How many of your co-workers follow sprint car racing??

cecil98 · 9/17/08, 8:07 PM

when I try to describe a sprint car verbally to an "unenlightened" one they almost always ask, "you mean a dune buggy?".....DRIVES ME NUTS!!!!!!!!! :O:

Jerry Shaw · 9/17/08, 8:18 PM

As a Field Service Engineer, I only see most of my coworkers a few times a year. Currently, the company I'm contracted to is completely staffed with New Yorkers and New Jersey-ites. I've been working on them, though. Another FSE is a guy who immigrated here from Guyana, in South America. He's a big time NASCAR fan. The weight-horsepower ratio comparison between my favorite kind of racing and his definitely has him interested in seeing a sprint car race. Most of the rest of the people there just look at me like I'm from another planet when I talk about this. I think most of them have trouble with the concept of earth that isn't covered in concrete.

Jerry

merice · 9/17/08, 8:27 PM

:help::headbangThe reply I get is sprint cars at Lawrenceburg.That's where the gambling boat is is it not. I did not know Lawrenceburg had a dirt track.What is a sprint car anyway . Drives me nuts . Most of my co-workers live in Ohio and are older.When i try to explain to them what a sprint car is .There reply is o no , way to loud or to much dirt .

wildman92 · 9/17/08, 8:45 PM

The folks in my department don't understand my addicition to sprint car racing (don't you get dirty? doesn't it smell? isn't it loud?). Yes, yes and YES! What's there not to love? I tell them they should check it out and they give me a polite "We'll see if we can make it..." but they don't.

I am lucky to work with the guy who won the last sprint feature at Paragon so when I have the need to speak to someone who knows what the heck I'm talking about, I call him!!! :checkered:

Great Scott · 9/17/08, 8:55 PM

Not only is it hard to explain what a sprint car is or why I like it so much, it is really hard to explain where some of the tracks are. Where is Gas City, Vernon, Brownstown, Flora, Haubstadt, Jacksonville, Boswell, etc... and why you drive that far to see a race? These are questions only true sprint car fans can answer. Sprint car tracks can be an educational geography lesson.

TQ29m · 9/17/08, 9:25 PM

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Originally Posted by interpreter66

try explaining to someone that your going to the chilli bowl to watch midget''s:O:

If this is a contest, this is the winner! How many times have I gotten that "just dipped out of a septic tank look", when I mention racing "midgets"! How numb these folks are, there are 2 things that God created, for man to enjoy, and this is one of them! Bob:applaud:

BuckeyeBullet · 9/17/08, 9:28 PM

I've only made 2 races this year, but I managed to get a newbie to attend each one with me :thumb... my g/f had her first racing experience @ the Burg and now I'm taking her down to Charlotte for the NAPCAR race....:doh:

I can justify this by saying we are being put up for free by a close friend, not to mention we will be hanging out with a few NNS drivers all weekend and them boys now how to have a good time :kookoo:O:

AlkyMadness · 9/18/08, 12:44 AM

I live in North Carolina. Need I say more?

Worse thing to ever happen was when Nextel/Sprint became the title sponsor of NASCAR. Now, whenever I say I'm going to a sprint car race, they automatically think NASCAR and start telling me that Little E is their favorite. I then tell them I don't give a damn about NASCAR and then they just look confused.

I'm reminded of a bumper sticker I used to see that went something like: Eldora, if you have to ask, you'll never understand.

I quit trying to explain and usually just tell people I'm headed north to visit family.

Jerry Spencer · 9/18/08, 2:33 AM

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Originally Posted by AlkyMadness

I live in North Carolina. Need I say more?

Worse thing to ever happen was when Nextel/Sprint became the title sponsor of NASCAR. Now, whenever I say I'm going to a sprint car race, they automatically think NASCAR and start telling me that Little E is their favorite. I then tell them I don't give a damn about NASCAR and then they just look confused.

I'm reminded of a bumper sticker I used to see that went something like: Eldora, if you have to ask, you'll never understand.

I quit trying to explain and usually just tell people I'm headed north to visit family.

So can we expect you this weekend?

Jerry #66j
www.joshspencer.com

RR>LR=LTO · 9/18/08, 6:48 AM

Various people ask me about racing that know me. When someone overhears me talking they usually ask this Q

o you race? A:Yes, I own a car. Q: You don't drive it? A: No. Q: Why spend all that money and not drive? A: Because I love it. It makes me happy and gives me somthing to do. Q: What do you race? A: Sprint cars. Q: What's that? A: Open wheel cars, 1300#'s, 800HP. Q: Where do you race? A: Everywhere that there's a race I want to go to, like Gas City, Kokomo, Lawrenceburg, Putnamville, Eldora, Terre Haute. Q: You drive all the way to Terre Haute and come back in the same day? A: Yes, and sometimes go to work the next day. Then the conversation usually takes this type of direction::: My uncle used to have a '71 Chevelle that he would drag race on the street and it had like 1000HP. It had a 3/4 full race cam in it and a Holly Carb. Is that kind of like what you do? A: Have a nice day!
So, no I don't take people to the racetrack anymore. I learned my lesson long ago. I am definately not an ambassador to the sport I dearly love. No reason to spoil a perfectly good sub-culture with people who don't have respect for something that takes so much commitment. However, when I do take someone new to a racetrack, I can usually tell after hotlaps if they will ever return. The ratio so far is about 5:1.
Also, people automatically assume that you are a dirty street stock racer and are suprised you have all of your teeth. HAHA!

View Poll Results: How many of your co-workers follow sprint car racing??
I work in the racing industry, everybody follows it.	15	9.20%
No one where I work follows sprint car or midget racing	77	47.24%
Just a few co-workers follow the sport.	55	33.74%
I'm retired.	16	9.82%
I could care less.	0	0%
Voters: 163. You may not vote on this poll

9/17/08, 8:18 PM	#22 Re: How many of your co-workers follow sprint car racing??
Jerry Shaw Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 4,728	As a Field Service Engineer, I only see most of my coworkers a few times a year. Currently, the company I'm contracted to is completely staffed with New Yorkers and New Jersey-ites. I've been working on them, though. Another FSE is a guy who immigrated here from Guyana, in South America. He's a big time NASCAR fan. The weight-horsepower ratio comparison between my favorite kind of racing and his definitely has him interested in seeing a sprint car race. Most of the rest of the people there just look at me like I'm from another planet when I talk about this. I think most of them have trouble with the concept of earth that isn't covered in concrete. Jerry __________________ A man is about as big as the things that make him angry. Winston Churchill

9/17/08, 8:45 PM	#24 Re: How many of your co-workers follow sprint car racing??
wildman92 Senior Member Race Count This Year: 50 Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 7,419	The folks in my department don't understand my addicition to sprint car racing (don't you get dirty? doesn't it smell? isn't it loud?). Yes, yes and YES! What's there not to love? I tell them they should check it out and they give me a polite "We'll see if we can make it..." but they don't. I am lucky to work with the guy who won the last sprint feature at Paragon so when I have the need to speak to someone who knows what the heck I'm talking about, I call him!!! :checkered: __________________ Jen Kelley (she/her)

9/18/08, 6:48 AM	#30 Re: How many of your co-workers follow sprint car racing??
RR>LR=LTO Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 112	Various people ask me about racing that know me. When someone overhears me talking they usually ask this Qo you race? A:Yes, I own a car. Q: You don't drive it? A: No. Q: Why spend all that money and not drive? A: Because I love it. It makes me happy and gives me somthing to do. Q: What do you race? A: Sprint cars. Q: What's that? A: Open wheel cars, 1300#'s, 800HP. Q: Where do you race? A: Everywhere that there's a race I want to go to, like Gas City, Kokomo, Lawrenceburg, Putnamville, Eldora, Terre Haute. Q: You drive all the way to Terre Haute and come back in the same day? A: Yes, and sometimes go to work the next day. Then the conversation usually takes this type of direction::: My uncle used to have a '71 Chevelle that he would drag race on the street and it had like 1000HP. It had a 3/4 full race cam in it and a Holly Carb. Is that kind of like what you do? A: Have a nice day! So, no I don't take people to the racetrack anymore. I learned my lesson long ago. I am definately not an ambassador to the sport I dearly love. No reason to spoil a perfectly good sub-culture with people who don't have respect for something that takes so much commitment. However, when I do take someone new to a racetrack, I can usually tell after hotlaps if they will ever return. The ratio so far is about 5:1. Also, people automatically assume that you are a dirty street stock racer and are suprised you have all of your teeth. HAHA!

9/17/08, 8:07 PM	#21 Re: How many of your co-workers follow sprint car racing??
cecil98 Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 1,399	when I try to describe a sprint car verbally to an "unenlightened" one they almost always ask, "you mean a dune buggy?".....DRIVES ME NUTS!!!!!!!!! :O:

9/17/08, 8:27 PM	#23 Re: How many of your co-workers follow sprint car racing??
merice Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 19	:help::headbangThe reply I get is sprint cars at Lawrenceburg.That's where the gambling boat is is it not. I did not know Lawrenceburg had a dirt track.What is a sprint car anyway . Drives me nuts . Most of my co-workers live in Ohio and are older.When i try to explain to them what a sprint car is .There reply is o no , way to loud or to much dirt .

9/17/08, 8:55 PM	#25 Re: How many of your co-workers follow sprint car racing??
Great Scott Senior Member Race Count This Year: 48 Race Count Last Year: 63 Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 740	Not only is it hard to explain what a sprint car is or why I like it so much, it is really hard to explain where some of the tracks are. Where is Gas City, Vernon, Brownstown, Flora, Haubstadt, Jacksonville, Boswell, etc... and why you drive that far to see a race? These are questions only true sprint car fans can answer. Sprint car tracks can be an educational geography lesson.

9/17/08, 9:28 PM	#27 Re: How many of your co-workers follow sprint car racing??
BuckeyeBullet Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 141	I've only made 2 races this year, but I managed to get a newbie to attend each one with me :thumb... my g/f had her first racing experience @ the Burg and now I'm taking her down to Charlotte for the NAPCAR race....:doh: I can justify this by saying we are being put up for free by a close friend, not to mention we will be hanging out with a few NNS drivers all weekend and them boys now how to have a good time :kookoo:O:

9/18/08, 12:44 AM	#28 Re: How many of your co-workers follow sprint car racing??
AlkyMadness Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 233	I live in North Carolina. Need I say more? Worse thing to ever happen was when Nextel/Sprint became the title sponsor of NASCAR. Now, whenever I say I'm going to a sprint car race, they automatically think NASCAR and start telling me that Little E is their favorite. I then tell them I don't give a damn about NASCAR and then they just look confused. I'm reminded of a bumper sticker I used to see that went something like: Eldora, if you have to ask, you'll never understand. I quit trying to explain and usually just tell people I'm headed north to visit family.