Drunken, ill advised (EAGLE, you need to watch this)

You know, when I first saw this thread, I'm wondering what I could possibly need to watch.  I mean, I think you all know where I stand on drinking anyway - so one more thing to back up my position?  Ohh, nascar.  lol.  Okay, I'll watch it.

That's true.  They still look lighter, but looks can be deceiving.  Anwyay, thanks for pointing that out.  lol

Which ones?  I see several.

Cars 3400# ?  Easy.

# 3 finishing 10th after spin?  Yes, if he righted the car, and cars behind him weren't on the lead lap.

Hmmm. Sorry Nat.  Over my head.  Not a great NASCAR mind.

1: SHORT tracks under 1 mile are better for close racing. The best track NASCAR and IRL race is Richmond, which .75 miles and D shaped.

(Having the front stretch in an arc has a simple reason: You can build the grandstand so that everybody can see the cars all the way from the exit of turn 4 to the entrance of turn 1.)

2: You can ask me, or you can go to the NASCAR website which will have a diagram of that weeks venue. This week is Phoenix, which might be the 2d best track they race at 1 mile with a dogleg on the back stretch.  Sitting on the hill above turn 4 is a party rivaled only by the legendary infield at Talladega, although much more laid back.

3: I'd keep Charlotte, which was the blueprint for all the ones that followed after it was built in 1960. I'd probably keep California, because it's actually 2 miles, although I don't think I've seen a decent race there yet.

Of course today at Texas was one for the ages, so WTF do I know...

All the tracks but 2 are ovals.

http://www.nascar.com/races/tracks/pir/index.html

There's a drop down menu in the upper right that will pull all the tracks up.

This week will at 12:00pm Seattle time.

http://www.nascar.com/races/tracks/
http://www.nascar.com/races/tracks/bms/
For me the fact that it's only .533 mile track and they get 160,000 people there, the shots from the blimp or the plane or whatever are uber cool. Also this is where "rubbin' is racin'" plays. You don't get a lot of banging on the big tracks, Bristol and Richmond, yup.

Generally the American sporting fans attention span is two to four hours, this ain't cricket.  NASCAR racing is no different, generally around the three to four hour mark, but these things called yellow flags slow the race down.

The modern NASCAR has become a marvel of sophisticated aerodynamics, where a wrong 1/2 a pound of air pressure (too much or too little) in one tire can ruin a day. The short tracks remind me of how it used to be in the "old" days, where these southern dudes were flying and playin' bumper cars just to deliver the next batch.

Varies, not every track is the same length, but 400-500 miles is the general, there is a 600 mile race in the summer I think it's at Charlotte? that is a brutal test to both man and machine. Now you can't have a 500 mile race on the shorter tracks, like Bristols .533 mile track, (well you could) but you'd be there all day (again the attention span), so that's usually called "The Sharpie 500 (or insert sponsor here" that means 500 laps.

Again varies, I like Jimmie Johnson 'cuz he's cute as a bug and I get lost in his dreamy brown eyes.

You'll find that NASCAR fans are THE most brand loyal people in this country, if a person likes Darrel Waltrip and Darrel Waltrip drives the "Tide" car, well dadgum it they are going to use Tide until the day they die. You can insert Dale Junior/Budweiser or Tony Stewart/Home Depot or Ricky Rudd/Snickers and the loyalty remains the same.

Yep.