss is the driver.

BLU CIGARETTES is the sponsor...
Sound familiar? ;-)

yea, lol, during the race the announcers said Stewart was racing despite intestinal flu. (diarrhea)

Very cool.
I didn't shoot Vic Lane that year, (obviously by the post race lap pic I posted) but that was an AMAZING, and historic NASCAR day!
AK won the championship, Jeff Gordon's first race {although at the time that was insignificant}, Richard Petty's last race...
All in one day!

Damn. A NASCAR thread on GFY that has more than 3 posts.

there was a Green Smoke car as well but it didnt qualify


http://www.electroniccigarettereview...oke-nascar.jpg

LOL!
:pimp:pimp:pimp:pimp

Any idea how much peeps like fed Ex and UPS pay to sponsor?

Millions, for a full season.

This is an interesting article on it:
http://www.jcs-group.com/racin/theirs/most.html

It's my favorite race just because it was so significant is so many different ways.

AK, DA and BE all had a shot at the championship in that last race. DA wrecked and AK figured out that if he led the most laps he would get the bonus points he needed to win and I think he did that by waiting an extra lap to pit while BE went it. :)

Agreed...plus, for me, after 7 years of shooting IndyCar (CART), I'd moved to ATL, and lived literally 4 miles from the AMS track! So that was MY first NASCAR race shooting, or attending, too...
I have a GREAT shot (somewhere) of AD & AK together in the garage area. Classic!
:P

If you are an AK fan, you might like this link!
http://www.underbird.com/

I've been to that site before :thumbsup

I've been going though my head who you meant by " AD " and couldn't come up with a name and then I figured you
meant Davey and accidentally reversed the letters :upsidedow

I'm 30 mins from the track at Daytona and have been going to pretty much everything they run there since the mid 90s.
I used to post my NASCAR pics but not a lot of fans here so I gave up.

LOL Ya! I meant Davey Allison (That was my Polish Victory backwards initials, LOL!)

this vid is hilarious

only reason I watch


scott riggs


http://cdn.bleacherreport.net/images...jpg?1286854665

WATTTA HUNK AMIRITE GUYZ

I used to watch till godaddy wanted to be a dick head. Had to switch hosting and everything.

4 laps to go, Jimmy Johnson's engine blows, the audio of his crew chief is on live and we hear "Are you fucking kidding me?" lol.

http://www.cigarettesflavours.com/wp...nascar-car.jpg

:smokin

ADG

Earnheart ran out of gas lolol

Yippy! Dead rednecks!

[http://image.automotive.com/f/eventc...+explosion.jpg

Coincidences? "JR" Hildebrand 4th turn last lap loss at INDY 500....Dale "JR" 4th turn last lap loss at NASCAR Coca Cola 600...BOTH sponsored by National Guard!

NUTTY!

Interesting fitzmulti, I would have never known otherwise.
I wouldn't attend a NASCAR event if it was across the street.

Fuck this. Links pulled.

Really exciting day of racing :thumbsup

The NASCAR and Indy races were incredible right to the finish and the F1 would've been too if not for the
late red flag and the fact they allowed the teams to work on their cars while parked. That allowed the leader to put on new tires instead of holding off 2nd and 3rd for the last few laps with fresher tires. It also allowed one team to repair their damaged wing. It's a BS rule as it ruined the drama and gave those guys a second chance.

In NASCAR if they stop the race for some reason the teams are not allowed to work on their cars until the race starts again. The rule this way ensures the team has to overcome whatever adversity under normal race conditions.