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Posted: 10/21/2014 5:35:07 PM EDT
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Global Warming.
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Posted: 10/21/2014 5:36:59 PM EDT
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Then why do people still watch horse races?
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Posted: 10/21/2014 5:37:49 PM EDT
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Then why do people still watch horse races? Just to gamble. |
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Posted: 10/21/2014 5:39:39 PM EDT
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If Formula One keeps getting more metrosexual, then I agree... racing will be dead. Maybe they'll knock the engines down to 4-bangers in a couple more years.
Having said that... MotoGP bikes still take balls of steel to ride/race. So at least two-wheeled racing is still alive. |
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Posted: 10/21/2014 5:40:56 PM EDT
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I was reading another thread where people were talking about self driving cars and it reminded me of this I saw the other day. Audi's self driving race car This is just a prototype and it can already out drive most people I'd guess. Who would want to watch a human drive sleepy 230MPH laps when the robo-car can do 300? They took our jerbs! 
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Posted: 10/21/2014 5:40:58 PM EDT
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Probably will take longer than 10 years but the Democrats will kill it eventually, just like the NFL.
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Posted: 10/21/2014 5:41:51 PM EDT
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NASCAR needs to get back to its roots and fan base.
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Posted: 10/21/2014 5:42:40 PM EDT
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Bullshit. No one wants to watch machines race or else we would all just watch computer simulations. Having a human element will always be part of racing, and as long as there are two people, one of them is going to try and race the other.
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Posted: 10/21/2014 5:42:58 PM EDT
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Probably will take longer than 10 years but the Democrats will kill it eventually, just like the NFL. Dems killed the NFL? |
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Posted: 10/21/2014 5:43:25 PM EDT
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I was reading another thread where people were talking about self driving cars and it reminded me of this I saw the other day. Audi's self driving race car This is just a prototype and it can already out drive most people I'd guess. Who would want to watch a human drive sleepy 230MPH laps when the robo-car can do 300? Pretty big difference between turning laps and racing door to door. And I have my doubts about how fast that car would actually turn laps compared to a human. |
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Posted: 10/21/2014 5:43:48 PM EDT
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Probably will take longer than 10 years but the Democrats will kill it eventually, just like the NFL. Dems killed the NFL? No, that was Tom Brady and the Patriots. |
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Posted: 10/21/2014 5:46:27 PM EDT
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Probably will take longer than 10 years but the Democrats will kill it eventually, just like the NFL. Dems killed the NFL? In process |
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Posted: 10/21/2014 5:48:32 PM EDT
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Probably will take longer than 10 years but the Democrats will kill it eventually, just like the NFL. Dems killed the NFL? In process How so? |
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Posted: 10/21/2014 5:49:47 PM EDT
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Probably will take longer than 10 years but the Democrats will kill it eventually, just like the NFL. Democrats will back off when the major car manufacturers explain that 90% of the safety and engine efficiency tech they've developed over the last 90 years has started with manufacturer race teams and been adopted into production designs. Even freaking Volvo has a racing program. Audi, Ford, BMW, Toyota, Chevy... All have rolled their racing innovations into consumer vehicles for the better. |
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Posted: 10/21/2014 5:50:19 PM EDT
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Probably will take longer than 10 years but the Democrats will kill it eventually, just like the NFL. Dems killed the NFL? No, that was Tom Brady and the Patriots. But, but, but....they're Patriots. 
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Posted: 10/21/2014 5:51:27 PM EDT
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Lets start a robot football league.
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Posted: 10/21/2014 5:52:48 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Just to gamble. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Then why do people still watch horse races? Just to gamble. Shit. You're right. |
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Posted: 10/21/2014 5:54:23 PM EDT
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Probably will take longer than 10 years but the Democrats will kill it eventually, just like the NFL. Dems killed the NFL? In process How so? One of the most storied HS Football teams in Texas just dropped 7th grade football this year. They cited the potential of head injuries. |
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Posted: 10/21/2014 5:56:01 PM EDT
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Racing is already dying. Look at the stands at NASCAR events lately. Half empty. Go to a local drag strip. You don't see half the entries you saw back in the 1990s. Racing has largely become a rich man's sport consisting of purpose built cars that your typical person can't relate to.
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Posted: 10/21/2014 5:56:59 PM EDT
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Pretty big difference between turning laps and racing door to door. And I have my doubts about how fast that car would actually turn laps compared to a human. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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I was reading another thread where people were talking about self driving cars and it reminded me of this I saw the other day. Audi's self driving race car This is just a prototype and it can already out drive most people I'd guess. Who would want to watch a human drive sleepy 230MPH laps when the robo-car can do 300? Pretty big difference between turning laps and racing door to door. And I have my doubts about how fast that car would actually turn laps compared to a human. Agreed, put that thing on a touring car grid with 35 other cars with human drivers and it may not fair so well. Having the track all to yourself is a completely different experience than having to compete with others for the same piece of real estate |
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Posted: 10/21/2014 5:59:23 PM EDT
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Probably will take longer than 10 years but the Democrats will kill it eventually, just like the NFL. Dems killed the NFL? In process How so? He is probably referring to the P.C.ness of it all. |
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Posted: 10/21/2014 6:00:00 PM EDT
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Until they program the cars to crash every once in a while, I will keep watching F-1 with human drivers.
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Posted: 10/21/2014 6:01:45 PM EDT
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Probably will take longer than 10 years but the Democrats will kill it eventually, just like the NFL. Dems killed the NFL? In process How so? Redskins Gays asshole sports reporters |
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Posted: 10/21/2014 6:02:01 PM EDT
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That will kill driving for regular shmoes like you and me, but there's no reason why it would kill racing.
Gas engines didn't kill sailboat racing either. |
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Posted: 10/21/2014 6:02:07 PM EDT
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When everyone was sitting in line for hours or even days to get gas NASCAR shortened their races by 10%.
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Posted: 10/21/2014 6:07:02 PM EDT
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If Formula One keeps getting more metrosexual, then I agree... racing will be dead. Maybe they'll knock the engines down to 4-bangers in a couple more years.
Having said that... MotoGP bikes still take balls of steel to ride/race. So at least two-wheeled racing is still alive. LOL, how hard would it be to put a self balancing robot into they frame of a motorcycle? Not very. |
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Posted: 10/21/2014 6:07:18 PM EDT
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He is probably referring to the P.C.ness of it all. No I think more and more parents will prevent their kids from playing football and push them to soccer. I think we need better helmets and better braces. If everyone has a knee brace, everyone will be equally slowed by it. Make them the same as shoulder pads. |
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Posted: 10/21/2014 6:08:29 PM EDT
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NASCAR needs to get back to its roots and fan base. By the looks of the stands it's getting there. 
BTW You would need one heck of a lot of wheelchair ramps to get the old fan base to a seat. |
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Posted: 10/21/2014 6:09:23 PM EDT
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As Maha Rushie predicts, football as we know it is dying, and it will be the sporting press, the league, and the pols who kill it. There may be people playing it in 30 years, but it will be a fundamentally different sport.
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Posted: 10/21/2014 6:11:45 PM EDT
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Racing died with Ayrton Senna.
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Posted: 10/21/2014 6:12:22 PM EDT
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That will kill driving for regular shmoes like you and me, but there's no reason why it would kill racing. Gas engines didn't kill sailboat racing either. WHen was the last time millions of people paid to watch sailing, what is the Neilsen ratings for the last America's Cup? |
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Posted: 10/21/2014 6:13:12 PM EDT
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Racing is already dying. Look at the stands at NASCAR events lately. Half empty. Go to a local drag strip. You don't see half the entries you saw back in the 1990s. Racing has largely become a rich man's sport consisting of purpose built cars that your typical person can't relate to. And lower attendance turns into a vicious cycle. Lower attendance means less revenue and fewer corporate sponsors, which in turn means smaller purses for top finishers. Smaller purses mean fewer cars show up on race day, and fewer cars on race day means lower attendance in the stands. ETA: I should point out that I'm referring to small local tracks. I have no idea how NASCAR works. |
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Posted: 10/21/2014 6:13:36 PM EDT
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Hey, remember how cool Battlebots was?
Yeah, me either. |
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Posted: 10/21/2014 6:16:32 PM EDT
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Agreed, put that thing on a touring car grid with 35 other cars with human drivers and it may not fair so well. Having the track all to yourself is a completely different experience than having to compete with others for the same piece of real estate Quote HistoryQuoted:
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I was reading another thread where people were talking about self driving cars and it reminded me of this I saw the other day. Audi's self driving race car This is just a prototype and it can already out drive most people I'd guess. Who would want to watch a human drive sleepy 230MPH laps when the robo-car can do 300? Pretty big difference between turning laps and racing door to door. And I have my doubts about how fast that car would actually turn laps compared to a human. Agreed, put that thing on a touring car grid with 35 other cars with human drivers and it may not fair so well. Having the track all to yourself is a completely different experience than having to compete with others for the same piece of real estate Hell, let it run alone...in the rain. Or on a day 10 degrees hotter than when the GPS was set up. Or let it run long enough to burn off 100 lbs of fuel. All 3 scenarios result it twisted metal. |
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Posted: 10/21/2014 6:17:31 PM EDT
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No I think more and more parents will prevent their kids from playing football and push them to soccer. I think we need better helmets and better braces. If everyone has a knee brace, everyone will be equally slowed by it. Make them the same as shoulder pads. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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He is probably referring to the P.C.ness of it all. No I think more and more parents will prevent their kids from playing football and push them to soccer. I think we need better helmets and better braces. If everyone has a knee brace, everyone will be equally slowed by it. Make them the same as shoulder pads. Lol, soccer. You must have missed the Keep Our Own Kids Safe campaign's warning on the injuries in soccer. 
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Posted: 10/21/2014 6:17:48 PM EDT
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Racing died with Ayrton Senna. Bullshit. |
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Posted: 10/21/2014 6:18:54 PM EDT
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Everyone will just want to watch which robot car is now the fastest. Racing will never die, just change forms.
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Posted: 10/21/2014 6:19:46 PM EDT
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Bullshit. No one wants to watch machines race or else we would all just watch computer simulations. Having a human element will always be part of racing, and as long as there are two people, one of them is going to try and race the other. add elements of robot wars and I'd watch it. make it death race with robots. |
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Posted: 10/21/2014 6:22:02 PM EDT
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NASCAR is fading put because it became the WWE of Motorsports.
Racing as an activity and as a sport isn't going anywhere. |
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Posted: 10/21/2014 6:26:17 PM EDT
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Bullshit. No one wants to watch machines race or else we would all just watch computer simulations. Having a human element will always be part of racing, and as long as there are two people, one of them is going to try and race the other. This. They'll play with these the same way they play with RC cars and such. Which is fine, and might even be fun to watch. But that's just a spectacle. Racing is for people. |
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Posted: 10/21/2014 6:26:27 PM EDT
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Racing will continue. The premise of the thread leaps to the completely unsupported conclusion that drivers will somehow evaporate from race cars.
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Posted: 10/21/2014 6:27:06 PM EDT
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Racing died with Ayrton Senna. Bullshit. I'm guessing his knowledge of racing comes from the documentary "Senna" |
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Posted: 10/21/2014 6:27:40 PM EDT
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Racing died with Ayrton Senna. Bullshit. Agreed. One word: Schumacher Senna was awesome, but there are still racers with heart out there. I'm personally a Seb fan, but when it comes to a guy trying to win every race with what he has, Alonso does it as well as anyone. |
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Posted: 10/21/2014 6:30:22 PM EDT
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Then why do people still watch horse races? Never mind horse races, people still watch humans race each other on foot which hasn't been cutting edge for 6000 years. |
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Posted: 10/21/2014 6:31:23 PM EDT
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Racing is already dying. Look at the stands at NASCAR events lately. Half empty. Go to a local drag strip. You don't see half the entries you saw back in the 1990s. Racing has largely become a rich man's sport consisting of purpose built cars that your typical person can't relate to. I want to see production stock car races. |
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Posted: 10/21/2014 6:32:12 PM EDT
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Then why do people still watch horse races? People still watch those? Geez, the only thing more boring than a horse race is NASCAR! |
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Posted: 10/21/2014 6:32:17 PM EDT
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Posted: 10/21/2014 6:33:09 PM EDT
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I'd say that within 10-20 years, all of the mainstream motorsports will be dying, other than for a few rich folks. It's just getting too expensive for the common man, and it's only going to get worse....especially for the motorsports that go through a ton of fuel. If gas hits 7 or 8 bucks per gallon, towing a car to the track or strip, or loading up a trailer with sleds or ATVs, is going to cost a small fortune to get where your going. Twin screw cabin cruisers will cost a month's pay for most people to fill the tanks. And when you look at how many jobs there are in recreational motorsports and boating, that puts a huge ding in the economy.
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Posted: 10/21/2014 6:33:44 PM EDT
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Racing died with Ayrton Senna. No. No it didn't. What do you think he would have to say about that assertion? No, you need (as only one good example) a weekend or two of Moto2 and 3. MotoGP is a little more predictable, but go ahead and throw that in too. Packs of racers that care about nothing but passing whoever is in front of them. It's great stuff ...... and motor racing alive and well. |
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Posted: 10/21/2014 6:33:47 PM EDT
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Racing will continue. The premise of the thread leaps to the completely unsupported conclusion that drivers will somehow evaporate from race cars. I don't worry about that. I just worry that the squeemish weenies will gut the sport to the point that we'll be left watching bumper cars. After all... full contact football is headed towards flag football. For REAL racing action with REAL consequences... I get a kick out of TT racing (Isle of Man). Every time I watch I'm amazed at how flat-out CRAZY it is. There's nothing like it left. Would be like racing mountain bikes down K2. Gotta give those Euros props for having the stomach to "allow" racing with regular fatal crashes. |
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