• shalafi@lemmy.world
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    7 days ago

    NASCAR’s more woke than many conservatives are comfortable with. They banned the Confederate flag several years back, actively chased down racists leaving nooses lying around the black guy’s area, more I can’t remember (which is frustrating because they’ve done plenty of other sensible things).

    LOL, found this searching “NASCAR woke”:

    https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/motorsports/nascar-faces-fans-fury-over-woke-agenda-what-has-happened-to-the-daytona-500/ar-AA1yM19H

    You gotta admit, an EV NASCAR would suck. The whole thing in going to see a race is the pure thunder of the thing. I’ve never been, never been a fan. My ex used to go with her dad. Sounds like a blast setting up camp, like tailgating but much more.

    Anyway, they’re reaching out to a broader audience, not just us redneck honkys (sp?). I don’t think the decline is due to said rednecks boycotting, I think people are simply losing interest.

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    7 days ago

    NASCAR has a street race, with corners: https://www.nascarchicago.com/

    It’s actually really cool:

    Honestly more fun than the boring Yas Marina F1 championship layout:

    Also, many tracks like Daytona have real circuits, and it’s my opinion that nascar should use them.

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        7 days ago

        Check out formula e. It is electric race cars and they can get bonus power by driving in a particular part of the track. They used to let fans vote to give cars a boost too but i think it’s discontinued.